It would be completely ignorant of us to ignore the effects that music videos have on people's lives. We can pretend that they are not influential but that would be just plain stupid. Back home, I would sit and watch Rotana, Melody Hits, Nojoom TV,VH1, BET and MTV religously. I like to sit and compare the different genres to one another. When it comes to Arabic music, we usually see the same things over and over again. A lot of nudity and unnecessary erotic dance moves that never fail to offend the culture we live in. However, you can't deny how entertaining they could be, whether it's Nancy Ajram's journey to find her loved one, or Elissa/ Haifa Wahbe's new Pepsi ad, or even a random semi-naked woman dancing for an ex-partner. As meaningless as most Arab video musicals are, they are still undeniably entertaining!
When it comes to comparing the Arab media to the Western one, the differences exceed their similarities. In the West, they've got variety; different artists for different genres targetting different age groups. Sadly, in the Arab world, the targetted audience is always the same. The music may differ sometimes, but in this case it's the presence of various audiences and not numerous genres that float the boat. Another sad thing about the Arab media is their lack of originality and their love for trying to pass imitations of others' work and ideas as their own. Not only does it lack originality, its rarely ever rich in any kind of political gestures or influential icons. It's like they've got their priorities mixed up, they tend to focus on attaining audiences rather than the content of their work and the quality of their productions.
2 comments:
I dont know if your blog really talks about the same subject here; however, I would like to say that although you might find many differences between Eastern and Western music, but I think that they are both based on one concept, BODY EXPOSING. Sadly, our Eastern music industry has been affected in a tremendous way that no one can deny. But on the point that we have no varieties, I would just like to tell you that we do have several respectful decent singers like Majida Al Roumi.
I dont know if your blog really talks about the same subject here; however, I would like to say that although you might find many differences between Eastern and Western music, but I think that they are both based on one concept, BODY EXPOSING. Sadly, our Eastern music industry has been affected in a tremendous way that no one can deny. But on the point that we have no varieties, I would just like to tell you that we do have several respectful decent singers like Majida Al Roumi.
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