Moodmaker

“It’s the age of remixes” so goes the tag-line of Radio City’s hottest talent hunt – that for a Remix Raja.

My reaction – Bah! Too much hype for nothing at all!

It’s not that I do not like remixes – some, like Bheegi bheegi raaton mein (Leslie Lewis), are good without any loud additions. It’s just that in rehashing the original composition, some degree of melody, effect and the expected response is lost. And most of the times, a remix is so pathetic (yuck) that it fails to evoke any answering sentiments among the listeners (read it as yours truly).

If one can observe the recent trend in music especially that of Hindi film-hits, the songs have remixes stamped all over them. Almost all films have the same song in at least two versions, ek original aur ek remix. And I can only plug my ears when I hear the remix version -one big cacophony of techno music and loud beats with the song squeezed somewhere between them.....

So, it was no wonder that I got annoyed when three remixes got played in a row, one among them being Tu hi meri shab hain (from Gangster). Grrrrrrr.........So, when the next song was touted to be from Salaam Namaste, I almost switched off my headset – I did NOT want to hear “My Dil goes Umm”; my patience was already thoroughly tested by these (dabba) remixes. Instead I heard this......and it was as if melody was revived.

Tu jahaan main wahaan
Sang sang yun chalu tere
Jaise teraa aasmaan

Jo dhoop nikli chaaya ban jaaoonga
.....Jo ho tu akeli saaya ban jaaoonga
.......... Jo uljhan mein ho mann main behlaaoonga

Tum aa gaye ho toh jeena aaya hain
.....Khushiya ka tumne yeh jaal bichaya hain
..........Khoya hain khudko yah sab kutch paaya hain

Tu jahaan main wahaan
Sang sang yun chalu tere
Jaise tera aasmaan

Ho gam ke badal mujhpe tham jaane de
.....Bechainiyon ko mujhse takrane de
..........Dukhti ho koi baat mujhpe aane de

Dil sochta tha ke koi apna ho
.....Koi raaz na ho jo uss se rakhna ho
..........Aankhein na kholu main shayad sapna ho

Tu jahaan main wahaan
Sang sang yun chalu tere
Jaise tera aasmaan

I loved this oasis in the desert......