Well let's put it this way - a lot of older film music from bollywood
has hindustani (north indian, shall we say) influences. Movies from the
south (tamil, telugu etc) had a more carnatic base earlier.
And there have been cases of maestros singing, playing or composing for
bollywood and southie movies.
A lot of the newer songs have a more rock, pop, hiphop etc influence
these days.
There's this website you really need to check out - I2FS - "Inspired
Indian Film Songs". You'll find everything from great music that's
inspired by another tune .. maybe just a shared idea the composers had,
or at the most a few bars but with a fairly distinctive interpretation
.. but increasingly, most songs in local movies are outright ripoffs
from foreign stuff. Everything from Bach to Dr.Alban.
http://www.itwofs.com (with short realmedia clips playing both songs)
and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
srs
Dave Long wrote:
As a niekulturny, I can't tell the difference between bollywood music
and the (presumably turkish?) pop songs that get played at the kebab
shop. What should the neophyte listen for, to distinguish the two?
(and, that having been achieved, what are the relations between film,
hindustani, and carnatic music?)
-Dave
* oddly enough, francophones will call someone who is ignorant a "con"
or a "nul" -- but never an "aux" or a "prn"
