| Song: Rim Jhim Gire Sawan Album: Manzil Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar Music Director: R.D. Burman Lyricist: Yogesh Rating: 5 The best romantic song to cozy up to when it is raining. |
| Song: She’s Electric Album: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Type: Rock Artist: Oasis Rating: 3.0 The song pales in comparison to the hits from the album but still gives us a glimpse of Oasis at its peak. |
| Song: Koi Lauta De Mere Album: Door Gagan Ki Chaon Mein Type: Bollywood Singers: Kishore Kumar Music Director: Kishore Kumar Lyricist: Shailendra Rating: 4.8 Amazingly mellow, touching lyrics. Is there anything Kishore Kumar couldn’t do? |
| Song: Bodhisattva Album: A Decade Of Steely Dan Type: Rock Artist: Steely Dan Rating: 3.5 Weird lyrics aside, this is a nice peppy number with very cool lead guitar solos. |
| Song: Na Jaane Kahan Album: Charkha Type: Indie Artist: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rating: 3.0 Amazing song and phenomenal singing but not original! Lifted from Uninvited by Alanis Morissette. |
| Song: Blue Train Album: Blue Train Type: Jazz Artist: John Coltrane Rating: 4.0 This was my first exposure to John Coltrane. For a jazz novice, it takes a little effort but if you keep an open mind and relax, this composition will enrich you. |
| Song: Aaj Se Pehle Aaj Se Zyada Album: Chitchor Type: Bollywood Singers: Yesudas Music Director: Ravindra Jain Lyricist: Ravindra Jain Rating: 3.9 One of the few Yesudas gems in Hindi films. A nice, happy song but the musical arrangement sounds strident against Yesudas’ mellow voice. |
| Song: Na Jaane Kyun Album: Dhanni Type: Indie Artist: Strings Rating: 3.9 Another beautiful Paki-rock song. Faisal Kapadia’s deep baritone mesmerises. |
| Song: Samajavaragamana Album: Dr. N. Ramani Type: Carnatic Artist: N.Ramani Rating: 5.0 Great improvisations. Awesome jugalbandi between flute-mridungam on one side and violin-ghatam on the other. |
| Song: Lajjavathiye Album: 4 The People Type: Mollywood Singers: Jessie Gift Music Director: Jessie Gift Lyricist: Kaithapram Rating: 4.3 The super-hit that introduced hip-hop to Malayalam movies. Bet you can’t stay still while the song is playing. |
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@Rim Jhim Gire Sawan – absolutely deserves a perfect score. One of those songs which is so romantically popular and makes people forget about the movie itself. I like the picturization as well. Bachchan’s simple looks and on-screen rendition of the score makes it a treat to watch. Mausami of course looks cute as always! Just a trivia – groom sitting next to Bachchan in this song in Anwar Ali (comedian Mehmood’s younger brother who played the bus driver in Bombay to Goa) Apparently a very close friend of B and also has released a book on him “Amitabh and I”
@Door Gagan…-no doubt. Kishore was a wonder-boy among the playback singers. Who can forget his “Aake Seedhi lage” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HidXrrkcmCQ) from Half ticket where he sang both male and female version..
@Chitchor – beautiful song. While most of Yesudas songs are melodies, I think he is The Best when it comes to singing lullabies. While i thought Teri Akhiyon mein nanha (Sadma) was best, couple of days back I heard the original of a Kannada lori “Jojo laali” for the first time on FM..Simply FANTASTIC. Watch is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2yXXG8ZUE