They Wanted Fast Songs

Afghani singing sensation Nasrat Parsa was killed because he didn't play the right music at a Mother's Day concert, his grieving family says. The 34-year-old died just after 11 p.m. Sunday from injuries sustained in an early morning attack. A 19-year-old Burnaby man is in custody facing a charge of manslaughter. "Put them in jail forever. Life sentence. They should be executed," Parsa's grief-stricken brother, Ehsan Parsa, said yesterday. He said the attack outside the Days Inn in the 2000-block Kingsway happened without warning or provocation.

Ehsan and his brothers, Najeeb and Nasrat, were met at the hotel at 1 a.m. Sunday by a group of men Ehsan recognized from the Saturday night concert at the Vancouver Playhouse. At the concert, the men were drunk and dancing. One jumped on to the stage and asked the internationally acclaimed singer to change the music to something quicker. Parsa said the event was a Mother's Day celebration, not a wedding, and he could not meet the request.

"They wanted fast songs," Ehsan said.

Thanks to DJ Rix, via Canada.com

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"No matter what music you hear, if you hear a lot fast drumming, lot of noise, lot of virtuosity, lot of fast passages, you are bound to get excited, no matter if it is jazz or African music or Indian music or a Western Paganini violin concerto."
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"I really feel it has done a lot of harm to music because it’s making people conscious of music only when it’s loud and with a lot of speed." - Ravi Shankar
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