Really you listen to that guy? Who else does? Yeah I know. Here is the thing about ancient civilizations. You have a long time to produce a small amount of OK art and claim cultural superiority. Meanwhile if you see how they lived your like "wow that sucks. You guys couldn't even figure out assembly lines?" A) what have you done for me lately? B) is that it? 1000s of years and that is it? Did you see what free people accomplished in America after 200 years? Edison alone moved the dial more then all those people over all that time. True story. Isaac newton is another monument to western science that trumps all that, even if not American.
That's the problem, though - all the wonderful stuff Arabs have done are hundreds if not over a thousand years in the past. Compared to the US, parts of Europe, and Japan, Muslim culture, science, agriculture, architecture, the arts, and just about everything else have been largely in neutral as a whole for centuries now. Heck, you can define everything currently done in the Arab states by four things: Oil, terrorism, Islam, and Israel. That's it. They have no version of Hollywood, nor a Silicon Valley. Heck, even the UK has some kind of cultural base affecting the world, at least with TV.
Well, Halim was around just a few decades ago. Anyway, I know that the Arab world is currently stuck in a malaise...and has been for quite some time.
Millions. It sure beats the new pop crap. Until you familiarise yourself with the achievements of the Arabs, you should not discuss said achievements. 'Ok art'? Really? I'm not talking about today. Either way, the 'free people' would not have accomplished squat if it were not for all the information and ideas which were transmitted to the West by the Arabs (or Westerners coming to Arab controlled regions to learn and take what they learned to the West).
Oh I think they could have come up with all those achievements listed in your golden age. 19th century America alone I am sure did like 5 times more advancements. Music since napster has sucked for the most part. They target a new demographic now the very young and old namely. With time they will figure out how to make money off the 18-25 selling more then just pop. Your not talking about today? What women stoning, speech silencing, oppressive culture do you think will take over Israel? Western culture is better then others. It just is. Every nation that becomes more western prospers. If they keep their old ways of big suck and low entrepreneurial innovation or go socialist they stagnate. Have you seen the monuments of the ancient world? Not that impressive. I have seen wal marts that rival them in size.
You cannot be serious ! World music and the progressive underground are stuffed with brilliant musicians who are muslim. Quit clowning. [video=youtube;ul_NT_awlF8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ul_NT_awlF8[/video] ....and closer to home, how do you rate Art Blakey ? Yusef Lateef ?
......and real American music is tres cool Them Lakota and Crow sure put out some good sounds; Dims your Saturday night bars, don't it. Now go tell some real Americans that their job is to defend Israel !
That song was objectively horrible. Not just opinion either. The man is out of key. Try again, play that one song they have with the woman wailing about something that you see in the beginning of every movie shot in Araby.
Jazz, the blues, country music, rap, hip hop, metal, alternative, pop... Yeah we got a few for sure. My favorite Native band: [video=youtube;hBP15lRprPs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs[/video]
You must be listening with a narrow anthropological range. Let's hear your critique of Yusef Lateef. Hey, while we're at it, let's hear your favourite ' defending Israel ' songs. [video=youtube;LOkSznCQxPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LOkSznCQxPY[/video] Geez, that Lateef sure can knock out a beat with them flutes !
That it's old and irrelevant, 1/4 of the NYC population is Jewish, so nice job attempting to turn a dog bites man into a EVIL ISRAEL HORNS type story but you freaking failed and nobody cares.
I see. However, according to the press a great many people care. According to the NYT de Blasio's LOWEST following is amongst New York jews ! Zionists ? Nah, I think not . Why don't YOU tell us your favourite American ' defending Israel ' song ?
Nobody gives a flying (*)(*)(*)(*) with regards to the demonization of Israel propaganda show that moon has put on for the last 5 threads.
In 1939 I'd have been flaying Nazi fascism for what it was and there would have been exactly the same sort of fascism-appeasing criticism. Wild exaggeration ? The neoZionists in control of Israel ignore international and humanitarian law. They have well over 200 covert thermo-nuclear weapons and the chronically- apologetic German government is supplying them with nuclear-capable submarines. They would have been stopped many years ago if not for cowardly American politicians- like de Blasio- who entered into reprehensible agreements for power and blocked just action against neoZionist fascism at the UN. It is not just Zionist racism which the modern world has to fear- it is American politicians in lock-step with Zionist racism. Americans, of course, may well disagree; De Blasio doesn't even speak for most of New York, let alone ' Americans ' !
Japan and Korea do not have the 3rd largest PAC in the country constantly banging away at our politicians to shock 'n awe some poor third rate country, but if they did, I'd be hating them, too.
Now you are changing the topic, no surprises here. Regardless, the PAC you are talking about consists of American citizens and represents their views and convictions that they have every legal and moral right to promote...Do you have a problem with this part of the democratic process...other than the fact that their views are the views of the overwhelming majority of Americans while your views are the views of the American extremist fringe?
Muslims make better music than white americans period. Also you need to fix your you'res, yours, then and thans unless your intention is to mock english (your) culture. [video=youtube;DjeDLijZkuA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjeDLijZkuA[/video]
Oh I have to pick from the current crop? That is hard. Like I said the industry is in transition from the napster effect.