Comments on: Saudi Rocker Chix

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:38:15 +0000

Thanks for the update. I’ll change the original post.

Thanks, too, for the reminder that the problems that girl bands face are also the ones that male bands face, at least some of the time.

By: Keystone

Keystone — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:33:40 +0000

They are not the first (or last) Saudi rock band, and they are not the first Saudi all-girl band either. Chicks Behind Walls are Saudi's first all-girl rock band. A fellow Saudi band who is also struggling is Sandstoned; three of the band members, including the vocalist, are Saudi nationals. Regardless of gender, all rock artists in Saudi Arabia struggle to find live venues; the laws in the Kingdom are gender-blind when it comes to such matters of propriety.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:21:08 +0000

Za when pinocchio lied ONLY his nose grew longer…so stop trying so HARD!

Some people are threatened by other’s successes…

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:26:11 +0000

Good thing we allow for different taste in music, I guess.

I also know I could get these women a recording contract very easily.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:24:47 +0000

M: Do you mean indented quotations?

If so, use this code, putting your quotation between the HTML markup:

Insert text here

By: za

za — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:38:23 +0000

that music is just horrible, these bitches obvious won’t get anywhere

By: DW

DW — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:52:11 +0000

Za, I am sorry but in your hivemind ideology.. what is considered smart and better to do?

I honestly didn’t see any comment from you that you spent some effort in, care to elaborate where do you mask your intellect and chastity? Your lack of objective responses and retort to simple comments where you slander what doesn’t meet your ideals show nothing but disregard to others and lack of individual opinion. You would rather use the privative excuse of self righteousness to slander these girls as whores and dumb broads.. the fact that you decided to just resort to such slander doesn’t achieve you any moral superiority to look down on them.

As much as you have a right to blast away such retarded spiteful comments.. they have the right to sing their lungs out. For far too long women here in Saudi Arabia have felt awkward just to be out in public. If you think every women who doesn’t want to be restrained is a dumb whore, you should find a ditch and bury your head in it. Women in the Middle East are taking over, there are more female graduates from universities than there are male ones now. They don’t need to have your moral superiority, they only need their hard work and focused mind. Something you lacked to display in the sum of your comments.

By: M

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:59:53 +0000

“The song has been successfully downloaded to my ipod. I can’t believe I will be rocking to an all Saudi Girl Rock band while I am pumping iron at the YMCA. Actually I am gonna let everybody I know listen to the song and say “Can you believe these is a Saudi girl band?”

Great going Sparky. Now I have “Y… M C A!” playing the in the back of my head!

On another note, how do you guys do quotes in your posts?

By: olivetheoil

olivetheoil — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:47:05 +0000

dumb bitches with nothing better to do

Za, your eloquence overwhelms me.

You should set that to music and put it on YouTube,

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:57:53 +0000

Well, I’ve no evidence that they’re dumb (other than using My Space). Nor have I any proof that they’re ‘bitches’, as you so nicely put it.

I do have the evidence of my ears that they have some quantum of talent and musical taste, however.

BTW, Za, when’s your album coming out? Do you have an MP3 to share with us?