In effect, there is no single name for modern laïká in the Greek language, but it is often formally referred to as σύγχρονο λαϊκό (), a term which is however also used for denoting newly composed songs in the tradition of " proper " Laïkó ; when ambiguity arises, σύγχρονο (' contemporary ') λαϊκό or disparagingly λαϊκο-ποπ (' folk-pop ', also in the sense of " westernized ") is used for the former, while γνήσιο (' genuine ') or even καθαρόαιμο (' pureblood ') λαϊκό is used for the latter.

Laïkó (,, " song of the people "; " popular song ", pl: laïká ), is a Greek music genre composed by Greek lyrics and the traditions of the Greek people.

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* Laïkó, a Greek music style developed in the 20th century

however also used for denoting newly composed songs in the tradition of " proper " Laïkó ; when

It is the Bulgarian version of the corresponding variations in neighboring countries such as Greece ( Laïkó ), Serbia ( Turbofolk ) or Romania ( manele ).

Contemporary laïkó ( σύγχρονο λαϊκό ), also called Modern laïkó, is currently Greece's mainstream music genre.

Contemporary laïkó ( σύγχρονο λαϊκό ), ( laiko-pop ) ( also called Modern laïkó ) is currently Greece's mainstream music genre in today nightlife.

Contemporary laïkó ( σύγχρονο λαϊκό ) ( also called Modern laïkó or laïko-pop ) can be called in Greece the mainstream music genre, with variations in plural form as Contemporary laïká.

ambiguity arises, σύγχρονο (" contemporary ") λαϊκό or disparagingly λαϊκο-πόπ ( laïko-pop, " folk-pop ", also

* Gkikas, Yannis ( 1978 ): Οι Αρβανίτες και το αρβανίτικο τραγούδι στην Ελλάδα and arvanitic song in Greece ".

A notable musical trend in the 1970s ( during the Junta of 1967 – 1974 and a few years after its end ) was the rise in popularity of the topical songs ( πολιτικό τραγούδι " political song ").

* Nikos Kotarides, Ρεμπέτες και ρεμπέτικο τραγούδι ( Rebetes and rebetiko song ), in Greek, Plethron, Athens, 1996.

then the people strike up their song with even more fervor than before, ending it with a wail of despair.

it was the theme song of millions of American people, their personal problems no less urgent than those of the government.

The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music ( in music theory and religious contexts ), or more generally, a song ( or composition ) of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term " national anthem " or " sports anthem ".

The technique was developed to keep the people from leaving the dancefloor at the end of the song.

It comes to conclusion with a taunt song and funeral dirge of the impending destruction of Nineveh and the " sleep " or death of the Assyrian people and demise of the once great Assyrian conqueror-rulers.

People who studied traditional song sometimes hoped that their work would restore traditional music to the people.

Said Gaynor of her biggest hit in a 2012 interview " It feels great to have such a song like that because I get kids five and six years old telling me they like the song, and then people seventy-five and eighty.

Snoop Dogg appeared in a song from the film Singh Is Kinng in 2008 which further popularized hip hop music amongst the people of India.

Composer Walter Niemann declared " The fact that Brahms began his creative activity with the German folk song and closed with the Bible reveals ... the true religious creed of this great man of the people.

In the Philippines, at least a half dozen killings of people singing " My Way " caused newspapers there to label the phenomenon " My Way killings "; some bars refuse to allow the song, and some singers refrain from vocalizing it among strangers.

According to statistics collected in 2009, there are 35, 684 song rooms in Korea with an average of 1. 9 million people participating each day.

The biblical book Song of Solomon is considered a romantically phrased metaphor of love between God and his people, but in its plain reading, reads like a love song.

Indeed, many people have come to see the song as a life-affirming ode to optimism.

When Moses finished, he sang a song and pronounced a blessing on the people.

Although people have no doubt misconstrued song lyrics for as long as songs have been sung, without improved communication and the language standardization that accompanies it, he believes there would have been no way to recognize and discuss this shared experience.

Just as mondegreens transform songs based on experience, a folk song repeated in a country where people are unfamiliar with some of the song's references is often transformed.

The title song " Fear of a Black Planet " addresses the fear some white people have of black and white relationships.

He wrote the song, in French and Occitan versions, to express his feelings of abandonment by his people and his sister.

" As an example, Davidson cites a funeral dirge from the Gondi people in India as recorded by Verrier Elwin, stating that " it contains references to Bagri Maro, the horse with eight legs, and it is clear from the song that it is the dead man's bier.

* Rock band Toto's 1979 single release " 99 " is a song whose content is inspired by THX-1138s society, where people are given numbers instead of names, as well as having a music video featuring the band in an all-white room dressed in white, a set piece designed around the film.

The Tlingit people of northern Canada said that the Orcas were created when the hunter Natsihlane carved eight fish from yellow cedar, sang his most powerful spirit song and commanded the fish to leap into the water.

At his inauguration, O ' Dwyer celebrated to the song, " It's a Great Day for the Irish ," and addressed the 700 people gathered in Council Chambers at City Hall: " It is our high purpose to devote our whole time, our whole energy to do good work ..." He established the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar New York City budget, created a traffic department and raised the subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

* September 27 – The Wreck of the Old 97 engine at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, which kills 11 people, inspires a ballad and song.

Responding to accusations of racism after referring to " niggers " in the lyrics of the Guns N ' Roses song, " One in a Million ", Axl Rose stated " I was pissed off about some black people that were trying to rob me.

Also called folk song or urban folk music ( Gr: αστική λαϊκή μουσική or λαϊκά τραγούδια laïká tragoudia ), in its plural form is a Greek music genre which has taken many forms over the years.

During the same era, there was also another kind of soft music ( ελαφρά μουσική, also called ελαφρό-elafró ' soft ( song )', literally ' light ') which became fashionable ; it was represented by ensembles of singers / musicians such as the Katsamba Brothers duo, the Trio Kitara, the Trio Belcanto, the Trio Atene and others.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

Police Squads opening sequence was based on the 1950s cop show M Squad, ( which starred Lee Marvin ), which opened with footage of a police car roving through an after-dark urban setting with a big band playing a jazz theme song in the background.

# Rockso: A futuristic-sounding, North American / Trinidadian ' mutant ' style of calypso, focusing on a wide range of subject matter and ' flows ' ( delivery ), song arrangements, innovative, bass-laden drum patterns, quirky sound effects, elements of ' extempo ' ( freestyle lyricism ), and an urban music sensibility.

In 1988, Sinéad O ' Connor's art-rock song " I Want Your ( Hands On Me )" was remixed to emphasize the urban appeal of the composition ( the original contains a tight, grinding bassline and a rhythm guitar not entirely unlike Chic's work ).

Slow ballads and R & B songs can be remixed by techno producers and DJ's in order to give the song appeal to the club scene and to urban radio.

The authors of the song have repeatedly rejected this urban legend and have strongly and consistently denied that they intended any references to drug use.

With the military coup of the 28 May 1926 and the implementation of previous censorship on public shows, the press and other publications, the urban song would suffer profound changes.

The following year the album Um Homem na Cidade was released by one of the biggest names of Lisbon ’ s urban song, a central figure of fado ’ s internationalization.

The market showed a renewed interest for Lisbon ’ s urban song, as testified by the increasing attention given by the discographic industry through the re-edition of recorded registries, fado ’ s gradual interpretation in the popular festivities circuits at a regional scale, the progressive appearance of a new generation of interpreters, and even the approach of singers from other areas to fado such as José Mário Branco, Sérgio Godinho, António Variações and Paulo de Carvalho.

The song was highly acclaimed in a retrospective review by Allmusic journalist Ned Raggett, who wrote that it " ranks as one of the best, most realistic portrayals of urban life recorded.

Unlike their previous album H < sub > 2 </ sub > O, this album had even more of an electronic, urban feel to it, combining their song structure & vocalization with the latest technical advances in recording and playing.

So, on the one hand there is the homogenized Greek popular song, with all the idioms of traditional Greek folk music, and on the other, the peculiar musical trends of the urban rebetiko ( song of the cities ) known also in Greece as αστικό.

Táncház began with the folk song collecting of musicians like Béla Halmos and Ferenc Sebő, who collected rural instrumental and dance music for popular, urban consumption, along with the dance collectors György Martin and Sándor Timár.

This style of music was known as Xer-Dhaanto, an innovative, urban form of Somali folk dance and song.

In adapting to human environments its song has been observed to change in noise-polluted urban environments.

Smooth jazz urban saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell covered the song on his 2001 Reflections CD, just two months after Vandross ' self-titled release.

An urban legend had circulated at the time that Richard Sanders ( who had comparable vocal characteristics to Carlisle ) had actually recorded the song.

Tune and lyrics of a very popular Hindi song ' Rang Barse Bhige Chunar wali, rang barse '( movie: Silsila ( film ), Music: Shiv-Hari, Lyrics: Javed Akhtar ) which is generally played on Holi in urban areas of northern India, are taken from a folk bhajan.

Holness was the subject of an urban myth, claimed to have been initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster Stuart Maconie who, writing for the New Musical Express in a section called ' Believe It Or Not ', said that Holness had played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song " Baker Street ".

The word " def " in urban culture is slang for a song or musical composition that is well liked for its attractive rhythm and dance appeal.

In the 21st Century the leading light of contemporary Native American music has been Martha Redbone whose award winning albums Home of the Brave ( 2002 ) and Skintalk ( 2005 ) have incorporated both traditional song and culture references into a brew of soul, funk, rock and jazz that has reached audiences across Europe and Japan as well as into the urban communities of the US.

The number of strings and size of the instrument also began to grow to accommodate the sound production required for stage performances and to accommodate a new repertoire of urban folkloric song.

Often, this step pattern is alternated with other styles, during a single song, particularly among those who are regular dancers, in urban and non-traditional settings, or those who are also Zydeco dancers.