Songs

Sometimes I feel some songs are tailor made to suite certain situations in my life. Whenever I hear certain songs I feel as if they came into existence just to suit the situation and the state I was in. There are countless occasions when I just let my mind go along with the tune of the song and get carried away with it as I kept working. Furthermore whenever in life I hear that song again later in life, the situation in which I first heard and got carried away by the song just floats back into my mind. Images of my life then just keep floating before my eyes and I keep getting carried away. Music means so much in life to me that at times music has given me the peace and solitude which even the company of many good friends couldn't. So here goes a compilation of the some of the hallmark songs in my life and what they signify in life to me.

Song: Taal se taal mila, Movie: Taal, Music: A. R. Rahman,Artists: Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
This was by far the song which kept me enthralled for a long time and also one of the songs which deeply affected me for a long time during my stay in Nagpur. The reason why this song got etched into my memories was it was released at a time when I was under deep psychological stress and tremendous work pressure. The movie was released when I was studying 10th class and expectations were heavy on me and so was the course work and competition. Further more it was released during rainy season, I don't know why but always I get terribly senti during rainy season. Nostalgic memories flood by and this is when I just need a little of time to myself, all alone, all by myself. It brings back tears to my eyes, and I always like it when it rains no matter what be the problems associated with it.
Now coming back to the song, the beginning line of the song itself is so mellifluous and the tone of Alka Yagnik just mesmerizes the listener. The music given by A. R. Rahman is outstanding. Its one of the master pieces of Rahman and the sufi appeal about the music captivated me very much. The picturisation of the song was also at the beautiful locales of the Chamba valley with the rain soaking the artists and the lush greenery around. There was magic and mystic feel about this song that Taal movie made a mark on me. In fact whenever I remember Taal movie I just remember this song and nothing else, none of the other scenes of the movie. I haven't even seen the whole movie Taal and I never intend to either, of all the directors on this earth I feel that Subhash Ghai is the most inept. He might have indeed made some good movies in the past but I think his talent is lost long before and he no longer has the calibre to recreate that effect anymore.

Song: Mitwa Movie: KANK, Music: Shankar Ehsan Loy,Artists: Shankar Mahadevan, et al. ;-)
This was yet another song that drove me mad for a few most memorable and agonizing days. I kept hearing this song again and again over TV promos as each music channel raced to air promos of the most eagerly awaited movie of the year by Karan Johar. It coincided with my last few days in INDIA before I lapped up my journey to US. What the song meant to me was separation, anguish, nostalgia. The backdrop of skyline of NY further added to the appeal of the song which in most of the ways kept reminding me of my impending separation from dear ones back at INDIA. The song kept tormenting me in a sweet yet sad way till a point came where I stopped watching TV just for the fear of running into this song as I changed channels.
As I heard this song I visualized myself walking grimly down the Brooklyn Bridge or besides those incredible skyscrapers of NY, all alone and no one aside me. Somehow the love angle Karan intended to render to the song didn't penetrate my stupid brain which was occupied with thoughts of imminent separation. Maybe nothing creates a better buzz than the promos, I always have that opinion about the promos music channels air of movies. Watching them is far more appealing than watching the movie itself in many cases, you don't have to watch the sordid details of the movie, morose dance steps of unending songs. Just the punch dialogues, crucial scenes all in the slip of seconds (sometimes minutes if the movie is indeed famous) whoosh and the trailer is over.

Song:Vaseegara (Zara Zara) Music: Harris Jeyraj Artists: Bombay Jayshree
The first time I heard this song was in Tamil and the instant I heard this song was also the first instance when I realized that even if I don't understand the song it doesn't matter the music is what matters to me. After one whole year of rigorous study in Ongole (11th standard, a calm town in AP) without taking a break for more than one day during the whole year I reached Chennai to visit my Uncle during the summer break. During this whole one year I never had either a tape recorder or a TV back at home or even if one was there me and my brother were barred from operating it. After settling down in his house, my Uncle who is an avid fan of good music switches on his PC connected to the music system and plays this song ,this was the only song I heard for the first time in about 11 months.... Mesmerizing music and the crooning voice of Bombay Jayshree made me forget all the travails of the past one year in just a few moments and I was longing to hear the song again and again. My uncle saw the look on my face and let me replay the song 2-3 times. I heard more songs during my stay in Chennai but this one topped it all.
The song never fails to mesmerize, the tranquilizing music coupled with the soothing voice of Bombay Jayshree just blows the lid off everytime I hear this song. Hats off to the man who ever thought that such music could exist in this world.

There are lot more songs to add up to this particular list but I think they can follow in a different post..
So thats it for now folks.. more to come soon