SRGMP-The End of the Innocence

There was a time when I used to rush home from work on Mondays and Tuesdays, stay up late on Thursdays and Fridays - just so I could catch SRGMP on Zee. That time seems like a distant memory now.

Last night, without much enthusiasm, I watched the "Grand Finale" of Challenge 2005. I did not expect much. I no longer expect to hear the quality of music that can fill one's heart and satisfy one's soul on this show. And I didn't get it either.

The quality of the songs chosen for the finale was by and large poor - lacking in musicality, in melody and in soul. The performances were all pre-recorded, and everywhere there was that entirely artificial Bollywood sheen on the show starting with the disintersted A-list attendees.

The thing I don't understand is - why don't they just let these guys sing live? I mean some of these kids can really sing.

And then it struck me - what's wrong with the show. See, I don't mind the glitz or the glamor or the dancing. I don't mind those little personal profiles and interest stories on the contestants. I don't even mind the "mentors" and their petty squabbling, as annoying as the entire lot of them has been. None of that would matter if we could hear some good music on this show.

The problem with this show is it stopped being about music.

So, if you like music, this is no longer the show for you.

But what's really scary is what this signals for the future of commercial music in India. From now on, it won't be music they sell to us - it will be personalities - "rock stars", as they are termed, although it is safe to say that Bollywood hasn't the faintest concept of Rock as a musical genre.

In other words, what we'll be sold are personalities - the singing will be secondary. Artistes will have to depend not on their talent but on publicity and media hype. Get ready for more stupid stories of maa and pyaar and topis... God, how I wish these pathetic people would sing out their sob stories instead of actually sobbing!!

Gajji - I feel robbed. This show used to make me happy. And you took that away from me...

yes i agree with every single word u said...

Mee too...how many of songs were live? If things continue like this then contestants like Nihira will continue to suffer. It has all become about "performance".

Sangeetaji you are absolutely right, we off course enjoyed debo win but those were just due to this forum otherwise we would not be discussing this anymore. This show became just cheap nautanki minus music. Not a single time I missed to call Gajji as Gadhji. Some people appreciated Gadhji today but for me he will always be Gadhji(Gadhendar Singh = Gadha+Ander Singh). I will stop taking interest in these cheap reality show, it is painful to see people are wasting crores of rupees and making rich richer.. Specially when there are large population are below poverty line in India. I think we should sue Zee and sony.

i agree with you too... SRGMP lost its charm in the end.. with predictacle result and medicore singer like Debu winning the contest...

Originally posted by: uknaik99

i agree with you too... SRGMP lost its charm in the end.. with predictacle result and medicore singer like Debu winning the contest...

Do not start your crap here in this topic, this topic is for sensible talk.

Originally posted by: sangeetaa

There was a time when I used to rush home from work on Mondays and Tuesdays, stay up late on Thursdays and Fridays - just so I could catch SRGMP on Zee. That time seems like a distant memory now.

Last night, without much enthusiasm, I watched the "Grand Finale" of Challenge 2005. I did not expect much. I no longer expect to hear the quality of music that can fill one's heart and satisfy one's soul on this show. And I didn't get it either.

The quality of the songs chosen for the finale was by and large poor - lacking in musicality, in melody and in soul. The performances were all pre-recorded, and everywhere there was that entirely artificial Bollywood sheen on the show starting with the disintersted A-list attendees.

The thing I don't understand is - why don't they just let these guys sing live? I mean some of these kids can really sing.

And then it struck me - what's wrong with the show. See, I don't mind the glitz or the glamor or the dancing. I don't mind those little personal profiles and interest stories on the contestants. I don't even mind the "mentors" and their petty squabbling, as annoying as the entire lot of them has been. None of that would matter if we could hear some good music on this show.

The problem with this show is it stopped being about music.

So, if you like music, this is no longer the show for you.

But what's really scary is what this signals for the future of commercial music in India. From now on, it won't be music they sell to us - it will be personalities - "rock stars", as they are termed, although it is safe to say that Bollywood hasn't the faintest concept of Rock as a musical genre.

In other words, what we'll be sold are personalities - the singing will be secondary. Artistes will have to depend not on their talent but on publicity and media hype. Get ready for more stupid stories of maa and pyaar and topis... God, how I wish these pathetic people would sing out their sob stories instead of actually sobbing!!

Gajji - I feel robbed. This show used to make me happy. And you took that away from me...

chalo, accha post hai😉

par yeh marketing ka zamana hai. like some idiot once said a long time ago, whatever useful ever had to be produced has already been produced😉 So it's the packaging, silly!

ab yeh sarcasm hai yaa kya will leave it 4 u to figure out😛

Originally posted by: uknaik99

i agree with you too... SRGMP lost its charm in the end.. with predictacle result and medicore singer like Debu winning the contest...

yaar, agar tu hota competition mei tab koi choice hota na. ab ismei public ka kya fault hai kee tu nahee thha😉

Shantibai - at this rate, kaliyug will never end... Bhagwan Himesh jaise logon
ke gaane sunkar avtaar lene ko inkaar kardega...

He'll be like: 'Do I really want to down *there*?... I don't think so!' 😕

cb-ji: aapki marketing-waali baat bilkul sahi lekin yaar sarcastic hone ke liye
bhi thoda sa substance rahne ko mangta hai na? Abhi tak packaging ke
andar thoda sa substance bacha hai.. jab voh bhi khali ho jayega, tab hum
sab ko sarcastic se sadistic hona parega... 😕