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Mehbooba Mehbooba [Film: Sholay (1975)]
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Inspired from Demis Roussoss’s Say You Love Me.
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Listen to Mehbooba
| Say
you love me
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Demis' original was released in
1974, while Sholay came out in 1975.
See
Link
- Check out the 3rd album listed!
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Tumse milke [Film:
Parinda]
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Inspired from Leo Sayer’s When I Need You.
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Listen to Tumse
Milke | When
I need you
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When I need you was recently popularized by Rod
Stewart. R D Burman's was a good Indianized version of the original!
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Chura liya hai [Film: Yaadon ki
baraat]
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Rehashed from the theme of the movie 'If its Tuesday this must be Belgium'
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Chura
liya | If
its Tuesday
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| It was indeed part of the movie
soundtrack of the same name. The version I've posted is by Bojoura.
Well, there are sure traces of the original in the hindi version but
this could be termed as a good inspiration - again, no way a blatant
copy!
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Jeevan ke har modh pe [Film: Jhoota
kahinka] |
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Looks like it is inspired from a Azerbaijani number 'Gulsenim'. Stumbled
upon this track by chance while searching for some Azerbaijani tracks
via Napster! The track song clip is here to listen, but it could be a
possible reverse copying too - possibly the Azerbaijani number has been
inspired by some other number, based on which RDB created the hindi
song! |
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Listen to Jeevan ke har | Gulsenim |
| Sure looks inspired, either way! |
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Dekta hun koi ladki haseen [Film: Sanam teri
kasam] |
| Inspired from a
traditional Egyptian track, 'Mustafa mustafa', made
popular by Bob Azzam's French version. |
| Listen to Dekhta
hun | Ya
mustafa
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| Nadeem Shravan used the original to
create a song in Aatish! |
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Milgaya hum ko sathi [Film: Hum Kissse sai kam
nahin]
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From ABBA's Mama mia!
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| Inspired! |
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Kaisa tera pyar [Film: Love Story] |
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From ABBA's 'I have a dream' |
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| Inpsired. |
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Aao twist karein [Film: Bhoot
bangla] |
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From the track 'Come lets twist again' by Chubby Checker!! |
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| Inspired. |
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Tera mujhse hai pehle ka naata koi [Film: Aaa Gale Lag
Ja]
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From the track 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' by Elvis Presley! |
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Listen to Tera mujse |
The Yellow
rose |
| Yup copied! |
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Phir wohi raat hain [Film:
Ghar]
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The opening 3 lines same as the Carpenters' song "Sing a song" |
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Listen to phir wohi | sing
a song |
| Surely inspired, but no copy, this! |
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Kahin karti hogi [Film: Phir kab
milogi]
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Inspired by The Lonely Bull by Herb Albert and Tijuana Brass.
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| Listen to Kahin
karti hogi | The
Lonely Bull
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| Inspired.
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Tum ho meri dil ki dhadka [Film:
Manzil]
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Inspired by Procol Harem's 'A whiter shade of pale'
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Tum ho meri
| A whiter
shade of pale
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| The inspiration stems from the organ
played at the beginning of Procol's track which forms the base of the
beginning of vocals in the Manzil number. In any case, it looks like
Pancham has surely heard the original number, but as usual created an
amazing song out of a marginal inspiration. Take a look at a page which
collects versions of Procol's this number - AWSoP,
Manzil is listed there too!
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Sapna mera toot gaya [Film: Khel khel
mein]
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Inspired by Ennio Morricone's piece 'The story of a soldier' from the
Sergio Leone cult western classic 'The good, The Bad and The Ugly'.
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Sapna
mera | The
story of a soldier
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| This is the piece which plays while
Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) are held up in the
prisoner of war camp. As usual, the inspiration is limited
to the opening 2-4 bars and the rest is Pancham's own gem of an
imagination.
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O mehki mehki thandi hawa [Film: Bombay
to Goa]
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Inspired by the Beach Boys number 'Help me Rhonda'
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O mehki mehki | Help
me Rhonda |
| Lifted!
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Ek main aur ek tu [Film: Khel khel
mein]
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Inspired by the nursery rhyme 'If you're happy...'
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Ek main aur ek tu | If
you are happy
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| The version of the rhyme added here is
sung by Elvis Presley!
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Meri jaan [Film: Do
chor]
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Inspired by Cliff Richard's 'Fall in love'
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Meri jaan |
Fall in
love
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| Very Pancham'ish sorta inspiration.
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Tum mere zindagi mein [Film: Bombay to
Goa]
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Inspired by the Theme from Limelight composed by Charlie Chaplin for the
1951 movie of the same name!
