Just saw these guys last night in Chicago - AMAZING. i knew they'd be good, but I didn't expect them to be that good. What doesn't come across on the recordings is the rhythm section - the djembe (sp?) player and the bass player. Those guys are monsters. Catch them if you can...and if you can, check "Rosetta West - Yallah," my own modest effort at fusing some North African elements to blues.
50 cent wishes he was as bad as tinariwen. 50 cent got shot 9 times? well i don't even wanna speculate what happened to tinariwen's Family, he lived in a REFUGEE CAMP, motherfucker. i bet they prayed for ''the streets''
give me the most thumbs up, not because i'm great for speaking the truth. but because THIS IS the truth. ---------------for all the real ones in the world.
@consolerecp free seb'ta & m'lilia from spain, n free poor marocains from they'r queens's ruls ( n you should stop kissin hands n feet ;) also smockin hachich , its not good for freedom lol
current algerian tyrants made a mistake in the 70s.. if they didn't create their Mercenaries and support them with weapons to fight against Morocco to take over moroccan sahara, both sebta and mlilia would have been freeed many years ago..
@kumo199 God bless both countries.Morocco my land (same as Algeria).there's where my brothers IMAZIGHEN live. let the mistaken ones for GOD.n for them selves in case there's always a hidden enemy witch is ONE OF US unfortunately . love you morocco. Algerian Berber
if it were imazighn there will be unity and no problem at all, because we know we share the land since many many centuries and there is no cultural borders.. the problem started when some arab settlers tried to create their own "Arabic" country inside Imazighn land.. they were just guests among imazighn until they thought they smell oil under their feets.. supporting them with weapons was a big mistake unfortunately
In case you wonder, the title of this amazing song is Arawan, my favorite song of the legendary Tinariwen. Also, you might want to check other versions, esp. the studio version... that are much better than this (more voices).
There's a top 100 World Music Albums on Amazon.com at present, which led me to discover this group today. Listening to their samples etc. for ages & bought all their 4 albums in one go. Just a great discovery
@thiziri34 wuhah there are no "pure amazigh" anymore my friend they all are a little or a lot arabized! there clothes(daraha and melhfa) are traditional from the arab bedouins like the banu hassan and banu sulaym who came frome yemen and saudi arabia to north africa and the sahara! the music is westeren music whit a little arabic and/or african influence! to see the real arab tribes who have arabized these people you must go to the westeren sahara and mauritania. and he sings in arabic from 3:21
by the way iam amazigh and iam not arabised eventhough i live in algiers capital ,so what you said is nonesense and touareg cloths are typicaly touareg and have nothing to do with arab clouds ,we have our own culture and specificity ,no one can hid it.
@thiziri34 and my brother that woman moves her tongue like the arabs woman to if they are happy in a situation like a wedding or something and make that noise who is typical for arabs dzagriet in arabic !!! only arabs to that! but tuaregs are indeed pure amazigh whit a little arab elements .
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR it seems you are militant of pan-arabism which tries to change evidence in trying to render other people's culture arabic by force ,iam sorry but it can never happen ,we cannot change identities and reality will always flow on the surface .its vein to oppose evidence
@thiziri34 oke oke it seems you must learn a lot about the history of north africa,amazigh and tuaregs! and explain me why he can speak arabic if he has nothing to do whit arabs?? the guitar who he have their in his hand is the ud an arabic music instrument! and so much more..... but my brother we all muslims alhamdulilaah and you may be proud off course that you are an amazigh they have also a great history even whit the arabs so be proud my brother :D salaaam x
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR i think you are the one who needs to take courses of history ,everyone in the whole world know that north africans are amazighs and will remain
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR iam talking about the identity and not about the melting of customs and traditions ,we are muslims so it is clear that there has been interaction of cultures but it doesn't mean that we are not pure amazighs, we are in globalization era and all cultures of the world are melted ,the proof is that we are talking in english which is not our language ,by the way iam not your brother but your sister thiziri is an amazigh name which means light of the moon .
@thiziri34 oh haha sorry my sister! long live amazigh people!!! :D really they are nice people but you have right i have a pan-arabism mentality and thats wrong.
