My favorite class in elementary school was geography and I still spend time on YouTube looking at videos to see cities and imagine being there since I don't travel much.
I started a thread called "Municipalities of the World" a while back. Inspired with its adventures and informative nature, this time I am dwelling on cities with a music video or two about them, their nostalgia and love affair we have with them as we see their unique architecture and urbanism on screen . I hope you will contribute to this collection as well as you did to the other.
I'll start with a city I have never physically been.
You can also add a favorite comment from the comment section which I also like to read, for example.
nangnoi1000
the people there speak eiglish? i need go to france very soon need to make 1 stop inTashkent am little scare..
i like you vdo
Orhan Ayyüce
Dec 20, 12 1:22 am
For the percussion fans this is so extraordinary. Taped on a location in Uzbekistan by an American jazz percussionist I know. A 14 minutes of talking drum trans. It progressively gets more intense. Just encountered it today.
Tashkent Video brought many great memories for me. I was visiting this city in late 80-s together with my friends all Architecture faculty students, and spent one week in Tashkent. we discovered "untouched" book store and all of us spent all money first day on books, as a result we were starving for the rest of the trip. just to clarify, finding good books on architecture was a big deal in Soviet Union.
We used the scene from Dear Diary when he is travelling through Rome on his vespa as the background for a presentation we did on Rome in 2nd year architecture - such a great film. This was back in the day of video dubbing - that as my job.
This video is my home town Auckland - a song by Liam Finn shot around a hidden gem of a chapel (probably prefab) in Parnell on the fringes of the CBD.
Istanbul, I often think of your mosques And of your tall minarets that throw themselves skywards Istanbul, I often dream of the blue waters of Bosporus Where it reflects a face, a face I love.
Istanbul, istanbul, I have fallen into your walls Istanbul, Istanbul, a girl with a pure heart A child that I love, Beautiful like a poem With large dark eyes Dark like the shadow of the night
Istanbul, why does life seperate lovers? Istanbul, why do mountains exist, (and) oceans that Seperate me from the one whom I love?
Istanbul, Istanbul, I thirst for his arms, Istanbul, Istanbul, of his velvety skin. I have been hungry to see you, I want to see you To quench my heart With a little happiness
But I know that one day Entirely filled with love I will tell him “My dear, good evening”. Hand in hand Under his crystal sky We will go out every night There will be new Songs and dances galore There will be a thousand joys forever And with all our friends We will go drink raki In the beautiful restaurants of Bosporus Istanbul.
My favorite class in elementary school was geography and I still spend time on YouTube looking at videos to see cities and imagine being there since I don't travel much.
I started a thread called "Municipalities of the World" a while back. Inspired with its adventures and informative nature, this time I am dwelling on cities with a music video or two about them, their nostalgia and love affair we have with them as we see their unique architecture and urbanism on screen . I hope you will contribute to this collection as well as you did to the other.
I'll start with a city I have never physically been.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
You can also add a favorite comment from the comment section which I also like to read, for example.
nangnoi1000
the people there speak eiglish? i need go to france very soon need to make 1 stop inTashkent am little scare..
i like you vdo
For the percussion fans this is so extraordinary. Taped on a location in Uzbekistan by an American jazz percussionist I know. A 14 minutes of talking drum trans. It progressively gets more intense. Just encountered it today.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
EMERGING SPACES - A day in Addis Ababa's condominiums
Rome via Nanni Moretti
Pt 1
Pt 2
"Here I see pizza in cardboard boxes"
"Do you know Jennifer Biels?"
Sana'a
I knew sooner or later I had to drag Istanbul into this mix.
Before with 17th Century Ottoman music.
Today.
Tashkent Video brought many great memories for me. I was visiting this city in late 80-s together with my friends all Architecture faculty students, and spent one week in Tashkent. we discovered "untouched" book store and all of us spent all money first day on books, as a result we were starving for the rest of the trip. just to clarify, finding good books on architecture was a big deal in Soviet Union.
My home town Tbilisi, Georgia:
http://youtu.be/de9d4nZ_5oE
Orhan,
We used the scene from Dear Diary when he is travelling through Rome on his vespa as the background for a presentation we did on Rome in 2nd year architecture - such a great film. This was back in the day of video dubbing - that as my job.
This video is my home town Auckland - a song by Liam Finn shot around a hidden gem of a chapel (probably prefab) in Parnell on the fringes of the CBD.
https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=martyn+fields+reserve&hl=en&sll=-36.850019,174.789468&sspn=0.000928,0.002064&t=h&hq=martyn+fields+reserve&z=17&iwloc=A
Shot in winter so you get a good idea of the colours and atmosphere we get.
http://youtu.be/bg7M3XWi4Es
Here is one on Los Angeles. I had a lot to do with this video back in the day.
Sana'a, Yemen
Le Mura Di Sana'a - Pier Paolo Pasolini (1971)
Sana'a, Yemen "Tourism Film" - صنعاء, اليمن "فيلم سياحي" - 1
A city under assault, Grozny.
Grozny in 2011
Chicken Town Manchester Oxford Rd station - heading towards Salford..
Jakarta and other Indonesian cities made of architectural renderings.
"Hello can you hear me?"
My Jakarta, My Indonesia
and,
a local economy there... (30 seconds)
postcards?
Postcard From Perth
Treaty after all this is about music too.
lost Cities
http://youtu.be/jRdgKf6SAqo
Damascus
http://youtu.be/ZipJPLYfpDE
Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu Gandharba Music Association
Odessa
Eisenstein's 1925 film Battleship Potemkin. Steps of Odessa
Moscow
Paris at night
Pyongyang commercial interiors.
Chongqing
&
Chongqing
Tel Aviv: The Most Amazing City in the World (A Musical Slideshow)
Porto
Tel Aviv is beautiful!
When I look for the city I often find music. Sometimes I find both like in Bombay. Worth every second.
2020 Olympics Budapest
2020 Olympics Istanbul *
2020 Olympics Madrid *
2020 Olympics Tokyo *
2020 Olympics Baku
2020 Olympics Doha
(*Official applicant cities)
Driving thru Katmandu
Severobaikals a young town in Russian Sibera. Very beautiful place.
Istanbul
Aleppo
Amman, Jordan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udE910hE00
Ibrahim Maalouf - Beirut
Another one for Istanbul, Marc Aryan.
Istanbul, I often think of your mosques
And of your tall minarets that throw themselves skywards
Istanbul, I often dream of the blue waters of Bosporus
Where it reflects a face, a face I love.
Istanbul, istanbul, I have fallen into your walls
Istanbul, Istanbul, a girl with a pure heart
A child that I love,
Beautiful like a poem
With large dark eyes
Dark like the shadow of the night
Istanbul, why does life seperate lovers?
Istanbul, why do mountains exist, (and) oceans that
Seperate me from the one whom I love?
Istanbul, Istanbul, I thirst for his arms,
Istanbul, Istanbul, of his velvety skin.
I have been hungry to see you,
I want to see you
To quench my heart
With a little happiness
But I know that one day
Entirely filled with love
I will tell him “My dear, good evening”.
Hand in hand
Under his crystal sky
We will go out every night
There will be new
Songs and dances galore
There will be a thousand joys forever
And with all our friends
We will go drink raki
In the beautiful restaurants of Bosporus
Istanbul.