Tag: music
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5 Songs For Women (And An Update)
God made man first, and decided he could do better. Here are my top 5 songs dedicated to the women in my life: Kabhi Kabhi (Mukesh) Nee Kaatru, Naan Maram (Hariharan) Amma Endru (Yesudas) Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka (Kishore Kumar) Daughters (John Mayer) What’s your favorite song about women? A cool announcement on Women’s Day…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Mar-04-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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The Fascination For High-Pitched Vocals
There is an awesome thread in RMIM in which a few people have asserted that music directors did a disservice to Lata and music lovers by making her sing at a pitch higher than what was necessary or pleasing. Just because she could. One guy actually edited a song and tweaked it to a pitch…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-25-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Solar Punch – NY based Eco-Rock Band Live in Bangalore
I’m writing this post about the band Solar Punch just because I loved their attempt of rendering Yun Hi Chala from Swades. Solar Punch is a solar-powered band that uses music to educate people about the environment and climate change. Their sound system is powered by a small PV array mounted atop band mate Alan…
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Bollywood Musicians Bare Claws
Is there something off in the Bollywood music industry? Consider this: Shaan on Twitter about Rahat getting off easy – Rahatbhai found rahat pretty easily with DRI and FERA. A Fine and he’s fine to carry on. Wonder if we were in Another Country in similar situation, would it be as easy ??!! My take:…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-18-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Objective Fans – An Oxymoron
In the last couple of days, our blog got a nice spike in traffic. A quick peek at Google Analytics showed that most of the new hits were for a recent post regarding A.R. Rahman. Almost all the hits for this post came from a Yahoo Group and good ol’ Google helped me figure out…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-11-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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People – Please Get Off A.R. Rahman’s Back
For some reason, a Facebook status update from me about 127 Hours elicited some negative comments against A.R. Rahman. This is not the first time I have heard such comments. I am intrigued by generalizations that A.R. Rahman is overrated. Why would people say something like that despite the brilliant work he has produced over…