ENS stories: misirlou.eth

The song "Misirlou" is at least 100 years old. It's deeply Eastern Mediterranean in a mysterious way ,combining sounds and themes with deep cultural roots in the region. At the same time, Misirlou has been able to transcend to many and diverse cultures.

From https://thegreekonlineschool.com/news/how-does-greek-song-misirlou-connect-pulp-fiction/

> The oldest version probably dates back to 1927 when the song was performed by Tetos Demetriades. 

> Misirlou became very popular in Western culture through Dick Dale’s American surf rock version in 1962. Afterwards several version have been recorded while in 1994 Quentin Tarantino reused Dick Dale’s version in his film Pulp Fiction. Then it has been also used in Black Eyed Peas song “Pump it” (2006) and in the episode”The Jet Set” (2008) of the American series Mad Men.

Here is the (most probably) first recording, by Tetos Demetriades (1927)

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- Dick Dale's version (1963): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

- Black Eyed Peas song “Pump it” (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaI2IlHwmgQ

- Mad Men S2E11 "Jet Set": https://www.tunefind.com/show/mad-men/season-2/11265 // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlAs33h8i3I

This is an extremely fascinating topic for me.. Here's an other article on the story of the song (including a Yiddish version from 1950).

This is an extremely fascinating topic for me.. Here's an other article on the story of the song (including a Yiddish version from 1950).

https://folkdancefootnotes.org/music/1-songs/misirlou-greece/