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It's odd to think, though, of exactly how much this music is "Pakistani". If the lyrics didn't sound Middle Eastern to me, I probably wouldn't be able to set this apart from American or British rock music of some sort (though, admittedly, I don't have an intricate knowledge of music structure and so on). In a certain sense, you could say that only the traditional music is "true" Pakistani music.
I did enjoy the song, though. Songs in languages I don't speak really make me wish I did so as to understand them.
thenewgreen · 4906 days ago · link ·
There has to be some Pakastani popular music that is less "western". This sounds like a poor version of a "Bad Religion" song with Pakastani vocals. I imagine that there is "non-traditional" Pakastani music that sounds intrinsically "Pakastani". -I hope so for Pakistan's sake. It's always nice to listen to what's playing in other parts of the globe though. -Glad I checked it out.
As for the video, was that Cornel West in there? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West