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Forbidden album becomes a hit
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A new album made by the group Dalu mocks the Islamic Republic's top clerics. It has taken the country by storm, reports Iran Focus
Iranian youths, who make up more than two thirds of the total population of 68 million people, have taken a liking to rap music, and the combination of hip beats and lyrics which make fun of Iran’s top clerics have become a new hit in Iran’s urban areas. The artists of Dalu have taken popular rap beats and replaced the lyrics with their own versions, blasting the rule of the ayatollahs, claiming incompetence in economic affairs, and describing the clerics’ attires as unfashionable. With or without the sharp lyrics the music is banned by Iran's strict cultural vetting body for being too Western. |
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| Related reading |
| Iran: Music gives hope |
| Austin Dacey's article about the underground music scene and the system of music censorship in Iran, based on an interview with the rock band Kiosk |
| 17 July 2009 |
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| Iran: Musicians respond to the crisis |
| Despite a general ban, rock music has become one of the most vibrant forces for critiquing the various ills of Iranian society, writes music researcher Mark Levine |
| 23 June 2009 |
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| Iran: Rock concert raided, 104 arrested |
| A concert in Shiraz was raided by an Islamist militia, and 104 people arrested, on the grounds of being 'immoral', reported Jam-e Jam newspaper on 27 May 2009 |
| 08 June 2009 |
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