Amassakoul -- Tinariwen from Live 8 Eden Africa Calling

[malcolm2142]

@samvegakm

and live.

[samvegakm]

This is great to listen to on shrooms

[crazyformusic]

zzzzzz

[CrimsonEmpire]

awesome

[miamiwax]

2:59 I'm in love

[Royaliste1966]

Why some people are fighting about their origin or their land ? We are all brothers and sisters ...we are made of clay and water how can we own the land that we were made of ? Peace and love guys...great music that shows a great culture ! And once again peace and love with all people of good will ..

[Mghayes90]

@Royaliste1966 great comment man

[zoedaria]

@Royaliste1966 / i agree with you and this music is soooo good/ who cares about language or dialect/ i'm irish and have fallen love with this group!!!!!

[giannuzzo66]

questo cd e stato la colonna sonora del mio viaggio in marocco ..great music ...great trip *****

[Ron42874]

Great sound!!!!

Can someone put here the song text in original (Arabic?) as well as translated to English?

Thanks.

[dzgooner]

@Ron42874 this isnt arabic, it's tamacheq (a touareg dialect)

[nadirbio]

@Ron42874 the song text is in Amazigh not in Arabic

[iayyam]

@Ron42874 This is not Arabic...the Tuaregs don't speak Arabic but rather Tamasheq which is related to Berber with its own script etc.

[ididcramsmom]

HEY, is that Ben Stein in the middle of the crowd at 5:05?!?!

[oratam103]

Esta gente es buenísima y su música formidable. Enhorabuena Mali

[chat099]

Thank you Peter Gabriel and Chilli Peppers for telling me abt this awesome band.

[Mathbihi]

GREAT Amazighs people, from Morocco to Egypt to Mali I LOVE YOU sisters and brothers.

[kpturner02]

meh

[Unclescatpants]

all their fans are middle aged, middle class white dudes. Wish I knew why.

[chastark]

Their new album, Tassili, is magnificent! Go listen to it :).

[SENHORDOSERVO]

Maravilhoso!



[dnt124]

Anthony Kiedis brought me here :-)

[youssefkhababa]

tamanraset c est la

[chucholetsm8one]

WHEN ARE THEY COMING TO CHICAGO???

[james50531]

Not bad for a bunch of face hiding infidel haters

[MajNikonfan]

@james50531

better then you could ever do. unless its killing innocents is your thing. I'd rather be a musician then a murderer.

[gnawaserge]

They look like Arabic Ninjas. ! yeah!

[marvelousmj91]

listen to:

Tinariwen - Tahult In

[dearlyplease]

for touargs ther's no state, no border lines, no flag!! so mali or algeria doesn't mean no thing for them . their land is the desert their language is the berber. they have to be free now and all the berbers of north africa. god bless us the berbers .

[twoaxtools]

I could care less about their politics or religion I listen to music for a sound that catches my ear, music in my opinion has no boundaries. I just like the sound, great tune!

[RainPoetry]

I've never seen so many white people thrilled to see Muslims in their native garb. Rock on Tinariwen.

[77Algeria]

SOUTHERN ALGERIA = NORTHERN MALI = SAME FAMILY

[Jugurtha65]

@77Algeria : Yes they are! and the land name's is Thamazgha

[hicham1190]

proud to be algeiran!!!!! and if you liked the music thumb up ;)

[marhols]

ADOREI, AMEI, ACHEI DIVINO E MARAVILHOSO, VOU COMPRAR O CD COM CERTEZA, E ELES SAO UMA GRACINHA, CORPOS SENSUAIS, ROSTOS LINDOS, CABELOS SEDOSOS, TUDO DE BOM OS GAROTOS, ALÉM DA MÚSICA SER MUITO ANIMADA E ME FEZ DANÇAR SEM PARAR, BEIJOS A TODOS.

[newpelena]

Fantastic group !!!

