EMMEN BAND
I just want to put on record all the bands & musicians who came for free and played at various venues during the ‘badhalakah emmen’ campaign lest we might forget. Pls accept my apologies and feel free to add anyone whom I might have forgotten to jot down.
3GREEN (Appi, Yami, Simon, Shuau, Mummu) I can’t remember the rest of your crew Appi but pls free to add them. T.A.S ( Thu, Adhuham and ShiuZ) 7th FLOOR & FRIENDS (Yaathi, Rappe, Thothi, Mannu, Faya) Athi from BEETLEJUICE. Muthu and Zeeban from 70’s POSTERBAND, Shan, Ibu, MOHOJ and Muthey, SULTANS (Beyse Ahmed, Maapu, Muadhu, Fazeel), Fa’thu, Ammi, Shamin, Hassan Rauf, Fezu & DETUNE, Shifau from TRIO, Meyna Hassanu, ORANGE, DHUNFINI, Ayya Kiddy, Adil Saleem, Shambe, Tappu, Anil, MESSAGE, CLOVE, SCORES OF FLARE, FASYLIVE, Hardy, Nafil, Fayid, Samaahy, Inthi, Pele’, Kairey, Moosa, Badhalakah Team, Various ppl who came and played any instrument they could find and most importantly the AUDIENCE.
My thanks to Hambe, Haleembe’, Muizzu and Fayid for their effort at sound reinforcement and.
Like Shiuz said this afternoon, this is a million RF campaign had these guys charged for their performances.
November 9th, 2008 at 13:49
might i add to Threegreen – Ragy, Ammu, Manko, Monni, Faizen, Amit.
November 10th, 2008 at 17:42
thanks all artist,especiallyeeee appi ,shuiz & the little ( the thala boa greate guiterist) guy from seventh flooor,
November 11th, 2008 at 20:40
http://shazanians.blogspot.com/2008/11/badhalaka-emmen-million-rufiyas-shiuz.html . . . did Shiuz say anything wrong?
November 13th, 2008 at 01:57
no he didn’t. but what it means is the work that they did was priceless. and that if they had charged for it, it would most probably cost more than a million..in my point of view. but even so they wouldn’t get sold for even more because this change was necesarry for maldives and we cannot fulfill out own selfish needs when the whole country is on the line.
November 16th, 2008 at 09:19
one million ??? did anyone noticed the difference between badhalakah emmen and the ‘enough’ night? I did. Badhalakah emmen was too fake, too self censored, with no guts, entertaining a certain class of people. mostly foreign educated. enough on the other hand was more grass root. true that badhalakah emmen would like to value in millions. their damages would also be as high. badhalakah would have been great if the rich girls influence was removed from it.
November 16th, 2008 at 23:06
dude are u high?
i see u did a great job comparing both events. but did u know that we were the same people? it was them helping us with our show and us helping with their show. and what class of people are u talking about? because i can remember crowds aging from primary school age and oldies in the crowd grooving to it. i think it was good that ‘enough’ was held so that the traphic jam fans or maybe shall i say, a bit more heavy music fans got their chance to express themselves as well. but u don’t know that none of those metal bands had the guts to play on ‘badhalakah enmen’ when they had the invitation and chance to do it. they all had different reasons not to play on it. traphic jam also played because they were paid. bt u dont know that do ya. its because of people like u that people start to think negatively towards unity. ur dividing people and comparing them when u dont know whether its all the same people or not.
i dont see any damage caused by badhalakah enmen . because they brought people together. and they called out for everyone to come join them. and they called for peace. so its the others problem if they dont think they can afford to use their face for freedom.
and ur saying ‘foreign educated’ whats wrong with foreign educated? i remember them playing lotsa dhivehi songs which were as simple to understand as ever. because it was aimed at the [... del ...] DRP people. but u dont know that do ya. adhives vaahaka dhakkaathi.
November 17th, 2008 at 16:17
i am one of the musicians involved in the badhalakah enmen campaign from the first day that we rolled out on the pick up truck.what i saw was a heartfelt movement with many people going on and on with body breaking, back aching strain. i am ashamed and saddened to hear that one of us put a million on our heads.
November 17th, 2008 at 19:18
was too fake? self censored? no guts?
how the [... del ...] can u call the B.E movement fake? we put our hearts into the whole movement and u think we actually didnt want change when we called out for it? every single person involved in the movement were the most genuine people with one cause in mind.. man you are one ignorant human being who clearly dont know what being fake means..
and what the world do u mean self censored? haha.. no comment there..
no guts? we spoke out openly, critising maumoon’s failed government.. if having guts to you is banging your head to metal music then yeah.. i dont want to argue with you coz its really not worth it.. thats your opinion..
but when u say Badhalakah emmen was to fake and had no guts, i laugh at you.. adhives critise kuraathi kameh othiyya!
November 20th, 2008 at 14:53
whats done is done. we know what we went through. no time to be sad because our main goal has been achieved. now lets not waste time arguing about these things and start working on unity . we are a divided nation. theres no room for our opinions about what people say. people say a lot of stuff and if we are to comment on what ever they say… i say its a lot of wasted time. stop looking back and appreciate what we all did. u know what u did. and u know what u didnt do. stop complaining about other people.
i know how hard it was to unite all the musicians in male’ for this cause. and which bands genuinely came to join us. but i believe that most bands couldn because they had lotsa reasons. i guess they might have had something to lose. or some other reason maybe.
i believe ‘racketband’ is full of crap. stop wasting ur time.
