Not surprisingly, she had her first stage experience at the age of 13 as a vocalist to her father in Antalya, where they had moved from İzmir due to her father's work arrangements. In fact, it was her first step into professional stage carrier.
After a while, she was performing jazz and pop songs in big hotels and resorts as a part of duets, trios and orchestras she formed with her father. Even in those years, Burcu had started to build her own audience and fan base. All those who came to listen to her upon hearing about her reputation were amazed by the strong voice and musical prowess of the young girl. Many who heard her sing jazz songs thought she was from England or the United States. "White girl with a black throat" is a nickname coined during those days.
Her parents divorced when she was only 7 years old. As a result of yearning she had for her mother during all those years, she returned to İzmir when she was 18 and began to live with her mother. During the same period, she continued her development by getting tuition in singing, articulation and solmization from the dean of the state conservatory of the 9 Eylül University in İzmir, Prof. Dr. Müfit Bayraşa. While working at İzmir's premier jazz clubs, at big resorts and in summer time in Bodrum, she also attended several festivals and music contests with Müfit Bayraşa and won several awards. In those days, she had world famous classical piano player Burçin Büke listen to her lyrics and music. Going into the studio together, they made their recordings of jointly created songs.
Those recordings were sent to Raks Universal Record Company in İstanbul. A week later she was urgently called to İstanbul by the company officials Galip Kayhan and Koral Sarıtaş to prepare her first album.
In 1998 Burcu released her first album "Aşk Yarası" with the contributions of some of the most important music people of Turkey, like Garo Mafyan, Nino Varon, Tanju Arıkan and his team. In the same album she also performed Gloria Gayner's "First be a woman" in Turkish lyrics written by Zeynep Talu. Songs from this album "Alimallah" and "Yaşadık Bitmedi" were used in a compilation album released in France and created a lot of interest. She became a best-up-coming female pop singer of 1998. Supported by renowned musicians, newspaper editors of the country and nicknamed "Daughter Of The Sun", as was the cover of her press release she was know listed among the top three important voice of Turkey.
In 1999, she began to preparation for her second album with Melik Yirmibir who was a musician living in United States. Wishing to emphasise her other characteristics in this album, Burcu got into cooperation with the world famous songwriter and producer Ara Dinkjiyan and performed 5 of his songs. This pop work combined with ethnic music, was completed with contributions of world famous musicians in United States. Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez in drums, Jim Beard in keyboards and Arto Tunçboyacıyan in percussions are some of these musicians. She was reinforcing her creative side in this album with her own lyrics and music. Signing and agreement with Erol Köse and changing her company and contract; she refreshed her album with her new team. Known by her "black throat", Burcu Güneş succesfully performed the well - known classical Turkish music song "Çile Bülbülüm" and made this song popular again after many years.
The preparation for second album lastes until 2001. She cooperated with several musicians. The succesfull arranger, Tufan Taş, began arranging sons for the first time in this album and opened the way to producing for their musicial partnership in the upcoming years. In her second solo album, "Tılsım", she dazed her listeners with her performance of Erhan Güleryüz's "Biz Aşkı Meleklerden Çaldık*". Following the release of the album, Burcu got into a very intense schedule of concerts and toured all of Turkey as well as many European countries. This album sold 700.000 in 2001 and became one of the best selling albums of the year. TAÇSAV (headed by Dr. Hasan Acar) awarded her the title of "Ideal Turkish Girl" because of her exemplary life style. In other words, her second album "Tılsım" became a milestone in establishing her orginality in many aspects.
Burcu started to work on her third album in 2002 and by mainly using the songs she wrote (Ay Şahit, Sınıfta Kal, Uyan, Çarpar, Coğrafya, Alışmak, Uzağına Düştüm) she bolstered her succes in song and lyrics writing. She continued to work with Erol Köse as her executive producer.
In joint musicial direction with Tufan Taş and after two years of work, she released her third album titled "Ay Şahit" in 2004. By the first week of its release, the album became very popular. Featuring with Ceza in Mert Ekren's "Sahilden", she opened a new page for the rap musik in Turkey. Her every song was accompanied by the crowds during her concerts. Starting ro have a disagreements with her producing company shortly thereafter, she went through a period of struggles until the public tender by TMSF (Savings Accounts Insurance Fund) where buying out her contract and the rights to her artistic activities, she became a first doing this and signed her own declaration of indepence.