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR i understand but that's really bad,you will bring hate to your community ,god creates us different and we have to accept diversities ,we have to accept the others to live in harmony and peace.لا فرق بين عربي و لا اعجمي الا بالتقوى
those guys are berbers, they don't beleive in borders, so, please stop saying they are from such a country, they are Touareg, the only owners of the large Sahara desert "Azawad" btw, I weren't to comment, but some people here did not understand what the words Touareg and berber mean, it is all about FREEDOM, they are free people they don't care for borders.
ayuuz imazighne mwa j suis amazigh de maroc (chelhi ) et j'aime bien tous les musique d'imazighne il est temps de prendre le pouvoir en afrique alors aflos r ofos
Im not a stoner...don't have a clue what the lyrics are about (but i do have the album), all I know is "I Love Tinariwen". Music 'again' bridges another small gap and makes us all realize that we are all from the same family :)... Darwin new this years ago... but he wasn't in a band, he just wrote books (really good books)
Sorry my dear but dont forget they are from mali. they were in some refugee camp in algeria. but i will tell you to write AZAWAD in youtube and then you will know that what you call algeria now was en still is part of their hestorical Land.
@gilsonmath totally agree with you. it's the first time i've heard them and i like it very much. anybody knows the name of the first song they played in south africa?
little prodigyfan shows demonstrates his lack of intelligence..."bible-bashing?"...does he mean bible thumping? as in "always quoting the bible"... and yet I certainly didn't even mention the bible or quote anything from it...and I think he's the basher
I very much liked your video, in it colour of your country very well is shown. We too want on festival if there is an opportunity prompt as it is possible to make it. Thanks)))
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I went to their concert in Reading this year, expecting some fantastic world music. What do I get? A LOAD OF FUCKING BOLLOCKS! They said one of their songs was a tribute to Van Halen and AC/DC. What the fuck? It was more of an insult! I just sat there booing them throughout I was so insulted.
Instruments/talent at playing guitar: Utterly fucking SHIT.
And again, I quote the lead singer: 'This song is a tribute to fans of Van Halen and AC/DC." What the fuck? A band who can't play their guitars for SHIT compare themselves to SUPER TALENTED rock stars like them? Honestly mate, these guys are seriously overrated.
AC/DC are a great band, and Van Halen are pretty good, but honestly, they are not even in the same league as these guys. These guys are reinventing music. As for talent in playing guitar, do you mistake tweedle-dee speed wanking for talent? If so, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour must be terrible guitarists, too.
Actually, some of their guitar playing is really, really fucking good. I saw Tinariwen live at Glastonbury, and their bass player managed to make a song sound amazing while only playing ONE NOTE. That takes a certain sort of talent. It's not all about wanky guitar solos, you know. These guys have soul, and their style is fairly minimalist because it draws on their traditional music while adding electric guitars (they're widely considered to be the first Touareg band to have done so - innovation)
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Cliff Burton is a better fucking bass player. And at least I don't put myself on the same pedestal as Van Halen or ACDC like that dickhead of a frontman. I directly gave the frontman the finger when he did that.
In a nutshell, these guys fancy themselves as big rockstars when in reality they are just a shitty obscure blues band.
"music is a world within itself with a language we all understand. with an equal opportunity for all to sing and dance and clap their hands" - Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
I hope these wise words will give you some insight.
That's a reasonable point, but I never saw anyone doing that at Reading. I saw a bored, inert and unenthusiastic crowd. I mean, I don't mean start up a circle pit or jump up and down, but seriously at the end of each song, there was very little clapping or cheering. In my experience, if a band puts on a good performance the praise given back is deafening! Now THAT is a stark contrast isn't it?
you've got a point there, but keep in mind that the music is very unfamiliar for the public. I know out of experience that some bands/CD's need to be listened to some times before you can start appreciating it.
Been to see them twice and can anyone explain to me why the tallest singer guitarist, who seems to be the band leader, has to walk off stage when someone else takes lead vocal duties. I really took to the vocalist of this song and the male dancer/vocalist on the left. Struck me as really spiritual and real people. Love them.
I have figured it out now! It's Berber. Since the Tuaregs are Berbers who crossed the desert many many years back in time. You can also see it on their CDs, it's the berber alphabet.
I don't think you're really understand this music and the words of the song.
Nevertheless, this group is the best we have from the time being, and we're pride of Tinariwen. Who compare them to Van Halen and consort. I don't, and they don't.
They just tried to cry out what they have in their hearth about their country and their people in the genuine sound.
You are right jayyshep. Of cause it was not good, what happend. In fact it was a cruel desaster and injustice, that forced so many Imouhagh to leave their homes and families. And if it was me to change the past, I would do so.