November 21st, 2008 at 21:37
I would just like to say….if you meant that shiuz put a million on your heads you are very wrong coz what he did was thank all the musicians who contributed to the cause by making time from their busy schedules and rescheduling their own gigs to take part in badhalakah enmen. If it was any other show that went on for nights on end, these musicians would have charged a lot of money kan. Different people have different ways of expressing themselves. Shiuz did not bring shame to BE by saying what he did. He just wanted to value their time! There is nothing wrong with that!
November 22nd, 2008 at 03:39
grow up fellas…
November 23rd, 2008 at 04:51
As the author of this article maybe I shud give some insight regarding shiuz & the million rufiyaa Question which has been debated here with great passion. My guess is that during the presidential campaign many influential ppl including artistes like Nashid were offered huge $$$ to sign up for the respective candidate and play gigs promoting them. Shiuz’s (they too had offers from several parties which they declined) point was that we all played free from our heart often skipping money making gigs from resorts.
I also repeat what is being said here by many and plead to every passionate musician n artist to stop bickering among ourselves lets move forward. We’re more pathetic than the film industry here. At least they have award shows, an association and try to promote and develop themselves. Yet I think its fair to say that the quality of our musicians and music are much respectable to that of our local films and film stars etc (i fear this might spark another debate).
Some ppl volunteered for the first show. Others joined to the next and so and so forth. Some didn’t get a chance and some only dared after the election win.
The point here is that this was a unique moment in history and should duly noted and remembered.
December 9th, 2008 at 14:02
It was one of the best musical experiences for me. I loved the way how it all worked out with no problems; everyone was so united. People who were involved would surely never forget it. I agree with fulhu.
.. make music and be happy ..
December 18th, 2008 at 20:36
i am interested in what shuiz has to say to all this crap about the comment that he made. i was just interested in why he had to make such a statement to represent all the musicians that played there. I don’t know the [... del ...] personally and he has yet to prove himself. Sings crap songs and on top of that tried to capitalize on the wathan edhey gotha song with a crap version. Spoiled the hell out of a classic. And fulhu yes your comments are worth a debate. i cant think of a reason how the music and film industry are not similar. They are just both immature and full of pretension. Cant blame them. I wish i could also get samarey involved.
December 20th, 2008 at 10:15
Badhalakah show reminds me of some little kids trying to bring woodstock to Male’, and a production of Fulu Nashid. They need to comprehend other musicians other than wearing an English suit, maybe the whole thing was a product of Shiuz and the gang.Ps Gang.We need to build a cultural product that entertains and inspires large segments of society by providing meaningful and chronological reference points. We dont want any mainstream roller coaster.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:07
Badhalakah Enmen Badhalakah Enmen or Unite for Change began as a youth movement that came together after the result of the first round of Maldivian Presidential elections on 8 October 2008 was announced. The intention was to act as a unified and responsible youth group that mobilises the public to vote for a change of government on the second round of elections on 28 October 2008. By using the term Enmen (meaning ‘Everyone’), the movement called for unity among all Maldivians in working for a better society.
The campaign focused on issues that concerned our weakened community, such as corruption, high level drug abuse among youth, housing problems, and human rights issues. We initially promoted the message that a change for the better can only be brought about by voting for a change in government. In open mic roadshows young musicians expressed the need for change. Our visual ad campaign using posters, t-shirts, videos and leaflets asked the question “don’t we need a change?” after highlighting each social issue. The Badhalakah Enmen peaceful fun walk on the streets of Male’ was one of the highlights that gave voice to the youth calling for a change.
The positive energy within this diverse group of people proved successful and the people of Maldives did vote for change in government, bringing hope to a new era of democratic governance in the Maldives. Badhalakah Enmen achieved the goal we initially came together for.
With the positive energy that brought together diverse groups of youth who wanted to help our society change for the better. began as a youth movement that came together after the result of the first round of Maldivian Presidential elections. The intention was to act as a unified and responsible youth group that mobilises the public to vote for a change of government on the second round of elections on 28 October 2008. By using the term Enmen (meaning ‘Everyone’), the movement called for unity among all Maldivians in working for a better society.
The campaign focused on issues that concerned our weakened community, such as corruption, high level drug abuse among youth, housing problems, and human rights issues. We initially promoted the message that a change for the better can only be brought about by voting for a change in government. In open mic roadshows young musicians expressed the need for change. Our visual ad campaign using posters, t-shirts, videos and leaflets asked the question “don’t we need a change?” after highlighting each social issue. The Badhalakah Enmen peaceful fun walk on the streets of Male’ was one of the highlights that gave voice to the youth calling for a change.
The positive energy within this diverse group of people proved successful and the people of Maldives did vote for change in government, bringing hope to a new era of democratic governance in the Maldives. Badhalakah Enmen achieved the goal we initially came together for.
And thats where we all met, the musicians came later.. which was also part of all this. Badhalakah Enmen Stiked out because of the open mic road shows where people came hand to hand and shout out their views, values, wants and needs.
simple…Shiuz or whoever said anything …..had something positive…