Friday, October 28, 2011

Beyghairat Brigade - 'Aalu Anday'

A satirical music video put up on Youtube by some youthful Pakistani pop music artists calling themselves the "Beyghairat Brigade" (Dishonor Brigade) has gone viral.



For the Punjabi-impaired, you'll have to read the subtitles on the bottom of that video. And for the politically-impaired, here is an explanation of those subtitled song lyrics:

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/18/enjoying-aaloo-andey-with-the-people.html

The song, entitled "Potatoes and Eggs" starts off with the motif of some schoolboys disgusted with getting the same thing everyday for lunch. But the song soon shows its true intent - to take aim at the stale political myths routinely propagated by the mainstream media in Pakistan, in service of the Pakistani establishment.

1 comment:

non-carborundum said...

"The young men in BB are all based in Punjab’s capital, Lahore and boast basic middle-class backgrounds."

The young men in BB also share a common death wish.