In the past few weeks I’ve been trying to listen to Mix FM 98.4 but just can’t do it; it’s against my religion. It has turned to an “anasheed” station. I used to love listening to it because as the name suggested it was a mix of both English and Arabic music of all genres (sans “anasheed”). It played great music most of the time as it was edging closer towards its sister station Marina FM 88.8, the radio equivalent to Reality TV.
My biggest beef with this whole shenanigan is that they play “anasheed,” which I must say is plagiarizing old musical styles. I have classified this music into three types:
• A Cappella: sounds like Christmas carols no instruments.
• Doo Wop: African-American music made popular in the 50s. Someone sings and a group fills the background with vocal harmonies
• Calypso: Afro-Carribian music. The use of bongos and drums as the rhythm and the voices of the singer
If people are so against music and want a religious experience, they should stop their fakeness, and listen to the Quran Channel 98.9. They have great shows (the craziest people call in) and great Quran readers.
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On a side note, I was hearing on the radio that in Turkey some aspiring imams are kicked out of “imam” school because their voices are not good enough. Apparently, you have to sing in order to be an imam. Being an imam requires certain skills of which a good musical voice is none of them such as:
• Good command of the Quran
• Knowledge of how to read and pronounce the scripture of the Quran.
• Good composure, so as not to get nervous and forget important steps/words.
• Ability to focus and concentrate (Khoshoo’).
• Loud voice, but this has become obsolete after the introduction of the mic.
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SNi
July 28th, 2010 at 10:34 am
“anasheed” is just another part of commercialising religion … as for the loud voice …please we have enough of that in the mosques … I don’t get why they think they have to shout to make a point?!
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miss g Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
AMEN!!!!
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Ugh SNi can’t u find something interesting and that goes to u buzberry team too, as usual boring lame entries! I used to be a fan and now I’m not cuz ur entries were exciting and fun and now all u talk about is some geeky crap that no one cares about like those constant Apple/Mac entries and those stupid “soccer” ones too, there are soooooo many things to life than just soccer and Apple.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Hmm.. let’s see, this post is about Music and Religion, the post below is about a movie,the post after that is about soccer, and if you scroll a little bit down, you’ll find a post about drama, then a post about a watch-car, and if you turn to the next page you’ll find something about future development in the country.. Please share with us whatever you want. share@buzberry.com :)
Thanks.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Dear Sni,
loved your post, as it is nice to see a unique point of view from somewhat an outsider. However, i couldn’t digest the “plagirizing” part as Anasheed existed before the classification mentioned and adopting new tune trends is what all the industry is about.
One more piece of info I would like to share with you is that “And when the Qur’an is recited, give ear to it and keep silence, that you may be shown mercy.” Therefore it is very harsh to label people as “Fakeness” when a relegious Muslim would rather listen to Anasheed while his/her attention is divided and not in the status of “giving ear” to Qur’an.
Thanks ..
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Regarding Turkey..
What I read is that they are giving singing lessons to the muezzins, because a call to prayer is supposed to be pleasing to the ears.. estaghfarallah ya rabby but some muezzins are so damn bad they make me wanna cover my ears so I don’t hear how they screwed up the athaan. I wish they do that here.
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Regarding Kuwait radio stations…all I have to say is thank goodness for iPods. ;P
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:20 am
9a7 ilsanek!!
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:58 am
i think there is a sinister story behind this because i have seen a strange sequence of events. first of all i would like to say that the guys on the station before used to make my blood boil but since im stuck in between fat old linda on 99.7 and VOA which not always available i just bite the lip and hear them out.
kan ya ma kan fe qadeem al zaman ma7a6a FM feha thalath shbaab
wa7id shwaya maleeq
wa7da ma9riyah
wu wa7da super maleeqa
marra wa7da wl maleeqa tekhtefy min el barnamaj
marra wa7da el ma9riyah tekhtify ba3ad
eyeboon bdalha wa7da kuwateyah gha66at 3ala malaqat el awwalaneyah (hyper maleeqa)
el 7beeb gam yit7acha 3arabi bdal englaizy
marra wa7da el qana egluba6 ma7a6a deneyah….
shno el ma7a6a falisat wala shno ?! lol
zawdoonah bel ma3lomat allah ykhaleekom 3ashan nigdar khala9at el qi99a wu mali99at :P
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July 29th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I must say that there is no reason for us not to have a computerized and unified athan that is pleasant and clear and that can be enjoyed b everyone. The athan is supposed to be a call to prayer and your supposed to look forward to it, and this is not the case right now. When the athan near the stock exchange goes off its worse than the emergency sirens that went off in 2003 during the liberation of Iraq by the Americans. We are not wahabbis and there is nothing wrong with a having a very clear and pleasant recording of the athan that is unified across the nation. This may even encourage more people to pray.
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