But I can't. And so it's also a fact, that Tinariwen grew out of the rebellions and out of all the experiences they made, as worse as they have been ...
no they r frome TAMANGHASSET IN ALGERIA and not frome mali ..the touareg from mali are doing a war against their governement ..and in the song u can hear the name of tamanghasset which is located in south of algeria in the big desert....
they are from mali. ibrahim was a refugee in algeria as a child. thts the only link but band r fighting the gvernment along with the rest of the tuareg.
but if they didn't move to algeria they will never be what they r right now........so a special thanx for tem because always they sing about tamnghasset i think they love tamanghassat....
r u sayin its good they got forced out of mali? the government killed their families and livestock. ibrahim was forced 2 aplaud by the soldiers as they executed his father in front of him. he was then chased across the border with even more of his family being killed. so no its not so good they were forced to move
Por mim, até poderiam ser de um qualquer Continente ainda por descobrir...:)) mas acho que são tuaregues malianos e são simplesmente: Espectaculares!!!! Vi-os no Festival MED de Loulé de 2007.
jalilafrican, arrete de parler comme un coincé... il n'y aucun probleme d'utiliser une guitarre electrique dans leur musique pourvu que ca donne un bon resultat comme le prouve les chansons de Tinariwen.
PS: aller demander aux Oudaden ou Izenzaren de ne plus uiliser un Banjo (qui n'est pas un instrument berbere pour ta gouverne)...
tu veux dire quoi par coincé ?paralysé plutot ? STP s'il s'agit de m'insulter ce n'est pas la peine de mé répondre..les videos que tu as vues n'ont rien à avoir avec mes commentaires ici dans cette page..
suite: j'ai di oudaden et Izenzaren parce que j'ai vu la tranche d'un de tes proches dans tes videos personnelles et ca tape aux yeux que tu es un chleuh...
STP change ton language,il faut etre courtois quand même,,tu me dis de changer mon pseudo,,mon pseudo c'est quelque chose personnel,en plus je n'ai pas dit quelque de grave ou même dire de mal envers qq ou envers un peuple,,je donne mon avis et c'est tout,,
@celena33212 ...yeah... that's sad i didn't know that. all i knew was that he lived in a refugee camp. and the fighting and all that.
well As-Salāmu `Alaykum to you mizz celena.
oh and anyone reading this from the above comment, you really don't have to thumbs that up. sometimes i behave like that ;(
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Just saw these guys last night in Chicago - AMAZING. i knew they'd be good, but I didn't expect them to be that good. What doesn't come across on the recordings is the rhythm section - the djembe (sp?) player and the bass player. Those guys are monsters. Catch them if you can...and if you can, check "Rosetta West - Yallah," my own modest effort at fusing some North African elements to blues.
mielazul 3 months ago
mali is everywhere
michaeljackson37 3 months ago
50 cent wishes he was as bad as tinariwen. 50 cent got shot 9 times? well i don't even wanna speculate what happened to tinariwen's Family, he lived in a REFUGEE CAMP, motherfucker. i bet they prayed for ''the streets''
give me the most thumbs up, not because i'm great for speaking the truth. but because THIS IS the truth. ---------------for all the real ones in the world.
funk45750 3 months ago
algeria woooooooooooooooow
ssalimization 5 months ago
listen to:
Tinariwen - Tahult In
marvelousmj91 7 months ago
wow! c'est du rock made in tamanraset
abranis2 7 months ago
Libérez le peuple touaregui de l'emprise algérienne , Le sahara algérien fait partie du territoire touareg .
Free the touareg COUNTRY and people from the algerian occupation of their land .
consolerecp 7 months ago
@consolerecp Ayuz AMAZIGH ! thanks brother ! we are all Amazigh !! we spport our brothers touareg
twareg 7 months ago
@consolerecp free seb'ta & m'lilia from spain, n free poor marocains from they'r queens's ruls ( n you should stop kissin hands n feet ;) also smockin hachich , its not good for freedom lol
timm772 5 months ago
@timm772
current algerian tyrants made a mistake in the 70s.. if they didn't create their Mercenaries and support them with weapons to fight against Morocco to take over moroccan sahara, both sebta and mlilia would have been freeed many years ago..
