Tracks 1.Title Music 2.One Two Cha Cha Cha 3. Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay 4. Countess Caper (Music) 5. Naag Devta 6. Aaina Wohi Rehta Hai 7. Baby Let's Dance Together 8. Romantic Theme (Music) 9. Mrea Pyar Shalimar 10. Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay (Happy) Due to a shitty internet connection last night, I was unable to finish this post last night. My goal lately has been to do an album every weekend. Hopefully, when I am done with my movie blog, I will be able to do one every day. We shall see. Anyway, I had a fun Bollywood weekend at home. I watched The Brave Hearted Will Take The Bride, which is a fantastic musical and high recommended, and then, by coincidence, I listened to Shalimar. It was really hard to find information on this album but I am pretty sure it either is a soundtrack to a movie or was later used in a movie. Can anyone in the comment section clear that up for me? I knew going into this that this genre of music isn't everyone's cup of tea. In fact, I played one of the songs for my sister and she practically covered her ears and ran out screaming. However, I actually enjoyed it. Maybe I was just in the mood after watching an Indian film, but I found it to be charming. Now, this certainly is not the kind of music that will find its way to my iPod but if you just surrender yourself to the atmosphere that the music creates, you can have a lot of fun with it. So bring out the hookahs and chapati! RATING: 4/5
The Sounds of India
Ravi Shankar
1968 Tracks 1. Introduction to Indian Music 2. Dâdrâ 3. Maru Bihag 4. Bhimpalasi 5. Sindhi-Bhairavi
Amanda: Do not be fooled by the track listing; this a long album. One of the tracks is about a half hour of instrumentals.
Okay, so I usually don't enjoy instrumentals. They bore me and for some reason there is always something that you are supposed to "get". Why is that always the case? What is there to "get" about certain jazz albums or instrumentals? Instruments are playing songs! What is there to understand? Well, anyway, the point before the rant was that I liked this album better than other instrumental ones. It was very calming and informative; the first track is pretty much pure instructions on ragas.
Ravi Shankar was the hero of the Beatles so you know I have to give it...
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra and Hariprasad Chaurasia 1967 Tracks 1. Ahir Bhairav/Nat Bhairav 2. Rag Piloo 3. Bhoop 4. Rag Des 5. Rag Pahadi
Amanda: I am 95% certain that Brie will discuss the spirituality or culture of the music. I just want readers to know, though, that you can enjoy it whether or not you enjoy meditation or Indian culture. I did go through an Asian phase a couple years ago. I put in a zen farm, bamboo, pictures of scenic nature, and Chinese symbols in my room and converted to Buddhism. I then realized that Buddhism didn't seem logical to me and the sand got everywhere. I did really enjoy the music, though. This is the kind of music that plays during massages or in health food stores (the latter should be avoided at all costs). You really can't dislike it; the instruments are played beautifully. However, it can bore you after awhile. I would suggest listening to it whenever you are trying to fall asleep or while you drink coffee in the morning. Really pretty and really different (especially in the sixties).
