What's Miserlou? or is it Misirlou? well i didn't know either before i got started. Miserlou seems to be the title of that music everybody knows, the great theme songs from pulp fiction. You know, the one that goes "la lala la laaa lala la laaaaaaaa, la lala la laaa lala la laaaaaaaa...."
no? come on... try a little bit harder:
First i went to
google. I found out the name of the song and the guy who plays it. Then i turned to
radioblogclub.com,
last.fm, and
pandora.com.
There are so many version of this song:
http://www.last.fm/explore/search/?q=Miserlou&m=trackshttp://www.pandora.com/backstage?songPage=1&q=Miserlou&type=songThe song is called Miserlou, sometimes, Misirlou. The pulp fiction
version is from
Dick Dale. (
official website)
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/9ccca0ea220b4eebhttp://www.pandora.com/music/song/5127012b3aba8d3fBut where is it from? let's try
allmusic.com.Interesting, big number of performers... well, let's even
compare the date. Not really better results. It's still not clear who composed it. The song must have a complex story... so we'll turn to
google once again hoping that somebody wrote details about it already.
aaaaaa, there's a
wikipedia entry!
This
webpage is interesting as well.
so Misirlou is a popular greek song!
Greek: Μισιρλού, 'Egyptian Girl'; from
Turkish "Mısırlı" 'Egyptian', from
Arabic مصر,
Miṣr, "
EgyptIt got popular in different style:
Greek
rebetiko, Middle-Eastern
belly dancing, Jewish wedding music (
Klezmer), and American
surf rock.
No wonder I heard it yesterday on
Arte, in a documentary about Cyprus (an island separated between turkish and greek).
I like the Black Eyed Peas' version "Pump It":
Lyrics:
Ha ha ha
Pump it
Ha ha ha
And pump it (louder) [4x]
Turn up the radio
Blast your stereo
Right
N*ggas wanna hate on us (who)
N*ggas can be eerin' us (who)
And I know why they hatin' on us (why)
Cause that's so fabulous (what)
I'ma be real on us (c'mon)
Nobody got nuttin' on us (no)
Girls be all on us, from London back down to the US (s, s)
We rockin' it (contagious), monkey business (outrageous)
Just confess, your girl admits that we the sh*t
F-R-E-S-H (fresh)
D-E-F, that's right we def (rock)
We definite B-E-P, we rappin' it
So, turn it up (turn it up) [3x]
C'mon baby, just
Pump it (louder) [6x]
And say, oh oh oh oh
Say, oh oh oh oh
Yo, yo
Turn up the radio
Blast your stereo
Right now
This joint is fizzlin'
It's sizzlin'
Right
(Yo, check this out right here)
Dude wanna hate on us (dude)
Dude need'a ease on up (dude)
Dude wanna act on up
But dude get shut like flavor shut (down)
Chicks say, she ain't down
But chick backstage when we in town (ha)
She like man on drunk (fool)
She wanna hit n' run (errr)
Yeah, that's the speed
That's what we do
That's who we be
B-L-A-C-K -E -Y-E-D-P to the E, then the A to the S
When we play you shake your ass
Shake it, shake it, shake it girl
Make sure you don't break it, girl
Cause we gonna
Turn it up (turn it up) [3x]
C'mon baby, just
Pump it (louder) [6x]
And say, oh oh oh oh
Say, oh oh oh oh
Yo, yo
Turn up the radio
Blast your stereo
Right now
This joint is fizzlin'
It's sizzlin'
Right
Damn (damn) [5x]
Wow
Apl. de ap. from Philippines
Live and direct, rocking this scene
Waiting on down for the B-boys
And B-girls waiting, doin' their thing
Pump it, louder come on
Don't stop, and keep it goin'
Do it, lets get it on
Move it!
Come on, baby, do it
La-da-di-dup-dup die dy
On the stereo
Let those speakers blow your mind
(Blow my mind, baby)
To let it go, let it go
Here we go
La-da-di-dup-dup die dy (c'mon, we're there)
On the radio
The system is gonna feel so fine
Pump it (louder) [4x]
And say, oh oh oh oh
Say, oh oh oh oh
Yo, yo
Turn up the radio
Blast your stereo
Right now
This joint is fizzlin'
It's sizzlin'
Right
Couldn't find an older version on radioblogclub.com like the one i heard last night on tv but here is the translation of the traditionnel song lyrics, found on wikipedia.
My Misirlou (Egyptian girl), your sweet glance
It's lit a fire in my heart
Ah, ya habibi, Ah, ya haleli, ah
(Arabic: Oh, my love, Oh, my night)
Your lips are dripping honey, ah
Ah, Misirlou, magical, exotic beauty
I'll go crazy, I can't take any more
Ah, I'll take you away from the Arab land
My wild, dark-eyed Misirlou
My life changes with one kiss
Ah, ya habibi, one little kiss, ah
From your sweet little lips, ah