Almost blogging

It's pathetic - I know... almost blogging... one of my very good friends (yes, that's you my dear) persuaded me to brush off about 6 months worth of non-blogging dust from my keyboard and write this... well not this - just to write something...

I'll try not to sound all conceited when I say I've been asked to update my blog by several people (ok - you got me - exactly 2 people) - to be perfectly honest, I did almost write a few posts - about Delhi-6 (first day, first show), about Breakfast at Tiffany's (yet another unexpected arrival from my Netflix list), about my sudden return to roots on music (more on just this, a little later), about Dream for an Insomniac (this time, a deliberate bump to the top of my NetFlix list) and my new fave on TV - The Big Bang Theory.

But it took a nudge from this very talented friend of mine - alright alright, I am basking in her light here, but we're friends all the same :D, to write this post. You, my dear, have more talent in your little finger, than a lot of people have all over - so go out there and make it happen... Like I said, you have waaaaay too much talent to be left alone :)

About a week back, as usual, my ipod was playing away and landed on Alaipaayuthe Kanna from Alaipayuthe, of course, and let me just say here, for the record - this is one of those (classical- film-) songs that makes my heart soar every time I hear/sing it - others being Nila kaaygirathu from Indira, Kanda naal muthalaai from Kanda naal muthal etc.

Its been a while since I let music move me like that and I realize I quite miss that - oh and let me throw in a little geek here - listening to songs you like actually improves blood flow to the heart etc (cross my heart - this is from a BBC article) - so it literally is good for you...

So, go out there, plug in and listen to the stuff that makes you wanna break into song - even stuff like this - which, since I first saw it in December last, makes me sing along everytime...

Oh and in other news, I'm back to Jane Austen - this time, its Persuasion...

Till next time then... (wanders away humming... @ 1 AM no less!)

Hitting all the right notes....

I'm gonna write about music for a change... Happened to hear songs from Kismat Konnection - which is set to release on July 18 ... the first song I heard was Bakhuda tumhi ho ... featuring one of my fave singers... Atif Aslam...

I think he's one of the best things to happen to Hindi film music.... I've loved his tracks from Woh Lamhe(Zeher) to Pehli Nazar Mein(Race)...

His voice is so soulful - let me pause a moment here to melt ... he always seems to sing from his core... the end result is almost always, a full-throated, powerful rendition... and the kind of songs he is given are also like that... ballads, in every possible sense of the word...

And at the risk of sounding like a love sick puppy, Pehli Nazar mein turns me into mush.... Don't look at me in that tone of voice - I can't help it... the lyrics, his voice, the beats, his voice ...

And Bakhuda is along the same lines... and the fact that it is picturized upon Shahid Kapoor, another guy who makes me melt (ok.. after Clooney & Pitt & Damon & Boreanaz etc etc) - well, the combination is good... I am gonna stop gushing now...

Back to music.. so ok, Pritam copies most of his tracks - I know that... some of them are good anyway... Kismat Konnection is full of upbeat, peppy tracks - that's exactly the kind of music I like - enough energy in them to keep me going... I would recommend atleast one listen to all the tracks...

And like in Jab We Met (another fave of mine) & Race - he's given the right tracks to the right folks - Mohit Chauhan in JWM & Atif in Race were brilliant - this album (Kismat..) has them both! Mohit is on Kahin na lage and Atif is on Bakhuda...

I must mention here - two other guys who I think are godsends to the newer hindi films... KK & Shaan - they make me melt too - maybe not as much as Atif, still...

Anyways, this album is growing on me... gonna give it another listen... did I mention that Pritam has remixed all the tracks on Kismat... maybe he feels his albums are incomplete without the remixes... anyways, back to my ipod... ciao!!