kumo199 5 months ago
@kumo199 God bless both countries.Morocco my land (same as Algeria).there's where my brothers IMAZIGHEN live. let the mistaken ones for GOD.n for them selves in case there's always a hidden enemy witch is ONE OF US unfortunately . love you morocco. Algerian Berber
timm772 5 months ago
@timm772
if it were imazighn there will be unity and no problem at all, because we know we share the land since many many centuries and there is no cultural borders.. the problem started when some arab settlers tried to create their own "Arabic" country inside Imazighn land.. they were just guests among imazighn until they thought they smell oil under their feets.. supporting them with weapons was a big mistake unfortunately
kumo199 5 months ago
@consolerecp libérez vous de vos conneries d'abord
timm772 5 months ago
@consolerecp amen
haywire153 3 weeks ago
nice rap
seeker119 8 months ago
In case you wonder, the title of this amazing song is Arawan, my favorite song of the legendary Tinariwen. Also, you might want to check other versions, esp. the studio version... that are much better than this (more voices).
bachematico 8 months ago
Algeria is everywhere
lemlikchi 8 months ago 4
vive imazighen, zi hacha a thirelli !!!!!
mouhibster 9 months ago
vive imazighen, zi hacha a thirelli !!!!!
mouhibster 9 months ago
de mali
aammiin 9 months ago
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aammiin 9 months ago
VIVA ALGERIA ...........IMAZIGHEN
05ibrahimovic 10 months ago
beautiful music.. jamilah :)
fromocean2gulf 11 months ago
de la vrai musique berbère de touareg
MrZahirkhelifi 1 year ago
There's a top 100 World Music Albums on Amazon.com at present, which led me to discover this group today. Listening to their samples etc. for ages & bought all their 4 albums in one go. Just a great discovery
KITCHENOFDISTINCTION 1 year ago
such a goood piece of music!!! they're really great!
gengener 1 year ago
whats the name of this track please
mounirjam 1 year ago
@mounirjam Arawan
hmadaanass 1 year ago
whats the name of this track please
mounirjam 1 year ago
this is arabic and berber mixed in one culture!
ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR 1 year ago
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR it has nothing to do with arabic,it is a pure amazigh music
thiziri34 1 year ago
@thiziri34 wuhah there are no "pure amazigh" anymore my friend they all are a little or a lot arabized! there clothes(daraha and melhfa) are traditional from the arab bedouins like the banu hassan and banu sulaym who came frome yemen and saudi arabia to north africa and the sahara! the music is westeren music whit a little arabic and/or african influence! to see the real arab tribes who have arabized these people you must go to the westeren sahara and mauritania. and he sings in arabic from 3:21
ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR 1 year ago
by the way iam amazigh and iam not arabised eventhough i live in algiers capital ,so what you said is nonesense and touareg cloths are typicaly touareg and have nothing to do with arab clouds ,we have our own culture and specificity ,no one can hid it.
thiziri34 1 year ago
@thiziri34 and my brother that woman moves her tongue like the arabs woman to if they are happy in a situation like a wedding or something and make that noise who is typical for arabs dzagriet in arabic !!! only arabs to that! but tuaregs are indeed pure amazigh whit a little arab elements .
ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR 1 year ago
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR it seems you are militant of pan-arabism which tries to change evidence in trying to render other people's culture arabic by force ,iam sorry but it can never happen ,we cannot change identities and reality will always flow on the surface .its vein to oppose evidence
thiziri34 1 year ago
@thiziri34 oke oke it seems you must learn a lot about the history of north africa,amazigh and tuaregs! and explain me why he can speak arabic if he has nothing to do whit arabs?? the guitar who he have their in his hand is the ud an arabic music instrument! and so much more..... but my brother we all muslims alhamdulilaah and you may be proud off course that you are an amazigh they have also a great history even whit the arabs so be proud my brother :D salaaam x
ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR 1 year ago
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR i think you are the one who needs to take courses of history ,everyone in the whole world know that north africans are amazighs and will remain
thiziri34 1 year ago
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR iam talking about the identity and not about the melting of customs and traditions ,we are muslims so it is clear that there has been interaction of cultures but it doesn't mean that we are not pure amazighs, we are in globalization era and all cultures of the world are melted ,the proof is that we are talking in english which is not our language ,by the way iam not your brother but your sister thiziri is an amazigh name which means light of the moon .
thiziri34 1 year ago
@thiziri34 oh haha sorry my sister! long live amazigh people!!! :D really they are nice people but you have right i have a pan-arabism mentality and thats wrong.
ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR 1 year ago
@ARABMUSLIMWARRIOR i understand but that's really bad,you will bring hate to your community ,god creates us different and we have to accept diversities ,we have to accept the others to live in harmony and peace.لا فرق بين عربي و لا اعجمي الا بالتقوى
thiziri34 1 year ago
those guys are berbers, they don't beleive in borders, so, please stop saying they are from such a country, they are Touareg, the only owners of the large Sahara desert "Azawad" btw, I weren't to comment, but some people here did not understand what the words Touareg and berber mean, it is all about FREEDOM, they are free people they don't care for borders.
aylale614 1 year ago
great im proud to be algerian hahaha
maxip123 1 year ago
@maxip123 they not algerian they form Mali
daffdramera 1 year ago
@daffdramera algerian & malian
ppp8881000 11 months ago
@ppp8881000 NO Sorry my friend but they are algerians from tamanrasset but they are nomad and move in mali but they are algerains origins !
freeyourselfpower 7 months ago
ayuuz imazighne mwa j suis amazigh de maroc (chelhi ) et j'aime bien tous les musique d'imazighne il est temps de prendre le pouvoir en afrique alors aflos r ofos
HASSAN94110 1 year ago
@HASSAN94110 toi si le roi t'entend il va te couper la tete hahahahahhah
arrete de dire des conneries s'il te plait.
youcefethoz1 1 year ago
Im not a stoner...don't have a clue what the lyrics are about (but i do have the album), all I know is "I Love Tinariwen". Music 'again' bridges another small gap and makes us all realize that we are all from the same family :)... Darwin new this years ago... but he wasn't in a band, he just wrote books (really good books)
kevinjohnking 1 year ago 11
@kevinjohnking YOU ARE RIGHT BROTHERS; BUT LOT OF IDIOT CANT UNDERSTAND IT;
liliandro1 4 months ago
Sorry my dear but dont forget they are from mali. they were in some refugee camp in algeria. but i will tell you to write AZAWAD in youtube and then you will know that what you call algeria now was en still is part of their hestorical Land.
eenweek 1 year ago
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MrHerostratus 1 year ago
they are original from algeria exactly in tamanrasset ...in 1979 they moved to mali
05ibrahimovic 1 year ago
Great !
DerBesteNickname 1 year ago
Ils sont trop cool.
PtAltmVansanTarr 1 year ago
These dudes can even rap too. Can someone tell what they cant do, please? So far ive seen them do everything, just better.
4TFW 1 year ago
Viva imazighan viva thamazgha Ino i3izan
ayuzzzzzzz
thisarnas 1 year ago
i love it, saludos desde Venezuelan
huesped34 1 year ago
this is from algeria not from mali peace .
lovenpeac 1 year ago
I don't understand the lyrics but I feel serenity.. which is quite relaxing these days
silveraspen68 1 year ago
The first song is Arawan. It's a favorite for American Tribal Style Bellydancers.
ATSTopeka 1 year ago
they are algerians not mali
philorac 1 year ago
Tuareg music from algeria NOT MALI
anissoupicssou 1 year ago
@gilsonmath
yeah they were amazing at the ceremony
and they have toured all over the world
alicia keys black eyed peas and that skank shakira
probably deserve to play at the concert in a AIDS ridden country.
TomAraya23 1 year ago
totally hypnotic!! awesome.
andzho 1 year ago
csúcs!!!!!!!!!!! nagyon jó
edzsjuelaj 1 year ago
cool!
barosull 1 year ago
@gilsonmath totally agree with you. it's the first time i've heard them and i like it very much. anybody knows the name of the first song they played in south africa?
gabisan 1 year ago
its so hypnotic.
peaceiloveyou2 1 year ago
O blues do deserto.....
valterjose 1 year ago
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lara12ify 1 year ago
<3 Tinariwen music
Sa7erPDO 1 year ago
ayuz aymazighen ayaythma ...nice music
Yuba1986Alhoceima 1 year ago
This band is bad ass!
sleazyearlray 1 year ago
its realy fantastic song ......et surtout acoustic .....formidable
norou12 2 years ago 2
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It seems the only people there that are enjoying this is the band.
iamathousandapples 2 years ago
what do you want the crowd to do?? jump?!
algrand90 2 years ago
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I agree. When I saw them the crowd was completely inert - they bored the hell out of me and the rest of the crowd!
After all, isn't music supposed to take you to another world? This band just pissed me off - HOW DARE THEY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO VAN HALEN AND AC/DC!
