Originally Posted by
David Halitsky
But here's the thing - so far as I know, Greeks have no separate names for their rhythms like the Arabic cultures do. So the names of the dances are also used to characterize songs sung to the rhythms of the dances, even when no dancing is involved.
For example, if someone in a Greek club asks the house band to stop playing so many hasapiko's and start playing some zeibekiko's, it doesn't mean that the person necessarily wants to get up and dance a zeibekiko. He (or she) may just want to hear some songs in the rhythm of the zeibekiko dance instead of the hasapiko dance. (I know I always used to like to hear zebekiko's in clubs even though I can't dance a step, simply because I was usually crying over some lost love.)
If I'm wrong about this, I hope someone will post to correct me, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct in what I'm saying here.