Melodies!

From last 9 months ‘Pani da Rang’ is on no. 1 in my most played list. The category of melody songs changes from person to person. Many people prefer different songs for different moods, like me. I have number of playlists in my winamp which I play according to my mood. Generally I prefer new songs because ARR, Shankar-Ahsaan-Loy and just new Amit trivedi are doing really good. Sometimes I like listening Vishal Bharadwaj’s crunchy songs. But only some of them are real melodies. Melodies are like Sunday brunch, where you get everything; music, lyrics, soothing voice of a singer. If you are really in search of melody then download Global gear by Punya Srinivas. I bet that you won’t put down your headphones before listening it at least 10 times.

The real melodies are Hindi old songs. I used to feel bore while listening them in my childhood. But my father used to play them in early morning. What a wonderful start of a day it was! I was suggested to concentrate on lyrics. I tried and fell in love with them forever. You will enjoy them more if you sing them with your friends. My all-time favourite is ‘Ajeeb dastan hai yeh’ by Lata Mangeshkar. I felt pleased when I heard ‘Meethi boliyan’ from Kai Po Che. Our future generations won’t disappoint to play relatively old hindi songs.

How can we forget Marathi composers and singers! They are born to create melodies. But few are really following Bollywood music which is not a good sign. The first melody comes to my mind that is ‘Jiv rangala’ from Jogava followed by ‘Khel Mandala’ from Natarang. Marathi musicians are nothing but magicians. Ajay, Atul are like cherry on the dessert. If I share my Marathi songs’ playlist here you will run away. Marathi songs are the only way through which I feel connected to my family, my state Maharashtra, my language Marathi and our Marathi soil.

Here comes the largest pool of English melodies. I am very choosy about English songs. I can’t bear each and every English song. Some female singers really have god given marvellous voice. But they really don’t care about lyrics, see Taylor Swift. Her compositions are really awesome except lyrics. I like Enrique (though I am a boy), Katy Perry, Rihanna, Bryan and some more are there whose names are difficult to remember. Sometimes I prefer ‘US top 100’ list and it helps. I really liked this no lyrics music concept which they put it in their movies. I salute Hans Zimmer for his lovely creations. You just turn on Hans Zimmer melodies, put on head phones, close your eyes and remember the good time.

 I can’t imagine our life without music. I feel heavenly on earth. These songs motivate me; they cry and smile with me. Like Demi Lovato and Norah Jones helped me to write this post!