• culpritus [any]
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    3 days ago

    Mr. Taha recorded "Rock El Casbah," an Arabic-language version that tricks out the song's familiar melody with swooping, Egyptian-style strings, Moroccan flute, qanun and other traditional instruments. The result -- "Rock the Casbah" sung as though inside the Casbah -- deepens the song's ambiguities.

    It kinda slaps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Sg9H2T_TQ