Interrogation Screens
Possibly the greatest link I've ever been sent, and it comes from DQ reader Derek Mirdala(http://tinyurl.com/hcjuq):
It's Hard Out There For An Artillerywoman
SEOUL (Reuters) - For all those tired of silly love songs, how about the new North Korean hit tune, "A girl innovator dashing like a steed."
Many people in the communist state are singing songs glorifying the women revolutionaries helping to build the nation, official media reported Wednesday.
As well as the girl innovator song, popular airs include "Song of coast artillerywomen," "Girl silk-weavers of Nyongbyon" and "I am a front-line soldier's wife," the KCNA news agency reported on International Women's Day.
Songs promoting family values include "Love your wives" and "My mom who worries herself about her child."
"A lot of songs have been composed in the country in reflection of the pride and happy life of the women who are playing a great role in all fields of social life," KCNA said.
It was unclear whether the tunes have a beat that people can dance to.
Go ahead. Start cringing. You know what's coming. I couldn't stop it if I wanted to.
My top-secret sources in North Korea have told me that the next North Korean popular music project will be an album--of Beatles' covers. And, in a piece of legendary journalism, I've been able to obtain the lyrics to the North Korean version of "Yellow Submarine."
For your singing pleasure, please note that "interrogation" should be sung with the following emphasis: inTERRogation.
Interrogation Screens
In the town where I was born,
Kim Jong-Il, who reigned supreme,
Told us all, to be prepared
For interrogation screens,
So we sailed off to the sun,
Till we found a sea of green,
And we took a few back home with us,
For interrogation screens,
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens,
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens,
And our friends are all abhorred,
Many more of them live next door,
And it’s banned to even say.
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens,
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens,
(trumpets play)
As the party we must please,
Every one of us must pay heed,
Don’t confuse hunger with need,
In interrogation screens,
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens,
We all live with interrogation screens,
Interrogation screens, interrogation screens.
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