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MATHANGI ARULPRAGASAM...(MIA) Friday, 11 July 2008 - 5:45 PM SL Time |  | |
Birth name Mathangi Arulpragasam
Also known as MIA
Born 17 July 1977 (1977-07-17) (age 30)
Hounslow, London, UK
Origin Tamileelam and London, UK
Genre(s) Alternative, electronic, alternative hip hop, jungle, dancehall, folk, alternative dance, avant-garde music, IDM, indie, rave
Occupation(s) Vocalist, composer, singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist, fashion designer
Instrument(s) Vocals, drum machine, Roland MC-505, synthesizer, sampler, laptop (MacBook Pro), percussion
Years active 2000 present
Label(s) XL Recordings (2004 present)
Interscope Records (2005 present)
Showbiz Records (2003)
Website miauk.com
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tigeress19
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 11 Jul 2008 10:46:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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Politics on the other side..
On the political nature of her work she has said, 'I have to be true to that--I can't take certain things away.I do have a political background. I m only in England, learning this language and building a life in this society, because of political reasons. Why would I deny that? Asked in 2005 if she was always political, she says, I think I was always slightly political but my issues change with what s going on in my life. Politics is something that I ve never been able to discuss with anyone and everyone my life in England for the first ten years wasn t really political.
It was more about getting an equal shot as the next person. I wanted a shot at an education politics came back to me after I went back to Sri Lanka. Once I studied and wanted to be a filmmaker, I tried to make a documentary on what it was like to be a young person in Sri Lanka.
I wanted to make a film that could compare the 19-year-olds in Sri Lanka. That s when I came across so much politics.
Global ideas and issues are presented in M.I.A.'s art.Having lived through civil war in Sri Lanka, M.I.A. has
experience with difficult political situations. Her workcontains lyrical topics and imagery drawing from Arulpragasam's experiences and observations of poverty, survival, violence, and prejudice. Her work has featured political and social commentary.
M.I.A. has expressed discontent with the formula for the War on Terror and its global impact, arguing that 'You can't separate the world into two parts like that, good and evil... America has successfully tied all these pockets of independence struggles, revolutions, and extremists into one big notion of terrorism.
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tigeress19
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11 Jul 2008 10:51:57 GMT Report for Abuse
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Lyrics........
ThaNANNANANANANANANNANANANNNANA (4x)
BOYS THERE HOW MANY BOYZ THERE?
How many?
How many tequilas in the place
How many beers are in the case?
Boys there?
How many?
Boys there?
How many?
How many dutty wine swing it away
How many shots without a chase?
Boys there?
How many?
Boys there?
How many?
How many mash up and in a haze
How many wacky dip fall the head
Boys there?
How many?
Boys there?
How many?
How many no money boys are crazy (2x)
How many boyz are raw
How many no money boyz are rowdy
How many start a war
Hey now
Let me go, hey now
Can we go ridin up a dirty track up in Laventille
Will you, show me before I make it back somewhere I can chill?
Hey now
Let me go, hey now
Can we go riding up a motor bike up to sugar hill
Cooking chicken on the wall with the system up on full
What we do now (4x)
Duppa bounce
Dem der duppa bounce
Oooo gosh its the new warlord
ThaNANNANANANANANANNANANANNNANA (2x)
BOYS THERE HOW MANY BOYZ THERE?
How many?
How many no money boys are crazy (2x)
How many boyz are raw
How many no money boyz are rowdy
How many start a war
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 11 Jul 2008 11:46:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigress Thangathi
ru into this type of music? well she is good and all the best to her
I am not sure about u..but for me when she says Boys there..it sounds like Thosai..lolz
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pharoah
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11 Jul 2008 11:51:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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MIA is good at facing interviews,
lot of ppl are playing music today :) |
shahan
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 11 Jul 2008 12:25:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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Rubish. she wants to scratch VP's b....
why doesn't she want to sing about the people killed by VP. |
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11 Jul 2008 12:40:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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Berty Anna
ru into this type of music?
I'm into all kinds of music as long as the tune is sensible and rhythmical. |
tigeress19
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11 Jul 2008 12:41:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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when she says Boys there..it sounds like Thosai..lolz
:))
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