Oy (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Oy
| type = studio
| artist = Mohsen Namjoo
| cover = Oy album.jpg
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| released = 6 October 2009
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| genre = Lo-fi, indie, alternative rock, Iranian traditional music
| length = 56:21
| label = Stradivarius
| producer = Fabrica
| prev_title = Jabr-e Joghrafiyaei
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Strange Times
| next_year = 2010
}}
Oy is the third studio album by the Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo after Toranj and Jabr-e Joghrafiyaei. Released on 6 October 2009{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Oy/dp/B002RDRT98 |title=Fabrica Musica Special Edition : Oy: Mohsen Namjoo: MP3 Downloads |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}} this was Namjoo's first{{cite web|author=مریم افشنگ بی بی سی فارسی |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/09/090926_maf_iran_italia_mohsen_namjoo.shtml |title=BBC فارسی – ايران – "آخ" اولین آلبوم محسن نامجو در خارج از ایران |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://farhanggoftego.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:2009-09-28-23-15-59&catid=38:2009-08-25-00-31-19&Itemid=37 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710224336/http://farhanggoftego.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:2009-09-28-23-15-59&catid=38:2009-08-25-00-31-19&Itemid=37 |archivedate=10 July 2011 |title=نخستین آلبوم نامجو در خارج کشور |date= |accessdate=1 June 2012}} album produced and published outside Iran.
This also was the first collaboration between Namjoo and Golshifteh Farahani in which Golshifteh plays piano and also sings in some parts.{{cite web|url=http://mohsen-namjo.blogfa.com/post-56.aspx |title=محسن نامجو |publisher=Mohsen-namjo.blogfa.com |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}}[http://www.aksmod.com/?tag=%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%C2%AB%D8%A2%D8%AE%C2%BB] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707102013/http://www.aksmod.com/?tag=%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%C2%AB%D8%A2%D8%AE%C2%BB |date=7 July 2011 }} In addition to drums, piano and accordion other Iranian musical instruments including setar and Tonbak are played within the album.
Two Concerts were held in Italy, one in Venice on 11 September and the other in Milan on 8 October and songs of Oy album were performed with Italian instrumentalists and Golshifteh Farahani playing the piano. Both concerts were free of charge and served as a promotion for the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/interactivity/2009/09/090914_userphoto_namjoo_golshifteh.shtml |title=BBC فارسی – صدای شما – کنسرت محسن نامجو و گلشیفته فراهانی در ونیز |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1 September 2009|accessdate=4 March 2012}}{{cite web|author=Jahanshah Javid |url=http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/oct/mohsen-namjoo |title=Mohsen Namjoo |publisher=Iranian.com |date= 1 April 2009|accessdate=4 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebtekarnews.com/Ebtekar/News.aspx?NID=56751 |title=آخ نامجو در ميلان |publisher=Ebtekarnews.com |date= |accessdate=1 June 2012}}
Production
After leaving Iran and nearly one year living in Vienna he moved to Venice. There he got acquainted with Babak Payami, the art director{{cite web|author=Go to Les yeux ouverts image gallery |url=http://www.fabrica.it/press-release/colors-crosses-the-atlantic |title=Colors Crosses The Atlantic | Fabrica |publisher=Fabrica.it |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}} of film and video section[http://www.hammihannews.com/news/6611 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113174631/http://www.hammihannews.com/news/6611 |date=13 January 2010 }}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www1.voanews.com/persian/news/a-31-2009-09-29-voa19-63607937.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107090029/http://www1.voanews.com/persian/news/a-31-2009-09-29-voa19-63607937.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2010 |title=غوطه ورشدن در موسیقی ایرانی با آلبوم تازه ای از محسن نامجو | خبرها |publisher=.voanews.com |date=2 January 2012|access-date=4 March 2012}} in Fabrica institute, a subset of Benetton Group.{{cite web|author=احمد رافت |url=http://www.radiofarda.com/content/f8_Beneton_Payami/439071.html |title=یک فیلمساز ایرانی در راس بخش فیلم گروه صنعتی بنتون |publisher=Radiofarda.com |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}} Both concerts and the album production was accomplished by the Fabrica.
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| source =Babak Payami, bbc.co.uk
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Track listing
- "Hammash" – 5:16
- "Shams" – 5:51
- "Dela Didi" – 7:41
- "Qashqai" – 5:55
- "Binazir" – 8:00
- "Khan Baji" – 7:44
- "Cielito Lindo" – 7:36
- "Gladiators (Faghih Khoshgele)" – 8:18
Quran sura singing controversy
In 2006 the Iranian judicial system sentenced Namjoo in absentia to a five-year jail term for allegedly ridiculing the ash-Shams, a surah of the Quran, in his song "Shams". The conviction took place in spite of his formal apology. Later Namjoo claimed that he will perform an orchestral version of this song in Venice.{{cite web|author=موسیقی ما|url=http://www.musicema.com/module-pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-811.html|title=با حکم قاضی شعبه 1083 دادگاه عمومی استان تهران؛ : محسن نامجو به 5 سال حبس تعزیری محكوم شد :: موسیقی ما |publisher=Musicema.com|accessdate=4 March 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227155421/http://www.musicema.com/module-pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-811.html|archivedate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/07/iran-mohsen-namjoo-convicted-for-unconventional-singing/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726182139/http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/07/iran-mohsen-namjoo-convicted-for-unconventional-singing/|archivedate=26 July 2011 |title=Iran: Mohsen Namjoo convicted for "unconventional singing" |publisher=International Free Press Society |date=1 July 2009|accessdate=4 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1685697|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110716114231/http://www.magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1685697|archivedate=16 July 2011 |title=روزنامه اعتماد87/6/7: شكايت قاري مشهور قرآن از محسن نامجو |publisher=Magiran.com |date= |accessdate=4 March 2012}} The song was also released as part of the album.
Allusions
File:Mohsen Namjoo.jpg's songs has always caused many controversies inside Iranian society because of many uncommon and taboo use of Persian vocabulary and also a kind of frank satirical look into the society]]
- In final section of the first track "Hammash", parts of Cher's Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) are sung by Namjoo in an Iranian traditional music style.
- "Dela Didi" is based on the poem "Yadegar-e Khoon-e Sarv" by Hushang Ebtehaj.
- "Khan Baji" is a Kurdish song and Hesen Zîrek already had song it.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wmrwv1x3t4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wmrwv1x3t4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Hassan Zirak – Xan Baci |publisher=YouTube |date=1 January 2009 |accessdate=4 March 2012}}
- "Qashqai" is based on the poem "Afsaneh" by Nima Yushij.[http://contemporarypoemiran.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_3424.html 1]
- "Cielito Lindo" which is a popular traditional song of Mexico, written in 1882 by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés is performed by Namjoo and within it some verses of Molana and Shamloo are sung too.
- The prelude of "Gladiators" is the poem "Faghih Khoshgele" (Pretty Faqih) by Namjoo which is a satirical praise of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.
References
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External links
- [http://www.semital.com/g.htm?alid=5375 Listen to the album] in iranising.com
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718083402/http://www.wordpatch.com/2010/01/oy-mohsen-namjoo-feat.html |date=18 July 2011 |title=Read the Review in Persian and English }} in wordpatch.com
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