[khaaaled2007]

this is an Algerian song :) . and that guy is algerian they played in the south africa and they had an algerian flag

[bessamana]

@khaaaled2007 who cares ... just injoy the music ....

[khaaaled2007]

@bessamana :) but u need to know what ur enjoying right ? :)

[JRM733]

I still think the version with Carlos Santana is amazing, the video quality and sound just aren't as good. They play in a way that invites a meshing of cultures while demanding respect for their own. I love their sound.

[rudeboyazab]

they are from mali..same as me..

[freeyourselfpower]

@rudeboyazab they live in Mali but they are algerians as me i live in france but i am a foreigner!!

[twoaxtools]

Good tune.

Personally I could care less where their from or their politics, if the music is good that enough. Some take all that other crap to seriously.

[themoorish1]

they are not algerian...

[inimforum]

@themoorish1 how come!!!

[themoorish1]

@inimforum

they are from north mali They do not recognize something called Algeria...

Algerian regime..He fought them

[asxtc]

@themoorish1 They sang under the Algerian flag at the World Cup opening party. Openly waving the Algerian flag during the performance...so despite being "freedom fighter" songwriters, they still recognise Algeria as a state.

[rudeboyazab]

@asxtc yeah but they are from mali..and tuaregs home is in mali and neighborhing countries but mali is the main one.

[curieux02]

@themoorish1 yes we know you are morocco sut up they are from polizario from indepandant west sahara sa te plé sa sale maroki la jalousie vous boufe de l interieur pauvre minable

[curieux02]

@themoorish1 jalousie maroccain hahahahahahahahahahah va ecouté doukali ta rien a faire isi

[aborahf0566412312]

@themoorish1

YES THIS IS ALGERIAN SONG

[themoorish1]

@aborahf0566412312

no i sorry they are not algerian...

[MAGHREBUNIDO]

@themoorish1 watch?v=FkO7vBMIlUI&feature=fv­w

[marcoscaiafa]

Pure DESERT ROCK ! Amazing !!!

[meloearth]

Total awesomeness. 

[NadiaaibaN]

Sons of SAHARA

[HarounKL]

I like this people and that musik

[tirzo33]

nice...

[tirzo33]

nice...i lov that music

[zamolxe13]

Love these guys, such an exotic and beautiful sound. For some reason makes me think of Pink Floyd...

[srv85]

saw them yesterday in milan italy...they r absolutely incredible

[hccunited]

Amazing!!! I love Tinariven!!!

[pundjve]

I like this sound, I like this band!

[perterson62]

Este som do povo do deserto é bastante exótico. Depois de conhecê-los no show da África do sul passei a curti-los bastante!

[ukoffline]

Tinariwen

HMV Forum, Kentish Town

07-Aug-2010 at 19:00

I can not wait to see them ...

[ukoffline]

Amassakoul 'n' Tenere Lyrics I am a traveler in the lone desert It's nothing special I can stand the wind I can stand the thirst And the sun I know how to go and walk Until the setting of the sun In the desert, flat and empty, where nothing is given My head is alert, awake I have climbed up and climbed down

[ukoffline]

I love them so much ... africa for ever ...

[area51site7]

I just learned about Tinariwen when they performed at the FIFA 2010 Kick-off concert in Johannesburg. After that ultimately I fell in love with this band. I downloaded their album 'Amassakoul' and the songs were awesome. God Bless Tinariwen!

[cachorritawolf]

hola pues yo no les entiendo nada en lo absoluto pero bien dicen que la mucica la cientes en la sangre o no y solo las bandas chingonas logran hacer eso en la gente mi respeto para esa banda es de la poca musica que existe que vale la pena escuchar

[hambozaaa]

they r from mali but they lived in algeria then return back 2 maly again

[jcleaverchamberlinjr]

this is brilliant! I love Tinariwen! if you like this try out: Etran Finatawa, Tartit

[Psikonort]

@jcleaverchamberlinjr

Thanks for the links, can't find words to do the sound justice.

