Arup replied (he was obviously on line, Philippines time being ahead of us):
Arup Roy Chowdhury (Aug 29 5:18 AM): ha ha thanks the only reason for my alleged affinity with Salil Chowdhury is that apart from being my dad's friend, he is also our gyati from Ulpur ========= These Bongs! I suppose it is politically correct to call them Posh Bongs, now that the state name change is official. ________________________________ From: ss <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:09 Subject: Re: [silk] Why I love Hindi film music from the 50s and 60s. On Sunday 28 Aug 2011 2:42:12 am Indrajit Gupta wrote: > Ae Dil Mujhe Bataa De is one of my all-time favourites, in spite of its > obvious defects (notoriously that mid-section, where the singer goes La la > la la la la). Read on to find out why music from this period has a > peculiar appeal for me. It's personal; this was Geeta Dutt and Mohammed > Rafi and O. P. Nayyar, and a host of hit tunes which were such effortless > genre-benders (ouch! Did I really write that?). Others like the slower, > more poetic, probably more evocative numbers, but for me it was always > about these totally zingy numbers. Somehow, we can't seem to get that > rhythm and that beat back; maybe times have moved on, musical tastes have > changed, and I'm caught in a time-warp and can't move on. There could be > worse fates. > IG - here is your genre-bender for you on YouTube courtesy my Unkal Googal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKcaNydkNMg While on the topic of genre benders I send you a link to a Polish song called Szla dzieweczka. You will recognize the tune as soon as you hear it http://www.youtube.com/cybersurg#p/f/6/-z7KtSGjLx0 For those who don;t have a clue - here is another version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AJBc9mGJJk shiv
