When I was in my school till Class X ,singing any Hindi song was blasphemy. Within the little world we had ,we were convinced that every form of Hindi music outside was out there to corrupt our minds, and therefore not listening them was the best way of keeping the outside influence out. You know, no garbage in and no garbage out .We had our own set of songs (all patriotic songs) to sing and dance on Annual Function, Republic Day, Independence Day. I believe that we learned a great deal from these songs at that time—my love for these genres of songs and music stems from the time I spent there reading, singing, dancing and assimilating them. However, whenever I went home I listened to good Hindi music I secretly liked it, although I never admitted that. You got to practice what you preach.
After leaving school, I started listening to Hindi music. This was part rebellion, and part realization that among the many good things taught there, some crap came through as well. So I started humming the tunes of many romantic and silent melodies, started talking about Mohammad Rafi, Sonu Nigam, Pankaj Udas, and so on….. and discussed melodies from the latest movies with friends. The transition to actually and whole heartedly accepting this sort of music took time; it happened only when I reached college. We danced to tunes of many and excitedly looked forward to new releases from the music industry.
Things were different when it came to English songs. Earlier rock music was like some people were asked to clean a lot of dirty vessels and screamed their lungs out complaining about it while they were at it. I admit, it was absolute torture for me to listen most of these songs. Again I admit, it has grown on me. And now, I can tap my feet to the jingle of it… I don’t know many of the voices or bands which play on the Radio or T.V, but yeah, some sound really good. I like some forms of English music now, and may be I will like some more in the future.
But I am glad that it has happened to me that way.
And now very much into listening and humming these songs all day long and dedicating it to My Love.
Music like love, is one of those things you cannot have enough—the more you have, the finer your senses become.
After leaving school, I started listening to Hindi music. This was part rebellion, and part realization that among the many good things taught there, some crap came through as well. So I started humming the tunes of many romantic and silent melodies, started talking about Mohammad Rafi, Sonu Nigam, Pankaj Udas, and so on….. and discussed melodies from the latest movies with friends. The transition to actually and whole heartedly accepting this sort of music took time; it happened only when I reached college. We danced to tunes of many and excitedly looked forward to new releases from the music industry.
Things were different when it came to English songs. Earlier rock music was like some people were asked to clean a lot of dirty vessels and screamed their lungs out complaining about it while they were at it. I admit, it was absolute torture for me to listen most of these songs. Again I admit, it has grown on me. And now, I can tap my feet to the jingle of it… I don’t know many of the voices or bands which play on the Radio or T.V, but yeah, some sound really good. I like some forms of English music now, and may be I will like some more in the future.
But I am glad that it has happened to me that way.
And now very much into listening and humming these songs all day long and dedicating it to My Love.
Music like love, is one of those things you cannot have enough—the more you have, the finer your senses become.
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