Are remixes really necessary??

Okay so I seem to have a lot of lime on my hands since I can't get off this forum..

I agree that remixing a dance number makes it groovy and fun to listen. Loved the tamma tamma remix and many others. But remixing a love song and that too without changing the tune or wordings at all kinda detracts completely for me especially since we have already heard and re-heard and lived the original version. Agar tune nahin hain toh can we not do away with it completely??

Classic example-

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-8DnvQCac[/YOUTUBE]

Seriously Kya sochte honge ashaji and Kishore Kumar??

If done well they can be better than the original. Bally Sagoo did good remixes.

Most of them are unnecessary and they ruin the essence of tge original song..

Recently the remix I liked was "Tu cheez badi" specially because it had Udit's voice.😛

I love remix songs...

Haven't listened to Socha Hai yet btw.. which Socha Hai is it? Rock On wala socha hai?

Originally posted by: Atomicbomb

If done well they can be better than the original. Bally Sagoo did good remixes.

Most of the remixes are Bad now. Item songs recently as well. No rhythm.

They use autotune and beat synthesizers too much with no flow.

Agree. Remixes can be done and should be done for the fun of it and because it adds a different texture and tone to the song and makes it more groovy. When I go to a nightclub I want remixes coz I love to dance to those. But using it as a mainstream song of a major film to depict an emotion in the film - NADA for me. It kills the original especially since if you've already heard the original and the picturisation is firm in your mind. Can you imagine how you'd feel if you heard Varun Dhawan romancing Alia Bhatt in a remixed version of tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam. Weird right??

Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil

I love remix songs...

I feel remixes are made out of a respect and love for the original song... now now, if the music composer is poor in his craft, what can be done other than turning off the song? :p

My uncles used to write remix for songs and they did it purely out of love for the song being remixed.. sometimes even I translate some lines from original in between and sing to myself, or imagine a song with some other tune - it's some silly habit I cannot explain but happens when I am so caught up with the song..

I love when a new flavor is given to an original song, we be listening to a song, loving it for many many years, in some cases even forget the song and when a good remix of that song comes out, dil khush ho jata hai, I cannot explain.

And, from my experience, 90s and early 2000 Indian pop music was sooo good, that we who were born during 90s get curious about the originals and enjoy even the originals.. and while listening to the originals we stumble upon or get curious about other songs from that period.. It has happened exactly like that in my case.

Remix have their own special feel or place IMO. Point is, music should be good and the song should be respectful of the original..

Now if a music composer is bad at his job, then we cannot help it ofcourse 😆

Marked.

Will reply shortly when get the time to properly write.

Shal

Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil

Haven't listened to Socha Hai yet btw.. which Socha Hai is it? Rock On wala socha hai?

It's kehdoon tumhe from deewar film by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle 😉

oooh :D ..Will listen to it soon!!