What are you listening to right now?

Does not have to be your favourite and I bet along with me you have many genres of music that you enjoy and listen to.

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I've been listening to a few older songs recently. I'm enjoying Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. The lyrics are interesting instead of repetetive which is unusual for a western song, especially these days...

 

I don't really listen to music but as it plays in public places I hear some of it and the vast majority is garbage. There are 3 or 4 really good songs I can remember though, I dunno what they're called but they have interesting lyrics and are generally more understated

 

Ramiz Raja commentary. Flamboyant as ever.

 

An absolute classic piece of poetry from the greatest qawwali singer of all time:

 

listening to schoolboy q in preparation for his concert

 

Tanzeem, Itihad, Imaan

Junnon se Aur Ishq se milti hai Azadi!

 

barking dog somewhere

 

Lol

 

I love this so much.
I am so thankful that this site introduced me to his music,what a talented man.

 

No problem - Nusrat's brilliance is available for all of us to share.

I'm thinking of creating a NFAK appreciation upon this site as I have done upon PakPassion, but I'm still contemplating.

 

Halka Halka Suroor by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan !

ye Jo halka halka suroor hai, ye teri nazar ka qasoor hai , kai sharab peena sikha dia

teray pyaar ne, Teri chah ne, Teray pyaar ne, teri chah ne, teri behki behki nigaah ne, mujhe ik sharabi banadia

 

Delete.

 

Sunshine.

 

Definitely a beautiful Qawwali.

Have you heard the all-time classic - Tum Ek Ghorakh Dhanda Ho?

 

Lol nice tune

 

This song has been in my head since I went and saw him live last week.

 

A new rap artist from the UK

 

Aziz Mian's masterpiece Jannat Mujhe Mile Na Mile. What beautiful poetry:




In hindsight, it appears I was extremely hasty in labelling his Qawwalis "a random cacophony of ear-aching sounds" in the NFAK appreciation thread.

This is because I always wondered why Aziz Mian was rated so highly (even being awarded the Pride of Performance award from Pakistan in 1989) when I thought it was perfectly clear he had no acoustical value at all.

And how bloody wrong I was by drawing this inclusion, which I realised once I was playing the Mein Sharabi Qawwali alongside a tab depicting an image of Aziz Mian, along with the YouTube video of Jannat Mujhe Mile Na Mile - I realised that the person performing in Mein Sharabi didn't correspond to the other two images of Aziz Mian!

The Mein Sharabi production that I heard was from Imran Aziz Mian - his son, not the legend himself! Now I understand as to why that particular production wasn't euphonious at all (my description was apt I feel, considering its uncoordinated nature).

After this, I've finally learnt of why he is rated so highly. He truly has both a melodious voice and some beautiful poetry (in fact, if I'm not mistaken he is the only prominent Qawwal to write the majority of his Qawwali material himself). Have a look at these powerful lyrics from the aforementioned Qawwali:

"Woh jahannum bhi mujhe de to karoon shukr ada
Koi apna hi samajh kar to sazaa deta hai."

Even if he sends me to hell, I will still be grateful,
Since we punish only those who we count as our own.

 

legendary Abida Parveen



yaar ko humne jaa baja dheka
kahin zahir, kahin chupa dheka!

 

A beautiful song from a truly amazing film; a heart-wrenching tale of sorrow, separation and an emotional reunion.

 

Now listening to the lovely Qawwali from the same film:

 

0ne desi song



and one angrezi, love this track, the remix and the original, have a thing for eighties disco synth

 

So rustic:

 

I'm reluctant to admit it in fear of embarrassment but there is such unparalleled beauty in old Bollywood songs. Currently listening to this one:

 

ElRaja, don't you find music without any lyrics a tad dull?

That sounds pretty good but I prefer a track with some form of significance.

 

SOPL which track did i post without any lyrics, the lyrics to africa are great altho the remix loops only partial lyrics of the original, so open to interpretation....

that not withstanding i completely disagree with the idea that music without lyrics lacks significance, music is far more intrinsicly communicative than lyrics, even young babies are born with developed reactions to music which says something of its significance to the human psyche.

the state of trance, or "haal" bought about by music is well known across cultures irrespective of lyrics or language, the sufi saints of yesteryear knew this well and to this day the music played around sufi shrines and darbars is what in european terms in known as trance, rhythmic drum beats over laid by repetitive vocal chanting, synths and chords.

close your eyes, relax, imagine and tell me the following does not elicit an emotional response on some level in you

 

Champion- chris brown