The present state of music, according to me is one that elicits discomfort to a music lover like me. What we have these days is only an imitation of popular culture and not of purposeful talent. Everyone believes that the youth is the future of this world. Well things are not very different when it comes to music. Most of the movies made today try to focus on the large proportion of the youth. At least in this country we live in, things are youth oriented or beginning to be so. And these days, music means movies. Therefore, what is reflected in movies today is what seems to be the youth of this country. This holds good for the music they produce too. Yes, i am talking about the kind of music they produce in movies these days which is seemingly 'the new generation genre'. Nonsense! is what i would call that. Agreed, movies are made for a large audience. but what makes the music producers believe that 'rock' is the only genre of music that the youth prefer today. A majority of people I know, despise such movie songs. I am not well versed in bollywood, however, i can talk for the Malayalam movies produced (yeah, thats right, I am from Kerala). One of the latest additions to this list of hilarious songs, according to me is from the Movie 'Ustad Hotel'.
Set initially in Dubai and then in Kerala, the movies tells a simple and wonderful story of an uneducated grandfather and his well educated and ambitious grandson, both linked by their common love for food. I loved this movie and I would happily rated it as one of the best movies I had watched in recent past, had that 'rock song' not been added. The music and tune of the song is addictive and beautiful, but the lyrics of the song just don't make sense.
Have songs in our country gone to these extreme levels where nonsense verse actually becomes songs that are played every where you go?... I was actually in a disbelief and wouldn't accept that this was a song of a real movie. rather i thought this was just some funny lyrics composed to make people laugh. Perhaps such songs would be re-sung at occasions but they would never compete with the all time favorites 'QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK' songs like 'papa Kahte hain bada naam' and the like.
Well, let me make this clear. The youth of this country and even this world are not just obsessed with 'rock'. There exists other genres of music like folk songs, country side songs that we still enjoy. I would personally enjoy John Denver's Country Roads than listen to Lamb of God screaming their throats out.
Set initially in Dubai and then in Kerala, the movies tells a simple and wonderful story of an uneducated grandfather and his well educated and ambitious grandson, both linked by their common love for food. I loved this movie and I would happily rated it as one of the best movies I had watched in recent past, had that 'rock song' not been added. The music and tune of the song is addictive and beautiful, but the lyrics of the song just don't make sense.
Have songs in our country gone to these extreme levels where nonsense verse actually becomes songs that are played every where you go?... I was actually in a disbelief and wouldn't accept that this was a song of a real movie. rather i thought this was just some funny lyrics composed to make people laugh. Perhaps such songs would be re-sung at occasions but they would never compete with the all time favorites 'QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK' songs like 'papa Kahte hain bada naam' and the like.
Well, let me make this clear. The youth of this country and even this world are not just obsessed with 'rock'. There exists other genres of music like folk songs, country side songs that we still enjoy. I would personally enjoy John Denver's Country Roads than listen to Lamb of God screaming their throats out.
i agree with u on the new generation genre
ReplyDeleteMusic is an art...it has to be respected , not treated like a prostitute.
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ReplyDeleteit is true that the music directors have taken it for granted that we, youth, enjoy only the music of electric guitars and drums. Music is to enjoy and not to sell is what these people should understand.And one more thing i would like to add is that even Bolywood has set such a trend in the music industry.
ReplyDeletei know. but i mentioned right... i am not very much an audience to bollywood.... but i do like the papa kahte hain song
ReplyDeleteIf you remember what Mr. S.P.Balasubrahmanyam said during his visit to our college in our first year, he said that lyrics today do not make any sense. He said he just does not understand the lyrics of songs these days, which is so true. I completely agree with that. Music today, especially in the movies, seems to have lost its charm and melody. Most of the Rock songs, at least to me, seem to be just senseless noise.
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