Was listening to "Jab koi baat..." on YouTube on a serene Sunday morning and my ever romantic heart went a fluttering. Short of seeing the red hearts swim before my eyes like a Valentines Day graphic viral, I was completely in a romantic mood.
There was something about those songs. There IS something about them that has transcended time and generations.
There was something about the shy looks , the eyelashes that fluttered up and away, the saree acchal held demurely, the hands held together .
There was an intensity that always manages to revv me out of any mood into a beautiful world of love.
Songs and music have evolved today in Bollywood. There is maybe much more technology and creativity to both song and music, there are inspirations from across the world and a much wider audience to appreciate thanks to the bludgeoning channels and listening devices.
These numbers are chartbusters and top hits and the latest. Downloaded rapidly from a host of free sites, played on FM 24X 7 and are blasted on the music channels. Discs, parties, get togethers, clubs- these popular numbers are everywhere.
Yet somehow I miss the connect.
I miss the beauty and simplicity of the lyrics of yesteryears
I crave for the wave of emotions that flood us whenever we hear a favourite number
Music fuels imagination
It is one of the best forms of escape as well
The world has moved on and things are changing. For the better.
Tastes have evolved and Generation X thrives on the music churned out by the industry.
But nothing I have heard so far comes close to the magic of the music maestros of yesterday.
Through their music they still live on in our hearts, every time our heart goes a fluttering.
Like mine did just now.
you reminded me of someones views 'anything that you cannot hum along is just noise...not music' :)
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