Saturday, September 7, 2013

Aaja Aaja, Main Hoon Pyar Tera...

Asha Bhosle!
An artist par excellence who, alongwtih her elder sister, ruled the Hindi movies music for decades. Hers is the voice which, singing under the baton of RD, could rock an entire generation - or perhaps a few more to come, with her rendition of foot-tapping numbers. Yet, RD also made her sing some such songs which were more of the domain of her elder sister.

She is turning 80 tomorrow, and it is a fitting tribute to her as a singer and to RD as a composer to feature a few of her songs over here over next few days.

The first one to feature - a song from Teesri Manzil, a duet with Rafi.

The composition finds RD in his full elements - creating the kind of sound that was yet new to the industry - with a 73 second prelude starting with a rocking combination of Guitar & Drums at a furious pace, before suddenly slowing down to the sound of vibraphone and other instruments, halting for just a beat leading into the vocals of Rafi.

However, what is worth noticing is that while Rafi carries out his portion competently, the song actually comes alive only half way through when Asha picks up the vocals (while on-screen Asha Parekh sets the dance floor on fire) taking the song to an altogether different level. It almost seems as if this song was made for her alone.


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