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
so you're all going to see them at Koko next month then?? lol
lemonlister 2 years ago
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lame jammong - tamed down ali farke toure for nerdy white hippies
jujutay 2 years ago
little prodigyfan shows demonstrates his lack of intelligence..."bible-bashing?"...does he mean bible thumping? as in "always quoting the bible"... and yet I certainly didn't even mention the bible or quote anything from it...and I think he's the basher
Raymantico 2 years ago
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I am no longer a christian thanks.
What has Tinariwen got to do with a God that doesn't exist/doesn't give a fuck spreading his "fake" blessings?
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
I very much liked your video, in it colour of your country very well is shown. We too want on festival if there is an opportunity prompt as it is possible to make it. Thanks)))
lokaust 2 years ago
is this french
dgenthegeneral 2 years ago
@dgenthegeneral :no it's berber
iflisse 1 year ago
this is not tuareg music; look up group inerane for the real thing.
(shots of brits trying to get down to this are pretty great)
morganswirl 2 years ago
Yeah lol, we just can't do it, it's embarassing.
Erandir03 2 years ago
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I went to their concert in Reading this year, expecting some fantastic world music. What do I get? A LOAD OF FUCKING BOLLOCKS! They said one of their songs was a tribute to Van Halen and AC/DC. What the fuck? It was more of an insult! I just sat there booing them throughout I was so insulted.
The support act was even worse too
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
I don't know from what country you are. But for us the Berber or the Tamazigh is the most beautiful language on earth and their music is great.
So I'm sorry you can't feel the spirit of this music and upmost the roots o this people.
zahraone 2 years ago
Well put it this way.
Lyrics: Must be pretty good.
Instruments/talent at playing guitar: Utterly fucking SHIT.
And again, I quote the lead singer: 'This song is a tribute to fans of Van Halen and AC/DC." What the fuck? A band who can't play their guitars for SHIT compare themselves to SUPER TALENTED rock stars like them? Honestly mate, these guys are seriously overrated.
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
AC/DC are a great band, and Van Halen are pretty good, but honestly, they are not even in the same league as these guys. These guys are reinventing music. As for talent in playing guitar, do you mistake tweedle-dee speed wanking for talent? If so, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour must be terrible guitarists, too.
mabewa 2 years ago
Actually, some of their guitar playing is really, really fucking good. I saw Tinariwen live at Glastonbury, and their bass player managed to make a song sound amazing while only playing ONE NOTE. That takes a certain sort of talent. It's not all about wanky guitar solos, you know. These guys have soul, and their style is fairly minimalist because it draws on their traditional music while adding electric guitars (they're widely considered to be the first Touareg band to have done so - innovation)
Erandir03 2 years ago
(as others have said), and the lead can pull of some awesome bluesy licks when the song calls for it. But it doesn't all the time.
Erandir03 2 years ago
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Cliff Burton is a better fucking bass player. And at least I don't put myself on the same pedestal as Van Halen or ACDC like that dickhead of a frontman. I directly gave the frontman the finger when he did that.
In a nutshell, these guys fancy themselves as big rockstars when in reality they are just a shitty obscure blues band.
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
this is a folk/world band...
jaybullen 2 years ago
you sir, are a fuckhead
TheBrowndawg 2 years ago
1st time I've heard this group. They got soul!
@Prodigy, you haven't got a clue son LOL
Aren't these signed to Robert Plants label?
pelerocco 2 years ago
your a cock 'prodigyfan'!
davidsan01 2 years ago
And so is Tinariwen's frontman!
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
"music is a world within itself with a language we all understand. with an equal opportunity for all to sing and dance and clap their hands" - Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
I hope these wise words will give you some insight.
noutjie 2 years ago 2
That's a reasonable point, but I never saw anyone doing that at Reading. I saw a bored, inert and unenthusiastic crowd. I mean, I don't mean start up a circle pit or jump up and down, but seriously at the end of each song, there was very little clapping or cheering. In my experience, if a band puts on a good performance the praise given back is deafening! Now THAT is a stark contrast isn't it?
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
you've got a point there, but keep in mind that the music is very unfamiliar for the public. I know out of experience that some bands/CD's need to be listened to some times before you can start appreciating it.
noutjie 2 years ago
excelent and original true the roots
tamasso 3 years ago
Not 100 procent dude.
