Monday, February 26, 2007

Rozana - Nishabd

Playback - Amitabh Bachchan

Music - Vishal Bharadwaj

Lyrics - Munna Dhiman

Some love stories are just not meant to be understood - is the tag line of this film - I really can't get it how an 18 year old can fall in love with a 60 year old man and viceversa! But like it is - It's not meant to be understood :)

This sound track - Rozana is a fabulously sung song by Amitabh Bachchan..

Love the background score that's there throughout..

The lines :

Kuch gau toh yaad aate ho
Gungunau toh yaad aate ho
Kuch pehnu toh yaad aate ho
Kahi jau toh yaad aate ho
Kuch khone pe yaad aate ho
Kuch Paau toh yaad aate ho
Rozana chale yaado pe teri
Zindagi ka sababTujh se hai roshan
Tujh se hai zinda yeh dil ka shehar
Yeh dil ka Shehar
Rozana ...... are fantastic but they do remind me of the Bryan Adams song - Please Forgive Me..

I think there's some resemblance in the lyrics..

Back to Rozana - It's definitely one nice song which I think will be a favorite for a while!

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Kuch Is Tarah - Doorie

Playback - Atif Aslam

Music - Sachin Gupta, Mithoon & Atif Aslam

This is the second post from Atif's second album, first one being Doorie..

Full marks to the music in this song - guitar + flute = super combo!
(The flute actually reminds me of some Bryan Adams song.... I think.. Just can't recollect - will come back and update this when I do!)

To top it - sung by Atif who just makes the song so soulful.. simple but nice.

Kuch is tarah teri palkein.. Meri palkon se mila de
Aansoon tere saare.. Meri palkon pe saja de

Tu har ghadi har waqt mere Saath.. raha hai
Haan hai yeh jism kabhi duur kabhi paas raha hai
Jo bhi gum hai yeh tere..Unhe tu mera bata de ... Kuch is tarah..

Nice lines too.. Should listen to the song sometime!

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Sajanaji Vaari Vaari - Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.

Playback - Sunidhi Chauhan

Music - Vishal-Shekhar

Lyrics - Javed Akhtar

Fun and funk is what defines this song.. it's got this nice beat and extremely well sung - full marks to Sunidhi Chauhan for this song!

The way she modulates her voice is just too good.. in this track - I think she's going the Himesh Reshammiya way - haha!

It's got this Rajasthani feel to it - the style of singing..

In this song - my assumption is the wife is singing for her husband that you are my world and that I am crazy about you.. but I seriously think the Pati Parmeshwar days are gone!

On the whole - a really fun song.. DO listen to it if u still haven't.

This film opens on Friday - 23rd Feb, 2007.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Valentine's Special - 14th Feb, 2007

Just thought I should dedicate some part of my blog to it & it's 1 English song & 1 Hindi..
It can't really be complete without Bollywood music, can it?

Love Is All Around Me - Wet Wet Wet

Film - Four Weddings And A Funeral

Written by - Reg Presley

I'm not really too much into English music and usually keep track of bollywood music and new releases.. but I've heard this song and really like it..

The lyrics by itself are really nice and thus, I'll leave the space for it today.. here goes:

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
The love that's all around me
And so the feeling grows
It's written on the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
You know I love you, I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
I see your face before me
As I lay on my bed
I cannot get to thinking
Of all the things you said
You gave your promise to me and I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me in everything I do
You know I love you, I always will
My mind's made up by the way that I feel
There's no beginning, there'll be no end
'Cause on my love you can depend
I got to keep it moving
It's written in the wind
Oh everywhere I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it,
Come on and let it show

Also pay attention to the drums and guitar - very nice indeed!

Coming to Desi Music.. my pick for this section is..

Kya Yahi Pyar Hai - Rocky

Playback - Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar

Music - R.D. Burman

Lyrics - Anand Bakshi

This song's from Sanjay Dutt's first film and I recently saw a music video from the same film and seriously think he looks much much better now.. though I've always liked him.. I think he's a great actor!

Coming to the song.. It's picturised on Sanjay Dutt and Tina Munim (Ambani) - both looked so young then.. rather they were! This film released in 1981..

This has been one of my all time favorite songs.. was waiting for a chance to write about it :)

The nice lines from the song are:

Pehle Main Samjha Kuch Aur Vajeh Inn Baaton Ki
Lekin Ab Jaana Kahaan Neend Gayi Meri Raaton Ki
Jaagti Rehti Hoon Main Bhi Chaand Nikalta NahinHo..
Dil Tere Bin Kahin Lagta Nahin Waqt Guzarta Nahin
Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai...
Kaise Bhuloongi Tu Yaad Hamesha Aayega
Tere Jaane Se Jeena Mushkil Ho Jaayega
Ab Kuch Bhi Ho Dil Pe Koyi Zor To Chalta Nahin
Ho.. Dil Tere Bin Kahin Lagta Nahin Waqt Guzarta Nahin
Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai....

My comments : simple and sweet!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Tenu Leke - Salaam-e-Ishq

Playback - Sonu Nigam & Mahalaxmi Iyer

Music - Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy

Lyrics - Sameer

Actually this song should have featured a long time ago.. but nevertheless.. it's here now!
I think this song has been fantastically sung by Sonu Nigam & it has this awesome beat to it.. it's a very lively song and typical for a baraat - maybe I also feel like that because of the trumpet that's playing throughout the song which is usually one major musical instrument used in a baraat (Indian wedding procession)

In this song it starts with a proposal then moves to gaining confidence and then actually getting approval :)

Super quick I must say!

For the benefit of those who haven't watched the entire video - Salman's wearing an Orange blazer!! and Priyanka Chopra's in her night gown! I seriously think they could've worn better attire.

On the whole - a nice upbeat song and I like it even more because it's sung in Punjabi though, don't follow all of it!

P.S. The color of the HL - dedicated to Salman's clothes :)

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Barso Re - Guru

Playback - Shreya Ghoshal

Music - A.R. Rahman

Barso re megha megha.. baarish, meetha is what I can pick from the lyrics of this song.. but most of it goes above my head.. If I were to forget about the lyrics, I think the music of this song is outstanding! SO AR Rahman indeed.

Aishwarya danced really well in the song and it's also been picturised very well. Another good rain song I would say,I like Lagi Aaj Sawan (from Chandni) too.

It's a nice feel good song.. and don't think anyone's missed this one because it's been well publicized too - thanks to Hero cycles!
Ya Rabba - Salaam-e-Ishq

Playback - Kailash Kher

Music - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

When I first heard the songs of this album, I think I heard all the songs except this one.. I thought it was boring and sad initially.. but when I watched the film, I liked it a bit.. and now that I'm listening to it again - I like it even more!

I love the instrumental music playing in the background throughout.. the guitar, the flute - ALL of it actually - there are moments in the song where it reminds me of a bhajan..

The song's pretty well sung and is all about how there is so much pain when the love's lost.. will this journey of pain ever end is the question.. Love is to be blamed.. after all Life ain't a bed of roses.. Life's a roller-coaster!

But do listen to the song sometime, it's peaceful.