Watched television recently? Or listened to the radio? If you have then you must now be humming the tune of 'you are my honey Bunny', or 'Chinta ta chita chita'. Whatever the hell it means. You my dear friend are witnessing and probably unknowingly aiding the invasion of the lyric killers. That's what I call them. They are those people, those composers who compose crap, package it in a catchy tune and let it loose on the innocent (or maybe stupid) public. This then starts a mass chain reaction. The innocent or possibly stupid public then decide that this is the best song of the century, sing it everywhere they go and make it difficult to live for the likes of me.
People like me then have to live with listening to inane songs like 'you are my honey bunny toko toko' or cheap ones like 'Chipkale saiyaan Fevicol se'. Do you know how hard that is? Wanting to punch someone singing such songs but not being able to? Very difficult. It makes me mad. It makes me want to tear my hair off. Rather tear your hair off. Okay, lets not get violent here. Keeping personal feelings aside, it makes me wonder what this generation has come to. Oh wait, my generation has come to. That's right. Am not some 40 + year old female going through a midlife crisis, blaming the world and the generation after me for everything that's wrong in my life. Nope. Am a young 23 year old female of the current 'hip and happening' generation, who is currently not very proud of her peers. With songs like these, anyone in their right mind wouldn't be.
But seriously, whats wrong with people nowadays? Whatever happened to writing songs that actually have lyrics in them as opposed to songs that just seem to be some random rhyming nonsensical sentences strung together? From songs like Ankho hi Ankho main, Naina Barse Rim Jhim, Yeh shaam mastaani and even recent ones like Dil toh pagal hai, Mohabatein, Suraj hua maddham, Alvida etc sung by the likes of Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal and composed/ written by greats like Lakshmikant Pyaarelal, Javed Akhtar, Jagjit singh, A R Rehman, Kishore Kumar etc to songs like 'Tera Pyar Hukka Bar', 'Sheila ki Jawani', 'Munni Badnaam hui', 'Billo Raani' etc, that's what the world has come to. I believe all these songs were written in a drunken state of stupor. There's no other explanation for it. After a melodious and glorious 80's the 90's brought with it a string of infamously memorable songs like choli ke peeche kya hai, tu tu tu tu tu tara, Nayak nahi Khalnayak hu main etc, and innumerable other unbearable songs as well, which I am not going to take the pains of listing here. Point being, we thought the 90's was the worst period for Bollywood music, that is till the 2000's came. That's when all hell broke loose.
We have had to live with the rickshawaala's favorite Himmesh Reshmiya's nasal songs, Atif Aslam's depressing songs, Anu Malik's really annoying songs, bad remixes of really good songs featuring Rakhi Sawant, and now Yo Yo Honey Singh glorifying rapes. Truly this generation has lived through it all. It's like the return of the 90's but 3 times worse. Not just that, not only did all the above mentioned greats become widely popular among the general public, they actually became viral! Viral - Something that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email. Say's a lot about the current popular culture as a whole, and us in general, doesn't it? And sad to say Hollywood isn't any better in this regard. Justin Beiber, Rebecca Black, Psy, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, One Direction. Need I say anymore? My Dad always used to complain about 'aaj kal ke gaane' , and I always used to disagree and argue with him. With great regret I have to say that I now completely agree with his views.
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| Kareena Kapoor gyrating to 'Fevicol Se' |
People like me then have to live with listening to inane songs like 'you are my honey bunny toko toko' or cheap ones like 'Chipkale saiyaan Fevicol se'. Do you know how hard that is? Wanting to punch someone singing such songs but not being able to? Very difficult. It makes me mad. It makes me want to tear my hair off. Rather tear your hair off. Okay, lets not get violent here. Keeping personal feelings aside, it makes me wonder what this generation has come to. Oh wait, my generation has come to. That's right. Am not some 40 + year old female going through a midlife crisis, blaming the world and the generation after me for everything that's wrong in my life. Nope. Am a young 23 year old female of the current 'hip and happening' generation, who is currently not very proud of her peers. With songs like these, anyone in their right mind wouldn't be.
But seriously, whats wrong with people nowadays? Whatever happened to writing songs that actually have lyrics in them as opposed to songs that just seem to be some random rhyming nonsensical sentences strung together? From songs like Ankho hi Ankho main, Naina Barse Rim Jhim, Yeh shaam mastaani and even recent ones like Dil toh pagal hai, Mohabatein, Suraj hua maddham, Alvida etc sung by the likes of Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal and composed/ written by greats like Lakshmikant Pyaarelal, Javed Akhtar, Jagjit singh, A R Rehman, Kishore Kumar etc to songs like 'Tera Pyar Hukka Bar', 'Sheila ki Jawani', 'Munni Badnaam hui', 'Billo Raani' etc, that's what the world has come to. I believe all these songs were written in a drunken state of stupor. There's no other explanation for it. After a melodious and glorious 80's the 90's brought with it a string of infamously memorable songs like choli ke peeche kya hai, tu tu tu tu tu tara, Nayak nahi Khalnayak hu main etc, and innumerable other unbearable songs as well, which I am not going to take the pains of listing here. Point being, we thought the 90's was the worst period for Bollywood music, that is till the 2000's came. That's when all hell broke loose.
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| Katrina Kaif giving her thumkas in Chikni Chameli |
We have had to live with the rickshawaala's favorite Himmesh Reshmiya's nasal songs, Atif Aslam's depressing songs, Anu Malik's really annoying songs, bad remixes of really good songs featuring Rakhi Sawant, and now Yo Yo Honey Singh glorifying rapes. Truly this generation has lived through it all. It's like the return of the 90's but 3 times worse. Not just that, not only did all the above mentioned greats become widely popular among the general public, they actually became viral! Viral - Something that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email. Say's a lot about the current popular culture as a whole, and us in general, doesn't it? And sad to say Hollywood isn't any better in this regard. Justin Beiber, Rebecca Black, Psy, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, One Direction. Need I say anymore? My Dad always used to complain about 'aaj kal ke gaane' , and I always used to disagree and argue with him. With great regret I have to say that I now completely agree with his views.
P.S. As a response to my blog post, I was directed to this video by @teodranik on twitter - The honey bunny parody song. HILARIOUS! Definitely worth a watch.
P.P.S. And another response to this blog post by a friend, this time through whatsapp. I was advised to listen to this morning bhajan everyday .. enjoy :p
