Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Diva and The Jo Men

This, from Umm Zaid. It's all so true.

One admitted fault exposed here, one that even I cannot cover or explain away, however, is the inexplicable fondness of young men for Celine Dion. The women suffer from it too, but it’s more pardonable in a woman. It is very… interesting to go to a cafe in the richest area of town, and the young Arab kids (Jordanians, Gulfies) go “Oooh” and smile and mouth the words when the world’s favorite Canadian chanteuse comes on the track. Or when you walk past a store tended by a young pointy haired, pointy shoe’d guy (ie, the epitome of cool style here) and he’s blasting Celine. I’m not kidding.

Does anyone remember (maybe 8 years back?) that SNL actress who played Celine? I used to laugh like there was no tomorrow. Wait, I still do.

1 comments:

Safiya Outlines said...

Salaam Alaikum,

I commented on UZ's blog about this too, but my thoughts are that it's just an extension of the Arab love of melodramatic songstresses. You could never describe Umm Kulthoum or Fayrouz as subtle could you? ;)