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Istanbul...(not constantanoble)
1.       Gypsy Lady
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 04 Sep 2005 Sun 09:24 am

I don't know if any body remembers the group They Might be Giants..there like a slapstick humor american band like weird al yankovic....but i remember like long time ago they made a song called Istanbul (not constantanoble)...I'd like to point out that Constantinople's name was changed to Istanbul because it was taken by the Turks. Ironically, before being called Constantinople, it was called Byzantium. Then Emperor Constantine moved his capital from Rome to there, changing the name to Constaninople in honour of himself. After all, Rome was named after its founder Romulus. ...anyways just thought i would point that out...it's a really funny song along with the slapstick humor.....

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