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I was perusing the profiles of some of the users here on hubski, and stumbled across thenewgreen's post about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan," a Pakistani Qawwali singer" (to quote thenewgreen). I thought it would be interesting to juxtapose the ethnic Pakistani music with that of a modern Pakistani band, The Kominas.
The Kominas are within the genre of punk music called Taqwacore, which uses Islam as a center theme for their songs. I've been researching modern music that has originated from Islamic countries or from people with an Islamic background. I highly recommend everyone to watch the VBS.tv full length documentary titled "Heavy Metal in Baghdad", as well as viewing the documentary on Taqwacore by the name of "Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam" if you are interested in more!
thenewgreen · 4689 days ago · link ·
recently came back to check out this video again.... and for some reason the video seems to be gone?
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AnSionnachRua · 4693 days ago · link ·
It's odd to think, though, of exactly how much this music is "Pakistani". If the lyrics didn't sound Middle Eastern to me, I probably wouldn't be able to set this apart from American or British rock music of some sort (though, admittedly, I don't have an intricate knowledge of music structure and so on). In a certain sense, you could say that only the traditional music is "true" Pakistani music.
I did enjoy the song, though. Songs in languages I don't speak really make me wish I did so as to understand them.
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thenewgreen · 4692 days ago · link ·
There has to be some Pakastani popular music that is less "western". This sounds like a poor version of a "Bad Religion" song with Pakastani vocals. I imagine that there is "non-traditional" Pakastani music that sounds intrinsically "Pakastani". -I hope so for Pakistan's sake. It's always nice to listen to what's playing in other parts of the globe though. -Glad I checked it out.
As for the video, was that Cornel West in there? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West
I'm glad you mentioned 'Heavy Metal in Baghdad' it was on my list of things to watch, and I forgot about it. I'll put Taqwacore on there too. Thanks for this one. I would have probably never encountered the Kominas otherwise. I felt bad for that tiger in that video though.