Author Topic: Middle Eastern music to game by (Read 9690 times)

Plynkes · « **Reply #15 on:** February 08, 2007, 09:54:38 PM »

I can live with it being anachronistic, I like the name too much to change it.

My fictional "German Central Africa" also has room for Beyoncé, Warrior Queen of the Ngoni in it, so we don't need to get too fussy about this kind of thing.

Also the Royal Australian Navy ships that bring about the demise of SMS Elke are HMAS Kylie and HMAS Dannii* both of which I think are seriously out of their time.

*Named for a pair of Antipodean singer/actress sisters who you may or may not be familiar with.

Fortescue-Smythe · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2007, 09:26:00 AM »

Elke Sommer in her knickers toting a 'Bleispritze'? This is going to be a night of uneasy dreams...

Incidentally, Plynkes, you DO realise that your phonetic rendering of Ms. Sommer's christian name, to a german reader, implies her being of a somewhat bovine disposition? Fie, for shame! :

:

Plynkes · « **Reply #17 on:** February 09, 2007, 09:40:06 AM »

Really? I must phone her immediately to apologise.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2007, 10:02:02 AM »

Ohmygod, Elke Sommer, Beyonce, Kylie AND Danni rolled into ONE scenario! Ooo-er, Missus! :love: :love: :love: :love:

*joyful shudders running down my spine*

We´ve all got serious issues, folks. Seriously.

Argonor · « **Reply #19 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:25:20 AM »

You must be reading my mind, somehow, Pete...

Just the other day I contemplated going to the nearest library to borrow some middle-eastern folk- and belly-dance music to use as background music for my upcoming Egypt-pulp-games....

Now... 'make...zombie...pirate...rules...for...Under...the...Black...Flag...' :

:

Argonor · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:27:27 AM »

Quote from: "Plynkes"

*Named for a pair of Antipodean singer/actress sisters who you may or may not be familiar with.

Well in this globalized world, I think you'll have a hard time to actually find people without having heard of any pop star....

Argonor · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:30:10 AM »

Quote from: "Westfalia Chris"

"DIE FETTE ELKE!" ::

In DK we have another girl's name that is hard to take seriously:

Gurli [*goor-lie] (Apologies to any Gurlis out there, but, really...)

W.B.Kurgan · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:33:47 AM »

Quote from: "Argonor"

Well in this globalized world, I think you'll have a hard time to actually find people without having heard of any pop star....

You haven't met my Dad then... :

:

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:51:48 AM »

Quote from: "W.B.Kurgan"

Quote from: "Argonor"
Well in this globalized world, I think you'll have a hard time to actually find people without having heard of any pop star....

You haven't met my Dad then... ::

I envy this lucky, happy man.

Maybe I´m just growing old, but at age 27, I find more and more variants of contemporary music obnoxious (I´m up to, say, 75%, so it´s getting pretty tight).

W.B.Kurgan · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:58:22 AM »

Quote from: "Westfalia Chris"

I envy this lucky, happy man.

He doesn't have a TV and he only listens to Classic FM and Jazz.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #25 on:** February 09, 2007, 12:01:51 PM »

Obviously he knows perfectly well how to retain one´s sanity.

PeteMurray · « **Reply #26 on:** February 09, 2007, 12:31:59 PM »

Quote from: "Westfalia Chris"

Obviously he knows perfectly well how to retain one´s sanity.

Avoiding those "Pop Star" and "American Idol" shows tend to help as well. There is only so much singing through one's nose that I can take. Do you guys over the pond have to put up with that? It seems like there isn't a singer out there these days who can sing a song without piping half of it out their nose.

So, consequently, I play a lot of classical music and Tuvan throat singers.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #27 on:** February 09, 2007, 03:20:56 PM »

Oh yes... it´s toned down a bit from its heyday around 2003-2004, but those "Pop Idol" shows are still around, the most notorious being "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (lit., "Germany looks for the Super-Star"), in which pitiable, deluded youths are made total buffoons in front of the viewing audience... and the "jury" makes people like Regis Philbin, Cathy Lee Gifford and their ilk (whom I assume to host such shows in the US) appear as pinnacles of the thespian guild.

Plynkes · « **Reply #28 on:** February 09, 2007, 03:30:21 PM »

I hear that Regis has traded Kathy Lee in for a younger model. Boo! For shame!

They don't show his show over here any more. If Kathy Lee's no longer on it then I care not one jot.

PeteMurray · « **Reply #29 on:** February 09, 2007, 03:55:25 PM »

The following is on-topic* and provided for cultural edification and pedagogical purposes only:

[edit: Goddamned jump-cuts in the original link. Go here and find your own edifying videos instead: http://www.theindigo.net/2006/]

The music is all wrong, though. I invite you to mute the video and turn up Mr. Al-Bakkar's mp3s for an authentic** feeling.

Nur Kultur! Nur Paedagogie! Not solely for the visual delight of sexy, sexy*** dancing.

*: As on-topic as a thrice-threadjacked topic can be.
**: Not authentic.
***: But delightfully edifying.

[edit: Link may contain Regis and Kelly. Avoid contact with eyes, eardrums. Brain damage may result from prolonged exposure.]

News:

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Recent

Author Topic: Middle Eastern music to game by (Read 9690 times)

Related Topics