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QVI Quiet Village Idiot Member Stockholm, Sweden Joined: Dec 13, 2007 Posts: 152	QVI Quiet Village Idiot Posted posted on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 12:59 AM On 2008-07-25 07:58, Tipsy McStagger wrote: ..and to further this line of thinking..surf music has a heavy middle eastern connection as well as spanish.....it draws it's influence from both these cultures style of music, which is why you hear similiarites between them and surf music on occassion... Taking this line of thinking one step further, Spanish music (i.e. flamenco guitar) is also, in itself, influenced by Middle Eastern music. The connection comes from the period when Spain was a Muslim country under the North African Moors and is also reflected in Spanish cuisine -- paella (for example) being an adaption of a Middle Eastern pilaf. Or those little kebabs you get -- pinchitos morunos ("Moorish skewers").

On 2008-07-25 07:58, Tipsy McStagger wrote:

..and to further this line of thinking..surf music has a heavy middle eastern connection as well as spanish.....it draws it's influence from both these cultures style of music, which is why you hear similiarites between them and surf music on occassion...

Taking this line of thinking one step further, Spanish music (i.e. flamenco guitar) is also, in itself, influenced by Middle Eastern music.

The connection comes from the period when Spain was a Muslim country under the North African Moors and is also reflected in Spanish cuisine -- paella (for example) being an adaption of a Middle Eastern pilaf. Or those little kebabs you get -- pinchitos morunos ("Moorish skewers").

Post #397036 by Quiet Village Idiot on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 12:59 AM