mAn, the music industry of the country has gone nuts. You get to home, all the way thinking about the good news your friend delivered you while seeing you off- “Bro, new Trivedi stuff has arrived. We got No One Killed Jessica on DC” and you find none of it, the very first week, in your hometown stores. All has gone awry.
Well, the point is not that I couldn’t get a taste of the Jessica songs in the very beginning of vacations; the point is that I got none of good music on television and radio, except for the pre-existing good crap. In the times, when you say the tastes of Indian composers and listeners have changed, the only still-listen-worthy shit you get is some piece of Rahman’s or Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s or Vishal Bharadwaj’s. Good lord, are these people musically dead now?
AR Rahman is serving Hollywood more now. Better don’t judge the patriotism of Mr. Composer of the meaningful songs of Swades (he is still not very sure about what they actually meant, you see). The man of Vande Mataram, we all know, is not aware of what had he created years back, long before he attained the pinnacle. But that he worked well in Jhootha Hi Sahi is worth mentioning.
The Shankar group (that is how the band is commonly acknowledged; pity Ehsaan and Loy) has disappeared after decently unsuccessful compositions of Tere Bin Laden, which is again tragedy, after the whole lot of melodies they have given the enthusiasts. Shankar Mahadevan, though, has no problem in collecting songs from other music directors, courtesy his excellent singing abilities.
Vishal Bharadwaj, ostensibly, is working on a Chetan Bhagat’s Two States. (May Mr. God help him maintain his class!) So, let us just sit and wait for his new creations.
Well, the point is not that I couldn’t get a taste of the Jessica songs in the very beginning of vacations; the point is that I got none of good music on television and radio, except for the pre-existing good crap. In the times, when you say the tastes of Indian composers and listeners have changed, the only still-listen-worthy shit you get is some piece of Rahman’s or Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s or Vishal Bharadwaj’s. Good lord, are these people musically dead now?
AR Rahman is serving Hollywood more now. Better don’t judge the patriotism of Mr. Composer of the meaningful songs of Swades (he is still not very sure about what they actually meant, you see). The man of Vande Mataram, we all know, is not aware of what had he created years back, long before he attained the pinnacle. But that he worked well in Jhootha Hi Sahi is worth mentioning.
The Shankar group (that is how the band is commonly acknowledged; pity Ehsaan and Loy) has disappeared after decently unsuccessful compositions of Tere Bin Laden, which is again tragedy, after the whole lot of melodies they have given the enthusiasts. Shankar Mahadevan, though, has no problem in collecting songs from other music directors, courtesy his excellent singing abilities.
Vishal Bharadwaj, ostensibly, is working on a Chetan Bhagat’s Two States. (May Mr. God help him maintain his class!) So, let us just sit and wait for his new creations.
The portents suck, people!
Let me add one more reason to the above statement- Anu Malik’s back, guys! J
He is the proud composer and writer of very beautiful (to the power -1) Tinku Jiya. The man’s got to chill! Why does somebody not go to him and wake him up? “Dude, come back. Your time is as ‘history’ as is Mahatma Gandhi”
I mean, who is he trying to gull, making any ungainly cow-crap and claiming to be the best? The guy is a prig too. We all have gone through this part of him while he worked at Indian Idol. Bad judgments and the clamor that he never goes wrong- who can even forget this frustrated creation of divine? And how could I forget- Toonpur Ka Superhero! Listen to the songs and you would muse- Were the Indians of 80’s deaf? They ‘listened’ to his music? The movie, let me add, seems to be bad enough to be not even given a thought to have a look at. The money goes dung again.
He is the proud composer and writer of very beautiful (to the power -1) Tinku Jiya. The man’s got to chill! Why does somebody not go to him and wake him up? “Dude, come back. Your time is as ‘history’ as is Mahatma Gandhi”
I mean, who is he trying to gull, making any ungainly cow-crap and claiming to be the best? The guy is a prig too. We all have gone through this part of him while he worked at Indian Idol. Bad judgments and the clamor that he never goes wrong- who can even forget this frustrated creation of divine? And how could I forget- Toonpur Ka Superhero! Listen to the songs and you would muse- Were the Indians of 80’s deaf? They ‘listened’ to his music? The movie, let me add, seems to be bad enough to be not even given a thought to have a look at. The money goes dung again.
Now that we have entered the discussion on Jhilaau music, let me also make sure you know about the following----
· Bhaisaab Bhaisaab Meri Shaadi Toh Kara Do- a funny (but damn very seriously built) video by a new-comer, who is about to make an exit to the hell or heaven (whichever he deserves; you would love saying the latter after you see the video). And yeah, the covers of the DVDs have Madame Asha Bhonsle on them. God, believe me the woman deserves Paradise. Don’t judge her please!
· TORI- the name of the singer; Nkhil, the composer seems to be a musical purist here. From lyrics to composition, everything in the album sounds to be earlier heard by you. And don’t dare watch the video. There are better things in the world to serve your with.
· YPD- the music of the movie reminds you of the place where you could feel ultra-downbeat. The movie is (hopefully) the last shot the Deol lot is giving it. You can find them doing everything they (collectively) did in the last three decades, in the trailers. The best song is (in what sense, you know ;-D) Chadha De Rang. This is the most senseless, accept as true, that a musician can do.
· Pritam seems to make good combination of notes but he is probably not able to present them in a healthy way (keeping in mind No Problem and Action Replay). But, Nikhil D’souza, in Crook, has done awesome. Pritam is, consequently, mixed. Let us, anyways, wait for his Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji.
· And a lot of people, who have enough money to be depleted on their so-called TALENT. Thank God, the government is, in terms of art, blind.
In short, the above mentioned four points are contributing a lot to the fact that India is going through a dip in music; the “hoi polloi” has no idea they will have to pay for movies that have songs that are well spent on, and have no worth.
Let us still keep hoping that Vishal-Shekhar and Amit Trivedi keep up their good sense, and keep negating the adverse effects of the unable mass of musicians here.
And what the hell! Somebody bring Rahman back!
Let us still keep hoping that Vishal-Shekhar and Amit Trivedi keep up their good sense, and keep negating the adverse effects of the unable mass of musicians here.
And what the hell! Somebody bring Rahman back!
Signing off
Nishant Sharma
<totally a wastrel>
Nishant Sharma
<totally a wastrel>
