Music Video from 1978 – Shot in Kuwait
Wow Kuwaitism just posted the coolest music video ever made in Kuwait. The video was recorded in 1978 back when alcohol was still legal and when the sea was actually visible while driving down the Gulf Road. Its an English music video called Do You Love Me? and its by the Bendaly Family.
Kuwaitism also has another video linked and more info so check out his post [Here] Also the guy who put the video on YouTube has a ton more vintage music videos which you can also check out by clicking [Here]
update: I asked my mum if she knew a group called Bendaly Family since she was in Kuwait back then and she told me she did and it turns out I do to. They are a Lebanese band and their daughter Remi Bendaly later went solo and was pretty famous. According to my mum back in around 1985 or 1986 I actually attended a Bendaly Family concert here in Kuwait and got to sit front row. The concert was held in Shaab Park which was an open area back then. The Showbiz owner back then George Karam brought the Bendaly Family to Kuwait.
Some quick things I noticed:
The keyboard playing woman isn’t actually playing, she’s got no power supply.
The electric Guitarist’s got no amp.
There isn’t any sound of a tambourine in the whole song!
I can hear the maracas though..
THE DUDE LOOKS LIKE MY DAD WHEN HE WAS YOUNG!
MUSIC IS DAMN GOOD! KWAUIT LOOOKS AWESOME!
Hehe….I remember seeing a Remi Bandaly concert in Abu Dhabi too…must have been 7 or 8…I used to know all her songs!
I need to get their album on 8 Track
you and kuwaitism are copying the same site from Kuwaity femme !!!! she wrote about it yesterday !!!! can you find new song!!! i cannot stop singing since yesterday!!!
cooooool
do you love me loooool
the beach only for family why ??
Yea they used to be a popular hit in the day with the teens of kuwait. My mother used to love them. However did you not know that they still play their music videos from time to time on KTV 1 ? I remember seeing it a couple of times before leaving kuwait.
I usually hate it when ppl unrealistically romanticise the past, but i’ll be damned if kwt wasn’t like 100x better back then.
“THINKING ABOUT THE GUYZ THAT MADE ONLY THE TROUBLZ” music lyrics jsut don’t get better than this.
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For some strange reason.. I had this same song buzzing in my mind JUST FEW DAYS AGO!!
Kuwait really did look so cool :)
1 small note:
-As far as I know, alcohol became illegal in Kuwait in the 1960′s, during Abdullah Al Salem days, not in the the 70′s.
I think alcohol became illegal in 1979. or 78
ok alcohol was banned i think in december 1964
lol man i swear this song and video are incredible!
I love the very Arabic tune with the English words.
Thank you Mark for not referring to this song as “FUNNY” This is a classic song I grew up listening to in the early 80s. My mom’s a big fan too. Never seen the video before though. I love it! So pure..
Do they have a song gos like this ” 3indna jar..ta ta tatata ” ??? i remember a Lebanese group singing it on stage back in the 70′s !! but am not sure if its the Bendaly Family
moayad… this song was sung by someone else around 4 years ago… it got popular and they play it on the radio sometimes. its a remix though… english/ arabic.
Allo Allo was a favourite one too of the Bendali Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvHPcQPtLtQ
quite a popular song then too
staple of levantine culture. man.. i grew up with Rimi Bandali.
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Mark do you need me? Do You ? Do You ?
I saw them in concert in al andulas cinima it was fun … back then we had things to look forward to like boney m , demis rosis , the supremes, gogooosh , and more
i used to like the old kuwait.
Sounds like borat
Do you love me? do u do u ??
Do you need me? do u do u ??
lol, very funny
man mark all i can say is thanx alot for this song…i used to here this song alot when i was a kid..though i wasnt born at that time but i do remember my mom playin it alot..it was so popular among lebanese n kuwait and offcourse everybody else..what a nice present to give on moms day
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the hell is this!!!!!!
Dude, I sooo need to get these people music album. Do they have it here on CD in Kuwait? All I can say is “Oh..MY..GOD!” this piece or music is the bomb dude. I’ve never heard it before, this is my first time to listen to it and I was blown away.
If anybody knows where I can get the CD of these groups please notify me. Love the lyrics.
The funny thing is I was watching this video right after I have finished watching one of my favorite 70s cartoons “Scooby Doo Where are You”.
Does anyone know where i can download this clip from? i always heard the song but never knew who sang it or anything like that, now that i do, would really like to download it or something.