[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by subraiyr

David Crosby of CSNY passed away yesterday. ...

Crosby, Stills and Nash were among my favourites. To a lesser extent, Young.

Crosby did his best to kill himself with his lifestyle some decades ago. After a prison sentence he left behind the substances that were destroying his life and not only survived but thrived. I don't think the forty-something Crosby would have expected to live to 81!

We all know of the association of the Beatles with Ravi Shankar. Only yesterday did I read that it was Crosby who recommended RS to Harrison.

Furthermore, he got Joni Mitchell her first recording opportunity and produced her first album. Monumental!

[AltoLXI]

RIP Vani Jairam.

For those of us who grew up listening to her melodious voice, some of her songs will remain forever etched in our memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1w70qcYVkQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYXmufwdMeE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB01cnveBIU

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by AltoLXI

RIP Vani Jairam.

For those of us who grew up listening to her melodious voice, some of her songs will remain forever etched in our memories.

My family got our first 2-in-1 tape recorder/player when I was 12. And my dad bought just one cassette (Songs of Shankarabharanam movie) and we only had one cassette for more than a year. Even though I had never been exposed Telugu language before (this was before I ever saw a TV), I ended up memorizing every song in that cassette.

Most of the female voice in that cassette was Vani Jairam. That cassette made me a lover of classical vocal music forever, and Vani Jairam had a big hand in it.

Om Shanti.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWlVWSNYC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1sCydzJTY

[thanixravindran]

Saw her just last week in Music Academy, Chennai in KS Chitra/Madhu Balakrishnan concert. She attended the event and was felicitated for the Padma Bhushan that was announced 2 days prior and she appeared very fragile but very gracious as always.

In fact, they announced that a felicitation event is getting organized on 19 March at Music Academy with film fraternity presence. Sad to see her go before the award ceremony but glad she was recognised for her contributions in her lifetime.

Rest in peace!!!

[subraiyr]

In all the plethora of filmy music this was missed

RIP Lalitha

https://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...55380.ece/amp/

[Thad E Ginathom]

It must be devastating for such performing sisters/brothers/etc when one is lost.

[sumeethaldankar]

Jindagi sarara motor gadi maa...

I think the shorter version of this song should be Team BHP's travelogue theme song .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZwnleAnTTY

Shorter tik tok type version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0O4ICtQlo

While the song is Nepali I am sure a hindi version should be there soon if not now.

[subraiyr]

One of the most iconic signers of our generation is no more. Tina Turner died yesterday. RIP my lady..

[NewUser123]

Anyone here miss the original “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman and ALSO like the new version(male version), more than 30 years later??

I like both versions, albeit at different moods

Originally Posted by Samurai

(Songs of Shankarabharanam movie) … I ended up memorizing every song in that cassette.

I can’t make out if I’m older than you or not… not that it matters, but what I can’t forget is when I watched the teacher sing western music (MJ, I believe) and trashed it as something EASILY achievable… if you were classically trained, was something else.

Donno if I am confusing this movie with another… 🤔

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[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by NewUser123

but what I can’t forget is when I watched the teacher sing western music (MJ, I believe) and trashed it as something EASILY achievable… if you were classically trained, was something else.

No doubt, it is is easy enough for an Indian classical singer to sing a western melody line, but can they do, let alone understand, harmony? People that I know who really work in both Indian and classical would never show such disrespect for either.

As an ignorant listener, all I know is that music is wonderful ... and unfathomably complex!

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by NewUser123

I can’t make out if I’m older than you or not… not that it matters, but what I can’t forget is when I watched the teacher sing western music (MJ, I believe) and trashed it as something EASILY achievable… if you were classically trained, was something else.

He doesn't trash it. He says all music is divine. He defended Indian Classical music without trashing western music. This was before MJ become famous.

This is the scene:

https://youtu.be/6pOd1O_8fIc

[noopster]

Originally Posted by Samurai

He doesn't trash it. He says all music is divine. He defended Indian Classical music without trashing western music. This was before MJ become famous.

It's perfectly natural for someone classically trained to look down upon pop & rock music. I think you truly evolve as a musician when you start to look beyond genres and start enjoying music for what it is. I'm not religious but I do feel like there is some higher power behind the creation that is music and the fact that some of us are able to spread that gift. It's humbling and empowering at the same time.

I grew up on Western pop staples but quickly adopted hard rock and heavy metal in my teens. Somewhere along the line started appreciating ghazals, Indi-pop, progressive rock, Western classical (mostly choral music) and hard-edged pop but I still don't feel the same love for say EDM/trance and mainstream Hindi film music. It's all about taste beyond a point. I know this because there are exceptions even in those genres that I don't particularly like that I really enjoy listening to.

Like Oscar Wilde said, there is no moral and immoral literature, just good or bad writing. The same is the case for music. But most genres get associated inextricably with lifestyles (60s rock = hippie flower power, 80s heavy metal = Satan worship o quote some cliched examples). My favourite genre of music (trash/speed metal of the late 80s/ early 90s) has often been derided as noise but I've taken the time to explain to people (including Samurai!) that when you look beneath the surface there is a lot of musicality in there.

Posting a couple of videos to prove (hopefully! ) my point. These are live versions but if you listen to the originals they are much "cleaner" (relatively). I just think the live version brings out the raw talent and energy behind music like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3jpNfxFUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDACorIaxNw