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Farida
by Jonas Warstad 23 May '03

23 May '03

Rob King asked: Maybe a certain someone named "Jonas" who is working on a book and has (hopefully) an upcoming interview with a certain someone named "Boris" can ask the man who Farida is, and where they met, etc? Jonas W replies: It's actually already in my book, I quote myself: "an Algerian model who was Jean-Paul Goude's girlfriend at the time". My comments: lucky guy (this will not be in the book though) PS Where are Marko's Yello discographies now? Can't find them. /Jonas

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apologies.....again
by graeme 23 May '03

23 May '03

Sorry rene and sorry Juhana Sadeharju....getting mixed up! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 06/05/2003

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Apologies
by graeme 23 May '03

23 May '03

Apologies rene....very drunk at the time. I will go and stand in the corner after fearing your wrath --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 06/05/2003

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Re: [Yello] Jungle Bill
by Mark Pulley 23 May '03

23 May '03

On 23/5/03 10:14 AM, noax(a)rambler.ru wrote: > Hello All! > Where is release on audio CD version Jungle Bill from video clip? > I not found this cover in any CD/ > Sorry by my English > Andrey The version of Jungle Bill from the video does not appear on any album. It was on the Jungle Bill single, if you can find it anywhere. The version on 'Essential' (this album was released soon after the Jungle Bill single) was an edited version of the 'Baby' version, not the video version. Hope that helps. Mark ----------------------<http://users.tpg.com.au/mrpulley/>------------- --------- Laurence Scarman: I see. Doctor: I'm sure you don't but it's very nice of you to try. ("Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (Part 1)")

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2 questions
by John Szpara 22 May '03

22 May '03

1. what is the latest word on the new CD? 2. does anyone have the lyrics from "Motion Picture"? I'm curious about "Croissant Bleu", both the French and English translation.

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Mounted by the Gods
by Juhana Sadeharju 22 May '03

22 May '03

Hello. How those Mounted by the Gods loops should be syncronized? The loops are of different lengths and thus there are caps. Are they intentional? Do you find any problems in using the loops? Is the tempo 120? Can you show me a screenshot of an arranger showing how the loops fits together? (Boris, are you there? :-) -*- By the way, I found a problem in Motion Picture: at 5:02 from the start of the CD (on second track). An audiofile is available in the following ftp directory: ftp.funet.fi/pub/culture/music/western/Yello/ Best regards, Juhana

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Do not quote the whole article or the whole digest when you reply!!!!
by Juhana Sadeharju 22 May '03

22 May '03

>From: "graeme" <graeme.fishwick(a)ntlworld.com> > >Well done Rene....love the cover....when is the 12" coming out? It is very >"catchy"...keep em coming Five lines your text, and 600+ lines of quoted text -- the entire digest!! That is 6 0 0 lines of text!!!! People, please edit the original article away if you really don't need it. It is really annoying to read the digests which contain the replies, the quoted article containing an earlier quote, and so on. Look how I have edited the quoted article down to minimum in the good old way. And, in most mailreaders you may choose not to include the previous mail at all if nothing else works. -*- OK, thanks people for your remixes and mixes. As I have said I have played with those Mounted by the Gods samples (which can be found from www.mountedbythegods.com at download page): I'm in believ that no time-scaling is needed to make the loops of the same length. If Boris really uses those samples (or original sequences) himself in making the mixes (and is not using slightly different sequences), then how the samples could be extended or kept in sync otherways? In drum_6 I repeated one drum hit like this: drum_6 + drum_6 + hit. I remember How How loops had similar discontinuity problems. Feel free to change the Subject line if you reply. Best regards, Juhana

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yello cover
by graeme 22 May '03

