Saturday, July 17, 2010

Talking of Old music - want to hear them from all over the world

My close ones know of my penchant for old Hindi Music. Some years back I got a few of them recorded on tapes from a 2 in 1. I would be listening to old songs from the radio and whenever the favourite ones were played I'd switch on the recording button. They are so melodious. Then came CDs and others and the tapes were forgotten. I became a bit computer savvy and ventured into youtube one day. And lo those songs were there with the scenes - I mean the music videos. I was top of the world. I started "discovering" the songs and scenes with the actors and actresses. It was such a nice feeling. Now I have got my own playlist of those oldies. The years passed on.
A new maid has managed to lay her hands on those tapes and continuously plays them morn till night. That way I also get to hear the songs whenever at home. Every time I hear them, I get the same feelings as I got when I first heard them 40 years back. They are so melodious, so soothing.

Looking at my behavior my younger sister once commented that I discard a new song but take fancy to it when it's 10 years old. Whatever, melodious tunes are just too much for me. I get lost totally.

Now, music everywhere is the same. The flute tunes of the Incas and the Mayas I had heard at the Canadian Museum of Civilization at Ottawa resembled the ones we have in the Santhal (the pre-Aryan tribes in India) tunes of Chotanagpur and other places here. They are derived from nature – the common source – be it a bird’s chirping or the flow of a hilly stream.

So I'd welcome some melody suggestions from across the globe- whatever be the language- Spanish, German, Italian, French, Chinese and others. I’ll enjoy them as much as you do.

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