মাঝেমধ্যেই কিছু গায়ক বা গ্রুপ উদয় হয় ধূমকেতুর মতো, একখানা গান দিয়ে দুনিয়া মাতিয়ে ফেলে তারা। তারপর তাদের কথা আর বিশেষ শোনা যায় না। তেমনই এক গ্রুপের নাম Chumbawamba। নামটি বড়োই অভিনব, ১৯৯৭ সালে গাওয়া তাদের সেই হিট গানটির নামও: Tubthumping।
ধর্ম ও ঈশ্বর সম্পর্কে এঁদের মতামত বিস্তারিত এখানে পড়ে নিন। আমি কিছু অংশ উদ্ধৃত করি শুধু:
I don't see any benefit in religion, other than the wearing of priest's robes makes paedophiles easier to identify. As for spirituality, what exactly is it? I've never trusted anybody who claimed to be spiritual. It's like claiming to have a sixth sense which nobody else can see. When people say they're spiritual what they usually mean is: "I'm dead special me! Unlike the rest of you who are a couple of steps down the evolutionary ladder."
The problem with religion or the state for that matter is that it involves putting faith in something above yourself. They take power and responsibility away from ordinary people and undervalue people's worth.
In lefty circles there's a tendency to dismiss Western religions as bollocks whilst believing any old clap-trap as long as it's Eastern. I'm sick of hearing how spiritual and fantastic Buddhism is; tell it to the slave labourers in Burma. They live under a Buddhist system and its not doing them much good.
... We don't believe in god on any level. Religion is a socially acceptable version of heroin, it's a prop which fucks people up and over. And as Blaise Pascal so aptly put it: "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Tubthumping আমার খুবই প্রিয় একটি গান। হেরে না যাবার গান: I get knocked down, but I get up again... প্রথমে সেটি শুনে নেয়া যাক, যদি শোনা না থাকে। তারপরে শুনুন ডারউইনকে নিয়ে তাদের বানানো খুবই চমৎকার গানটি। গানটির ভিডিও খুঁজে পাইনি। তবে লিরিকস দেয়া আছে।
ডারউইনকে নিয়ে গাওয়া গানটির নাম চার্লি।
লিরিকস:
লিরিকস:
All of nature in its place
By hand of the designer
Comes our Charlie spins the world
From here to Asia Minor
In between the Platypus
And perfect Aphrodite
Charlie come with opposing thumb
To question the Almighty
Over the river and over the sea
Through holy storm and thunder
Steer a course for a brave new world
Of common sense and wonder
See the dancing President
The congressman and teacher
Jumpin' to the music of
The wealthy Midwest preacher
Charlie come with a brand new dance
Get on the floor and follow
Find yourself a partner and
We'll swing into tomorrow
Over the river and over the sea
Through holy storm and thunder
Steer a course for a brave new world
Of common sense and wonder
Armed with truth we're stepping out
Come join the worldwide party
Charge your glass and face the world
We'll drink a toast to Charlie
Over the river and over the sea
Through holy storm and thunder
Steer a course for a brave new world
Of common sense and wonder.
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