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The Shareef Don'T Like It
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine replied on Tue Dec 20, 2005 @ 9:24am |
 Coolness: 51055 | Iran's president bans Western music Mon. 19 Dec 2005
Associated Press By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979 Islamic Revolution. Songs such as George Michael's ``Careless Whisper,'' Eric Clapton's ``Rush'' and the Eagles' ``Hotel California'' have regularly accompanied Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G. But the official IRAN Persian daily reported Monday that Ahmadinejad, as head of Iran's Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban Western music. ``Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is required,'' according to a statement on the council's official Web site. Ahmadinejad's order means the IRIB must execute the decree and prepare a report on its implementation within six months, according to the newspaper. ``This is terrible,'' said Iranian guitarist Babak Riahipour, whose music was played occasionally on state radio and TV. ``The decision shows a lack of knowledge and experience.'' Music was outlawed as un-Islamic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini soon after the revolution. But as the fervor of the revolution started to fade, light classical music was allowed on radio and television. Some public concerts reappeared in the late 1980s. Western music, films and clothing are widely available in Iran, and hip-hop can be heard on Tehran's streets, blaring from car speakers or from music shops. Bootleg videos and DVDs of films banned by the state are widely available in the black market. Following eight years of reformist-led rule in Iran, Ahmadinejad won office in August on a platform of reverting to ultraconservative principles promoted by the revolution. Since then, Ahmadinejad has jettisoned Iran's moderation in foreign policy and pursued a purge in the government, replacing pragmatic veterans with former military commanders and inexperienced religious hard-liners. He also has issued stinging criticisms of Israel, called for the Jewish state to be ``wiped off the map'' and described the Nazi Holocaust as a ``myth.'' International concerns are high over Iran's nuclear program, with the United States accusing Tehran of pursuing an atomic weapons program. Iran denies the claims. During his presidential campaign, Ahmadinejad also promised to confront what he called the Western cultural invasion and promote Islamic values. The latest media ban also includes censorship of content of films. ``Supervision of content from films, TV series and their voice-overs is emphasized in order to support spiritual cinema and to eliminate trite and violence,'' the council said in a statement on its Web site explaining its October ruling. The council has also issued a ban on foreign movies that promote ``arrogant powers,'' an apparent reference to the United States. ------------------------------------ Now the king told the boogie men You have to let that raga drop The oil down the desert way Has been shakin’ to the top The sheik he drove his cadillac He went a’ cruisnin’ down the ville The muezzin was a’ standing On the radiator grille Chorus The shareef don’t like it Rockin’ the casbah Rock the casbah The shareef don’t like it Rockin’ the casbah Rock the casbah By order of the prophet We ban that boogie sound Degenerate the faithful With that crazy casbah sound But the bedouin they brought out The electric camel drum The local guitar picker Got his guitar picking thumb As soon as the shareef Had cleared the square They began to wail Chorus Now over at the temple Oh! they really pack ’em in The in crowd say it’s cool To dig this chanting thing But as the wind changed direction The temple band took five The crowd caught a wiff Of that crazy casbah jive Chorus The king called up his jet fighters He said you better earn your pay Drop your bombs between the minarets Down the casbah way As soon as the shareef was Chauffeured outta there The jet pilots tuned to The cockpit radio blare As soon as the shareef was Outta their hair The jet pilots wailed Chorus He thinks it’s not kosher Fundamentally he can’t take it. You know he really hates it. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Tue Dec 20, 2005 @ 9:47am |
| Coolness: 178730 | Hmm bad.
C'est contre les droits humains ça... Tout le monde a droit d'écouter de la musique, n'importe quelle musique... C'est chien des gouvernements comme ça. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mr_Frog replied on Tue Dec 20, 2005 @ 1:20pm |
 Coolness: 97185 | c'est chien les gouvernements et États religieux, comment brainwasher ton monde comme il faut!
Dire que y'a beaucoup de personne qui sont d'accord avec ça, c'est triste! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» beercrack replied on Tue Dec 20, 2005 @ 6:27pm |
| Coolness: 71520 | kenny g
hahaha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Wed Dec 21, 2005 @ 10:29am |
| Coolness: 178730 | Juste les USA c'est pas mal ça aussi... :S |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nitrous_N2O replied on Thu Dec 22, 2005 @ 3:05pm |
 Coolness: 125510 | Fucking Iranians |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Thu Dec 22, 2005 @ 3:29pm |
 Coolness: 339750 | I know a lot of people from Iran.. nothing wrong wit em if y'ask me.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Thu Dec 22, 2005 @ 4:40pm |
| Coolness: 148900 | i haet everyone equally |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Thu Dec 22, 2005 @ 7:08pm |
| Coolness: 178730 | Nan, most civilians are allrite, it's the government that's bleh. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» No_Comply replied on Thu Dec 22, 2005 @ 9:41pm |
 Coolness: 85020 | Originally posted by AERIAL RAVER...
Nan, most civilians are allrite, it's the government that's bleh. i think that goes for 90% of the planet |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Fri Dec 23, 2005 @ 9:33am |
| Coolness: 178730 | in fact...
yah ;) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine replied on Fri Dec 23, 2005 @ 10:09am |
| Coolness: 51055 | yeah its a shame. there's a lot of young people in iran getting a really hard time now because of this new hardline government, headed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. guys and girls arent even allowed to socialize in private or in public, lest they be flogged by police and authorities.
look at this: Iran’s “anti-vice police” make arrests in party raid Tue. 20 Dec 2005 Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 – Iranian State Security Forces raided a residence in the northern city of Noshahr over the weekend, arresting some 20 men and women who had attended a co-ed party, according to an email sent to Iran Focus from the area. The detained individuals have been handed over to the judiciary in the province of Mazandaran to face prosecution for attending the mixed-sex party. Co-ed parties are banned in Islamic Iran. Thousands of teenage boys and girls were arrested last year for taking part in similar parties. Some were flogged in public. ------------------ here's a related follow-up to the music ban: The non-music man Wed. 21 Dec 2005 The Wall Street Journal Review & Outlook In recent weeks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" and denied that the Holocaust ever happened, much to the dismay of the West and probably a silent majority of Iranians, too. Now the Islamic Republic has taken another bold step on the road to Year Zero, this time by banning Western music. Tehran commuters, who in recent years have grown accustomed to listening to Eric Clapton or Kenny G., will now have to put up with whatever Mr. Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council deem "decent." Don't expect "Crosstown Traffic" or "Baby You Can Ride My Car" to make the list. Iranians have been here before, as have other victims of dictatorship. Ayatollah Khomeini banned all forms of music after the 1979 revolution, but the rules were gradually relaxed after his death. In the Cambodia of the Khmer Rouge, music was banned along with all other expressions of art and culture, and hundreds of musicians were murdered. The Nazis extolled the music of Wagner, yet they famously tore down the statue of the Jewish-born Felix Mendelssohn in front of the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The Communist regimes also had their songs, including such memorable hits as "The East Is Red." There is a philosophical pedigree to this madness. In Plato's "Republic," Socrates notes that music holds a key to fashioning the souls of men, and therefore is a tool in the education -- and subjugation -- of citizens. There is probably something to this. But as Vaclav Havel reminds us, music can also be a tool of liberation. Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution took much of its inspiration from the Velvet Underground. Iranians, too, may eventually find themselves taking a Walk on the Wild Side. --------------------- |
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