22 May '03

Well done Rene....love the cover....when is the 12" coming out? It is very "catchy"...keep em coming "if we are only visiting this planet for a few thousand days, then please Rene keep it up" > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Mounted by the Gods (Rene) > 2. Yello Cover (Rene) > 3. Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Rory Filer) > 4. RE: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Mike Messick) > 5. Re: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (The Warlock) > 6. Re: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Mark Pulley) > 7. RE: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Rory Filer) > 8. Re: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Rene) > 9. Re: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (The Warlock) > 10. Re: Le Secret Farida - What is it? (Rene) > 11. Re: Yello Cover (Julian) > 12. Re: Yello Cover (Rene) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:58:35 +0200 > From: "Rene" <t013463(a)tip.nl> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Mounted by the Gods > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <000b01c31f1a$f60f3b70$7c7ef0c3@athlon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Julian, > > I just had a look at cakewalk demo's myself. > > They have disabled the discussed feateres in the > the Sonar 2.2 demo version. Bugger!! > > Pitty. > > - > > Rene > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 00:29:04 +0200 > From: "Rene" <t013463(a)tip.nl> > Subject: [Yello] Yello Cover > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <001701c31f1f$38d1b2e0$7c7ef0c3@athlon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi All. > > Remember when I talked about my own interpertation > of Yello sounds...? > > Well for who are interested, I've included a link > to a mp3 file. It's a song that started out of > boredome, and a question... > > What to do with my shitload of Yello samples. > > Real Yello fans will know what I knicked > and what not. > > This song wasn't intended to be > a sort of Hands on Yello or even atribute to Yello. > It just was there after some hours and I like > it just for the pure fun of having made it. > > it's about 2 megs big. Kept the quality high > because of all the horn and brush samples I used. > And, very important, it has nothing to do with > house or whatever, which is in my oppinion > the easiest way to make a catchy song > that has hitparade potential when it's the > kids of today between 12 and 16 who seem > to decide what's good music or not. > > www.art-ist.nl/ewa/ewa_swing.mp3 > > > Rene > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:22:27 -0700 > From: Rory Filer <rfiler(a)SierraWireless.com> > Subject: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "'The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful.'" > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: > <DFD3D5AACF7DD311BD7800104BCA77B104EBE325(a)redrose.sierrawireless.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've been listening to Le Secret Farida again and it > reminds me of an old question. What is the secret??? > > Does anyone know? Perhaps the language spoken by the > girl in the song is Gibberish ( I suspect Yello uses > gibberish in a few of their songs, take Bananas to > the Beat as an example, but I'm not 100% sure about > that). Anyhow, it *sounds* like Arabic, but since I > don't speak it, I though I'd float it to the group. > > It must be a pretty good secret because after she > tells you in the song - twice - she then reminds you > not to spill it with a long sensuous Shhhhhhhhh. > > Rory > > Quel question! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:46:52 -0700 > From: "Mike Messick" <mike(a)angryjester.com> > Subject: RE: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "'The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful.'" > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <000001c31f32$7880aaf0$6401a8c0@michaelprimary> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This one has bothered me as well. It's one of my favorite Yello songs > and has been since the album came out. I love the timpani, and you can > visualize the song being performed in some Cirque de Soliel type of > niteclub. > > I'm sure the language she's hissing in is French "un dimond tiara - > shhhhh". I have looked at lyrics sites and not found anything. > > I haven't studied French since high school. If anyone could translate > that would be great. > > > -Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: yello-bounces(a)mailman.xmission.com > [mailto:yello-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Rory Filer > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 5:22 PM > To: 'The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful.' > Subject: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > > I've been listening to Le Secret Farida again and it > reminds me of an old question. What is the secret??? > > Does anyone know? Perhaps the language spoken by the > girl in the song is Gibberish ( I suspect Yello uses > gibberish in a few of their songs, take Bananas to > the Beat as an example, but I'm not 100% sure about > that). Anyhow, it *sounds* like Arabic, but since I > don't speak it, I though I'd float it to the group. > > It must be a pretty good secret because after she > tells you in the song - twice - she then reminds you > not to spill it with a long sensuous Shhhhhhhhh. > > Rory > > Quel question! > > > _______________________________________________ > Yello mailing list > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 07:45:48 +0200 > From: "The Warlock" <warlock(a)seste.net> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <001c01c31f5c$3c10eba0$fea8a8c0@arnor> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > When we are talking about this...in what language are the vocals on > Santiago? > > That's a thing I like with Dieter, that he uses so much different types of > vocals, and languages. Italian, French, English, German and so on... > > Chris > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:29:29 +1000 > From: Mark Pulley <mrpulley(a)tpg.