Sheila ki jawani is not music-Jagjit - Page 2

Originally posted by: Indradhanush

Rehman won'tbe A R Rahman if he had continued in the mode and style of IR, similarly RD Burman won't be Puncham if he had carried on in the same style of his daddy ( S D Burman).

Jagjit's departure from ghazal singing with heavy ornamentation of classical was a deliberate one. Yet he retained the character & integrity of ghazal (romance of mausiki); about love. He had to make a place when we had Mehandi Hassan, Malika Purkhaj, Begum Akhtar, so a new style was needed.

Also it was his innovation which kept the interest in ghazal alive of many lay persons like us. Listen to this if there is a confusion about his classical prowess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JJagg082gs&playnext=1&list=PLADD8D015DC53C6E1&index=26

Originally posted by: qaisarimtiaz

Hahah ! He Is Soo Selfish , He is commenting that his old songs are still popular , haha , they are popular in aged persons n teh persons who liked that song in that period n the ppl wo are frm that period ,

Jagjit's music is classical , so yes , acc to him , sheila n beedi arent songs or music . he is kinda insultimg ths gen's singers n music dirs especially when he talked abt Sunidhi;s song . so if anybody insulting Sunidhi or Her songs i will not bear . he does not know how much popular these songs are !

I am sorry but it's egotistical for Jagjit to just discount other musicians and singers in this manner..........According to his logic, Indian music scene should stil lbe the same as it was 20-40 years ago.........I mean music is a progressive thing........There is not just one kind of music.......There are many kinds..........And clearly the public at large enjoys munni badnaam hui kind of music these days............Should all of us just listen to Jagjit, Asha Bhosle, and Raffi all day long? Every generation has their likings, and it's not Jagjit's job or place to push down his views and likes on people of this generation.......😕 Jagjit himself has taken the liberty of modernizing old songs for this generation in his albums such as "close to my heart"...........If he is such a believer in music of yester years then why did he feel the need to "modernize" the songs of yester years in his own album? 😕

Originally posted by: ankit_nyc

I am sorry but it's egotistical for Jagjit to just discount other musicians and singers in this manner..........According to his logic, Indian music scene should stil lbe the same as it was 20-40 years ago.........I mean music is a progressive thing........There is not just one kind of music.......There are many kinds..........And clearly the public at large enjoys munni badnaam hui kind of music these days............Should all of us just listen to Jagjit, Asha Bhosle, and Raffi all day long? Every generation has their likings, and it's not Jagjit's job or place to push down his views and likes on people of this generation.......😕 Jagjit himself has taken the liberty of modernizing old songs for this generation in his albums such as "close to my heart"...........If he is such a believer in music of yester years then why did he feel the need to "modernize" the songs of yester years in his own album? 😕

Originally posted by: qaisarimtiaz

Hahah ! He Is Soo Selfish , He is commenting that his old songs are still popular , haha , they are popular in aged persons n teh persons who liked that song in that period n the ppl wo are frm that period ,

Jagjit's music is classical , so yes , acc to him , sheila n beedi arent songs or music . he is kinda insultimg ths gen's singers n music dirs especially when he talked abt Sunidhi;s song . so if anybody insulting Sunidhi or Her songs i will not bear . he does not know how much popular these songs are !

Originally posted by: HakkaBakka

So what, Jagjit singh's ghazal have also never been pure ghazal. His ghazal has been ghazal with very little classical touch. His ghazal has been popular because it is more filmy and simple and listener could connect it well because of filmy touch. Jagjit Singh can not sing a pure ghazal with heavily classical touch.

These two songs are item numbers but they are composed for entertainment, not to be measured on classical singing meter.

Jagjit Singh is right in saying that item songs are popular to a great extent because of the picturisation. And it is also true that new item songs keep cropping up and replace the old item numbers. The film industry is heavily dependent on music to pull in the audience and these days one of the most common ways of consuming music is in nightclubs and parties, so of course more and more dance/party songs will be churned out as adverts for films.