We will deal with another heavyweight of Turkish music today, one who refuses the genre name ‘Arabesk’ for being „inadequate and uncomplete“, and prefers labels such as ‘Progressive Turkish Music’ or simply: ‘Gencebay Music’. Orhan Gencebay has officially sold 80 million records in Turkey- which already makes him one of the most succesful artists on …
or: The Most Bizarre David Bowie Cover of All Times This is the untold story of a genre that puts goth, emo and all other sad and desperate musical styles world-wide to shame. The story of songs of which some were banned from the Turkish public broadcaster in the 70s and 80s, because they “glorified …
(Read the related main story here: Crazy Turks – 1 / Müslüm Gürses & the Razor Blades and “Listening to him is like shoveling earth on myself.” Müslüm Gürses Fans on Youtube) Here is a selection of the best titles from about 75 albums that Müslüm Gürses released. The suffering doesn’t ever have to stop- …
