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Musical Memory

"Which song is this?" Someone would ask sitting in front of TV, tape recorder or radio.
Most of us would answer the correct song guessing from the first tune of the song, before hearing even the first word of it. Those were the days!

Miles apart and all grown up, now we have started WhatsApp-ing  random screenshot of a song and some/all from the family-group crack it correctly.

I have been brought up in a musical environment. More on knowledge side than performance. Credit goes to my Mom! I think she knows more songs than all the women of her age (in her social circle) put together. She has a melodious voice to complement her interest.
My favorites have to start with this one. Maa sang it in her muh-dikhayi(DIL's introduction) ceremony in a small village in north India back in mid 70s.
Can you imagine her love for music and see my excitement and pride here? :)

Dheere Dheere Machal...
The lyrics, the music, the actors.. this song is an absolute pleasure.

Ironically, my dad who was all proud and bit blushed when someone told him that bhabhi was singing a beautiful Filmy song, is a total off key :) Yeah, it was a thing to sing filmy song back then especially in a rural set up like that. He himself hardly knew any songs but did improve with time. He always keeps the fun part alive be it remembering the lyrics -aaj ki raat mere dil ki salami lele or trying to sing- firki vali :)

Jodi Hamara Jamega Kaise....
My all time favorite from his list.

We siblings had many favorites depending on mood and occasion. Most of them are the bollywood songs from 60s, 70s and early 80s. The reason probably is-  we grew up listening to songs from older generations hence our musical taste got developed that way. I mean, my current memory has 80% songs from the time when I wasn't even born :P

Its not like they don't make beautiful songs anymore. For some reason most of them just don't last long in my heart. Weak lyrics, not-so-pleasant visuals or noisy music, there is something (at times everything) which doesn't go well with my ears.

I would still love to add a song from the current generation of music. Yup, I do get to listen 'hope' every once in a while.

Haan Hansi Ban Gaye...
This one is also a Valentine special. :)

लपट

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- SD