Jul 08 …¿Beckham?…¿Que Beckham?

Written by Brigitte Vasallo. Posted in Egypt, Lebanon, Music (s) Arabic (with), Music

Explaining the Arab world through Islam is like explaining Spain through the paella: an easy but completely cross-eyed.The so-called Arab world are 22 countries and 250 million people, even many Arabs (as amazigh North Africa) and many do not even Muslim (as maronitas Lebanese, the Copts Egyptian, the Jewseverywhere and lay from anywhere).Seen this way we could ask what they have in common a Jewish girl and a boy of Damascus Berber of Algeria? One possible answer is that they share the myth, heroes.

For many years the dream was born in the film industry Cairo and embodied in the large black and white music. In the era of fast food dreams have been reduced to 5 minutes, are filled silicone and are called music videos. Under the signature of the megaproductora Rotana, owns 6 satellite television and owned by the Saudi royal family (¡sic!), a mob of barbies have taken over the pan-Arab dreams away with images of women and pious dreams put Europe in its delusions. Led by the Lebanese Nancy Ajram, addicted to cosmetic operations, then about Samira Said (Ana Obregón eastern version) and Haifa (in his most famous video, “Buss the wawa”, kangaroo makes wearing garters) Marilyn claimed the female model: sex bomb and nonsense.

The boys are also those who seem to be the king Amr thief, were allowed a period of obesity, but had to surrender to the market and rebuild. Today it seems younger than 20, when he began his career. To get an idea of its influence: Remember the famous Pepsi commercial with Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce giving Beckham pumpkins?In the Arab world was very different final: drunk girls were getting the tail with the help of Amr Dieb! … If they are Marilyn, they are, a minimum, John Wayne.

In all this where is the music?It is where pop is the worldwide commercial. Overproduction sometimes well resolved, best sellers and many millions in profits. The cd that almost all bring souvenir from holidays in Morocco are full of this music, collections in Europe are published in Arabic music… often also.

That also seems: in the Arab world, Western music that succeeds is reduced to Enrique Iglesias …