# Take Five - Pakistan style. You have \*got\* to see this. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437 "2011-06-05T21:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/41 "2011-06-10T22:59:00Z")
Excellent, but I still prefer the original. I wonder whether Brubeck has heard it and what his opinion would be. (Yes he’s still alive . . . over 90 now.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/42 "2011-06-10T23:03:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Excellent, but I still prefer the original. I wonder whether Brubeck has heard it and what his opinion would be. (Yes he’s still alive . . . over 90 now.) My bet is he would dig it on several levels. TCM had a special on Dave just the other day and he’s all for other cultures’ acceptance of and experimentation on jazz and music in general. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/43 "2011-06-10T23:43:26Z")
I really liked the sitar standing in for the sax, but the string section was way too much. Might have worked better if they’d cut about two thirds of the guys out, but with that many, it comes off sounding over-produced and corny. Too much John Williams, not enough jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/44 "2011-06-11T00:01:32Z")
Loved the sitar solo parts, that guy really “dug” the groove (for all us old-timers) and that sounded perfect. I also didn’t think the overproduced-sounding string parts fit in too well with the rest of the song, but it was really cool to see all those surgeons able to get together between operations and have something to do. ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/45 "2011-06-11T08:55:40Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > A sitar-driven, shagadelic/psychedelic arrangement of Jumpin’ Jack Flash. No really - what time capsule was this found in? 😉 Odd. _I_ found the Rolling Stones version of Jumpin’s Jack Flash to be noisy. Different strokes, I guess. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/46 "2011-06-13T21:59:20Z")
Thanks for the link - that was great. I had a bad impression of the sitar because of the Beatles songs that include it (I always skip over them), but it was used very nicely here. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437/47 "2011-06-14T02:35:37Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I don’t understand why so many people hate the sitar. That was freakin’ awesome! Something about the twangyness of the sound makes my fingernails itch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-five-pakistan-style-you-have-got-to-see-this/584437.md?page=2)