In this episode of Crazy Turks, we talk about the unquestionable king of Anadolu Rock & Turkish Psychedelic, the great Barış Manço. Outside of Turkey the perception of Manço seems to start and end with his 1975 prog-voyage 2023, an album that is not among his most popular ones in Turkey and really not the …
And yet, all things that touch us, you and me,bind us together like a violin bowdrawing but one sound from two strings.On which instrument though are we both strung?And what violinist holds us in the hand?Oh, sweet, sweet song. Rainer Maria Rilke, Love Song If I had to describe to anybody the special beauty and …
How the Soul of Anatolian Rock Ended up Making the Greatest German Protest Record Constructing a daydream often starts with the same setting: I’m in a stripped down universe that must be close to the gates to heaven due to its bright nebula of bliss, and I have to give an angelic answer to a …
(Read our related main story here: Crazy Turks – 1 / Müslüm Gürses & the Razor Blades) A selection of Müslüm Gürses fan comments under his videos on YouTube: – Listening to him is like shoveling earth on myself – Damned be those who made you write this song – You’ve raped our emotions again, …