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <200305210928.h4L9Sa504467(a)mail1.tpgi.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On 21/5/03 7:45 AM, warlock(a)seste.net wrote: > > > When we are talking about this...in what language are the vocals on > > Santiago? > > According to the text inside the Of Course I'm Lying 2x12" set: > > " 'La Secret Farida' is part of a love poem by Om Kassoum" > > (No idea who Om Kassoum is.) > and: > > " 'Santiago' narrates a story in the Afro-Cuban dialect" > > (I assume that should be *an* Afro-Cuban dialect, but I could be > wrong. I have heard parts of those vocals used in other techno tracks > - I forget which ones as techno isn't terribly memorable!) > > > Chris > > Mark > ----------------------<http://users.tpg.com.au/mrpulley/>------------- > --------- > Laurence Scarman: I see. > Doctor: I'm sure you don't but it's very nice of you to try. > ("Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (Part 1)") > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:59:35 -0700 > From: Rory Filer <rfiler(a)SierraWireless.com> > Subject: RE: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "'The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful.'" > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: > <DFD3D5AACF7DD311BD7800104BCA77B104EBE32D(a)redrose.sierrawireless.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Well if you listen to the vocals on Le Secret, one thing is clear. > The chanteuse has either practiced the words a lot or she is fluent > in what ever language it is. I've listened carefully to the > reference to a "diamond tiara" near the end, and it *could* be what > she's saying, but it's pronounced with an accent, and not a french > one - especially the word "diamond". > > Near the beginning of the verse she seems to say "and who will enter", > again with an accent. The pronunciation is a little on the oblique > side, enough to make me wonder whether it's a different language which > just sounds like "and whooooo will enta". > > >From my first point above, someone went to a lot of trouble to sound > convincing in the verse, so it makes me think it is one or two languages > instead of gibberish. > > Anyhow, the song makes me laugh (the Shhhhh part) and I'd like to meet > this woman with the sweet voice. > > Ahhh to dream. > > > On 21/5/03 7:45 AM, warlock(a)seste.net wrote: > > > When we are talking about this...in what language are the vocals on > > Santiago? > > According to the text inside the Of Course I'm Lying 2x12" set: > > " 'La Secret Farida' is part of a love poem by Om Kassoum" > > (No idea who Om Kassoum is.) > and: > > " 'Santiago' narrates a story in the Afro-Cuban dialect" > > (I assume that should be *an* Afro-Cuban dialect, but I could be > wrong. I have heard parts of those vocals used in other techno tracks > - I forget which ones as techno isn't terribly memorable!) > > > Chris > > Mark > ----------------------<http://users.tpg.com.au/mrpulley/>------------- > --------- > Laurence Scarman: I see. > Doctor: I'm sure you don't but it's very nice of you to try. > ("Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (Part 1)") > > > _______________________________________________ > Yello mailing list > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:13:21 +0200 > From: "Rene" <t013463(a)tip.nl> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <002f01c31fbc$486272b0$7c7ef0c3@athlon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The language also appears to have some > Arabic influences... > > In that aspect it reminds me of Quad El Habib. > > Rene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rory Filer" <rfiler(a)SierraWireless.com> > To: "'The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful.'" > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:59 PM > Subject: RE: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > > > > Well if you listen to the vocals on Le Secret, one thing is clear. > > The chanteuse has either practiced the words a lot or she is fluent > > in what ever language it is. I've listened carefully to the > > reference to a "diamond tiara" near the end, and it *could* be what > > she's saying, but it's pronounced with an accent, and not a french > > one - especially the word "diamond". > > > > Near the beginning of the verse she seems to say "and who will enter", > > again with an accent. The pronunciation is a little on the oblique > > side, enough to make me wonder whether it's a different language which > > just sounds like "and whooooo will enta". > > > > >From my first point above, someone went to a lot of trouble to sound > > convincing in the verse, so it makes me think it is one or two languages > > instead of gibberish. > > > > Anyhow, the song makes me laugh (the Shhhhh