“Aarambh” from Gulaal (2009)

At a time when “Tandoori Nites’ et al. is the norm, it is amazing to find a track such as Aarambh which defines lyrical magnificance. So powerful, with so much energy… its almsot unbelievable.

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“Aarambh” from Gulaal (2009)

aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do

aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do
aan baan shaan ya ki jaan ka ho daan
aaj ik dhanush ke baan pe utaar do

aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do
aan baan shaan yaa ki jaan kaa ho daan
aaj ik dhanush ke baan pe utaar do
aarambh hai prachand

man kare so praan de
jo man kare so praan le
wahi to ek sarvshaktimaan hai
man kare so praan de
jo man kare so praan le
wahi to ek sarvashaktimaan hai

krishna ki pukaar hai
ye bhagwat ka saar hai
ki yudh hi to veer ka pramaan hai
kaurvon ki bheed ho ya
paandavon ka need ho
jo lad saka hai wohi to mahaan hai

jeet ki hawas nahi
kisi pe koi vash nahi
kya zindagi hai thokaron pe maar do
maut ant hai nahi
to maut se bhi kyun dare
ye jaake aasmaan mein dahaad do

aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do
aan baan shaan ya ki jaan ka ho daan
aaj ik dhanush ke baan pe utaar do
aarambh hai prachand

ho daya ka bhaav
ya ki shaurya ka chunav
ya ki haar ka wo ghaav
tum ye soch lo
ho daya ka bhaav
ya ki shaurya ka chunav
ya ki haar ka wo ghaav
tum ye soch lo

ya ki poore bhaal par
jala rahe vijay ka
laal laal ye gulaal
tum ye soch lo

rang kesari ho ya
mridang kesari ho ya
ki kesari ho taal
tum ye soch lo

jis kavi ki kalpana mein
zindagi ho prem geet
us kavi ko aaj tum nakaar do
bheegati nason mein aaj
phoolati ragon mein aaj
aag ki lapat ka tum baghaar do

aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do
aan baan shaan ya ki jaan ka ho daan
aaj ik dhanush ke baan pe utaar do
aarambh hai prachand
aarambh hai prachand
aarambh hai prachand

(Courtesy hallosushant.blogspot.com)

Jais

Dev D – One Amajing Soundtrack!

Dev D Soundtrack

Dev D… A modern retake of a stoned Devdas. Sounds interesting? Well, if the soundtrack is anything to go by, the movie should be well worth the wait.

Dev D

Anurag Kashyap is associated with the word ‘different’. And the soundtrack doesn’t disappoint. What an amazing soundtrack! The album has 18 tracks and every track is worth listening. If nothing else, they are different! And if you, my dear interested readers , like me, cannot stand Hindi film music and find most of the Bollywood songs interchangeable, this album will be a refreshing change. It uses almost all the genre of music starting from rock to folk to pop.

Love it, Hate it…but you just cannot ignore it!

Recommend tracks: Nayan Tarse (Classical/ Fusion/ Rock) , Emosanal Attyachar (Rock version will knock you out), Pardesi (a folk rock, if I may use the term), Ek Hulchul Si,  Yahi Meri Zindagi (pop, both being slow and melodious) and Dev Chanda Themes (and all the other tracks I have missed out on).

Cheers

Jais

PS: My limited vocabulary limits my ability to describe music. Come to think of it, it limits my description of almost everything.

I dig Music…

I dig music… i honestly do. Oh well, i want to anyway.

Have put my winamp on shuffle mode for the past couple of days with all the English tracks on (which would also explain the tracks which were considered for the name of this stupid blog). And the results are interesting…

Up Around The Bend by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chichina from the soundtrack of Motorcycle Diaries, Beatles – You Like Me Too Much, Simple Twist of Fate by Bob Dylan, Beatles – I saw her standing there! (devine…), Ryan Adams – Starlite Diner, Baby Blue by Badfinger from the soundtrack of Departed, The Guns Of Brixton by The Clash, Bruce Springsteen – Better Days… Skipped quite a few tracks in between.

The thing is, i hadn’t heard most of the tracks in a long long time. Baring Beatles and departed soundtrack rest all are as good as new. at least listening experience wise. to me at least… and they are good. really really good!

Lets discover some music.

Cheers

Jais

PS: the quote “i dig music” is ‘borrowed’ from the movie “almost famous”. Amazing movie. Amazing soundtrack.

Name

Here goes the second post. Since i don’t have anything to write about, thought i might introduce you my beloved readers as to why i chose the name “Autumn Almanac”.

I don’t have creativity. Nil. Zero. Zlich.

“Autumn Almanac” was the track i was listening to on winamp when i had to fill in the name. its by the Kinks, a British group formed in the 60s. been listening to it nowadays. they have that distinctive 60s flavor that i found in the initial albums of Beatles as well. Anyway, more on it later… if i am so inclined.

Anyway, there were others tracks also which were under consideration. some examples, Hanging By a Moment by Lifehouse, Electioneering by Radiohead, Warm Machine by Bush, They Don’t Really Case About Us by Michael Jackson… Couldnt really have any of them as a blog address, could i? Imagine… hangingbyamoment.wordpress.com or theydontreallycareaboutus.wordpress.com. Actually, dont imagine.

And Autumn Almanac has that ring to it; that sophistication; the creativity that i yearn for… I mean just think about it… autumnalmanac.wordpress.com.  what beauty! the simplicity astounds me… i am in tears!

By the way, the track Autumn Almanac, is considered to be an absolute classic, “a finely observed slice of English custom, a ‘weird character study’ and for its ‘mellow, melodic sound that was to characterize the Kinks’. Supposedly^.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Almanac – The source of all knowledge)

Cheers

Jais