Category: Music
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Official Song of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – Another Bust
The official song of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL), was released on Dec 31, 2010. In my opinion, it’s another miss, close on the heels of A.R. Rahman’s official song for the Commonwealth Games. It’s easy to explain why you love a song or why you hate one, but really hard…
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Quentin Tarantino songs
I watched Inglourious Basterds last night and, as with other Tarantino movies I have seen, loved the songs as much as the movie itself. There is a certain quality to Tarantino songs – off-beat, melodic, dark, retro – that sounds amazing in the movies but also make for great listening by themselves. My original plan…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Dec-31-2010
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The Man Behind Lata and Asha
Lata Mangeshkar (or an obliging relative?) tweeted this today: namaskar,aaj mere pujya pitaji master dinanath mangeshkar ji ka 110 va janam diwas hai,hum sab bhai,beheno’n ko jo suro’n ka vardan mila hai ye unhi ki den hain,meri pujya mataji maai,aur mere baba aaj hamare bich mein nahi hain lekin main un dono ko hamesha apne…
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India’s First Backward Narrative Song?
There are many reasons to watch “Manmadhan Ambu”, Kamal Hasan’s movie released yesterday. For me, just one was enough – the backward narrative song “Neela Vaanam”. There is something weirdly compelling about watching a story unfold backwards. It’s jaw dropping how everything in the song moves backwards, except Kamal’s lips which sync perfectly with the…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Dec-24-2010
What? A weekly feature called Freaky Friday Playlist. It will have 10 songs randomly picked from one of our staff’s song libraries. Why? Because we can Random play is the best way of listening to music To impress you with our fantastic taste in music and make you feel lousy about yours It’s an easy…
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Anatomy Of Bollywood Hit Songs in 2010
An analysis of the top 5 mobile downloads this year: See any patterns?
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Indian Music Milestones in 2010
Here is our pick of the top milestones related to Indian music in 2010: AR Rahman’s nomination for Golden Globe – For a few years now, AR Rahman has been steadily progressing towards becoming a global phenomenon. However, this nomination gives him a big push in that direction because, unlike Slumdog Millionaire, his score for…
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Classical Music Is Dead! Long Live Classical Music!
Over the last few days, there has been a spate of news reports (like this and this) bemoaning the decline of classical music in India. The concern is understandable. Two things have changed over the years – a) Classical music faces a lot more competition from other music forms, b) Music itself faces more competition…
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AR Rahman’s 2011 Golden Globe Nomination
Golden Globe announced the nominations for 2011 awards. The nominations for ” BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE” are as follows: Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech Danny Elfman – Alice In Wonderland A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – The Social Network Hans Zimmer – Inception As a big AR Rahman…