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[avinishri]

Hello everyone

Now on my blog the story of the hashish songs' voyage from the smoking dens to the concert halls:

http://greeksongstories.wordpress.com/2 ... ish-songs/

Avi

[Get Real!]

And why would I care about Greek hashish songs? And especially on a dark day like this when Greeks overthrew the legit government of Cyprus and murdered our people?

Sovaromilas re vlaka!

[kimon07]

Hello everyone

Now on my blog the story of the hashish songs' voyage from the smoking dens to the concert halls:

http://greeksongstories.wordpress.com/2 ... ish-songs/

Avi

I object. Some rebetika were indeed hashish songs but most of them were not. The "Rebetico" was the kind of music introduced by the refugees from Asia minor and this is the reason why the sound of it is so oriental. And this is also the reason why most of them refer to hardships, misery, poverty etc. There are masterpieces of rebetica which are still played and sang and loved by the Greek people everywhere (even many foreign people some of whom have even formed associations of rebetico fans) like "Archondisa" "Acharisti", "Synefiasmeni Kyriaki", "ta kavourakia" "antilaloun i fylakes" "O Sakaflias" "Ta lemonadika" "Zousa monachos choris agapi" "Ta matoklada", "Arambas" and many many others that had nothing to do with hashish.

The dictator Ioannis Metaxas banned all the songs which referred to hashish use, which forced the composers to change the lyrics of many of them. The ban was lifted after 1974 when the junta fell.

[kimon07]

Hello everyone

Now on my blog the story of the hashish songs' voyage from the smoking dens to the concert halls:

http://greeksongstories.wordpress.com/2 ... ish-songs/

Avi

Forgot to say thanks for the material. So, THANKS.

[wyoming cowboy]

Rebetika music has also been compared to American Jazz,very technical and " soulful" music.".. American jazz, Greek rembetika music represents the fusing of diverse musical elements....." this video actually brings the two together a jazz great singer/musician with a rebetika/bouzouki in the background....