the intro dance to ojos asi is the music from "enta omri" by Oum Kalthoum she is considered to be the greatest arabian singer of all time and this song was one of her best from the 1940s

 

here is graceful shakira dancing to it from her tour

 

 

here is the original version without singing, this is just the intro to the song which last 50 minutes :o

 

 

the singing version

 

 

modern reworking

 

 

i love the original it so earthy and exotic lovin the great live instruments! great production! anyone else likes it? is it a good point of musical reference by shakira?

Edited May 17, 200718 yr by perfecto

I like this a lot, as I've said before, this was probably the highlight of the show for me :D

 

I hope Shakira records some more arabic influenced songs in the future - she can show Beyoncé how it should be done ;)

this kind of music is part of her so i think we'll hear some again soon, i was suprised no middle eastern sounds surfaced on FO1 and OF2 the last time we really heard it was in the live version of WW when she was doing TV promo when she reworked the production. i'd like to have heard exotic remixes of HDL or even Illegal but maybe she isn't into that sound at that time could it be her trip to Egypt has got her inspired! i forgot about BL that has middle eastern sounds and the production shakira added was giving us a nod to her father's musical influence on her. i know an amazing song like OA is coming soon its inevitable