Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jai Ho....nope we are not talking Rahman here!

The song has become an anthem of sorts not only in India but across the world. So when I heard the 'Jai Ho..' version of the Congress party, I could not help but pity Rahman. Personally speaking though I am of the opinion that this song is not the best work of Rahman, I could not help but fume on hearing the Congress version of the song. My first reaction on hearing it was 'What the @$#$%'. Couldn't the party find something else to make a mess of! Am sure by the time elections are over people will start hating the original one as well!

If the party thinks that their version is going to help them win the elections like it won Rahman the Oscars, then they are mistaken. Elections are no Oscars! And especially at present, it is not songs that is going to catch the fancy of the voters. What people are looking for are leaders and parties who will think about the betterment of the people and society ahead of the political ‘power game’. So how about getting original and doing or rather saying something which will really make the voters look up and take notice?

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

"Aaj Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai......."

"Hellooo...mike testing (Screech...bang...)...Dosto aaj main apko ek kahani sunata hu..." and then "Ek hasina thi(out of tune), Ek diwana tha........................(loud, lacking melody)...." Hush! Finally song ends. "Haluuu (again screech..bang etc. reverberations, etc..) Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai.... Halliii....(reverberations...and song continues)...Haluuuu....Kajra re....(what were the lyrics there? Or was it a similar sounding song?)..."

And it continued for two hours. Nope it was no music program gone all wrong. It was a live band at friends Baraat! And it was a band with a live performance by their 'lead singer'. And what a performance it was! Lyrics all wrong...the reverberating haloo's (or was it Hali's or halu's?) signaling a track change, the awful song selection. But still we all danced away to glory for a couple of hours on a crowded road. In fact it was this awfulness that made all of us shed any inhibitions (atleast I did) we had of dancing on the road and enjoy ourselves even more I guess. We screamed and yelled and flinched at each song he played/sang, but still continued dancing. And our friend, the poor groom, had no other choice but to sit on the mare's back and look at all the craziness unfolding around him. The saving grace for him (and us as well) was that he was not in his hometown but in a town where except for the baraati's who were dancing away to glory no one else knew who he was! And being the kind of person he is am sure he might not have imagined himself being a part of something as crazy as this. But for him and us it will be a crazily memorable experience.