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 ما يطلبه يا زول من الأغانى The Golden Era (Re: wadazza)
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Many in this board will say theirs were the golden days but I beg to differ and claim our teens and twenties were the best in Sudan artistic environment.
Before being able to understand the meanings we were brought up on the words of Osman Hussein, Ahmed alMustafa, Said Khalifa, Hassan Atia, Osman al-Shafie, Khidir Bashir, Al-Agib Mohammed Hassan, alkabli, Abrahim Awad, Mohamed AlAmin, Wardi, Sharhabil, Hamad alRayah, Osman al-Yamani, Al-Niaam Adam (yes as old as Ma yatlaboho al-Mustameen wa Hagibat alf-un), and above all Alkashif and alFalatia. We also experienced Hagiba, Sirour and Karoma.
Being the rebelious kids we took them to be the old guard and we started looking around. We felt embarrassed because these were our parents generation.
We were wrong.
We entered our teens when new faces appeared and experienced the entry into the scene of Tarbas, Zaidan, Abdelaziz alMubarak, Abu Araki AlBakhiet, Ramadan Zaid, Abdel Gadir Salim, Abdel Rahman Abdalla, AlGailani alWathig, Nour alGailani, Hashim Mirghani who kept us crying even when we did not experience the pain of dejection at that age, and the lovely voices of al-Balabil. Many of those I mentioned were well known in their areas long before we the ignorants of Khartoum came to hear them.
As our taste matured we discovered the gems of the old generation. I personally found Wardi and Mohammed al-Amin to be the jewels. We discovered al-Kashif long after he had gone. We danced to Jamila wa Mustahila, and enjoyed alWod. We discovered the beauty of al-Tair al-Muhajir and Zat al-Shijoun.
Coming to university we witnessed the birth of a new generation that soaked the beauty of the old and infused musical khowledge into the scene and among the most prominent in this group are our esteemed list member Yousif Al-Mously and the late Mustafa Sidahmed.
Writing this quickly while looking at the pile of exam scripts I am supposed to mark many names are not mentioned and some may wonder why I stopped at the eighties! I may be completely wrong but since that time I did not to listen to anyone who may be Wardi of tomorrow, or alkashif of the 21st century. You do not need to look far to see that most of the new names are imitating the greats but in a vulgar and tasteless manner. In the name of modernity we are served a menu of ignorance and cultural vandalism.
I am glad the new generation is now listening to some of the old gems by the new voices but I always help the youngesters locate the songs with the real voices who nurtured them with love and briliance.
So now I hope you understand why I believe we are the luckiest generation.
Regards
Zaki
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Zaki
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