I gotta say of the Uighur pop music I've heard, I definitely prefer it over Han Chinese pop music. Maybe it's just me, but I feel Uighur pop has roots, some connection to the culture from which it grew out of, whereas Han Chinese pop is taken directly from Western pop with complete disregard for China's rich musical tradition.

It is because Uighur music shares some roots and pattern with Western pop. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and most Southeast Asians don't have this advantage.

I don't know if someone has noted it or not but the modern version of the song feels more chinese than the original version.What i'm refering to is the gap between the words when the singers r still singing, the stretchy bit of the singing where there r no words just tone.

LOL. All Asian pop music usually sucks, especially when accompanied with the generic choreography copied from the west.

Just take a look at MTV China.

However, I'm sure there are some exceptions to this generality.

~cheers

It is a normal thing for making modern covers of our old folk songs.
Dilshad Rahidin is well-known as Muqam (classic Uyghur music) singer, so this was kind of experiment. I have the full album containing this song "Harvukesh Nakhshisi", and I could say the experiment turned out quite successful.

I know there are lots of Uyghurs live in those "Stan" countries in central Asia. And I know for a fact that each of those countries are extremely clean, well-run, wealthy, full of friendly and hard-working people. If some of you English teachers do not like the fact that xinjiang is part of China, you ought to consider teaching English in of the "Stans".

As eating is one of the most important and treasured aspects of my life on this planet, I'm most pleased that Xinjiang is part of China. Try eating zhuafan and kebabs everyday, three times a day for a month or two, and you'll know what I mean.

Bring on the chaocai!

I am now aware of how warped I am by big budget pop videos. When they showed the car, I kept expecting them to get in and start driving around, outstretched arm on the steering wheel flashing rings, or at least having a girl dance on it, a la Fergie in "El Impacto". Then it came to me: maybe they can't drive (and that's normal!). Also, I at first thought the dark flashes on them standing in front of the car were some kind of "cool" special effect, but then realized it could just be the shadow of the blades of a windmill. A basic result of standing at that spot. I would be curious to know if the lyrics are something like "Who wants a car when I've got a donkey cart", cause that's the message I got from watching.