Author - Manoj Kumar
I am thankful to all the readers who read my previous post. Today I wish to write something about my passion for music. I wonder for the taste that the new generation has got when it comes to music though I belong to the same genre. I remember and can sing at least forty or fifty complete songs or may be even more, mostly from old movies. I mean the songs of the time when I was not even born, may be then my father was still a child or a teenager. Still I find melody in them with lesser content of musical instruments and mixes, and more of flawless voice emanating directly from the soul of those great singers. Those songs were so lyrical, the words the poetic expression that those have, today I fail to find that lyrical touch in the songs which get overshadowed by musical beats.
When I was some ten-eleven years old, people used to say that the foot tapping music, and disco beats would kill the taste for the old and classical songs, our new generation would forget them at all. They won’t even know who were Rafi and Kishore? but I am happy that even after around twenty years passed since then, the popularity of old songs has not faded to that extent. And the listeners, viewers, Singers and Music composers are still there from all age groups who love old songs. Many popular TV Channels have done wonders by starting reality shows based on songs and dance, which have promoted old songs like never before. When I see a young girl or a boy of just 10 or 12 years singing a song of Md. Rafi, Kishore or Lata impeccably, my heart gets filled with immense joy. Listening old songs in the voice of others is another rejuvenating experience. Such is the charm of these old songs. The FM channels just like the old Vividh Bharti, are also very much responsible for re-affirming old songs in the minds of our kids.
Yesterday when I saw the repeat telecast of Filmfare Awards in which Khaiyaam Sahab was being facilitated for his contribution to the Indian film industry as one of the top Music composers, there were tears in the eyes of almost all big names sitting over there. Today’s top actors, be it Shahrukh, Salmaan, Akshay or Rhitik and today’s top singers be it Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Udit Narayan, almost all of them are fond of these old musicians and singers. Most of today's top singers have learnt from those singers immensely by singing their songs initially, before they became successful playback singers. In fact they often admit it publicly. We can hope that old songs even those from B&W era would remain alive for another Century at least.
I am thankful to all the readers who read my previous post. Today I wish to write something about my passion for music. I wonder for the taste that the new generation has got when it comes to music though I belong to the same genre. I remember and can sing at least forty or fifty complete songs or may be even more, mostly from old movies. I mean the songs of the time when I was not even born, may be then my father was still a child or a teenager. Still I find melody in them with lesser content of musical instruments and mixes, and more of flawless voice emanating directly from the soul of those great singers. Those songs were so lyrical, the words the poetic expression that those have, today I fail to find that lyrical touch in the songs which get overshadowed by musical beats.
When I was some ten-eleven years old, people used to say that the foot tapping music, and disco beats would kill the taste for the old and classical songs, our new generation would forget them at all. They won’t even know who were Rafi and Kishore? but I am happy that even after around twenty years passed since then, the popularity of old songs has not faded to that extent. And the listeners, viewers, Singers and Music composers are still there from all age groups who love old songs. Many popular TV Channels have done wonders by starting reality shows based on songs and dance, which have promoted old songs like never before. When I see a young girl or a boy of just 10 or 12 years singing a song of Md. Rafi, Kishore or Lata impeccably, my heart gets filled with immense joy. Listening old songs in the voice of others is another rejuvenating experience. Such is the charm of these old songs. The FM channels just like the old Vividh Bharti, are also very much responsible for re-affirming old songs in the minds of our kids.
Yesterday when I saw the repeat telecast of Filmfare Awards in which Khaiyaam Sahab was being facilitated for his contribution to the Indian film industry as one of the top Music composers, there were tears in the eyes of almost all big names sitting over there. Today’s top actors, be it Shahrukh, Salmaan, Akshay or Rhitik and today’s top singers be it Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Udit Narayan, almost all of them are fond of these old musicians and singers. Most of today's top singers have learnt from those singers immensely by singing their songs initially, before they became successful playback singers. In fact they often admit it publicly. We can hope that old songs even those from B&W era would remain alive for another Century at least.
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मित्रों यदि मेरा यह पोस्ट आपके दिल को जरा भी छू कर गुजरा हो तो मुझे विश्वास है कि आप मेरे इस प्रयास को लाइक दे कर मुझे और भी अच्छा लिखने की प्रेरणा, स्नेह और आशीर्वाद देंगे। आप अगर मुझे मेरे फेसबुक प्रोफाइल पर फॉलो करते हैं तो आपको मेरे शेयर किये सारे पोस्ट्स आपके नोटिफिकेशन्स में मिलते रहेंगे।
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