[ariels36]

@jcleaverchamberlinjr Thank You! Super cool music!

[jcleaverchamberlinjr]

@ariels36 That's perfectly alright, glad to hear you like my reccomendations :)

[ronozer]

True the leader grew up in a camp in Algeria, but most of the group and their home base for years has been Mali.

[TALANISEFRA]

@ronozer The whole Touareg Land stretches accross 5 states Algeria Mali Niger Lybia Burkina Faso

[bessamana]

@TALANISEFRA what about muritania , sudan and morocco ?

[shab7yran]

@ronozer R U sure? because I heard he grew up in Libya

[thiziri34]

@ronozer saharian amazighs moves from one place to another and they don't like to stay in one place ,amazigh means free man so we cannot say they are algerians or maliens ,they are berbers amazighs before all

[iayyam]

@thiziri34 They are Tuareg.

[thiziri34]

@iayyam yes touaregs

[freeyourselfpower]

@ronozer they are algerian from tammanrasset berbere who travels all around african sahara today in mali tommorrow in algeria after tommorow in an other place but they origins of each singer or players are algerians. Iam from tammanrasset !!! this is the same thing with roms!!

[hurbaga]

Algeria not mali

[hambozaaa]

@hurbaga they are from mali they were live in algeria but they return back 2 mali

[SusannaBearfoot]

seen them a few times. They're in Birmingham soon and if I have to move heaven and earth to get there, I will,

[limaaalaa]

MUY BUENO !

[jgda23z]

vivo en los angeles california usa ,alguien sabe donde puedo obtener discos de tinariwen en especial massakuol,bueno todo l o relacionado a tinariwen grasiass,

[almugb]

en amazon

[ariels36]

@jgda23z los puedes encontrar en Ebay.

[amalfiize]

Fantastico, shakira é uma merda, pura midia que o povinho engole e aplaude.

[mimmacriz]

I just saw them at south africa world cup opening concert..

Amazing.. The best band at the concert in my opinion..

Greetings from Brazil !

[ropy89]

@mimmacriz - totaly agreed, they were truly the best

[bozicaification]

clear simple tribal joyful & blues

[MrTenDollarMan]

magnetic.

[creepoid]

Hypnotic and brilliant!!!

[lapinkivole]

I absolutely love it..remember seeing tem on a Jools Holland show on Tv(can't remeber which channel!) about 2 years ago or less..complete contrats to the other bands present,whether in outfits or music..it was brilliant!!

World Music to its best..open your eyes and connect to your your soul

[jomesili]

I will Invite these guy s to my village when I become the Governor of my Village Sometime in the Future... Good work Tinariwen

[follaa1]

j'adore !!!!

[Galacticplane]

You Know It hujaaj! Thank You!

[Galacticplane]

Awesome LP! AMASSAKOUL!!!

[TheMaraozao]

Excuse me...

Their attitude (beat, way of rocking or rolling, instruments etc.) is "pop artists-like". This can not be regarded as the tradition of the African desert. If this was the real rhythm'n'blues, I´d prefer the false one, by former US music "men of color".

[Soger91]

Any of these men trying to go to the US would be stopped at border control and searched for looking like a possible terrorist. Dont think your "pop artists" ever got that treatment ;)

[bonedryonammo]

wow this is excellent

[hujaaj]

This people are from sub-Sahara of north Africa,they are Nomads. they have a history that expands 2000 years. and this is desert Blues, the one and the only real blues.  not what we have in north America copping each other.

this is what you get from Africa. not garbage(garbage in garbage out!)

[Fallacia83]

You are very true my friend. In spite i'm not an African but Greek, i believe strongly the same thing. Blues are truly coming from Sahara not from south states of the USA, because many people tells the last one scenery i wrote, but it is a fail and only a fail!!!

Blues inverted in America from the African slaves. It is not an another american "country" kind of music but it is west-African and Saharan. And Tuareg (Imuhag) are the only authentic "bluesers"!!!

