Famous Songs & Their Inspiration, Original song & later better-known version |
Famous Songs & Their Inspiration, Original song & later better-known version |
Faraaj73 |
Nov 29 2008, 07:39 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2198 Joined: 1-July 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 58864 |
I'm uploading 2-3 famous songs which most music-lovers are familiar with and the original (and lesser known) song that inspired them. The audio of the extremely rare originals is quite good even if the bit rate is low.
Please note, there is no knowing how old some original tunes are. The original song that I attach may very well be inspired by an original dating back to the 19th century. Credit is certainly due to the later composer for the re-packaging and presentation of the song. For nearly everyone Mohe Panghat Pe Nandlal equals Mughal e Azam as rendered by Lata. I attach below at 192 kbps mp3 the Mughal e Azam song as well as the original Indubala version of the 1920s. Indubala, now forgotten was a great name of the 1920s and was trained by Gauhar Jaan. Enjoy! And members having similar examples are welcome to share them here. Kind Regards Faraaj Kind Regards Faraaj Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo There is only one better thing than music - live music. - Jacek Bukowski I hate music, especially when it's played. - Jimmy Durante No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. - W. H. Auden |
abhayp |
Nov 30 2008, 01:07 PM
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Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 13-March 04 Member No.: 335 |
Naushad was always proud of the Hindustani classical base (and, often, folk music base) of a lot of his music. Some of these songs are not just raaga-based but are adaptations of traditional classical/semi-classical compositions. Earlier in this thread, Faraaj has brought up the song "mohe panaghaT pe nandalaal chhe.D gayo re" as one example. We find another example in the 1955 film "Udan Khatola", where Naushad and Shakeel take up a traditional "Kajri" (a semi-classical form) and come up with the Lata beauty, "more sai.nyaa.Njii utare.nge paar ho nadiyaa dhiire baho".
The original kajri has been sung by many people, although recorded versions are few. I have chosen my favourite rendition of the kajri by the noted Hindustani classical singer, Padmavati Shaligram (aka Padmavati Gokhale). It is taken from a recording of a live concert. In this thread, I am only uploading a small extract (2:34 minutes, encoded in mp3 at 128 kbps) of the original recording (18:16 minutes). [For those who would like to have the entire piece, I am uploading it separately on the Raag Rang forum. There is also an Iqbal Bano rendition of the kajri available on youtube - the audio quality is not great, but it is an interesting addition to the renditions of this song.] Although the base of the "Udan Khatola" song is clearly the kajri, Naushad gives the song a completely different ambience through the use of a backing chorus, used very skillfully as a part of the orchestration. Add Lata Mangeshkar at the peak of her powers, and the magic is complete. I have chosen to upload here the longer version of this song from the film as the shorter record version is quite easily available. This version is 5:07 minutes long and is encoded in mp3 at 128 kbps. The full kajri can be found at http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=66378# Warm regards, Abhay This post has been edited by abhayp: Nov 30 2008, 04:13 PM |
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