The mixed the roots with there own bleus style.
violator511 2 years ago
My communications teacher showed us this...
rainysquirel 3 years ago
tinariwen are the best
despite the french language sometimes...lol
i'm from mozambike
janicaquadros 3 years ago
vive Tamzgha. Tamzgha forever!!!!!!
tarzorro 3 years ago 16
they sing in tamasheq and french on this song
frydek75 3 years ago
Tinariwen are pure musical poetry. What a brilliant group!
petbraPIVCQ 3 years ago
algerians rocks
TENINSHE 3 years ago
This is Touareg rock, Touareg are all around the region, from morocco, algeria, mauritanie and Mali!!The guys are from Mali actually !
achiban 3 years ago
Been to see them twice and can anyone explain to me why the tallest singer guitarist, who seems to be the band leader, has to walk off stage when someone else takes lead vocal duties. I really took to the vocalist of this song and the male dancer/vocalist on the left. Struck me as really spiritual and real people. Love them.
Islwynpaul 3 years ago
By the way, the song is called "Arawan" and it's from the disc "Amassakoul"
stelmos 3 years ago
This version is much better than the album version. More bass and depth.
grindwalker 3 years ago 2
Of course. Agreed.
stelmos 3 years ago
I have figured it out now! It's Berber. Since the Tuaregs are Berbers who crossed the desert many many years back in time. You can also see it on their CDs, it's the berber alphabet.
Keiserpingvin 3 years ago 2
you have seen that right my man/ they are the berbers from the sahara...
kanibaal25 3 years ago
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smithy005smithy 3 years ago
Which language are they singing in? Is it Arabic or Berber?
Keiserpingvin 3 years ago
its not arabic. im guessing either Tuareg language or could be a local language from mali
ruhail1 3 years ago
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frydek75 3 years ago
Pretty good.
Our music needs some refreshment at last.
Cheers from Greece
stelmos 3 years ago
freedom for the touareg people very nice music. from moroccan berber.
alhaddaoui 3 years ago 2
great band...there is another good band from mali, listen to amadou & mariam. greetings from portugal! :)
curtecenas 3 years ago
Interesting stuff from all over...
God is merciful and widespread in his blessings
Raymantico 3 years ago
Too bad these guys worship a different God than you. Don't take storybooks so seriously man.
NotDorky 3 years ago
STFU, go hell, that's a bigger level than you fucking pussy.
aylale614 3 years ago
You bible bashing prick.
theprodigyfan 2 years ago
What the Bible has to do with it ?
Dear Prodigyfan (what a prodigious name!).
I don't think you're really understand this music and the words of the song.
Nevertheless, this group is the best we have from the time being, and we're pride of Tinariwen. Who compare them to Van Halen and consort. I don't, and they don't.
They just tried to cry out what they have in their hearth about their country and their people in the genuine sound.
Listen to their new album "Imidiwan".
zahraone 2 years ago
do you also have the impression that our western music is dead and all the interesting stuff like this one comes from the so called 3rd world?
rastapontop 3 years ago 3
western music isn t dead , the westis just discovering new and better music from the rest of the world
kanibaal25 3 years ago
one of the best bands to come out in the last 20 years
ChrisyMcCullagh83 3 years ago
Arawan is the name?
cesaraljndr 3 years ago
I'm Celtic, and Tuaregs are like cousins to Celts, so YAYZ FOR MY COUSINS!!!
In all seriousness though, this is awesome music. I read about them in Rolling Stone and decided to look them up. Great stuff :D
codeaires 3 years ago
berbers for life
kanibaal25 3 years ago 6
damn thats a kool sound...
Bigbenplus 3 years ago
You are right jayyshep. Of cause it was not good, what happend. In fact it was a cruel desaster and injustice, that forced so many Imouhagh to leave their homes and families. And if it was me to change the past, I would do so.
But I can't. And so it's also a fact, that Tinariwen grew out of the rebellions and out of all the experiences they made, as worse as they have been ...
