Year: 2007
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: So begins the song “Kabootarha-ye Sepid ” (“White Pigeons”)1 from the 2004album Ta Binahayat (“Till Eternity”) by Arian, arguably the most successful
Iranian pop band in recent years. What makes this song so interesting is not just
that it is the only example of a high-profile pop band in Iran singing in English,
but that the song explicitly forefronts a kind of universalizing discourse which
has become increasingly prevalent among the grass-roots rock music which
forms the main focus of this chapter. While the music of Arian sits firmly
towards the “pop” end of the “rock-pop” spectrum, the immense popularity of
the band and the high profile of its music in the public domain raises interesting
questions about the extent to which such discourses resonate with broader trends
within Iranian society. I will return to Arian below.
Author: Laudan Nooshin
Language: English
Topic: Music History and Culture
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2169930644