City boy

The Iranian rock/blues band Kiosk have created this wonderfully fresh music with some funny and some indeed depressing hints about the Islamic Republic government and the current problems people face in the Iranian society. The song is called Eshgh-e Sorat (love for speed).

Lyrics in English:

The power of love or love of power… Modernism versus tradition forever

Living in the evil axis… Speed freaks in jalopy taxis

Why feel any pain and suffer… When pills and powders’ all on offer

Nothing for lunch or dinner to make… Then let them eat Yellow Cake

Multiple choice elections left to chance… Holy matrimony by loan and finance

Scraped up the very last dime… Sent it straight to Palestine

Guaranteed success or money back… Underground music or cultural attack

No need for cardiologists… Just facelifts by cosmetologists

Immoral zealots, fanatic factions… Chinese-style economic expansions

Religious democratic droppings… Pizza with Ghormeh Sabzi toppings

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Barefoot children on the street… Chelo Kebab all you can eat

Smuggling women to Dubai… Our noble men turning a blind eye

Blood transfusion with an H.I.V flavor… Bird Flu virus or the new life saver

Cholera hits and one takes a bow… Another man dies from Mad Cow

Foreign currencies are reserved… Border movements all observed

Tried everything in our ability… Still no financial credibility

Oil dependant economy is hooked… Incentive vacations overbooked

Philosophical cinema in fusion… Cross-over musical confusion

Clandestine lovers and attractions… Chinese-style economic expansions

Religious democratic droppings… Pizza with Ghormeh Sabzi toppings

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Meat stew served in posh cafes over artistic rants… Meditation classes just to get into each others pants

Break your fast, charity food served up… Zereshk Polo with ketchup

Life in virtual reality… Amusement park University

Our national soccer heroes… Can’t kick their over-inflated egos

Counterfeit medication… Addiction as a recreation

A nation dressed up in fashion… Artificial industrial passion

Long distance system of education… Sell questions of entrance examination

Interest rates or finance charge… By choice or force but by and large

Immoral zealots, fanatic factions… Chinese-style economic expansions

Religious democratic droppings… Pizza with Ghormeh Sabzi toppings

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Sheykh Fazlolah Bridge passes over Satarkhan Avenue