Misirlou

Misirlou (or Miserlou ), which means Égyptienne (in Greek Μισιρλού, of the Turkish Mısırlı, coming from the Arab مصر, Miṣr, Egypt), is a song and a popular dance of Greek origin . She was sung for the first time in 1927 and belong to the repertory Rebetiko.

Arrived to New York at the beginning of the Years 1930, the song knew new interpretations and a Danse was created in 1945 by a group of students of the Université of Pittsburgh, borrowing the steps from the Syrtos. Contrary to the music, the dance remained unchanged since then.

The song as for it was largely popularized in the Années 1960 by the guitarist Dick Dale, in full wave of music surfing. It arranged the song in a solo of guitar, following the request of a fan who wished to see playing Dale a whole piece on only one cord. Thus this piece became famous in the Occidental culture.

The use of this version by Quentin Tarantino for the music of its film Pulp Fiction gave the piece to the last style, whereas the music surfing had passed from mode.

This version was included in the film Taxi , a remixée version of this version of the Black Eyed Peas in Taxi 2 , finally another version more faithful to that of Dick Dale in Taxi 3 .

There exist many resumptions of Misirlou, in particular by Jean-Pierre Danel on his album Guitar Connection.

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