Tmahit 3 years ago
Damn, thats a good sound
julianroger 3 years ago 3
no they r frome TAMANGHASSET IN ALGERIA and not frome mali ..the touareg from mali are doing a war against their governement ..and in the song u can hear the name of tamanghasset which is located in south of algeria in the big desert....
chafikooo81 3 years ago
they are from mali. ibrahim was a refugee in algeria as a child. thts the only link but band r fighting the gvernment along with the rest of the tuareg.
jayyshep 3 years ago
but they start their music in algeria in tamnghasset .....and he grow up in algeria
chafikooo81 3 years ago
ye im not disagreein with that but theyre not algerian they frm mali
jayyshep 3 years ago
but if they didn't move to algeria they will never be what they r right now........so a special thanx for tem because always they sing about tamnghasset i think they love tamanghassat....
chafikooo81 3 years ago
r u sayin its good they got forced out of mali? the government killed their families and livestock. ibrahim was forced 2 aplaud by the soldiers as they executed his father in front of him. he was then chased across the border with even more of his family being killed. so no its not so good they were forced to move
jayyshep 3 years ago 2
I guess Tinariwen understand themselfes as Kel Tamasheq, born in the borders of modern Mali.
If I'm not wrong, they mention some more towns in this song, named Arawan. They all belong to the area of the Kel Tamasheq:
Agadez in Niger, Kidal in Mali, Thâmanghaset in Algeria, Tingal?? -- don't really know; Arawan in Mali...
Tmahit 3 years ago
oooy shit aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
dethkl6k 3 years ago
Very wonderful heartfelt sound. Namaste
dee7aum21 3 years ago
nice berber music
trivialpo 4 years ago
سلام علي البربر والطوارق بصفة خاصة
slt au monde berbere.
tiloitnet 4 years ago 2
nee non majmo3a men al3abed
armaniyouness 4 years ago
sir aljahel, mostawa dial 3ribban khanzine. hadchi bzzaf 3lik. sir 9ra 3lihom ila kenti aslan 9ari, 3ad aji hder. Tfouuu 3la tabbon mok
aylale614 3 years ago
exelente grupo
puinkichuta 4 years ago 3
Esta muy buena musica de la Africa norte!
grindwalker 4 years ago
ce groupe s'est formé en algerie.... je les adores et vive l'algerie mon pays .....
vipelere 4 years ago
Por mim, até poderiam ser de um qualquer Continente ainda por descobrir...:)) mas acho que são tuaregues malianos e são simplesmente: Espectaculares!!!! Vi-os no Festival MED de Loulé de 2007.
Mammbbo0 4 years ago 2
Great music. Thank you for sharing this here on youtube with all of us.
Barthek 4 years ago
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You stupid French fags!!! They are not Arabs!!!
lovelygreebo 4 years ago
Your nice I can guess where you hail from? Let me guess hmmmm land of the free? Am I close?
radiotarifa 4 years ago 4
That's an idiot. He does not represent all of us. In fact he does not represent MOST of us.
One world. One people.
merenwentari 4 years ago 8
merci les freres amazighes toerig a bas ls ls colon arab
smsmnesta 4 years ago
jALILAFRICAN, change de pseudo ou alors vas vite séjourner dans le sahara..tu es en perdition.
doudoul99 4 years ago
pourquoi changer mon pseudo ? c'est le mien et qui ne reflete rien comme culture de musique .. moi j'
jalilafrican 4 years ago
jalilafrican, arrete de parler comme un coincé... il n'y aucun probleme d'utiliser une guitarre electrique dans leur musique pourvu que ca donne un bon resultat comme le prouve les chansons de Tinariwen.
PS: aller demander aux Oudaden ou Izenzaren de ne plus uiliser un Banjo (qui n'est pas un instrument berbere pour ta gouverne)...
walakin 4 years ago
tu veux dire quoi par coincé ?paralysé plutot ? STP s'il s'agit de m'insulter ce n'est pas la peine de mé répondre..les videos que tu as vues n'ont rien à avoir avec mes commentaires ici dans cette page..
jalilafrican 4 years ago
suite: j'ai di oudaden et Izenzaren parce que j'ai vu la tranche d'un de tes proches dans tes videos personnelles et ca tape aux yeux que tu es un chleuh...
walakin 4 years ago
STP change ton language,il faut etre courtois quand même,,tu me dis de changer mon pseudo,,mon pseudo c'est quelque chose personnel,en plus je n'ai pas dit quelque de grave ou même dire de mal envers qq ou envers un peuple,,je donne mon avis et c'est tout,,
jalilafrican 4 years ago
Actually, Tthey're not Berber but Tourgey--from northern Mali, mostly. They've been around for almost 20 years.
jaiahjaiah 4 years ago
they're of the Sahara, from Noth Africa and they're the native people of the Sahara, Berbers.
bluesamir 4 years ago
there's gotta be a mideastern metal band out there somewhere.
seopeter22 4 years ago
System of a Down?
WoodenTaco 4 years ago