part) and I'd like to meet > > this woman with the sweet voice. > > > > Ahhh to dream. > > > > > > On 21/5/03 7:45 AM, warlock(a)seste.net wrote: > > > > > When we are talking about this...in what language are the vocals on > > > Santiago? > > > > According to the text inside the Of Course I'm Lying 2x12" set: > > > > " 'La Secret Farida' is part of a love poem by Om Kassoum" > > > > (No idea who Om Kassoum is.) > > and: > > > > " 'Santiago' narrates a story in the Afro-Cuban dialect" > > > > (I assume that should be *an* Afro-Cuban dialect, but I could be > > wrong. I have heard parts of those vocals used in other techno tracks > > - I forget which ones as techno isn't terribly memorable!) > > > > > Chris > > > > Mark > > ----------------------<http://users.tpg.com.au/mrpulley/>------------- > > --------- > > Laurence Scarman: I see. > > Doctor: I'm sure you don't but it's very nice of you to try. > > ("Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (Part 1)") > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yello mailing list > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yello mailing list > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 20:57:38 +0200 > From: "The Warlock" <warlock(a)seste.net> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <001101c31fca$da3706c0$fda8a8c0@arnor> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > It could be a mix of different languages, since we all recognize different > dialects and languages in this song. > > I think she also says "La saphire" (0:58) or something like that...sounds > like French, I suppose you know better than me. I also think she says "die > Jahrung" (1:03) - at least it reminds me of German, but I don't think > "jahrung" is a word in German (at least not mentioned in the dictionary). > Perhaps other ones on this list would know this better than me. > > On the One Second CD it says "Vocals on La Secret Farida by Farida"... Would > this be Farida's secret?? > > Chris > > "I can't seperate your fiction from facts..." > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 21:17:34 +0200 > From: "Rene" <t013463(a)tip.nl> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <004c01c31fcd$a28e5720$7c7ef0c3@athlon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > There is in fact a Comic book called: > > Le Secret de Farida. > > - > > On the question about the voice and language on Santiago: > > Yello recorded their video Desire in Cuba - Havana, at the Havana club. > The choregrapher at that time, or still, there is called Santiago. > Chances are big it's the same dude. since One Second shows great > influence from that part of the country compared to > Stella. Boris got inspired, no doubt. > > Rene > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Warlock" <warlock(a)seste.net> > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Yello] Le Secret Farida - What is it? > > > > It could be a mix of different languages, since we all recognize different > > dialects and languages in this song. > > > > I think she also says "La saphire" (0:58) or something like that...sounds > > like French, I suppose you know better than me. I also think she says "die > > Jahrung" (1:03) - at least it reminds me of German, but I don't think > > "jahrung" is a word in German (at least not mentioned in the dictionary). > > Perhaps other ones on this list would know this better than me. > > > > On the One Second CD it says "Vocals on La Secret Farida by Farida"... > Would > > this be Farida's secret?? > > > > Chris > > > > "I can't seperate your fiction from facts..." > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yello mailing list > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 17:02:52 -0400 > From: Julian <julzmon(a)mac.com> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Yello Cover > To: yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > Message-ID: <96142CCC-8BCF-11D7-8F1F-000A27AE3B56(a)mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I think you managed to capture the spit of YELLO in your cover. > Quite nice. > > Julz > > > > www.art-ist.nl/ewa/ewa_swing.mp3 > > > > > > Rene > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yello mailing list > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 23:24:19 +0200 > From: "Rene" <t013463(a)tip.nl> > Subject: Re: [Yello] Yello Cover > To: "The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful." > <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <000701c31fdf$575ac380$7c7ef0c3@athlon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thanks Julian, > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julian" <julzmon(a)mac.com> > To: <yello(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Yello] Yello Cover > > > > I think you managed to capture the spit of YELLO in your cover. > > Quite nice. > > > > Julz > > > > > > > www.art-ist.nl/ewa/ewa_swing.mp3 > > > > > > > > > Rene > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Yello mailing list > > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Yello mailing list > > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Yello mailing list > Yello(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello > > > End of Yello Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 > *********************************** --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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Re: Subject: [Yello] Yello Cover
by Paprboy698＠aol.com 22 May '03

