Iran Bans All Western Music (even the Beatles) ...


	Iran Bans All Western Music (even the Beatles) ...

ericw

12-19-2005 11:56 PM

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iran, music, western, islamic fundamentalism, mahmoud, ahmadinejad

ericw says:

Speachless ... this kind of news speaks for itself.

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12-20-2005 12:05 AM

glennlopez

HAHAHAHAHAHHA Sucks to live in IRAN~
seriusly.. The Beatles? come on! the beatles are amazing...
im guessing this goes for Nirvana and Metalica as well huh?
Now that deserves a slap in the face!

12-20-2005 12:19 AM

Rebeca

Is Iranian music any good?

12-20-2005 12:22 AM

ericw

I have no idea. George Bush banned it last year ...

12-20-2005 12:30 AM

glennlopez

omg! A country without Western Music is not a country!
thats like banning sex! c'mon who bans music.. music is art

12-20-2005 1:00 AM

Rebeca

Sex is a western tradition?

PS. Good reply, Eric.

12-20-2005 1:05 AM

glennlopez

lol no im just saying, music is as good as sex =P

2-4-2006 5:58 PM

egoldstein

i couldn't agree more. nothing taps into all human emotions like music.

2-4-2006 10:25 PM

rmowery

I could imagine life without music or sex....uggh!
Not sure if the Iranian kids and teens have mp3 players, but my guess is if they do, they will want the memory stick kind. That way if the evil Iran police or army stops them they can swap sticks, pulling out western music and putting in their Iran music.

2-4-2006 10:45 PM

skwirlinator

Listen to Iranian music on winamp shoutcast radio

2-5-2006 12:22 AM

Godfrey Daniel

Persian Love http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/lnfsound/19990916.lnfsound.01.rmm

The quality isn't great. The only one I could find on short notice. I have it on vinyl. Nevertheless, you can hear the amazing and beautiful vocal techniques Persians have long been noted for.

i've loved this song since first hearing. Very haunting. When I went looking for an mp3 of it just now I came upon a piece by someone else that was blown away when he first heard it. http://www.granta.com/extracts/1551

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