Wednesday, January 25, 2012

EUPHORIA / HOW CAN I RESIST U



Here are two videos I've had playing in the background many many times in the past week. Both videos are rad, both songs are rad and as far as I know these videos are the only ways to listen to these tracks. Both videos comment on excess in varying contexts. Zomby's "Euphoria" depicts a man leafing through heaps of paper money, letting the cash fall to the floor as he revels in his wealth. Fatima Al Qadiri's "How Can I Resist U" pits a menacing beat against grainy images of expensive cars and gyrating Arab women. The video's description calls it a "love letter to London" referencing a deep, dark, presumably shameful London where "wealthy Arabs seek the forbidden fruits of sex, drugs and alcohol."


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just to let you and anyone else wanting it, the Zomby track Euphoria was released on the rather tasty album: Where were U in '92

http://www.discogs.com/Zomby-Where-Were-U-In-92/release/1529125