The trend Bollywood Music is Following

First of all i would like to say that i just don't like listening to same songs 100 million times. Thanx to TV, Radio and online music features i am somehow forced to... and i am fed up few songs which i really luved listening...like

Kajra Re Kajra Re.......Those Naina have become pale and my ears are going kaaare kaaare.😛
Woh Lamhe......... Lamhe means moment but please when will it get over.😕
Dhoom Machale...... Kitni baar..there's a limit.
Salaam Namaste......Nothing more in the lyrics.😃

The current musical trend is of Preetam's, Anu Malik's and other music directors who do 3-4 films at a time and copy and lift tunes from various sources and somehow produce good time pass tunes and ends up calling themselves the peppy music directors.

In short barring a few the current music trends in Indian Music is going the wrong way.

Today the trend is of making an Album with 4 original songs and 10 original remixes. Take for instance DUS album which i recently heard and it was like only 2 songs of matter like Dus Buhaane and Deedar De and rest all were remixes. So the new trend that i see is every music director either remixes his own album and then adds to tally of the songs in the album. Then comes the music company people, who remix the already remixed song and produce with snippets of a new video...For e.g. Zeher Remix of Woh Lamhe.

Trends in music means what is playing? What is being heard the most? What is your fav tones and are u with it becoz it is playing the most??

Todays trend of music is not really following what u like but following what u hear! If ur ears like it u tap ur feet or else rush to where the sound comes from and shut it! The trend in music today is not about sur, laya or taal. it is more about sounds and the technic to make a listener hooked on to it. Surround Sound... terminologies in itself takes you to where u can't believe it to be true... Quadraphonic systems, Woofers, Tweetters Base Bins...thats the sound of today. U have trance music, lounge music, Buddha Bar and i am at loss of others... In a trance myself… 😛

There was time when Hindustani music was all about strings, tabla and of course the harmonium. The sounds were soothing. The strings used to enliven ur senses, the bass of the tabla (Dugga) used to trap ur heart beat and the harmonium used to sooth your senses. To compare the west it had the piano, the guitar, the drums and the symbals to give it the pitch. High pitch symbals used to tell u the change of rhythm or the beat.

Moreover the 60's and 70's the world of STEREO enters... Meaning two tracks to be heard and sounds emenating from two speakers. The tracks changed to 8 and 16 and ...it goes on in multiples of 8…

It was so rightly said by Thomas Carlyle that 'Music is the speech of angels, in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt so divine.' The world today is very hi-tech, where everybody is in haste, everybody is busy and there is no time to relax. U hav to like a sound to set a trend and that's where people will follow. Music is the purest form of entertainment emanating from natural instruments... so please let them be...

Great topic didi 👏 I will come back and post my thoughts here 😊

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great topic, and very true!!!!!

the melodies which we used to have, have disappeared somewhere. recently we were listening to the V Day retro. the show was combination of new and old songs. and there was a huge difference between the both types. there was no soul in them. that is why they rise up like a tide and vanish into the sea of music after a while.

a person from my generation, still finds peace in the old songs. we can still connect to them. but i can't say the same for the next generation, if they will enjoy and like the songs of my generation.

today's music is not tabla, but rock and roll, which is not liked by masses. its all shur sharaba, the good melodies can easily be counted on fingertips. which is sad.

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Music is something which soothes our depression and true music quickly attains full flow in our blood. But the exact definition of music is slowly fading away due to the current absurd trends of music.

Actual music is hard to find but it is not impossible. Few people have set a new trend to the world of music, namely Himesh Reshammiya, 😃 has just given music a new name-- perhaps a name that stresses to much on beats than on the true music. Himesh's songs did rock some people for sometime but they are surely not going to attain the true status of musical songs.

All the rocking songs which are surviving only on the basis of octapads and various other sound producing instruments is surely not the exact form of music. The lyrics in a musical song definitely play a big role, and a rich fine music may also be downtrodden due to inavailability of appropriate words. So actually music composition in accordance with lyrics is a tough job too.

The future of music in the hands of our youth also, if they choose the wrong path then the latter are to follow. Bollywood Music has still not become tooooo bad, but if the current trends set by Himesh, DJ Suketu etc etc. continues , then it will not take time to grow worse.

Great topic didi.. 😊

I guess the repetition of music and lifting is because of the preference of these type of songs by the current generation.. These days, the younger generation prefer to listen to fast track songs that can also be played in discotecks.. When there is lesser choice of songs that sell, MDs automatically have to mix and remix the songs..

Let me give an example to it..

I was traveling in my college bus and was overhearing certain conversations that was going on between few girls.. The girls were more interested towards the remix of Dhoom2 songs than the songs from Guru.. They were even planning to buy a remix CD 😕 I poked my nose into the conversation and asked them why do they like remixes?? Their answer was - it is more fast and they wanted to listen to remixes and that they had heard it in a party where they had recently been..

So, the bottom line is - people want preferably fast track songs, and there is very less variety that sells.. I agree that they can be more creative in making different combinations, but then when there are so many movies coming out, and atleast 10 songs per movie - MDs are forced to make the repetitions..
This is the most important point.. In the past years there were very less movies coming out and only few songs per movie which had a quality.. But now we can see atleast 3-4 movies getting released per week 😕 We dont even get an opportunity to watch all the movies and listen to all the songs.. All the fast track songs become a hit, as they are being played in FMs, discotecks.. And other songs loose their popularity.. 😭
One thing that can be done is - reduce the number films, make quality movies and put in effort to make quality music for those movies.. But I dont think it is possible as bollywood has now become another revenue income for India..

Sorry Anu i don't agree to this that because of the innumerable films being released these days is causing this degradation. It is the MD's signing too many films is causing this. They need to cut down.

Just see Rehman. how many films do u see from him. But he is maybe among those rare MD's who still uses rural folk music in his songs (O Re Chhori in Lagaan). just try to recall when u last heard a thumri in a film song. Rehman gav itto us in zubaida.

We hav Shankar, Ehsan & Loy, Vishal shekhar (Jhankar Beats MD) and Uttam singh(Gadar MD) giving gud music. Then why not the others?

Its good to see that such topic come up here at last . In fact This comes to my mind whenever i listen such music on Music channel or in public , at any public function . One thing immediately come to my mind ... are they playing this music to entertain public??? then where is the entertainment . It is sheer loudnessness . No offence to those who love this sort of music . In real terms todays music has lost somewhere b coz of competitiopn and a spree in Film industry . plus this western music has completely changed the true essence of Indian ..or Hindustani music . Whenever i get time and i listen to those old music of RD Burman ..and O.P Naiyyar ...it somehow reminds me that despite being composed in olden days ...some 25 -30 yrs back ... they are still very modern . Despite using so less instruments ...how much melodious they are . Its true that todays music is not a music in real term ...it is just to cash the sentiments of the older generations to catch their attention , otherwise there is no need to sell the remixes of the old popular versions .

Originally posted by: Barnali

Sorry Anu i don't agree to this that because of the innumerable films being released these days is causing this degradation. It is the MD's signing too many films is causing this. They need to cut down.

Just see Rehman. how many films do u see from him. But he is maybe among those rare MD's who still uses rural folk music in his songs (O Re Chhori in Lagaan). just try to recall when u last heard a thumri in a film song. Rehman gav itto us in zubaida.

We hav Shankar, Ehsan & Loy, Vishal shekhar (Jhankar Beats MD) and Uttam singh(Gadar MD) giving gud music. Then why not the others?

One music director whom I wud reall mention here doing very good work in Shantanu Moitra... I was just majorly impressed by his music in Raincoat... each and every song of of that music is a gem... While 'Mathura Nagarpati..' really evokes the passion... 'Piya tora kaisa abhiman' takes u to some place else...

He then came up with the refreshing Yahaan.. with 'Urzu durkut' and 'Naam Adaa likhna'.. both are songs that you can listen again and again.. I can upload the songs if anyone wants... I just was listening to these songs today..

Music of Parineeta is anyway well known.. Very influenced from Rabindra Sangeet true, but such great melody... 'Suna man ka aangan' and 'Raath humari tho' are soulful, 'Piyu bole' and 'Kasto mazaa' are sweet romantic melodies and 'Kaisi peheli' also has such a retro feel...

Lage Raho.. well that did not have much scope of music, but think of Pal Pal, and Vande mataram, both are lifted songs only... But Moitra has a special treatment for both the songs and u never feel bored listening to them...

I think Shantanu Moitra is immensely talented and brings in a fresh breeze of air in the age of Reshammiya, Malik and Preetam

The point that I am mentioning here is - when there are more movies taken by a particular MD, the quality of music deteriorates.. Now, either it may be SEL or ARR or Shantanu Moitra as Jayadi has specified take up very few films in an year.. ARR take one or max of two films per year.. But tat is not the case of other MDs.. They start taking up many movies as many movies are being made and all movies need songs..

Great topic di,👏

I totally agree with you on the trend Bollywood music is headed. I wonder what is the dynamics behind this trend or what is driving this trend? Lot of questions come to mind when you think of the possible dynamics behind this..

1. Is there a dearth of quality music directors
If there are quality music directors, are they not fitting the bill in majority of today's films..or these MD have some personality issues

2. Do the public wants such kind of music or they are have been forced to accept what is being fed?

3. Is their a dearth of quality films being made which requires soulful music directors..

4. Do "copy and paste MD's" fitting the bill in new films very well. And with no punishment for copying, you just need to go and find a good tune..The copy and paste MD's are well travelled and they can find a good tune in any street in the world. Are they doing a good job.

5. It is said that eastern music connects you to that divine power or inner soul and the western music distracts you. Is connecting to the divine power a very difficult task and distraction is kind of fun. Is that the reason we have fast music and composers have added more distraction in the form of scantilly dressed women in remixes. And do people love such double distraction?

There may be many other questions/issues behind the current trend in music. Each of the above questions can be a separate topic in itself. Looks like the end point is a successful film which can bring some dividends and the biggest worry is not to have an everlasting soulful music..