{"id":12327,"date":"2021-08-21T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T17:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=12327"},"modified":"2022-02-20T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:07:35","slug":"are-you-sometimes-nostalgic-for-your-childhood-tv-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/08\/21\/are-you-sometimes-nostalgic-for-your-childhood-tv-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you sometimes nostalgic for your childhood TV songs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Music-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12328\" width=\"160\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Music-2.png 920w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Music-2-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Music-2-768x567.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 85vw, 160px\" \/><figcaption><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The internet is filled with tragic news from abroad, domestic politicians&#8217; platitudes, and the rise of radicalism worldwide. Sometimes, it is refreshing, if not salutary, to take a break from the sad news to search for fun songs from our (happy) childhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, are you familiar with this battery? Bambi&#8217;s dad may be laughing now as he sells this product in his store in Beirut (if he hasn&#8217;t run out of it yet and if he has electricity to be able to read this post  \ud83d\ude41 ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rayovac.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12329\" width=\"169\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rayovac.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rayovac-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, every Lebanese person of Bambi&#8217;s generation is surely familiar with the TV ad asking: &#8220;<em>What is your battery<\/em>?&#8221; The good answer is of course &#8220;<em>Rayovac<\/em>&#8220;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rayovac - Old Lebanese Ad\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FLgEKqoJ92E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After watching this ad, Bambi unsuccessfully tried to find another one on <em>AF7<\/em>, a cleaning product. She could not. She can still sing this add even after over 31 years, but, no worries please, she will spare your ears :).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s now move to more fun songs. If you are from Canada, you may be familiar with &#8220;<em>Belle et S\u00e9bastien<\/em>&#8220;. Belle is a CUTE large dog that you can find on <em>Radio-Canada<\/em>&#8216;s website: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/jeunesse\/scolaire\/emissions\/5299\/belle-et-sebastien\">https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/jeunesse\/scolaire\/emissions\/5299\/belle-et-sebastien<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the Lebanese version of <em>Belle et S\u00e9bastien<\/em>&#8216;s song for fun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Belle et Sebastien\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbescdF44B8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are like Bambi, you may have also enjoyed singing as a child <em>Goldorak<\/em>&#8216;s song! It was famous in Qu\u00e9bec in the lates 1970s. Here is the French-Canadian version followed by the Lebanese-Arabic version of <em>Grendizer<\/em> (also known as<em> Grandizer<\/em>): <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grendizer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grendizer<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Grendizer Medley - Sammy Clark &amp; Ihab Darwish \u0633\u0627\u0645\u064a \u0643\u0644\u0627\u0631\u0643 - \u063a\u0631\u0646\u062f\u0627\u064a\u0632\u0631 I Goldrake Musica I \uff35\uff26\uff2f\u30ed\u30dc \u30b0\u30ec\u30f3\u30c0\u30a4\u30b6\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFJUQhsAm0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh <em>Goldorak<\/em> OR <em>Grendizer<\/em>, if only you can go to Lebanon now to help it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude, here is a final character, Captain Tusabasa (called Majid in Arabic in the first video, followed by the original Japanese version (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Tsubasa\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Tsubasa<\/a>). Bambi had wished this Captain existed for real to save 17-year old Zaki Anwari :(. The latter lost his life while trying to escape the Taliban at Kabul airport. May his memory be eternal&#8230; Here is a song to honour him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/candles-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12338\" width=\"293\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/candles-1.jpg 852w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/candles-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/candles-1-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 85vw, 293px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-new-york-times\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"A 17-year-old Afghan soccer player died falling from a U.S. evacuation plane.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F08%2F19%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Fzaki-anwari-dead.html#?secret=yFiXktNj5t\" data-secret=\"yFiXktNj5t\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Captain Majid ORIGINAL opening theme song!\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDl6on4BSsU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Captain Tsubasa Intro \/ Opening - Moete Hero - 1983\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxWzffL8MMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet is filled with tragic news from abroad, domestic politicians&#8217; platitudes, and the rise of radicalism worldwide. 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