Iran's President Bans Western Music

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: pdq
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 11:48 AM

Not necessarily, Ernest. Perhaps you were thinking about one of Schönberg's symphonies.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Ernest
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 11:17 AM

Ooops - should have been "atomic bombs" ...

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Ernest
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 11:17 AM

Does the man know that atonic bombs are western technology?

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Peace
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 11:11 AM

accordion (n.)

An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

Ambrose Bierce

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: alanabit
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 07:07 AM

Foolestroupe: I shall need to sustain very severe damage to my hearing before I can bring myself to pray for bagpipes and accordeons!

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 06:01 AM

a relevant song wot I wrote
http://bigalwhittle.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/haventmrbushandblairdonegreat.mp3

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 05:40 AM

Let us pray for bagpipes and accordions then...

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 05:27 AM

If the weird bugger banned bodhrans I might vaguely approve of him.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 02:55 AM

Single guy are you?

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: alanabit
Date: 20 Dec 05 - 02:02 AM

Just imagine a land where you would never have to hear "Sugar Sugar" or "Daddy Cool" again... I'm thinking of emigrating.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 11:27 PM

You suppose Ahmadinejad would like this quote from "The Big Lebowski"? : "Come on, man. I had
a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!"

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 11:17 PM

Songs such as George Michael's "Careless Whisper... have regularly accompanied Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G.

Only goes to show you that every cloud has a silver lining. Any leader who bans George Michael and Kenny G. can't be all bad.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: pdq
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 10:27 PM

I believe the problem started when President Ahmadinejad made an unreasonable demand of the Country Music industry. He said he wanted Toby Keith's song with "whiskey for my men - beer for my horses" changed to "warm goats milk for my men - Zamzam cola for my camels". They refused.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Peace
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 10:23 PM

You too, Ad. Hope it's safe, happy and healthy for you and your family.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Beer
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 10:11 PM

Peace. Merry Christmas
Ad.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Peace
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 09:13 PM

There's as good a reason to invade as any that folks have come up with so far.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Beer
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 08:54 PM

Oh Boy! Bush likes country music doesen't he?

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Peace
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 08:34 PM

Can't have that, can we?

He is a misguided arsehole and the people who put him in power didn't know what they were voting for. It all came as a surprise to them.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 08:24 PM

Here we go again...

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: Peace
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 08:11 PM

People tend to get the leaders they deserve when they vote.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: kendall
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 07:57 PM

And to think that there are those in America who would love to have a theocracy.

Subject: RE: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: GUEST,Anonny Mouse
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 06:40 PM

The man is a nutjob--wants Israel to move to Alaska, get him some nukes and blow up the middle east or the parts of it he doesn't like. Even some of the politicos there keep trying to spin his inane and insane remarks. Just what we all need. Wonder if Israel will bomb his little nuke factories up?

Subject: Iran's President Bans Western Music
From: pdq
Date: 19 Dec 05 - 06:24 PM

...assumed to be from AP...


IRAN"S PRESIDENT BANS WESTERN MUSIC
December 19, 2005, 3:30 PM ET



Hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran's radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Songs such as George Michael's "Careless Whisper," Eric Clapton's "Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" have regularly accompanied Iranian broadcasts, as do tunes by saxophonist Kenny G.

But the official IRAN Persian daily reported today (Dec. 19) that Ahmadinejad, as head of Iran's Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban Western music.

"Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is required," according to a statement on the council's official Web site.

Ahmadinejad's order means the IRIB must execute the decree and prepare a report on its implementation within six months, according to the newspaper. "This is terrible," said Iranian guitarist Babak Riahipour, whose music was played occasionally on state radio and TV. "The decision shows a lack of knowledge and experience."

Music was outlawed as un-Islamic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini soon after the revolution. But as the fervor of the revolution started to fade, light classical music was allowed on radio and television. Some public concerts reappeared in the late 1980s.

Western music, films and clothing are widely available in Iran, and hip-hop can be heard on Tehran's streets, blaring from car speakers or from music shops. Bootleg videos and DVDs of films banned by the state are widely available in the black market.

Following eight years of reformist-led rule in Iran, Ahmadinejad won office in August on a platform of reverting to ultraconservative principles promoted by the revolution. Since then, he has jettisoned Iran's moderation in foreign policy and pursued a purge in the government, replacing pragmatic veterans with former military commanders and inexperienced religious hard-liners.

The latest media ban also includes censorship of content of films. "Supervision of content from films, TV series and their voice-overs is emphasized in order to support spiritual cinema and to eliminate trite and violence," the council said in a statement on its Web site explaining its October ruling.

The council has also issued a ban on foreign movies that promote "arrogant powers," an apparent reference to the United States.