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| Nuclear tunes blast on to Iran's airwaves | |
| 2005-10-03 | |
| Nuclear science may not be considered ideal subject matter for a popular song, but the musical boffins in Iran's state media apparatus think differently. In recent days, Iran's airwaves have been buzzing with two new tunes apparently designed to rally public support for the clerical regime's increasingly tense stand-off with the West over its nuclear ambitions. The first song is entitled "Oriental Sun, Nuclear Science", and sung to a backdrop of military-style marching music by Ali Tafreshi. The second similarly catchy tune is "Nuclear Know-How" by Reza Shirazi. Both extol the wonders of a "great and powerful Iran" which has destroyed "the arrogance of the oppressors" and "defends its independence by using science". Despite the heavyweight nationalist lyricism, Iran insists its nuclear programme it strictly peaceful. But the West in unconvinced, and the European Union and United States want Iran to abandon its works on the potentially dual use nuclear fuel cycle and are threatening UN Security Council action. The songs, produced by Iran's state television and radio apparatus, have therefore been getting good airplay -- and are also accompanying TV clips of atomic facilities used to praise the "young engineers who have succeeded, without the help of foreigners, to develop the Iranian nuclear programme".
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Brian May. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-10-03 16:31 |
| #4 Which member of Queen was it who had a physics degree? (For my life, still ahead, pity me...) |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-10-03 15:10 |
| #3 Nuclear science may not be considered ideal subject matter for a popular song... I study nuclear science I love my classes I got a crazy teacher He wears dark glasses Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm doing all right, getting good grades The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-10-03 14:36 |
| #2 The trouble with blatant propaganda is that it actually increases the effectiveness of blatant counter-propaganda. And since the Iranian government can't block popular satellite signals from coming in, imagine how one of these music videos would look, re-edited with pictures from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, quotes of threats to use nuclear weapons by Mullahs, footage of nuclear detonations and its destructive effects, etc. The entire "Atomic Cafe" thing in a nutshell. All while the singer is extolling how wonderful nuclear power will be once they have it. Bet the Iranian people would just *love* it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-10-03 10:51 |
| #1 Sounds like the KCNA playbook finally made it to Iran (probably sent it Library Rate). Needs more juiche. We need some more detailed articles and Iranian Rants so we can score them like the Good Olde Days with the Norks on Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-10-03 10:09 |