Brian Eno: Good Dhimmi

April 11 will see the release of the 25th-anniversary edition of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne's and Brian Eno's seminal album of world music and sampling wizardry. But one track that was on the original record didn't make it onto the re-release. Tellingly, it's the one titled Qu'ran.

According to this website, the Islamic Council of Great Britain voiced its strong objection to the track because among the snippets of 'found music,' it prominently features a chant from Islam's good book. And so,

[I]n the days of watching the Fatwahs [pronouncements of death] fly back and forth, Eno and his pals deemed it [wise] to exclude it.

Download the song for free here.

Comments

[Martin Owens]

Attaboy, Rogier!

At least somebody's got some backbone!

[ortho]

thanks! that song is smokin hot and proves if the mullahs get control no good music will be made out of deference to their sensibilities.