Movies in which all the songs are good? - Page 6

Originally posted by: punjini

........I liked what you wrote about old songs capturing the heart and mind, but I would like to add that the new songs are about dulling one's senses to the point that one is not aware of a heart or a mind. 😆😆

may be that's why they r so popular in clubs and bars😆 ab log wahan senses dull karney hee toh jatey hain. if they start using heart and mind there, wouldn't they be better off sitting at home then😆😆

i would still say that not all new songs fall into this category and each category has a charm of its own for the audiences they r aimed at. something that doesn't please one might be someone else's absolute fav. all songs may not be liked by all but some would be liked by some and the other some by that other some😆 the whole album gets covered anyways😆

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choreography was not as stressed as it is today because songs were mostly heard not watched. generally speaking, main focus was on audio appeal and far less on visual appeal. therefore, the music directors and lyricist worked to capture the "listeners"...not the "watchers"

i think that's a misconception. precisely because people did not go clubbing etc, they must not have had anything better to do than keep watching the same movies.😉 the songs in those movies were probably more watched back then than all the chalu music we have today, even if these come with a nice model in bikini.

regarding people "watched" old movies over and over again because they stayed at home more. well, i do not agree with it. how many people actually had a t.v. set when madhumati or guide or naya daur was released? golden era songs reached most of their audiences thru radio...remember vividh bhartee!!! since they were "heard" lot more than they were "watched", they left a lasteing impression on hearts and minds of their audiences as we noted before.

and when u're going clubbing, u're not really watching screens as much as u're watching people. which is why if ppl cld be bothered, they are probably more bothered about listening to music than watching😉

songs that r played in clubs.....sure, people r not gonna "watch" the songs when clubbing but they definitely want something catchy enuff to shake a leg or two. some may even copy the steps that they saw the actors perform on screen when they watched that song.


in recent films, the choreography also plays a huge role in the success of a song as pretty much all songs are aired on tv. the song must have an audio-visual appeal along

audio appeal yes, video appeal not necessary. the guys who lie sprawled in bed watching mtv models along with hearing the music are few and far between. ppl just spend a lot more time clubbing, travelling in cars, at hot-spots outside. they dont exactly take their tv along on those excursions just so that they can watch music.😉😆

i agree to some extent but pretty much all music albums r now a days released on t.v. first. if promos r not "eye"-catching, most audiences won't even go to the multiplexes to catch the movie. therefore, choreography has to be good...and lets face it, most of the audiences fall in the middle middle,lower middle or poor segments....not the hi-flying life style of rich and upper middle class. they usually do catch these songs on innumerable t.v. channels that cable tv provides now a days. they usually go for those movies which r paisa vasool in every sense......and visual usually overtakes the audio in their case.

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i remember ruk ruk ruk arrey baba ruk not because of the lyrics but for catchy tune and even more because of how tabbu danced 😆 uss ki ek ek haddi hil gayee hogi woh song mein naachtey waqt 😆

to capture younger audiences now a days, and india does have a huge population of folks under 25, the choreography has to be appealing to them to capture that market segment. this was not the case during golden era songs 😊

Originally posted by: punjini

CB, if you couldn't like at least three songs in golden era movies like Madhumati, Naya Daur, Chalti ka naam Gaadi, Guide and so on, you are hard to please!!

I liked what you wrote about old songs capturing the heart and mind, but I would like to add that the new songs are about dulling one's senses to the point that one is not aware of a heart or a mind. 😆😆

actually i did say "rarely 3 or more". so there are some exceptions. not sure i've seen all those movies, so cant comment. but i love the songs from Guide. sometimes, the oldies are great music to put on when folks are thru partying out. good stuff to have on to change the mood from partying to romance... Works well when it's unexpected... spontaneous...

some other movies i think which had good songs for the most part- heer ranjha (though that's the kind of sad movie i tend to stay away from- it was inflicted on me when i was too small to realize/ resist), haqeekat...

i think the truth is that we have soooo many movies coming out and rarely do few come out with tracks that are amazing. I mean with hundreds of movies each year...and only 5-10 have just realllyyyyy amazing tracks....sure the ratio is small compared to the old days. So i think it seems that we have less great music but the volume of great music bing made is the same i think....its just that in comparison the amount of movies it seems small. Plus i think that heres a difference between great composition....great singing....and great lyrics.....some songs usually have two of the three but miss out on one....but i do think that there are a few albums each year that have all three elements in each song. Plus with sooo many movies....MD's have less time to devote to each movie they do. Also with singers....if you expect to have Lata ji sing in the same way she did 30 years ago....its not happening....her voice his still beautiful....but it has worn down over time, which is expected. Also i think you are connected to those old movies...i'm sure you like the movies not just the songs...so you have certain sentiment towards them....my parents for example love old movies and say new ons don't compare....while i think new movies are awesome...and so are old ones because i watch both a lot. but for them...the new ones will never compare to the old...and most o the new generation who watch new movies will probably never like old movies. I also want to say that people say that cinema now is just copied from Hollywood....it was the same back in the day also. For example....chori chori (1954-1956) was a copy off of It Happened One Night. SO i think that each has his preferences...but i mean DDLJ...baazigar...K2H2....Dil to Pagal Hai....K3G....Gadar....Veer-zaara...Dil Se....Saathiya...Tum Bin....i mean i can keep on going...

hakeeqat was a movie with great songs i think. Guide of course. sangam, amrapali (?)- there are 2 songs from it that someone gave me a long time ago that i think are beautiful...

Am listening to Yaadon ki Baraat and feel so amazed that just about every song in this movie is so well-composed and presented! These songs are also a delight to watch - so they meet today's requirements of being visually appealing too.

I'd like to highlight the song "Aapke kamre mein" which has Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle speaking, singing, asking the crowds to join. Orchestration is superb. Then there is the famous Chura liya and the title song itself which has some memorable lyrics too. O meri Sony is another song which has a visual effect even when you listen to it.

Truly RD Burman gems to cherish.