22 May '03

Nice. I like it. Good work! Could you add another 4 minutes worth when you get time? CP > www.art-ist.nl/ewa/ewa_swing.mp3 >

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Om Kassoum & Farida [long]
by Rob_King 21 May '03

21 May '03

Hi folks, I did some research, and I think I have the solution to who "Om Kassoum" is. I believe it's an alternate spelling of "Oum Kalsoum", who was a very popular Arabic singer and poetess from Egypt. from http://digiboek.50megs.com/oumkalsoum/ <http://digiboek.50megs.com/oumkalsoum/> "Her name also is written as Umm Kalthum, Umm Kulthum, Oum Kalthum, Um Kalthoum, Umm Kulthume, Oum Kulthum, Oum Kalthoum, Um Kolthoum, Oum Kulthume, Oum Kolthoum, Om Kalsoum, Um Kalsoum, Oom Koolsum, Umm Kalsoum or Omm Kalsoum, but we prefer Oum Kalsoum. Oum Kalsoum was born at the beginning of this century and died in 1975. She was unquestionably the most gifted singer and musician of this century in the Middle East. She was continuously popular for over 50 years and her songs are still played nightly on any number of Arabic language radio stations. She was the "voice of Egypt". More than twentyfive years after her death, her devoted audience, drawn from all strata of Arab society, still numbers in the millions." Here's a website where they translate to English one of her love songs called "You Are My Life". http://www.shira.net/inte-omri.htm <http://www.shira.net/inte-omri.htm> In my humble opinion, the lyrics are quite passionate, and are probably a good indicator of what her other poetry is like. Seems also very Yello-ish to use such powerful lyrics as well, in my opinion. I guess it's a matter of trying to figure out which poem she sang that Yello borrowed, and finally matching them... As for who "Farida" actually is, it's difficult to browse the web as that name is quite a popular Arabic name. I did find one Arabic singer who goes solely by that name alone. Here's a couple of websites to back that up: http://www.mondomix.org/womexshowcases2001/artistes/farida.htm <http://www.mondomix.org/womexshowcases2001/artistes/farida.htm> (samples here) http://www.faridamaqam.com/ <http://www.faridamaqam.com/> Here's another Farida, who was a 'superstar' back in the 70s, which makes her a more likely candidate than the other: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awards2003/profile_kaboul.shtml <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awards2003/profile_kaboul.shtml> http://www.mondomix.org/mix_fr/decouv/festivals/fes2002/jour03/jour03.htm <http://www.mondomix.org/mix_fr/decouv/festivals/fes2002/jour03/jour03.htm> (samples here) I was able to listen to audio samples of both persons listed above, and neither are singing like the voice on "Le Secret Farida", which means that *neither* are probably the voice. Yello's Farida tends to rasp out the song, not sung with a full-bodied voice. Also, the difficulty in identifying any women who can sing and go by the name "Farida" makes this a pretty daunting task, as there are very many of them. Maybe a certain someone named "Jonas" who is working on a book and has (hopefully) an upcoming interview with a certain someone named "Boris" can ask the man who Farida is, and where they met, etc? ;) Just a thought... All of this is in my guesstimation, of course, although I believe the Oum Kalsoum connection is most probably correct. Also, another final thought - someone mentioned how some of the phrases sound French, other lyrics sound Arabic. Perhaps, would this be a pointer to a singer from Morocco? Have either of the Yello gents spent time in Morocco? Cheers, Rob

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