Song
--Jay
A few days ago, while coming from office in my car, I was listening to a song. I generally keep the volume medium. I don’t like the blaring speakers, nor do I like the noise of blaring horns. So, I have to maintain the right balance. It was 8 p.m. and traffic was usual when the radio station started playing IKTARA. This is a song from a new RANBIR KAPOOR movie. I was blown away by the song. I cannot describe how cool the song is. Though I am not a great musician, nor the greatest music critic, I can just sense that this song is going to touch the hearts of many people. It may be unusual for many that I am restarting my writing by taking up an off-beat topic like a song. However, the song is so compelling that it has pushed me into writing again.
I often think about what makes a song a great song. I have a few of my parameters. I assume that many of the people from my generation will agree with my parameters. If I can listen to same song for more than 3- 4 hours on the trot, then I believe that the song has something in it. Many a times the lyrics touch you so much, that the next song you hum while you are in the restroom, mall, office cafeteria, lift and stairs is this great song.
Many songs have a property of connection. What I mean is that whenever you listen to this song, a series of events start running through your mind. These events may be pleasant or harsh memories of past or an imaginative episode of things expected in future. When you are in love, the first half decent romantic song shall remind you of your partner. When you are angry, the first song of RGV movie will remind you of your anger. When you break up the first PANKAJ UDHAS song you listen, shall remind you of your ex. Songs are terrific mnemonics of remembering events.
Song is one of the most accessible artistic pieces. Not everyday you are going to view a terrific painting. Not everyday you are going to see a dance being performed. But there is a high probability that every day at least for 5-10 minutes you may get a chance to listen to some song. Many a times in our hectic lives when we do not get too much time to relax, reflect or appreciate some form of art, songs come as a breathe of fresh air. I have come across so many colleagues of mine who daily exchange the songs via the Bluetooth. Songs always have this feeling of novelty. If nothing else, it represents some kind of change.
I have discussed a few things about the impact of the songs in our lives। However, the cycle of thought brings me back to very first song which had the power to refill the ink in my dry pen। IKTARA is a soulful song to say the least. While I can say a lot about how calm and peaceful the song is, I shall just want to sing off by pasting these 4 amazing lines of the song;
“Sun rahi hoon sudh budh khoke koi main kahani
Poori kahani hai kya kise hai pata
Main to kisiki hoke yeh bhi na jaani
Ruth hai ye do pal ki ya rehgi sada
(kise hai pata… kise hai pata)”