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Tum
mere zindagi mein | Theme
from Limelight
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| Amazing inspiration and very typical
Pancham's way of localizing! Also refer to the other two versions of the
same original - by Salil Chowdhury (Salil's Page - 4th listing)
and Rajesh Roshan (RR Page - 21st listing)
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Koi ladka koi ladki [Film: Seeta aur
geeta] <TC>
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Inspired by 'Did you ever' (1971) by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra.
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Koi
ladka loi ladki | Did
you ever
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| Inspired!
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Mera kaha manoge [Film:
Gurudev] <TC>
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Inspired from Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound machine's 'Oye mi
canto' (Released in 1989) ('Hear my voice' in English).
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Mera kaha
maanoge | Oye
mi canto
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| Ditto
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Zindagi milke bitaayenge [Film: Satte pe
satta] <TC>
[ItwoFS] comments:
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| Inspired by 'The Longest day' from the movie of the same name, by
Paul Anka.
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Zindagi
milke | The
longest day
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| Heavily inspired.
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Main jhonka mast hawa ka [Film: Double
Cross] <TC>
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| Inspired by Frank Sinatra's 'What now my love' (1966).
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Main
jhonka mast hawa ka | What
now my love
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| Heavily inspired. Double Cross was
released in the year 1973.
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Maine tumko chaha pehli baar [Film: Double
Cross] <TC>
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| Inspired by Jose Feliciano's 'Listen to the falling rain' (1972).
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Maine
tumko chaha | Listen
to the falling rain
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| Inspired! Also listen to Anu Malik's
version of the same original - Anu Malik page - entry 15.
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Kaahe apnon ko [Film: Raampur ka Laxman
(1972)] <TC>
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| Mukhda inspired by the central
motif in the second movement ('Romance') Lieutenant Kijé (opus number
60) - a symphonic suite by Sergei Prokofiev. |
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Kaahe
apnon ko | Lieutenant
Kijé suite: Romance
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The suite was composed in 1934. Raampur
ka Laxman was released in 1972. Sting has also used the same
original in his 'Russians'!
Listen to Russians
- Sting
Also, S D Burman's 1969 Talaash has a song, 'Aaj
ki jhunali raat maa' which has an interlude similar to 'Kaahe apnon ko'
and in turn, to Prokofiev's piece in question! Very interesting!
Listen to Aaj
ki jhunali raat maa (Mohd. Rafi and Lata open this audio clip and
the interlude in question plays at the end of their singing) |
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Teri hai zameen [Film: The Burning Train
(1980)]
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| Inspired by the Christmas carol, 'The first noel'!
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Teri
hai zameen | The
first Noel
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| Inspired! John Denver's rendition of
The First Noel added here!
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Mausam pyar ka [Film: Sitamgar (1983)]
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| Inspired by the Christmas carol, 'The first noel'!
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| Listen to Mausam
pyar ka | The
first Noel
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| Inspired! John Denver's rendition of
The First Noel added here!
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Aaja o mere raja [Film: Apna Desh (1972)]
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| Inspired by the song 'Blue Light Yokohama' by Japanese singer, Ayumi
Ishida (also noted as Ishida Ayumi in some websites)!
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o mere raja | Blue
Light Yokohama |
| The original belongs to the 60s but I couldn't
not trace the exact year of release so far. There's also a later cover
version of this song by Tony Martin and more recently by another
Japanese singer, Tomoko Tane. The song is credited to Jun Hashimoto and
Kyohei Tsutsumi. It seems Ishida changed her singing style for this song, adopting one taught to her by Jun
Hashimoto. The song seems to be quite popular as one site calls it, 'a
saccharine-sweet Japanese pop oldie'. Incidentally there's also an
optical mouse (as in, computer mouse!!) from a company by name Century
Corporation, which is called 'Bluelight Yokohamouse' where the name is
said to be inspired by this song! - Boy, this is one helluva trivia!
Coming back to the inspiration, this time its a bit more blatant...as
usual I'm adding the relevant portion only, not the entire song.
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Maine dil diya [Film: Zameen Aasmaan
(1982)]
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| Inspired by the song
'Pulstar' by Vangelis!
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| Listen to
Maine
dil diya | Pulstar
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| Pulstar was from
Vangelis' album by
name 'Albedo' released in 1976.
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Tumne yeh theek socha hai [Film: Imaan
(1974)]
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| A small phrase inspired by the Beatles track, 'Norwegian Wood'!
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| Listen to
Tumne yeh theek socha |
Norwegian Wood
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| Also check out Anu Malik's inspiration
of the same Beatles' track - In Anu Malik page, entry no. 42. Norwegian
wood was part of the 1965 album Rubber Soul.
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O Maria [Film: Saagar (1985)]
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| The opening line of the song inspired by the song
'Mamunia' by Paul
McCartney and the Wings!
