September 13, 2009
Rock on! - Pakistani style
Sometimes, Pakistan just rocks. I don't mean the landscape, the people or the food. I don't even mean the awesome contradiction of watching poor parents drop their kids off at the madrassa while they go to worship at the shrine of the Hindu-Muslim gay saint couple.
Nope, I mean literally ... rocks. You know...like Guitar Hero.
Watch these videos of Pakistan garage bands and see for yoursef:
(The second song is by a band called Bumbu Sauce, which is a make of instant noodle and might also be an ironic joke since "Bum", as in proper English, means "arse" or "ass" to your regular middle class English-speaking Pakistani while "bu" means " bad smell".)
And:
I'm not sure what they are trying to say. But they sound angry, and I like that. I might put them on my iPod for gym sessions.