A
good beat, too. I was especially struck by the mocking sign claiming that
"This video is sponsored by Zionists." In your face, ace.
I only understood a fraction of the references (like kojaks
flying kites?), but an article
in Dawn makes it clear this is nervy
stuff for a bunch of kids in Lahore to put out. "Here was a bunch of raw, early
twenty-somethings poking fun at the military chief," notes Dawn with some astonishment. There is indeed a shoutout to a certain
Pakistan general. Btw, the band's Punjabi name means "the Dishonour
Brigade."
The song also name drops Blackwater in an interesting way,
implying (according to the article) that Pakistanis should stop blaming that
company and instead look at internal sources of violence.
Meanwhile, here is a solid interview about the
future of Pakistan and Afghanistan with the finely named Vanda
Felbab-Brown. She speaks much truth.
Published on October 20, 2011 04:36