SOUVIK CHAKRABORT Y
Yesteryear songs
that we miss alot
With the overdose of auto tuned hip hop and bass
trap music of the modern times, almost every single
song today sounds and pulsates the same. It is highly
refreshing that we discover our musical tastes in
the sweet old melodies of the forgotten years when
the influx of music was not that bombarding and
heart rupturing for the ears or the mind.
Yaad Piya ki aane lagi by Falguni Pathak
is a mesmerizing tune that catches your
whimsies and grips you till you are decades
ahead in time. An ensemble of pure
melodies and blissful melancholia.
Tanha Dil -Shaan is perhaps the most
relatable and go to song for any laborious
lover in the gloom of his wistful predicament.
Can’t get over that character with a guitar
dangling in his back walking on deserted
streets singing out his hearts out.
Kabhi Aana Tu Meri Galli -Euphoria
stuck with us like the Vidya Balan in the
song. Palash Sen could not have been more
direct and flamboyantly welcoming in his
metrosexual voice at the turn of the century!
Kya Soorat Hai -Bombay Vikings in the early
years of pop music India swelled with songs like this
that had a TV spot kind ring to it and a groovy droovy
tune for everybody to be mesmerized by the new found
music and the billion people of a nation took pride in
these music like Columbus did after finding new land.
Leja Leja Re -Ustad Sultan Khan and Shreya
Ghoshal is a killer combo of brilliant composition
and velvety voice. The neo-raga essence of
the music emanates from the heavy voice of
Ustadji and the nightingale kind piercing voice
from the melody queen Shreya Ghoshal
Ishq Tadpave- Sukhbir had stayed
to become the one ‘go to party
anthem’ in various parties and
shaadi dance offs. The song would
welcome any DJ to tweak it here and
there and weave a magic around it.
Dil Le Gayi- Jassi can only get
younger with age. Jassi’s song
can be played with or without the excuse
for a bhangra outrage. Every kudi feels
highly obliged and flattered to be addressed
whenever it comes to stealing a heart or two!
Teri Taan Yaad Satave -Bombay
Rockers created that pop infused euphoria
around the basic melancholic brooding of
a lover who took to beat jams and beat breaks
to express his highs and lows of emotions.
Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha- Bally Sagoo and Malkit Singh
apart the charming Malaika Arora the song came out nice
and heavy for the Punjabi occasions be it roka, sangeet
or just a merry go lucky shaadi set up, this song
swept chartbusters like there is no tomorrow.
O Sanam- Lucky Ali this list will be incomplete
without the mention of the maestro, who set
the indie pop stage on fire with the texture of
his distinctive voice. This song grips you like
a fresh morning and stays with you till your
reel screeches cause of plating it in loop.
Tunak Tunak Tun- Daler Mehendi it is amazing
how without the mention of either alcohol, non-veg
food and cheesy sexual innuendos one can still weave
a magic with random alliterative phrases, a magic
that percolates in every DJ’s playlist even today.
Ek Glassy- Hard Kaur Many say that the songs of that
era were not that hard hitting or did not have any flag of
feminism etcetera flying high, but Hard Kaur’s epic debut
single blasted that concoction to its core and emerged
as the most hip and happening groove of the times.
Bottalan Sharab Diyan- Bally Sagoo This song emerged
at a time when there were no set pieces of an auto tuning
toying with the singer’s voice so much that even the gender
becomes unrecognizable rather this song emerges at a time
when there were no rappers as fillers during interludes
and yet this song did not fail to have its
desired effect, every single it is played.
Pari Hun Main -Suneeta Rao This
song started off with being a sleeper
hit and eventually grabbed all eyeballs
and eardrums like a fresh green
sapling on a mistful morning.
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