Iran is hungry for rock music!

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Which is why Queen is now officially approved. I admit amusement from this concluding bit:

Books containing original and translated lyrics by many western singers have also been published in Iran, in response to the demands of a nation where 70% of the population is aged under 30.

The books contain lyrics by artists such as Leonard Cohen, Celine Dion and controversial rapper Eminem.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

Anything to do with Freddie Mercury being a Parsee?

― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

The article half-implies as much.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

I would've thought Iran would deny the existence of Leonard Cohen.

― mayhaps (mayhaps), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 19:29 (twenty years ago)

I saw a bit on CBC a few weeks ago where they tracked down LC's Suzanna, and went with her to "her place by the river". It's a bed & breakfast now. And she lives in her car. It was all kind of sad, but not for the usual reasons.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

And then they went to Iran and made that post relevant.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

i red an interview with ayoung iranian who managed to get out of there.
he said they secretely listen to pink floyd,finding political meanings in their words.
he said that it is sad that the young iranians are stuck in the "pink floyd" era.
if he only knew there are some in the west as well..

― feder, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Ahahaha

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

Anything to do with Freddie Mercury being a Parsee?

-- Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (dadaismu...), February 21st, 2006.

I figured it was the moustache.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 05:18 (twenty years ago)

Persian rock music can be found on the i-tunes podcast rooz e haftom. some of its pretty good, others not so.

― Danny boy, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Excellent non-rock Iranian pop track.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

more importendly:
iran is hungry.
period.

― darei, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 12:23 (twenty years ago)

seven years pass...

very sad

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/nyregion/4-dead-in-brooklyn-murder-suicide-police-say.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131112&_r=2&

Hailed as countercultural heroes in Iran, they were a few musicians among many in Brooklyn, working day and night to stay afloat, playing in basements and lofts until they scored better gigs. And then, suddenly, in the early hours of Monday morning, two of them and another musician were dead, shot by another Iranian musician who then killed himself.

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 15:59 (twelve years ago)

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