[mokoshperun]

I am going to see them perform this Tuesday! So excited!

[enaouaoui]

tinariwen they are not algerian..

they are from mali..cos same algerian give us a wrong information about this band..

hicham from morocco

[bzou10]

proud to be a tuareg. theyre singing about the tenere desert in niger. only 200 km from my dad's hometown and 10 km from my mom's.

[SilverSwami]

Yeah!

[sunnysonny29]

cool!!!

[hinekgianni]

Great ! Great feeling and hipnotycal sensations !

This is " The Desert' s Blues " !

Now, it' s also, in my channel.

Thanks, Gianni Hinek

[MrGazi15]

my 8 year old douter Haneen and I we love this song.

[sliver0500]

they drive me to crazy..

[danymeslem]

GREAT

[elizabethmjones1]

I love this, this is sooooo brilliant. I love the clothing, I love the sound of the desert, I can hear the wind, the walk of soft camel feet in the dry, desert sand. It awakens my spirit to a beautiful secret space that i no longer knew existed. Elizabeth M Jones Auckland New Zealand

[oblonski]

to Antar18,

Please go and look in internet => Tinariwen are not algerians, I met them some weeks ago in Zurich.

[gandalfpres]

Actually, as they are Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people from north central Africa, they are not from any one country. Rather, the Sahara, or Africa would be a better description of their origin.

[TheMehdieval]

@gandalfpres

i'm from Algiers and originaly an Amazigh berber from North East of Algeria ( Aures Mountains) and Touareg are near to my Blood than Arabs, even if i'm white and touareg are brown, but we Both are Amazigh Berbers. and the word africa come from Berber, AFER or IFRI mean The Cave in Rocks..

[antar18]

tinariwan is a band from south of algeria, tribut of TWAREG, and not from mali, mali hase also thier twareg, but this band are from algeria

c'est un groupe originaire d l'algéri et pas de mali

[thisisourpostrock]

brilliant band!

[moutsee]

fantastic music, full of rhythm

[bengutugen]

Me encanta tinariwen, nunca me canso de oirles y este mes de Noviembre 12,13,14 y 15 tocaran en el WOMAD de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, que suerte¡¡¡¡¡ y los saludare personalmente pues los cocnozco de otros festivales

[oaxakitajux]

Que envidia!!! Ojala pronto lleguen a Mexico y pueda tambien escucharlos en vivo. Que buena banda, saludos!!!

[blabalkan]

I love the fact that the left handed bass player is playing on a right handed guitar without changing the order of the strings

[nalutsun]

Viva Amazigh Viva who open this video .. i like't really

[manfromthenorth1]

great band seen them live two times and gives my heart peace and i felt like a million bucks both times. I support freedom for west-sahara and all tuaregs, these guys are old warriors that decided that music is better than words to bring the meassage.

[birelaater]

nous sommes tous des africains!.

we are all africans!

somos todos africanos!.

[sanfordhousing]

The people of North Africa (Berber"s) were great seafarers trading in "far distant shores"their ships came to our Islands a thousand or more years ago. we had gold copper"to trade"  ,social contact followed and "the melody and rhythm" of African music was seeded into our culture,it is reflected our appreciation and understanding of Tinariwen,Are we not like Caravans passing in the desert or"like ships passing each other at sea".From the UK Peace be upon you in the holy month of Ramadan

[RainPoetry]

Ramadan kareem. Thank you for your informative words.

[vivelavidarocka]

Freedom for the Twareg people ....they deserve better....Great jam btw. I'm gonna try to make love with song. Has a nice love making rhythm, slow and easy (for the ones we like it that way)...Peace.

[AfrikaLiberationArmy]

They do

[poetinhybernation]

i never get tired of listening to tinariwen. if i could be half as good as them, i'd be more than happy.

[bent540]

it grips my ears

[sofiane123456]

Sik music , Big upsss !

