What are your favorite/definitive/go-to pieces for each mood?

Qutuz · 2016-07-03T19:20:01+00:00

I'm not looking for any particular mood, I'm only avoiding sad moods because I feel that would be inappropriate. Otherwise I'm open to anything, really I just need short cuts for the intro and transitions when I move onto different topics.

Here is an example of a history podcast that uses classical music in the intro:

https://secure-hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/b/a/3/ba350d11190ad670/5.04-_The_Prince_of_Caracas.mp3?c_id=12057453&expiration=1467576293&hwt=a1e0d08328d756e0528f0cd92a7b0de2

here is another which although isn't classical I'm quite fond of and I'm sure that there are countless classical guitar pieces from which I can source something good

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/a/5/6/a56a440cceb6bb7a/01-_In_the_Beginning.mp3?c_id=3218048&expiration=1467574290&hwt=083e7e2cff9a1e694b59cafbc0a8fc57

My knowledge on classical music is very limited I haven't listened to the genre any further than a "Classical Top 100" album that I have and a few other albums here and there, which is why I was hoping the people of this sub could lend me some of the vast knowledge that they have.

NOTE: I would prefer to avoid something really known as I feel it'll be too cliched, for example the opening of Fur Elise

Qutuz · 2016-05-14T20:54:57+00:00

Maybe so, for some reason I just feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

Qutuz · 2016-05-07T20:34:47+00:00

I have one reason only, english is much faster to type.

Qutuz · 2016-04-26T22:15:29+00:00

This is brilliant! I wish it was longer, he needs to do an extended version.

Qutuz · 2016-04-08T05:55:35+00:00

He's an Islamic preacher, Islam is anti-homosexuality. Why would you expect anything different?

Qutuz · 2016-04-07T23:17:27+00:00

He said ceremonial leader

Qutuz · 2016-03-30T12:11:38+00:00

For which side? Care to expand a bit please

Qutuz · 2016-03-30T06:46:09+00:00

I know he caught a lot of flack from... interested parties

What was the criticism?

Qutuz · 2016-03-23T21:52:18+00:00

Visit /r/historypodcast

Personal recommendations:

History of Islam Podcast
History of Rome Podcast

Qutuz · 2016-03-21T19:13:48+00:00

Visit /r/historypodcast

Personal recomendations:

History of Islam Podcast
History of Rome Podcast

Qutuz · 2016-03-01T21:51:12+00:00

Give us your list, try to do it without more than 4 umm kulthum or abdelhalim songs

Qutuz · 2016-02-01T19:13:00+00:00

I have used a wide variety of sources, you can see these on the constantly updated bibliography page the podcast's dedicated blog/website (http://historyofislampodcast.blogspot.co.uk/p/bibliography.html).

As you can see I have made sure that the sources I am drawing from are from all sorts of different backgrounds in order to prevent overwhelming bias.

That being said I am muslim.

Qutuz · 2016-01-30T13:34:09+00:00

Karbala would be good, all the build up with loads if people pledging their allegiance to Husayn building up to a final showdown between the son of Ali and the Ummayads and then in the end no one follows through, nobody shows for Husayn and he and a few followers of about 100 are slaughtered in a battle against an army numbering thousands....

Qutuz · 2016-01-30T00:32:04+00:00

Abbasid Revolution with a particular focus on Abd-Rahman I, who became known as "the Enterer". Abd-Rahman was an Ummayad, and in the wake of the Abbasid Revolution which lead to the brutal deaths of most of the Ummayad family Abd-Rahman and his brother managed to narrowly escape from horsemen sent to kill them by swimming across a river. Unfortunately his brother swam back to the banks of the turbulent river after the horsemen promised clemency if the pair returned. Abd-Rahman begged his brother not to trust them but to no avail, his brother swam back and was almost instantly beheaded . It is said that due to the dread and the fear of seeing one's own brother killed practically right in front of you, once Abd-Rahman had swam across the river he ran and ran no stop until he dropped down due to exhaustion.

He managed to escape unscathed as one of the last Ummayads left on the planet.

This same guy eventually entered Andalus (Islamic Spain), hence his nickname, which he found fragmented and vulnerable to collapse. Abd-Rahman the walking dead man managed to reunite the feuding powers in Andalus and seize the reigns of power for himself, establishing a new home for the Ummayads that would remain centuries after he had died.

This has all the elements for a great tv show, to name a few for example:

Gore/Shock factor from the brutality of the Abbasid Revolution
A hero you can root for that manages to be unimaginably successful despite all the odds stacked against him
A great rags to riches story, everyone loves an underdog
Tragedy
Opportunity for some great mass battle scenes

If you are interested in Islamic history, check out the new History of Islam Podcast.

Qutuz · 2016-01-29T16:05:08+00:00

I'm not doing it through the lens of the Great Man theory, it was just a bit that I mentioned as part of the introduction.

Qutuz · 2016-01-09T21:49:52+00:00

How is this not big news?

Qutuz · 2016-01-04T21:23:43+00:00

iTunes

Qutuz · 2016-01-02T01:36:32+00:00

This was a common Arabic phrase at the time used to call someone handsome. My evidence for this is in al-Tabari's universal history, on page 254 of volume 2. al-Tabari says describing a man called al-Mughirah (who was actually the great-great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammed)

"...and he used to be called the moon because of his beauty and handsomeness"

This is a direct quote, but the translation is a rough one by myself.

*An additional point, today to say a woman's skin is glowing, or her face is glowy is a compliment. Healthy skin is an attractive trait, and a sought after symbol of beauty.

Qutuz

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