Fariek Four M – Ya Ahl el Magha (1981)// ٤م – يا أهل المغنى

This cassette has so many good songs on it, it was very hard to choose which one I should post, but I choose this one ’cause it hits hard from the start and the attitude of the singers is awesome. This group is composed out of five siblings. When the group stopped , the male singer, Ezat abou el Ouf, became more famous because he got into a lot of Egyptian movies and soaps. He often played the bad guy! In the song I really adore the bridge where Ezat Abou el Ouf startes going ‘ya leily ya einy …’, that part is the best blend between western disco vibes and the Arabic traditional influences I found untill now. So dreamy, so disco! Did I already say I was born too late, would have loved to get down and boogie to this one in 80’s Cairo.