Thursday, March 08, 2007
woop woop
"Of these songs, two stand out: "Needle stuck on Lebanon" and "Teoda (Control)".
The former opens with a haunting clip of Italian then British reportage of the recent Israeli onslaught on Lebanon mixed with the hum of mournful singing in the background.
Then the beat hits -- a kind of bone-cracking, bullwhip entrance into the song in the form of rhythmically arranged gunshots which turn into snare then tabla beats. Over this rhythm the 'oud comes in."
