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I always thought "Miserlou" was a Greek folk song. I once made a compilation
CD of different versions of the song in search for its origin.
J.
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>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Miserlou and Lyrics
>Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:03:15 -0000
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>Unlunf,
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>Here's the first link about Miserlou:
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> and the one to the story about the Rabbi
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>Both from NPR.
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>--- In , "unlunf" <unlunf@...> wrote:
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> > Gavin,
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> > It is the Black Eyed Peas, no doubt about it. Thanks.
> > (And a belated thanks to Eric who first said it, but
> > I didn't take the time to research it then. Sorry, man.)
> >
> > While the tune comes from an album released last year,
> > a new video was released just three weeks ago. That
> > probably explains the resurgence of popularity for it.
> > If it was on the radio back then, I probably heard it
> > but wasn't paying as much attention at the time. Some
> > times life has this bad habit of getting in my way while
> > I'm making other plans. <g>
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> > I searched the archives and found no mention of either
> > this tune, or of any Jewish Folk Music. Got any other
> > clues about where I should look for these discussions?
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> >
> > unlunf
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> > --- In , "Gavin Ehringer"
><gavinehringer@> wrote:
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> > > That's the Black Eye Peas version of Miserlooooo called "Pump
> > > It"...it was discussed on-list some months back, when it was
> > > first released. You just started getting radio waves where
> > > you live, Unlunf? ;-)
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> > > NPR also had a folkloric Jewish version of Miserlou on one of
> > > its programs. It was sung as part of a collection of Jewish folk
> > > music sung by one man, I believe, and was recorded in the 1950s.
> > > Also discussed on-list, some weeks ago.
> > >
> > > Know it all Gavin
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