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hibbah Member # 12156	posted This is mine. I knew about Fairouz since the 3rd grade b/c my best friend (whose father is Lebanese) made me listen to her often. I had to learn the words of this song and sing it in class for extra credit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hq4TcawTNk&mode=related&search=
With a name like Smuckers Member # 10289	posted I don't know much about her but she has a lovely voice Hibbah.
Laura Member # 879	posted I never listened to her before hibbah, but this link has 4 pages of her songs. I will try some of them and let you know. http://www.mazikana.com/online/english/index.php?display=songs&singer=1313&album=243
sheba76 Member # 12165	posted ROFLMAO I clicked on this link prepared to say NONE OF IT! I thought it was about the drink. LOL embarrased feeling like an idiot lol
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted AAAAAAAAAAhhhh! Fairouz! That's my queen! Thank you Hibbah for starting a thread about her! She's my parents' favorite together with Sabah and some others. They were fans of Lebanon and went there often in the summers of the early 70s before the war destroyed everything. One of my favorite songs is El-Bosta. It's such a funny song. And what's even funnier is that she has such a serious face when she sings it. She makes you think she is talking about a saga, but she is actually talking about a situation where she was jammed into an overcrowded bus on a hot day and describing what the people were doing during the ride. And during the ride, she was thinking about this woman called Alya who has beautiful eyes. A bit of a stoned song, which makes it totally and literally MY song. She also reminds me of me during my lectures. I would be standing there with a totally serious face and the students would be ROFL at what I'm saying. I miss my students so much. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dhCH0lFDDI Translation of the lyrics: “El bosta” - “The bus” - Ziad Rahbani On the buzzing of the engine of the bus taking us from the village of Himlaya to the village of Tannourine. And I remembered you Alya, and I remembered your eyes.. OOOOh damn your eyes Alya how beautiful they are! 2x We were going up (the bus), going up but didn’t pay (the fare), 2x One time we would hold the door, another we would ask the passengers to be quiet, (pretending to be good people and all ) And this one guy with his wife - he puked and his wife got dizzy, I would swear by my life, he would let her go alone to Tannourine, if they would see how beautiful your eyes are, oh Alya, your eyes. On the buzzing of the engine of the bus taking us from the village of Himlaya to the village of Tannourine.. And I remembered you Alya, and I remembered your eyes.. OOOOh damn your eyes Alya how beautiful they are! (The rest of the lyrics are not on this clip but here they are anyway:) I am promised by your eyes, and I have crossed for them villages and highlands, you are you, your eyes are black, and you don’t know what black eyes do to me, on the buzzing of the engine of the bus taking us from the village of Himlaya to the village of Tannourine, I remembered you Alya, and I remembered your eyes, and damn your eyes Alya how beautiful they are, we were going up in that heat and we were feeling hot, there was one eating lettuce, and one eating figs, and there was one with his wife - jeez how fugly his wife is, I envy them, how peaceful their mind is, the passengers of Tannourine, for they do not know how beautiful you eyes are, oh Alya, your eyes. Oh sir if you please close that window, too much wind sir, the air might get us a cold.
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted Fairouz singing for love in the beautiful Lebanon before the war and the nose job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_c-gm4b68o&NR (They taught me your love, opened my eyes on it, and then blamed me!)
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted Ya Tayr/ Oh Bird http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PolxuFxkCw8&mode=related&search=
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted Knock knock knock Mother of Soliman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=853_DQPS2L8&mode=related&search=
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted Kifak Enta (How Are You?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5PSEAIaOg Gotta read the lyrics: http://www.loai-naamani.com/Fairouz/Kifak_Inta.htm
Laura Member # 879	posted I just read this thread to my husband, he was laughing so much about that song MK. He loves Fairouz too. He also said he agrees with you about Lebanon. Most beautiful country there is, along with Syria. His family also used to go there before the war, as his mom is half Saeedi, half Lebanese. He is singing Soliman to me now..
egyptian999 Member # 13087	posted fairuz born 21th november 1935, her real name is nihaad haddad
TAREK307 Member # 7838	posted HABAYTAK BILSAYF...ahh i love it! My grandmother is Lebanese and loves this song as well@!
MK the Most Interlectual Member # 8356	posted quote: Originally posted by Laura: I just read this thread to my husband, he was laughing so much about that song MK. He is singing Soliman to me now.. What! Didn't he know el-Bosta song?
Laura Member # 879	posted quote: Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: What! Didn't he know el-Bosta song? Oh course he did He's like a walking wikipedia when it comes to actors and musicians
NotSleeplessInCairo Member # 8452	posted Virgin in City Stars is selling a box set of Fairuz CD's for about 1200 LE. I was tempted...
QueenMojo Member # 12306	posted nahna wel 'amar jiran
QueenBee Member # 9378	posted quote: Originally posted by TAREK307: HABAYTAK BILSAYF...ahh i love it! My grandmother is Lebanese and loves this song as well@! This is my favorite song for Fairouz too. The best time to listen to Fairouz is in the morning, with hot coffee and grilled labne sandwich.