Words fail me
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September 7, 2010 at 4:54pm
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I have three:
Kill. Me. Now.
Is-“seagull” fuq wara jonqos.
There’s more here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmgpromotions
There’s more here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmgpromotions
Or here if you are more interested:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MMG-Promotions/136635666376172
And if you want the karaoke version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIOBsTuwiSQ
Is it wrong that my first reaction to this is “aw bless” followed by a hollow feeling somewhere in my stomach?
What audience exists for this material, and why would they enjoy it? Is this a valid expression of Maltese culture and if so, why do I feel utterly detached from it?
Is the way that they’ve managed to rhyme the word “kummissjoni” over and over and over again to be lauded, for strictly formal reasons, or a cause for considerable concern?
With these and other equally unanswerable questions rattling round my (decidedly more deadened) head, I think I’d better lie down.
This is better than those loud “feast songs” whose only purpose seems to be to offend the other committees and villages. Those don’t have any melody, just the same beat over and over again and the “singer” shouting loudly into a microphone. See if you can obtain a CD of those from one of the village’s music bars.
Are you being sarcastic or what?
I have other four and I quote from the videos “Hadd ma jista’ ghalina”. Once I happened to be in Birkirkara and I passed a discreet comment as I could not believe my eyes. I had to run away to save my skin.
Scroll back 75 years and all would likely be queuing up to join the Hitler Youth.
It is more than time for the Curia to take a close and deep look at what purport to be religious events, celebrating Christianity, are in fact spawning.
The scandalous decision by Xaghra parish and its satellite ‘festa’ organisations to proceed with festivities as originally planned, with absolutely no regard to the five persons who met with violent death, is the latest, and perhaps the clearest, illustration of how far removed from true Christianity ‘overwhelmingly Catholic Malta’ has become.
HA HA, me too – words failed me big time. OMG.
Nuke this gene pool. From orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.
I wonder how many got the Aliens reference…
You and Jean did. That’s an audience of two. More than enough.
Very unusual for you to be lost for words Daphne. Perhaps you haven’t identified the niche market that exists in Zabbar for this sort of jolly rendition. Having said that, the deserted streets behind the singers do not fill me with much confidence that sales are about to go through the roof.
I went to the youpoop profile of this video.
We now officially produce more WTF videos per capita than any other nation.
Dak id-dublett tal-ginnnns qisu ta’ Consie.
I got it all wrong during my voyage on HMS Beagle… we’re not evolving from apes – we’re going in the exact opposite direction.
To be honest I’ve heard a lot worse.
Unfortunately, a Facebook shrine (Charlene Mula Memorial Award) dedicated to these Maltese “one-hit wonders” was forced offline a few days ago.
Words fail me . One of Daphne’s best comments ever.
Speech is silver silence is gold. Any further comment is irrelevant.
Love that “tas-South” haircut he’s sporting….and couldn’t she have worn anything else BUT a skirt? Upper thighs don’t really look good in that short denim skirt, I’m afraid.
Now… as to the “song” itself… what a load of amateurish codswallop.
…I simply had to check out the comments on YouTube. One user went as far as to write these few awe-inspiring words:
“Well done! A moving tribute to the living tradition animating the spirit of the Maltese people. If your heart does not skip a beat, if your eyes do not moisten as you watch this clip, you have no business calling yourself Maltese. Please keep up all the good work. ”
WTF? Well, then, looks like I’ll have to go tell the Insinwa to burn my birth certificate.
As my father used to say ……. “And these people vote in a general election/referendum.”
This explains it all
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100908/local/political-parties-dismiss-call-for-fireworks-moratorium
Love it.
The absolute highlight is the long, tortuous, ‘dead man walking’-style shuffle of that unfortunate passer-by as he hurries past while trying his best to appear not to be. For a full 12 seconds, he’s the unwitting star of the show, a welcome distraction that beats any key change or lapse into bastardised church hymns to take the pressure off the wretchedly uncomfortable ginger singer.
Genius.
WTF!
If words fail you it is not my fault. I am sorry but you will never achieve you aim of beating us tradionalists.
Santa Marija! (to stay within the theme). It took me two minutes just to identify which language they were singing in.
A national embarrassment. Wish they’d stick to Maltese on youtube to cause less damage to Malta’s identity and image. No wonder Malta has such a poor image in Europe.
oh live and let live. there is high culture, and there is low culture. there are silly songs and wonderful songs. i believe there is a place for everything. this doesnt define anything. they want to be involved, let them. what doesnt feel right for you will feel right for another person.
you are weird folks. dont you have anything better to do with your lives? they dont harm anybody, dont break the law. why on earth people on this island dont stand up to important issues like constant construction or illegal hunting, but you go around and poke fun at somebody who tries to do something. Im not saying this song or Christine Mula are great and yada yada. But they do something, they feel the need to contribute towards their community or they have a dream. You dont like it, dont listen to it. Just give them space if you are unable to have a bit of respect towards people you dont know.
I wonder what would you say if Christine Mula or those two kids were given a professional make over, a song written by for example Dianne Warren and production by the The Neptunes (Wikipedia to the rescue if you dont know).They would be hailed as heroes then I be
why oh why common sense is not so common??
Ha ninfaqa nibki!
Have you bothered to look at the songs vying for the Independence Festival shown briefly (thank heavens) on Net TV in the evenings? They seem right out of the very best festivals of the Mintoff era with propaganda lyrics to match… shivers.
haw min jifrah bil festi u l-murtali u hawn min jifrah b’eastenders
What amazes me about this video is that where one would expect one single culture to prevail in such a tiny country like Malta, which is larger inhabited by its indigenous people, the contrary would be more true.
