I mean she’s pretty good and the orchestra’s not half bad either. But to live up to her predecessor and the first, half-goddess’ interpretation of the song, man… It’s almost impudent. I didn’t even think any one had tried that before.
Umm Kalsoum (below), the first interpreter of “Inta ‘Omri” – إنت عمري — “You are my life”
And the goddess-diva singing the original. Tip: give it some time, this music and its format demand a powerfully jacked attention span.
Me, I'm Nicholas Bakos, a.k.a. "NikoBako." I'm Greek (Roman really, but when I say that in English some five people in the world today understand what I'm talking about, so I use "Greek" for shorthand). I'm from New York. I live all over the place these days. The rest should become obvious from the blog.
See "JADDE: THE MISSION AND STARTING OFF, the blog's first entry below, and JADDE: THE NAME OF THIS BLOG for my general agenda:
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Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal
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