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Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 4:06 pm
by groovlow
Nice low D , sounds like a sousaphone or bell front leaning "privelege tone"
into the mic. That's why i like a mic on a stand you can vary placement, and achieve proximity effects like a singer, on the fly. Listen to the first sustained low note fatten up as he leans in... thanks bloke
Joe "with pants on
not political" Hunter
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:18 am
by GC
Shiek Yerbouti, from the late Mr. F.V. Zappa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEwBWWQcj8
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:46 am
by Three Valves
I love the curly fries at Araby's!!
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:24 am
by iiipopes
The Beatles recorded the song, "The Sheik of Araby."
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:36 am
by David Richoux
goodgigs wrote:Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
That is a true fact, but it has nothing to do with this song.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_of_Araby
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:06 pm
by Donn
OK, but maybe it has a
little to do with it -
wikipedia wrote:The appeal to New Orleans bands may have lain in "Araby" sharing the same pronunciation as Arabi, Louisiana, a town downriver from New Orleans' 9th Ward and a center for gambling just outside city limits until the early 1950s.
Re: Arab Sheik
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:57 pm
by David Richoux
Donn wrote:OK, but maybe it has a
little to do with it -
wikipedia wrote:The appeal to New Orleans bands may have lain in "Araby" sharing the same pronunciation as Arabi, Louisiana, a town downriver from New Orleans' 9th Ward and a center for gambling just outside city limits until the early 1950s.
Yes, that is what is known as an "after the fact fact"
Don't get me wrong - I like the song, with or without pants, and I know many NOLA bands play it. It is a lot of fun!
Back in 2003 I did a "Sheik" impromptu special on my radio program
http://kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=6853 28 versions in about 2 hours! (my show starts at line 14 - a glitch in the program...)
The influence of Valentino not only inspired many songwriters of Pop and Jazz musicians in the first part of the 20th Century, it also gave a big push to the Shriners subset of The Masonic Order!