maandag 15 juni 2009

Assalamu Alaikum

 Some years ago, German bass legend Hellmut Hattler wrote an energetic song on the Israel/Palestine conflict, called "Assalamu Alaikum". Under the impression of the Gaza war, filmmaker Damian Léman decided to make a short film about it for YouTube.

The video focusses on the apartheid wall, as one symbol of the conflict. Interestingly, a Mid East expert of the US government judged the song as beeing "out of the peace business". However, Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah says: "That is a great music video. It´s good when art challenges people!"


HATTLER live! Assalamu Alaikum

a concert film by Thierry Miguet & Damian Léman 2009

 References

 HATTLER profile (prefered to the old official website)

 Lyrics

 

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM

 

mines in my soul blast if I only think of you

we never gonna bite one´s bait – even if your story was true

staring through my window pane – watch you digging on my ground

to post some flags and tanks – shows who´s up and who´s around

 

let´s get back to the minimum to get away from the minimal talk

assalamu alaikum my little white gods

why don´t you raise your hands and burn that fence down

better get back to the minimum to get away from the minimal talk

assalamu alaikum my lazy white dove

why don´t you spread your wings to leave that zoo

 

warriors of belief – or victims of the twisted word

we never gonna bite one´s bait – rather gonna bite the dirt

staring through my window pane: brandnew flagpoles on my ground

funny last revenge: to lock me in won´t keep me down

 

let´s better get back to the minimum to get away from the minimal talk

shalom I like ´em – my little white gods

why don´t you raise your heads and pop that fence down

better get back to the minimum to get away from the minimal talk

assalamu alaikum my lazy white dove
why don´t you spread your wings to leave that zoo now
 
 

YouTube info box

 

“An eye for an eye,
and soon the whole world is blind”
(Mahatma Gandhi)

bass: Hellmut Hattler (Kraan, Tab Two)
drums: Oli Rubow (De Phazz, Die Fantastischen 4)
guitars: Torsten de Winkel (Pat Metheny Group, New York Jazz Guerilla)
vocals: Fola Dada (Joy Denalane, Edo Zanki)

live sound: Daniel Stämmler
visuals & light: Pete Delgado

a film by Thierry Miguet & Damian Léman 2009

original photos courtesy of Oren Rosenfeld,
Jennifer Hayes, and Jan Wilker

iTunes: hattler assalamu live

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