Bollywood songs have not really been considered a good thing when we were growing up. Unlike the millennial parents, our parents did not encourage us to wear skimpy clothes as kids and participate in dance competitions which are "in" things nowadays. Watching Superhit Muqabla was our only way to enjoy Hindi film songs.
How we loved that! It has been twenty years since, but I still have fond memories of that TV show. There would be a countdown of ten songs and there would be a jockey who would present it. Finally they had a round where there was a lucky draw. I have forgotten what happened to that "lucky person" but I remember that everyone were sending so many post cards that post offices were almost running out of those!
The glittery world of music, song and dance was very attractive to our young minds. There would be pretty girls and handsome boys dancing in picturesque locations wearing fashinable clothes which we did like to watch. We really didn't understand most of the songs at that time, mostly because I didn't understand Hindi was actually a boon. A few months back Arnab and I did a recap of Superhit Muqabla where we watched snippets of those songs on YouTube. Then it became very clear why our parents didn't like us watching those songs. Most of them were not suitable for kids, not even teenagers! They seemed so extraordinarily impractical now and made no sense. But we liked to watch them.
The funny thing is I am shocked to see how well we still remember the songs that we listened to all these twenty years back. I tried to figure out what is the reason for remembering these songs when we don't have the slightest clue of what were there in our school books from that same time....but I just couldn't find the reason!
These songs act as stress relievers, because you don't need to think much while listening to them, most of them have a nice rhythm and they are good candidates for easy listening. Sometimes they are good as background music when you are cleaning the house or cooking. The rapid beats make you work faster and you feel good.
Yesterday I was listening to "Ande ka funda" while at work. The weird song did really make me feel good even when my REST requests were not behaving the way they should have :)
1 comment:
No one can tell what the brain keeps and what it rejects! The songs were so liked by you that they got obvious priority over study materials. It seems that they still has some utility - so enjoy them!
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