We’ve shown you Pakistani musicians playing an amazing version of Dave Brubeck’s Jazz Classic, “Take Five”; also Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Chile’ performed on a Gayageum (a traditional Korean instrument); and then the Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” played with traditional Chinese instruments. There’s nothing better than these felicitous meetings of east and west. So, today we present a Middle-Eastern flavored version of Radiohead’s 1997 hit “Karma Police,” which originally appeared on the album OK Computer. The video above features Tel Aviv-based singer Rotem Shefy on vocals, Leat Sabbah on cello, Yaniv Taichman on the oud, and Ori Dekel on percussion. This video emerged from a Kickstarter campaign that was successfully funded at the end of 2012.
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Wow. That was nothing short of incredible. Very cool, indeed!
Sounds like I imagine the wailing wall does
Highly enjoyable! By the way, this could just as easily be an Arab version.
Wow. That was horrible.
Yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvRdedQVsaA
I wept.
Music great, video goofy.
Excellent! One of the best Radiohead covers I’ve ever heard!
“cbgbfbub” turn on your hear aids before you make such asinine comments
Interesting how despite their best efforts, eventually this cover version just turns into a re-tread of the same Middle Eastern song that’s been being played for hundreds of years. It’s like turning the radio onto an Hispanic station and hearing an erratic accordion. I’m sure there’s beautiful Pakistani music, but this isn’t it.
I want to hear them do a Morrissey or Smiths song.
trying so hard to be middle eastern lol… seriously even the accent isn’t right, and yalla? Is Arabic …
On another note, I wish it was a bit less aggressive I would have liked it!! Really! It’s just the way it’s done, something’s off… I’m sure it’s awesome for new ears though.. but I feel bad for authenticity sake. Or maybe we should call new age fusion instead not middle eastern..