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There Are Five Known Artists Under This Name 1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam Also Known As M.I.A. Born 18 July 1975 In Hounslow London U.K. Is A British Artist Of Sri Lankan Descent. As A Baby She Moved With Her Family To Their Native Sri Lanka Where Her Father Became Increasingly Politically Active In Militant Activities. As The Civil War Escalated The Rest Of The Family Was Forced To Flee As Refugees First To India And Then The UK. “M.I.A.” “Missing In Action” References Both Her London Neighborhood Acton And Her Politically Tumultuous Youth. Her Style Contains Elements Of Hip-Hop Reggae Alternative Dance Hall Electro And Baile Funk And Is Strongly Inspired By Her Sri Lankan Background. 2. American Punk/Hardcore Band Formed In Orange County CA In 1981 By Chris Moon Drums Mike Conley Bass Nick Adams Guitar All Previously Of Las Vegas NV Punk Band The Swell And Art Carasco Vocals. Their Sound Was Generally Hardcore And Thrasher Though They Produced More Melodic And Progressive Sounds In Their Later Albums. Allmusic Called The Band "one Of The 50 Best So-Cal Punk Bands Of The Great Early-'80s Second Wave Explosion. In 1984 They Signed A Deal With The Cult Alternative Tentacles Label After The Label's Founder Dead Kennedys Frontman Jello Biafra Saw Them Play At A Secret Illegal Punk Nightclub In Las Vegas. Biafra Was Impressed By Mike Conley's Distinctive Voice Saying "The Minute You Hear A Song With Him Singing You Know It's Him." They Released The Album Murder In A Foreign Place On Alternative Tentacles In 1984 Followed In 1985 By Notes From The Underground On National Trust Records And In 1987 By After The Fact On Flipside Records. The Band Split Up In 1988. In 2001 Alternative Tentacles Released Lost Boys A 37-Song Retrospective Of The Band's Work Including Last Rites Murder In A Foreign Place And Several Additional Tracks. On February 28 2008 Vocalist Mike Conley Was Found Dead In A Chicago Hotel Parking Lot. Conley Was Taken To Gottlieb Memorial Hospital In Melrose Park Where He Was Pronounced Dead At 6 25 A.M. On April 27 2008 There Was A Secret Warm-Up Show At Detroit Bar Featuring Todd Sampson Of Self Abuse And Samson's Army On Vocals Jello Biafra Of Dead Kennedys On Guest Vocals Chris Moon And Larry Pearson On Drums Nick Adams On Guitar And Bob Thomson On Bass. The Next Day The "Beautiful Noise" Benefit Show Took Place At The Anaheim House Of Blues With Jigsaw Naked Soul Cadillac Tramps Social Distortion And MIA With The Same Lineup As The Previous Night But Adding Kevin Seconds Of 7 Seconds On Guest Vocals. The Proceeds Of "Beautiful Noise" Went To Mike Conley's Family. 3 Formed In The Mid 70s Independent Musicians Associated MIA Was A Group Of Musicians Technicians And Drawers Gathered Together By Lito And Liliana Vitale’s Parents. They Produced Their Own Records And Concerts In An Independent Way. Their Music Is A Complex Symphonic Rock With Definite Argentinean/latin Folk Influence With Multiple Chorals And Vocals Beautifully Contrasting With The Keyboards And A Great Guitar Sound Upon A Strong Rhythmic Section. They Were Highly Influenced By Symphonic Music More Noteworthy By Emerson Lake & Palmer Gentle Giant And Focus. 4. Merriweathers Is A Member Of Underground Resistance Under The Alias Of The Unknown Soldier. 5. Mia's Page Michaela Grobelny .