Remaining silent until the end of 2006, she released her album "Ben Ateş, Ben Su", which she produced and took 1,5 year to complete in cooperation with Bülent Seyhan. She managed the musical direction along with Tufan Taş and Mert Ekren. She worked on love, freedom, renovation awareness and self questioning themes in this album.
Believing that one has to start from her inner self to renovate and improve herself, she attended programs in spiritual and metaphysics fields whose reflections she experienced in many areas in her life. She developed and interest in Mesnevi, the collection of the teachings by Mevlana, as a reaction to the fact that modernization and a materialistic outlook on the world during the last few centuries are driving people away from the richness of the soul and spiritual contentment. The famous philosopher of the middle ages Halil Cibran, as well as Osho and Buddhism are also among her past times.
She is one of the very few singers who developed a very serious base of fans and achieved an audience of between 20.000 and 80.000 people in each of more than 450 concerts she gave in Turkey and Europe. The total sale of her albums sold in Turkey and abroad stands around 1.950.000 today.
Other Albums;
On The Club (2008)
Sihirbaz (2009)
Tamamdır (2010)
Uzak Değilim
Burcu Güneş Lyrics
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Ay ýþýðý yýldýzlar yakamozlar
Ah göðü alýrdým uzandýðým an
Sana yenildi sevdam
Çok uzak deðilim
Yanýbaþýnda duruyorum
Gözünü iyi aç
Selvi boylum geçiyor bak
Birgün elbet sevgilim olacak
Bana oyna þansýný zorla
Çaldýn kalbimi yorma
The lyrics to Burcu Güneş's song "Uzak Değilim" convey a sense of longing and nearness at the same time. The first verse begins with a reference to centuries-old fairy tales that have been told over and over again. This sets the tone for the rest of the song, suggesting that the themes of love and yearning are timeless and familiar. The imagery in the first verse is also beautiful, with references to the moonlight and stars that create a romantic atmosphere.
The second verse is more focused on the singer's feelings towards her love interest. She describes a moment where she would have given anything to have her love returned by her partner. The line "Sana yenildi sevdam" can be translated to "my love was defeated by you," suggesting that her love for this person was all-consuming and intense. However, despite the intensity of her feelings, she is still very near to her love interest. The chorus emphasizes this point, with the singer letting her partner know that she is not far away at all.
The final lines of the song provide a sense of hope and determination. The singer encourages her love interest to take a chance on her, to not be afraid to fall in love. The final line "Çaldın kalbimi yorma" translates to "you stole my heart, don't tire it out." The song ends with a sense of optimism, with the singer confident that her love is reciprocated and that they will be together in the end.
Line by Line Meaning
Yüzyıllardır söylenir aynı masallar
This is a tale as old as time
Ay ışığı yıldızlar yakamozlar
As the moonlight illuminates the stars, I am illuminated by my love for you
Ah göğsü alırdım uzandığım an
My heart would skip a beat each time I reached towards you
Sana yenildi sevdam
I surrendered my heart to you
Çok uzak değilim
I am not far away
Yanıbaşımda duruyorum
I am right next to you
Gözünü iyi aç
Open your eyes and see me
Buradayım ahh
I am here, oh
Selvi boylum geçiyor bak
Look, my black-tressed love is passing by
Bir gün elbet sevgilim olacak
One day, my beloved, you will be mine
Bana oyna şansını zorla
Give me a chance, forcefully if you must
Çaldın kalbimi yorma
You stole my heart, don't make it suffer
Contributed by Charlotte V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@nedimusic
Şarkı çıktığında 11 yaşındaydım şimdi 32 olacağım. Mahallede arkadaşlarımla oyun oynarken söylerdik. O günleri o kadar özlüyorum ki, her dinlediğimde tekrar tekrar hatırlıyorum. İyi de oluyo…
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O günleri özleyenler olarak bu şarkılar da buluşuyoruz galiba 😌🕊
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O yıllarda iken pazar günü sabah kahvaltısı yaparken kral tv de çıkmıştı babam çocuk şarkısı demişti
@nedimusic
@@aylinozturk2093 evet öyle yapıyoruz :)
@Elif-dr8st
Bende aşırı özlüyorum :(((
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@muratmrt5267
Bu şarkının üzerinden hala 20 yıl geçtiğine inanamıyorum.
@cavid5056
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Aynı inanamama durumu bende de söz konusu. :))
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