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March 03, 2007
Saturday
 
 
Shake that burqua, baby!
Perry de Havilland (London)  Arts & Entertainment • How very odd!
You give me all your love
You give me all your kisses
And then you touch my burqua
And do not know who is it!

Heh. Who says the Germans have no sense of humour?

(h/t: Nick M.)

Comments

Brilliant! This combined with the piano cat on Brian Micklethwait's blog is very much brightening up my day.


Posted by Julian Taylor at March 3, 2007 01:54 PM

Are any of the Samizdatistas fluent enough in German to post an English transcript (or even summary) of what the newscaster is saying?


Posted by Nick M at March 3, 2007 02:36 PM

Here is a rough translation (my German is a bit rusty):

During the Taliban regime, music was forbidden, as was possession of a musical instrument: a crime punishable by death. Now this: the first Afghanistan female pop band with the name Burkaband. Founded during a musical workshop in a music school in Kabul. An Afghani woman was so excited by the drumming lessons that she immediately decided to take up drumming. The burkha has stayed but everything else is new. A cheerful undertaking in a world that has until know only known war. Pay attention to the lyrics.


Posted by Chris H at March 3, 2007 03:00 PM

To be honest I have my doubts that the 'back story' is true and the rather German sounding female vocals make me think this is a prank cooked up in a studio in Hamburg... a bloody good prank I might add. It is never wrong to poke fun at the excesses of Islam (or anything else).


Posted by Perry de Havilland at March 3, 2007 03:09 PM

Translation:

Their next single is going to be called "Kabul, Kabul" after Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York"


Posted by ResidentAlien at March 3, 2007 03:17 PM

It's a miracle! The shrouds are moving!


Posted by Fiona X at March 3, 2007 05:12 PM

Thanks Chris H.

So the Taliban would string you up for having a banjo? They really were a laugh a minute weren't they?


Posted by Nick M at March 3, 2007 05:26 PM

Thanks for giving me a smile on the birthday that makes me a senior , OAP in the UK. The clue to the fake is surely the guitarist fingering the frets through the cloth of the burka.


Posted by tranio at March 3, 2007 06:02 PM

The Blue Man Group, Female Version.


Posted by David Crawford at March 3, 2007 09:35 PM

Thoughts for their possible next Kabul Top Ten hit:

I've Got a Crush On You (Taliban Stoning Mix)
Bang Bang, I Shot You Down (A-10 Remix)

and my personal favourite ...

Like A (72nd) Virgin


Posted by Julian Taylor at March 3, 2007 09:44 PM

LOL. Julian, if you're not a comedy write, you missed your vocation :-)


Posted by Danelaw at March 3, 2007 09:55 PM

That is just so f'in METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A complete lack of Satan worship and descriptions of dissections though. It's progressive.

Seriously though, totally cheered me up.


Posted by Robert at March 4, 2007 10:19 AM

Yes terribly funny...and people think YouTube is a load of bollocks.

They could do an Afganistan album.

'See You Hel(mand)'

'Rocking Kabul'

'Cities in Flame (with Rocket Fire)'

'God of (A10) Thunder'

*Bonus points to Sam readers who can tell the original songs I have fiddled with the titles of..."


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at March 5, 2007 09:54 AM
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