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What Inspired Her To Write The Song & What Is The Background? "When I Was Like 5-Years-Old In India I Got To Sing This Nursery Rhyme And Win The First Prize In A Children's Competition . I Won A Bucket Because They Always Give You Prizes That Are Really Really Useful For Poor People At Home. You'd Get A Bucket Or A Broom Or A Mat. So When I Went Home I Just Always Remembered This Song . . . So Later When I Tried To Do A Song Richard X Asked Me If I Knew Any Tamil And I Was Like "Yeah I Speak Fluent Tamil." And Then I Went In There With Some Ideas That I Wanted To Do Something Really Tamil On This Song You Know. So I Did The First Part The "hey Hey" Bit Which To Me Sounded Really Tamil. I Was Trying To Get In Touch With That Part Of Me. And Then It So Happened That The Whole Content Of This Song Turned Into This Thing About Dial-A-Brides On The Internet. You Could Get Girls That Come Over And Marry People For Visas. I Felt Like It Was Such A Third World Issue Thing To Have To Live With Women Thinking Like That And Having That Sort Of Mentality. And I Really Wanted To Articulate What That Nursery Rhyme Meant At The Time 'cause I Never Knew It. And When My Mom Told Me That's What It Was About Then I Wrote The Song About It." "It's Basically - Brahman Kids Are Like Catholic Kids They're Raised Really Strict. And Being A Brahman In India Is The Highest Caste You Could Be And They're Really Religious. In India There's A Stereotype That Loads Of Street Prostitutes Are All Brahman Kids That Ran Away. So In India When I Was 5-Years-Old They Taught Me This Song And Basically It Was About This Brahman Little Girl. She Was Making Roti And She Runs Out Of Oil And Then She Goes To A Shop To Buy Some Oil But When She's At The Shop She Finds Out She's Got No Money. So When She Looks At The Shopkeeper She Gives Him A Wink Like As To Say That - You Know Whatever. She's Trying To Hustle Some Free Oil. And I Can't Believe That's The Song They Taught Me When I Was 5-Years-Old ... Instead Of "Row Row Row Your Boat " I Got To Sing About How A Little Girl Has No Money When She Goes To The Shop And She Winks At The Shopkeeper To Get Some Free Oil. And I Thought That Was Really Interesting That These Children At Five Get Taught To Sing This Happy Little Skippy Song. So Then I Was Like Okay I'm Gonna Make A Happy Little Skippy Song About Prostitution And All These Issues That You Have In Sri Lanka And Thailand You Know. Sri Lanka Has Got One Of The Biggest Issues Over There To Do With This "beach Boy" Culture And It's Like Young Tiny Little Sri Lankan Boys Getting Exploited By Loads Of Tourists That Go Over There. And It Was Such A Big Issue And They Made A Documentary About It And Some Tourist Buildings Got Bombed And Stuff Like That. It's Such A Mad Documentary Because The Parents In Sri Lanka Were Selling Their Children For Like 50 Rupee. I Just Felt Like If All These Little Third World Countries Are Having To Deal With Child Prostitution And Stuff It's Like I Felt Like I Should Try And Start Thinking About Those Things
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There Are Five Known Artists Under This Name 1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam Also Known As M.I.A. Born 18 July 1975 In Hounslow London U.K. Is A British Artist Of Sri Lankan Descent. As A Baby She Moved With Her Family To Their Native Sri Lanka Where Her Father Became Increasingly Politically Active In Militant Activities. As The Civil War Escalated The Rest Of The Family Was Forced To Flee As Refugees First To India And Then The UK. “M.I.A.” “Missing In Action” References Both Her London Neighborhood Acton And Her Politically Tumultuous Youth. Her Style Contains Elements Of Hip-Hop Reggae Alternative Dance Hall Electro And Baile Funk And Is Strongly Inspired By Her Sri Lankan Background. 2. American Punk/Hardcore Band Formed In Orange County CA In 1981 By Chris Moon Drums Mike Conley Bass Nick Adams Guitar All Previously Of Las Vegas NV Punk Band The Swell And Art Carasco Vocals. Their Sound Was Generally Hardcore And Thrasher Though They Produced More Melodic And Progressive Sounds In Their Later Albums. Allmusic Called The Band "one Of The 50 Best So-Cal Punk Bands Of The Great Early-'80s Second Wave Explosion. In 1984 They Signed A Deal With The Cult Alternative Tentacles Label After The Label's Founder Dead Kennedys Frontman Jello Biafra Saw Them Play At A Secret Illegal Punk Nightclub In Las Vegas. Biafra Was Impressed By Mike Conley's Distinctive Voice Saying "The Minute You Hear A Song With Him Singing You Know It's Him." They Released The Album Murder In A Foreign Place On Alternative Tentacles In 1984 Followed In 1985 By Notes From The Underground On National Trust Records And In 1987 By After The Fact On Flipside Records. The Band