Posted on: 03-01-14 14:18:42
It had been a while, since I downloaded any new Hindi songs. So, I sat down yesterday and thought to get back in groove in order to inject some newness to my music library. Disappointed, I was. For, I couldn't even find at least 10 good melodies from the movies released in 2013.
Shame on you, Bollywood. No please, I am not interested in Gandi Gandi Gandi Baat, Aunty Police Bulalegi Party yunhi chaalegi, Yo Yo Honey Singhs, Mika, etc. By contrast, 90s started sound more melodious now. Where are you, Mr. Lucky Ali, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Roop Kumar Rathore, Sonu Nigam, KK, Shaan, Abhijeet, Udit, Adnaan Sami, etc? I think they must also be disillusioned with the new crop of music (c'rap').
By the way, have you noticed, how horrible the new crop of singers sound these days? Hopeless! Even the legendary A.R. Rahman doesn't excite anymore.
So, I must now stick to the forever melodious oldies and Jagjit Singh. I think the good music has died its un-natural death a long ago.
To Hindi Music - R.I.P.
First of all, a very happy new year to you, and to my great friends on CD. I have not been on CD since my moving to the US, and sometimes I miss the great debates (some great, and some very hurtful) from the good old days, but then one must move on.
The days of good music, melodious voices and meaningful lyrics are over. To me the last great music director was R.D. Burman. Any music composed post this genius is best ignored.
I could go on and write a 10000 word piece on how Bollywood music has changed, but I will spare you, by simply writing who I consider the best:
Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep, Bharat Vyas, Sahir Ludhianvi, Hasrat jaipuri, Qamar Jalalabaadi, Shailendra, and Anand Bakshi.
Singers: Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey, Jagjit Singh, Lata Mangeshkar, Suman Kalyanpur (a singer as good as Lata), Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Shamshad Begum, Geeta Dutt.
Music Directors: Chitragupta, C. Ramchandra, Sardar Mallik, Roshan (lal), Husnlal Bhagatram, Shankar Jaikishen, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Sonik-Omi & Kalyanji-Anandji.
Sorry, some of you may not have heard of several of thee names, but once you hear some of the songs by these masters, you will agree that good music is a thing of the past.
Same sh1t with Telugu music. Electronic voice is replacing natural human voice with increasing frequency. Too many English and Hindi words have infiltrated the soundtracks recorded in this beautiful language lately. There seems to be a grassroots movement in recovering the language from current morass. Hopefully it gets reflected in movie music as well.
The golden era for Hindi music was over by late 70's. "Mukesh ki Dard Bhare Geet" used to blare out of our hostel rooms even in the mid nineties. Nice memories. 
S.D. Burman is my favorite composer.
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Let me know from which site you download hindi music . I like oldies .
I use 'songs.pk' and 'cooltoad.com'.
May be Sholey in 3D (coming soon..) will rejuvenate the old memories.
Youtube is my best source for going back to the melodies , time to time. You may use converters youtube vid to Mp3/4 to get your favorites on the go.
Jo tum ko ho pasand vahi baat kahenge , tum din ko kaho raat to raat kahengey ... (a song from wednesday chitrahaar summer of 1985) lol chitrahaar... which actually means garland of pictures ;-) not songs !
One of the first distortion of melodies started from movie disco dancer - jimmy jimmy jimmy ajaa ajaa ajaaa... lol ... .then Julie juliee..johnny ka dil tujh pe aya julie spoiled it forever... people liked it.. and music directors picked and ran with it. Thus yo yo honey singh..
The strange part is Canadian-Indian RAP 'artists' who are strangers in Canada are becoming a rage in Bollywood these days. I makes me sick to see these 'artist' and the big Bollywood stars trying to copy the gestures and mannerisms of RAPPERS to get recognition and acceptance among the youth... 
Maybe of my age, but I can never accept RAP to be classified as 'song' or RAPPERS as 'singers'..
So it is just not Indian songs, looks like a global phenomenon. Could also be generation gap - each of us have our own 'golden period' for music.
I believe this charcha was on CD earlier. Need to look for the link.
Jai shree Christmas.
Hiren
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Originally posted by hchheda
So it is just not Indian songs, looks like a global phenomenon. Could also be generation gap - each of us have our own 'golden period' for music.
I believe this charcha was on CD earlier. Need to look for the link.
Jai shree Christmas.
Hiren
You nailed it. The general complaint in US is that current music scene sucks(even rappers). There is something more at play here. "Corporatisation" of music industries in India and abroad has played a key role in decline in standards.
There were big labels and studios in the past, but they were managed by individuals who had some vision. Now probably hedge funds run these companies.
By nature, corporate music industry of today muscles out smaller players and appeals to the lowest common denominator.
