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[KavorKin99]

people can listein to whatever they want too..so stop making a big deal dammnnn

[hyebruin]

LOL.... arent "rabiz" guys the ones that wear Adidas pants with nice dress shoes and white socks? and drive around in their parents BMW's blasting their armo music?

aka "b@b@zoghner@"!!! ......yuck yuck!!!----i'd rather spend eternity in celibacy than EVER end up with one of those!!...especially when they grow their pinky nail and put a big rock on it!! for shame!!!

[Anoushik]

aka "b@b@zoghner@"!!! ......yuck yuck!!!----i'd rather spend eternity in celibacy than EVER end up with one of those!!...especially when they grow their pinky nail and put a big rock on it!! for shame!!!

Glad to see some of my fellow Armenians think as I do!

[KavorKin99]

lol hehehe

Edited by KavorKin99, 18 November 2003 - 03:32 PM.

[Proud EXPAT]

Just for everyones info,

TATA IS RABIZ. He is true rabiz, the rest of the names mentioned on these messages are NOT true rabiz.

Rabiz culture and music has been around for decades, it's not a new thing. Just recently over the past decade or so has it been cheapened by pathetic new artists mixing in our enemy's melodies, which are actually stolen from Arabic and Greek anyway.

TATA ADMITS HE IS RABIZ, but he will also admit he is the true rabiz that does not mix in our enemy's melodies.

I for one don't listen to any kind of rabiz, the genuine form or the pathetic "new rabiz", but without it it is almost impossible to enjoy yourself at most Armenian get togethers.

I think it's about time we have more "true rabiz" artists such as Tata. Artists that create the basic, true and quality "dance" music Tata does.

In the meantime, long live Sayat Nova, Komitas and Khatchadour Avetisian, the best artists to ever represent our culture.

Edited by Proud EXPAT, 21 April 2004 - 12:53 AM.

[ExtraHye]

How is Tata Rabiz??? I don't like rabiz music, and his just the best!!!

[gurgen]

That's the whole point Extra.

Tata is old-school rabiz, and the new pathetic Turk-looking and sounding singers who profile themselves as rabiz are in fact not rabiz.

[Proud EXPAT]

That's the whole point Extra.

Tata is old-school rabiz, and the new pathetic Turk-looking and sounding singers who profile themselves as rabiz are in fact not rabiz.

Thanks for clearing that up gurgen.

[ExtraHye]

That's the whole point Extra.

Tata is old-school rabiz, and the new pathetic Turk-looking and sounding singers who profile themselves as rabiz are in fact not rabiz.

Thanks Gurgen,

I was under the impression that rabiz music was just that, Turk sounding. That's why I was surprised when Proud EXPAT called Tata rabiz.

Do I sense a bit of sarcasm Proud EXPAT?

[Proud EXPAT]

Huh?

[gurgen]

Huh?

Guess not eh?

[gevo27]

I dont think Tata is rabiz... If Tata is rabiz then all other music in armenian is rabiz.. except like opera or like. the oollllllld school hyme like songs and stuf... what makes Tata rabiz anyways????

I know whats not rabiz for sure.. we call them "sharakans" << HAHAHAHA... aigh aigh aigh aigh... thos things are boring

[gurgen]

If Tata is rabiz then all other music in armenian is rabiz..

It is, you g00f

[Azat]

Tata is Rabiz for sure. Sayat Nova would have been Rabiz at his time as well.

couple of interesting threads of the past.

http://armenians.com...?showtopic=1201

http://armenians.com...findpost&p=2326

[Twilight Bark]

Azat, it sounds like you are making a Jazz-like argument, right? That any music originating from or filtered through the American black culture is Jazz, making Rap the most recent form of "jazz". That may be.

But whatever the case, while I consider the "Armenian" "wedding music" junk as cruel and unusual punishment that should be regulated by human rights, I don't mind Sayat Nova (it's been forever since I listened to it though, perhaps I should one of these days).

[Azat]

Very much so TB. To me Rabiz is the music of the day, the music that the working class listens to at that given time. And while I agree that Sayat Nova is MUCH different from Tata and the rest of today’s fools, he still used Turkish melodies and I think even words in his music that appealed to the working class of his time.

BTW: I agree 100% about you analysis of Armenian Wedding music of today

[ExtraHye]

Tata and the rest of today’s fools

You can't compare Tata with the "rest of the fools"

[Sip]

Very much so TB.  To me Rabiz is the music of the day ...

But it seems to me, there is no clear-cut standardized definition of "rabiz" in place and people often arbitrarily use it to refer to "that which they don't like".

Of course we have had our arguments about what is or isn't rabiz. Much like what is or isn't Armenian, I am sure this question will also have as many answers as there are forumers on this board (maybe even more!).

[Sasun]

Hmmm... if we call Sayat Nova rabiz then what should we call Aram Asatrian, Boka and other types (Xrabiz? meaning extreme rabiz or extrarabiz).

[MosJan]

One of the best definition’s of RabiZ that I have heard was by comedian Vardan Petorsyan –

Rabiz is like a tree lim tat has not been pruned, it grows whichever way it likes, it grows towards the $Sun and demand, thus not know neighbor and boundaries,
By the way Parsegyan records just released a Video and a Cd of Armenian Pop Artists Singing Rabiz Armenia's pop singers (Sirusho, Hasmik Karapetian, Aida Sargsyan, Kristine Pepelian, Radik, Alik Harutyunian, Angela Barkhudarian, Suzan Markarian, Hayko, Varduhi Vardanyan, Arsen Grigorian) on a set of rabis and blatnoi songs.

http://www.narek-sto.....Stock=VD-9402