Originally posted by: atominis
Khambe jaise khadi hai was my fav song as a kid and I used it to joke about a very strict teacher we had at school.
A fun, zany song capturing boyish mischief at college.
There is absolutely no 90s-early 2000s without Udit Narayan. The most original and fresh male voice of Bollywood and someone who was not subconsciously or consciously trying to copy Kishore, Rafi or Mukesh the way other singers used to copy past legends knowingly or unknowingly.
No body beats Udit in singing erotic type songs either. His voice in Dhak Dhak karne laga, Tip Tip barsa pani is proof.
Or even his voice in underdog kind of songs like Jawan ho yaaron yeh tumko hua kya in JJWS.
He has perfectly nailed the desperation, fear and hope in O Paalanhare song in Lagaan or the anticipation in Ghanan Ghanan song - none of which are romantic songs at all.
I cannot believe 90s icons are being degraded or ignored to somehow prop up a former duplicate of Rafi who is hardly getting films nowadays.
I was born much later so I never got to enjoy 90s songs but I still remember my intro to Khambe Jaisi Khadi.
It was in dance class (not school wala) and we were being taught some steps on the rock and roll beat. Then our sir played this song and I couldn't stop dancing 😆
That song's still very popular amongst bands and in fests. There are clips on YouTube if you want to check them out.
@bold: So true! With those two songs, it was very easy to go overboard and make it uncomfortable for listeners. But there was something about Udit's voice, he sang it with class. Of course that does not take away from Anuradha ji's magic.
90s were the last decade where everyone could enjoy the songs. 2000-2009, I won't say the songs were bad, but they were so westernized that only a certain section of audience would enjoy it. In fact if I ever go out of the house early in the morning for a walk, all the fruitwalas, doodhwalas, newspaper wale bhaiyas listen to 90s songs, along with 50s-70s (the Golden Age).
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