In larger countries, like in the case of the United States of America, one would expect the cultural difference that exist between the mid-western regions and the coastal regions. But one wouldn’t expect significant cultural variations in a country which is usually represented by a dot on world maps.
I personally can’t really understand the fanatic behaviour that surrounds village feasts in localities such as Zabbar simply because where I come from such behaviour doesn’t really exist. But I insist that whether we like it or not cultural diversity makes a country a tad more interesting and possibly healthier. Therefore it is paramount that we all try to be accepting and understanding of people who might think differently, do things differently, and even celebrate differently.
Daphne, I thought you were pro-multiculturalism? Accepting multiculturalism is not only about accepting foreign cultures but also about accepting different indigenous cultures that may exist in one single country.
[Daphne – You’re confusing cultural differences with educational differences, and no doubt somebody will rush to the fore to say that some of them have university degrees, because degrees from the university of Malta are confused with education. This is not disparagement of our university, which is excellent at many levels – but getting a university education is much wider than book-learning and means also being forced outside your environment to learn new ways of doing things, which doesn’t happen here. They treat it as a glorified high school and their mental framework remains unchallenged.]
If words fail you, then you should see a speech therapist.
Speech therapists are there for when speech, not words, fails you.
There’s a difference.
Educational differences? I don’t think cultural expression and traditions have anything do with education and I think it’s a form of arrogance to deem anything which you don’t like or understand as coming from poorly educated people.
Although I fully agree with your statements about university education, you also said, and I quote; ‘…means also being forced outside your environment to learn new ways of doing things’. Don’t you think it’s time for you to buy a road map of the Maltese islands or a GPS, find your way to Zabbar, and actually investigate and try to understand why these people decided to express themselves in such a way?
[Daphne – The assumption that 1. I don’t know Maltese and 2. I know nothing about Malta outside Sliema is very amusing. The reason they express themselves that way is simple: they know no better, beginning from the manner in which they have turned the mother of Christ into a pagan goddess in her own right, one who demands worship and sacrifice.]
I’m not understanding why you would care if the mother of God is made into a pagan goddess. Aren’t you an atheist? and anyway, paganism is very subjective.
[Daphne – No, I’m not an atheist. I’m just not a Catholic. People who are not Catholics are not necessarily atheists. In fact, atheism is relatively unusual. I know it is difficult for some Maltese people to understand the distinction between non-Catholic and atheist, but if you practise every day you might get there at last.]
Thanks for the lecture on the difference between an atheist and a non-Catholic. Since I was born yesterday I never realised the difference.
[Daphne – Apparently not, because you assume I am an atheist on the grounds that I am not a Catholic.]
Setghu libsuha naqra ahjar qabel ma baghtuha tkanta l-Ave Maria, u quddiem statwa tal-Madonna wkoll …
Fil-hajja kulhadd bid-delizzju tieghu; min ihobb il-kacca, min ihobb l-isports u min ihobb il-festi.
Hafna minnkom hawn thobbu tqattghu s-sajf fejn il-pool, ohrajn ihobbu jqattghu s-sajf jippreparaw ghall-festa.
Jekk ma joghgobkomx problema taghkom mhux taghna zgur. Almenu dawn in-nies ikunu devoti lejn il-Madonna jew qaddis, intom li qed tiddisgustaw ruhkom minn dan il-vidjo devoti lejn in-nejk li ghandkom.
[Daphne – Il-Madonna mihiex alla pagana.]
Ghogobni kif assuma li hafna minna ghandhom pool. Minn meta qed nikteb fuq dan il-forum qed jahsbuni benestant. Se nohrog linja ta’ T shirts “I’m with Deffni”
Very well said, Ronald. I see nothing wrong in this. Maybe had it been someone from the North and singing in English you would have found the words.
Why can’t you just let others be!
[Daphne – Somebody from the ‘north’? What north, for heaven’s sake? Denmark? And anybody Maltese singing in English is even more embarrassing than this – with very rare exceptions.]
@Isard: Thanks for enlightning me with the difference between speech and words…I will now train myself to talk without saying a word. You should do the same.
Jien ha nitkellem bil-Malti, ghax jien Malti, mhux nitkellem bl-Ingliz meta naf li hi website Maltija. L-Ingliz nuzah meta hemm bzonn, mhux biex nider importanti quddiem l-ohrajn.
Din hi diska bil-Malti ghax ahna MALTIN. Bhalma ntqal fil-kumment ta’ qabli, li kieku kienet xi diska bl-Ingliz, u kantata minn xi hadd min-North aqta kemm ikun hemm tifhir fuqa.
Haga wahda nghid – Jekk ma thobbux il-festi halluna bi kwietna, ghax hafna ghandom din it-tradizzjoni f’qalbhom, mhux iz-Zabbarin biss. Il-Festi huwa “xoghol sekondarju u volontarju” li nies idumu sena shiha jippreparaw ghaliha, u ftakru li DAN MA JAQILGHU XEJN GHALIHOM PERSONALI. Ara kieku il-Kazini tal-Baned jhallsu lil min jahdem ghalihom, malajr tara xi Dapne Caruana Galizia diehla tiddeffes ghax tara l-flus.
Viva Il-Madonna Tal-Grazzja!
[Daphne – Right on cue: somebody to illustrate the point that the differences are educational and not cultural. Viva l-Madonna Tal-Grazzja! Dik differenti mil-Madonna ta’ Stella Maris, ta. And this person doesn’t even know that websites are by definition international because anybody can read them anywhere. ‘Jien ha nitkellem bil-Malti ghax jien Malti’ – jaqq. Il-Bambin (it-tifel tal-Madonna tal-Grazzja, tal-Gilju, ta’ Stella Maris u l-ohrajn) jilliberana minn dil-injoranza tal-babaw.]
Prosit liz-Zabbarin kollha