Split Up In 1988. In 2001 Alternative Tentacles Released Lost Boys A 37-Song Retrospective Of The Band's Work Including Last Rites Murder In A Foreign Place And Several Additional Tracks. On February 28 2008 Vocalist Mike Conley Was Found Dead In A Chicago Hotel Parking Lot. Conley Was Taken To Gottlieb Memorial Hospital In Melrose Park Where He Was Pronounced Dead At 6 25 A.M. On April 27 2008 There Was A Secret Warm-Up Show At Detroit Bar Featuring Todd Sampson Of Self Abuse And Samson's Army On Vocals Jello Biafra Of Dead Kennedys On Guest Vocals Chris Moon And Larry Pearson On Drums Nick Adams On Guitar And Bob Thomson On Bass. The Next Day The "Beautiful Noise" Benefit Show Took Place At The Anaheim House Of Blues With Jigsaw Naked Soul Cadillac Tramps Social Distortion And MIA With The Same Lineup As The Previous Night But Adding Kevin Seconds Of 7 Seconds On Guest Vocals. The Proceeds Of "Beautiful Noise" Went To Mike Conley's Family. 3 Formed In The Mid 70s Independent Musicians Associated MIA Was A Group Of Musicians Technicians And Drawers Gathered Together By Lito And Liliana Vitale’s Parents. They Produced Their Own Records And Concerts In An Independent Way. Their Music Is A Complex Symphonic Rock With Definite Argentinean/latin Folk Influence With Multiple Chorals And Vocals Beautifully Contrasting With The Keyboards And A Great Guitar Sound Upon A Strong Rhythmic Section. They Were Highly Influenced By Symphonic Music More Noteworthy By Emerson Lake & Palmer Gentle Giant And Focus. 4. Merriweathers Is A Member Of Underground Resistance Under The Alias Of The Unknown Soldier. 5. Mia's Page Michaela Grobelny . read less
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What inspired her to write the song & what is the background?
"When I was like 5-years-old in India, I got to sing this nursery rhyme and win the first prize [in a children's competition]. I won a bucket, because they always give you prizes that are really, really useful for poor people at home. You'd get a bucket or a broom or a mat. So when I went home, I just always remembered this song . . . So [later] when I tried to do a song, Richard X asked me if I knew any Tamil, and I was like, "Yeah, I speak fluent Tamil." And then I went in there with some ideas that I wanted to do something really Tamil on this song, you know. So I did the first [part], the "hey, hey" bit, which to me sounded really Tamil. I was trying to get in touch with that part of me. And then it so happened that the whole content of this song turned into this thing about dial-a-brides on the internet. You could get girls that come over and marry people for visas. I felt like it was such a third world issue thing to have to live with; women thinking like that and having that sort of mentality. And I really wanted to articulate what that nursery rhyme meant at the time, 'cause I never knew it. And when my mom told me that's what it was about, then I wrote the song about it."
"It's basically - Brahman kids are like Catholic kids; they're [raised] really strict. And being a Brahman in India is the highest caste you could be, and they're really religious. In India there's a stereotype that loads of street prostitutes are all Brahman kids that ran away. So in India, when I was 5-years-old they taught me this song and basically it was about this Brahman little girl. She was making roti and she runs out of oil, and then she goes to a shop to buy some oil, but when she's at the shop she finds out she's got no money. So when she looks at the shopkeeper she gives him a wink, like as to say that - you know, whatever. She's trying to hustle some free oil. And I can't believe that's the song they taught me when I was 5-years-old ... Instead of "Row, row, row your boat," I got to sing about how a little girl has no money when she goes to the shop and she winks at the shopkeeper to get some free oil. And I thought that was really interesting that these children at five get taught to sing this happy little skippy song. So then I was like, okay I'm gonna make a happy little skippy song about prostitution and all these issues that you have in Sri Lanka and Thailand, you know. Sri Lanka has got one of the biggest issues over there to do with this "beach boy" culture, and it's like young, tiny little Sri Lankan boys getting exploited by loads of tourists that go over there. And it was such a big issue and they made a documentary about it and some tourist buildings got bombed and stuff like that. It's such a mad documentary because the parents in Sri Lanka were selling their children for like 50 rupee. I just felt like if all these little third world countries are having to deal with child prostitution and stuff, it's like, I felt like I should try and start thinking about those things Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.