{"id":29704,"date":"2013-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/29704\/five-bizarre-retro-music-videos-from-lebanon"},"modified":"2013-11-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T00:00:00","slug":"five-bizarre-retro-music-videos-from-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/29704\/five-bizarre-retro-music-videos-from-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Bizarre Retro Music Videos from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"Believe it or not, picking just five videos was actually a challenge given the plethora of bizarre material out there. And fair warning: the time wasted here is time you will never be able to get back. View at your own risk.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>1. La Tel&#8217;ab Belnar Bte&#8217;hro&#8217; Sabi&#8217;ak by Ragheb Alama <\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/igFfGWerQxk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The studio decor speaks for itself. On top of the neon walls and overbearingly bright lights, Alama doesn&#8217;t dance the entire video. He just stands still and every so often his silhouette can be seen clapping. <br \/>  <br \/>  In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dIY2jtLJg3E\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">different video<\/a>, this one titled, &#8220;Ragheb Alama Happy Butterfly Dance,&#8221; the singer can actually be seen moving from side to side in a motion that might somewhat resemble dancing.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>2.  Ya Dello Della by Rabih El Khawli <\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JYo37qgF3xk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This next video is like a lesson in the excessive use of a green screen. Rabih El Khawli hangs in the skies dancing with his lover. If you can manage to watch this video all the way to the end, you&#8217;ll be treated to a woman being swallowed by an extremely fake CGI of a bed of yellow roses. <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>3.  Assi El Hellani<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ygldb5rr0cY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Back in his hay day, Hellani was known for producing short film-length music videos that could go on for as long as 10 minutes. In this narrative, he plays the Arabian knight saving a lost Bedouin from the bad guys. <br \/>  <br \/>  Look out for Haifa Wehbe, a model at the time, who makes an appearance in this video.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>4. Bandahlak by Mayez El Bayya&#8217;<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y7Q9MWs9e2c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  I have to hand it to the director of his video because it&#8217;s legitimately terrifying. It begins in the woods, with someone&#8217;s heartbeat pounding loudly and just when you think a murderous killer is going to wreak havoc across the forest, the music begins to play and you figure out its a love song.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>5. Dawwar ya Zaman by Issa Ghandour<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/50y6sboGIcI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This video is from 1996. Do me a favor and fast forward to the animated bit where the singer becomes a two-dimensional character wearing a flannel shirt and showing off his horribly hairy armpits.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, picking just five videos was actually a challenge given the plethora of bizarre material out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-29704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wtf"],"authorship":[170],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Five Bizarre Retro Music Videos from 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