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skeptikool
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posted 29 May 2006 08:31 AM      Profile for skeptikool        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Reported on CBC Radio, this morning, is the refusal of certain U.K. radio stations to air the rap song Post 9/11 Blues with its take on Bush, Blair and bigotry.

To get the whole lyric, Google: Post 9/11 Blues

'The original post 9/11 blues was written by Riz Ahmed, star of Michael Winterbottom's controversial 'Road to Guantanamo', inspired by his own illegal abuse at the hands of Special Branch officers at Luton airport. Major DJ's at Xfm and Radio1 love the track, but feel they cannot play it in the current political climate.

While these scared puppies pander to the U.K./U.S. policy-makers the dying continues.

Following a push from DJ's Bobby Friction and Nihal, a decision is pending with the head of music at Radio1 about whether the track can be played. This week, The Independent newspaper are publishing an article about DJ's wariness to breach current taboos and play the track, despite the fact that they personally support it.

"leader of the free world", G W Bush.

Check out the tracks at www.myspace.com/rizmc


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North Shore
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posted 29 May 2006 09:41 AM      Profile for North Shore     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Kinda funny (or, perhaps, just not what I'm used to)to hear a rapper with a British accent!
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skeptikool
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posted 29 May 2006 11:20 AM      Profile for skeptikool        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
North Shore,

Yes, it did sound strange - not that I'm a fan of rap. Far from it, especially when imposed upon one from vehicles, at multi-decibels.

In this case I was drawn to the artist's story and his fight against suppression. On this particular song, (I have trouble referring to rap as such) refreshingly, the lyric is at least discernible.


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Papal Bull
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posted 29 May 2006 11:57 AM      Profile for Papal Bull   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I thought it was a decent rhyme. The beats weren't the freshest I've heard, but you know. With the popularity that this song will have it is going to give this young man some fame. Plus, it is a progressive cause...unlike Yushchenko's Razom Nos Bahato Nos Ne Podolaty (don't look at me that way, my transliteration skills are terrible) rap for the Tak! party during the Orange Revolution.
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N.Beltov
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posted 29 May 2006 01:03 PM      Profile for N.Beltov   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
From the lyrics...
quote:
I farted and got arrested for a chemical attack ...
nyuk-nyuk.

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