Arabic pop rocks
Ever since I lived in Iraq and visited Jordan, I’ve had a thing for Arabic pop–or rather, female Arabic pop; Arab male pop stars are even more effeminate than American boy bands, if that’s possible. It’s been hard to find Arabic pop artists here in the States, but I–er…a friend of mine–stumbled across a few great Arabic pop torrents. I particularly like Nancy Ajram and Elissa. This is roughly equivalent to an Arab man saying he likes Britney Spears and whats-her-name the scary-looking 14 year old girl, with a few notable differences:
- Arab female pop stars tend to be hot in a beautiful woman sort of way, while American female pop stars seem to be trending more towards hot in a underage borderline-pedophile jailbait sort of way
- Arabic pop sounds much cooler, because I don’t understand Arabic so the undoubtedly lame lyrics don’t detract from the listening experience the way English pop lyrics do
- Arabic pop has a substantively different sound, which belies its Middle Eastern roots. To my ears, this is a cool sound when combined with a faster, pop beat
I would be shocked if Arabic pop in some form doesn’t catch on in Western culture in the next decade; at last I’ll be out ahead of a pop culture trend! Alhamdulillah!
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