[gastrono1]

les premier berbers qui ont vecu sur la tere d'algerie sont les touaregs est ils font parties des plus enciens races du monde

[ancica75]

excellent people..music..specila..love ..for touareg people...

[debkakes]

What a great groove. What a great band!

[inthebluescrossroad]

you cant beat this...great music!

[kalitoj]

kel tamashek

[kanibaal25]

its kel tamazight, some dialects make it sound tamashek

[kemkmia]

Hello From Desert of Morocco Exactly in Merzouga ! this Music it's about AMASSAKOUL N TENERE it means=  Nomad of the Desert . i like TInariwen Very much

they are Imazighen people Touareg .

All songs of Tinariwen are Nice. Houcine

[hakangel]

à toi fiffian, les touaregs ne sont pas ton peuple...moi qui a vécu parmis eux ,,,ils sontà l'extreme sud de l'Algérie, toi tu est d'origine de l'est d'alger aucun rapport entre les hommes bleues et ceux et celles qui ont vendu leurs âmes pr des euros, les touaregs sont des hommes libres mais pas des traitres

[HelderMwangole]

I love it...nice song.

[mrwinsle]

aaah man i love this song! and everybody in it! i want to marry them all... but not the woman cos that would just be dyke-ish.

[melodiesunshine1]

love them! i heard the album! and they are brillant!! thaks for psting!!!

[kc768]

I can tell that they are really enjoying themselves, and the music shows that. Bravo and well done. Awesome groove!

[RainPoetry]

The popularity among whites of music from authentic places shows that people like these are closer to the Real than we in the West. This music is a reflection of Truth.

[RainPoetry]

Hahaha. As a South Asian, Muslim and American, I love this. I love indigenous world music. More Americans need their eyes and ears opened to the various cultures in the world, and then their hearts will follow, instead of demonizing us.

[aliostad]

It shows their lack of prejudice and being impartial enabling them to enjoy the music as it is not like you trying to make a political point here...

There is a huge western folk (or classical) repertoire which is as precious as Qawali, Hindi or African music is. Music is music and good music comes from the heart, be it Tinariwen, Bob Dylan or Bach.

[RainPoetry]

When one's skin is brown, everything is "political," as you put it. We brown-skinned people in the West do not have the luxury to compartmentalize our lives into the "political" and the non-political. The "political" creeps up on us when we least expect it.

Music and other aspects of culture serve to humanize the demonized "Other." If one society can rave and appreciate another's music, but still bomb it into oblivion, well, then they can keep their appreciation.

[fiffian]

Yes this the music of my people Tuareg's imazighen!I'm very proud to be amazigh!A great antiquity people invaded by Islamic'sArab people!

Irgazen d tamettut n tamazgha,d ahuffir a miss tamurt!azul felawen s imazighen!

[kapdrums]

Tinariwen is the bomb!!!

...and also the lady is gorgeous!!!

[blueskies4u]

Thid i what whay lie is about1 It's a celebration of of what we have in common! God! This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cOThis is a celebratiomn of Life like it should be!God Bless everyone that loves this music or doesn;tOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OL!

[blueskies4u]

I love your music! It makes me want to dance!

Brian

[IslamIsPeace01]

looool at the end 'Thank you very much, you are welcome to the desert' hahahah I LOVE TINARIWEN!!

[coquienfermo7]

while the brothers eat good in ny making sounds there brother and sisters eat grubs lol

[sunflowerssunshowers]

Words cannot express how much I love Tinariwen.

[CohanDigitmatta]

^what she said!

[greenfields47]

Great future for Trinariwen, if they keep making their tuareg kind music. Way to go,Trinariwen. Keep improving , with the great music.

[theturdreich12]

his stratocaster is too plucky, he should switch back to that danelectro

[CohanDigitmatta]

you're telling him what he should do....

yeah....righto

[mewto1974]

totally rad!

[kojaraty]

this is the best version of the song.

[kojaraty]

pure music.