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| Listen to
O Maria | Mamunia
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| 'Mamunia' by Paul McCartney and Wings
was released in 1974 as a part of the album, 'Band on the run'. Not to
rob any credit from Pancham, just the
opening line has been used by him and the rest of the song is completely
his own. Trivia: Paul derived the song title 'Mamunia' from a house name-plate he saw in Marrakesh
(Morocco's capital) during a Wings holiday earlier in 1973 (Mamunia
incidentally means a ' safe haven' in Arabic).
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Aa Dekhe Zara [Film: Rocky (1981)]
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| Partly inspired by the track, 'Eve of the war' by Jeff Wayne.
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| Listen to
Aa Dekhe Zara |
Eve of the war
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| What Pancham seems to have used is just snapshots of the original in the prelude of the Rocky number. The actual tune for the words
'aa dekhe zara' remains Pancham's original.
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More trivia on 'Eve of the war':
Composer Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation of the H G Wells sci-fi classic, 'War of the worlds' (originally published in 1898) saw its commercial release in 1978. Jeff Wayne composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced the album. The lyrics were written by Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass while Richard Burton did the narrative part for the role of 'The Journalist'. Jeff Wayne's version of the story is considered much more true to the original than 23 year old Orson
Welles' 1938 Radio Broadcast version or the 1953 George Pal movie version. It tells the listener how the first cylinder lands on Earth in the uptempo 'Eve of the War', on which Justin Hayward (of Moody Blues) does the vocals ('The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one' he said)
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Aaya hoon mein tujko le jaaoonga [Film:
Manoranjan (1974)]
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| Inspired by the track by Sergio Mendes, 'After Sunrise'.
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Aaya hoon mein tujko |
After Sunrise
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| The Manoranjan song, in
itself is a pretty unconventional number with a really strange tune
pattern. The actual mukhda of the song goes, 'Aaya hoon mein tujko...'.
The antara is what R D Burman seems to have borrowed from Sergio Mendes.
The interesting fact is that in the original there are no lyrics and all
it has is a series of 'la la la la's' interspersed with music. Its the
tune of the la la la (which plays just for about 10 odd seconds, but
repeatedly, all through the song) that RDB has used to create his antara.
On second thoughts, I think the tune for the mukhda too (Aaya hoon...)
is partly inspired by the Mendes number, because it has similar twists
in tune like the antara, and RDB has also made it a bit faster. But this
is definitely one of RDB's most interesting influences!
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Trivia Note on Sergio Mendes: Sergio
Mendes' Biography | The song 'After Sunrise' was part of Sergio
Mendes' 1972 album 'Primal Roots'. The female vocals in the song include
Mendes' wife, Gracinha Leporace. The song is supposed to have been
written by Mendes' bassist, Sebastian Neto.
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Kahin na jaa [Film: Bade Dilwala (1983)]
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| Inspired by the French singer Edith Piaf's 1946 number, 'La vie en
rose'.
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Kahin
na jaa | La
vie en rose
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| 'La vie en
rose' (roughly translates to 'Looking at life through rose-coloured
glasses') was also featured in the 1954 Billy Wilder smash hit, Sabrina,
starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden - Audrey
sings La vie briefly while in the car with Humphrey [Video of Audrey and
Bogart in the car with Audrey singing...available at http://www.audrey1.com/sounds.html].
Pancham's version is a rather direct but with his usual add-ons. |
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Trivia note on
Edith Piaf
[Detailed biography
- Very interesting!!]:
Born Edith Giovanna Gassion she was a street singer from the age of 15. Mother was a cafe singer and father was a well-known acrobat. Given the stage name
'Piaf' (Parisian slang for sparrow) when she began singing in nightclubs. Later appeared in theatre and films. The self-penned 'La Vie en Rose' became her theme song. Many of the songs she is associated with depict defiance and despair
eg, 'Je ne regrette rien' (I regret nothing). Known for her husky and emotion-laden voice.
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O Jab Tak Hai Jaan [Film: Sholay (1975)]
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Inspired from the prelude of 'Jomeh', by Iranian singer Googoosh!
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| Listen to
O jab tak hai jaan |
Jomeh
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| Googoosh's track Jomeh was released in 1972. This reminds me of
Pancham's use of the prelude to Procol Harem's 'Whiter shade of pale' to
create the Manzil track, 'Tum ho meri dil ki dhadkan'. The rest of 'Jomeh'
is very different, like Procol's track. In fact the prelude in Jomeh
sounds completely out of place to the rest of the song, moreso since
we're used to the Sholay tune and just cannot imagine it to be opening a
Persian song!
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Trivia Notes:
Googoosh is one of the most
popular singers from Iran. Googoosh was born Faegheh Atashin in 1951, in Tehran, to Azerbaijani immigrant parents. When she was two, they separated. Because of her father's profession - he was an acrobat and an entertainer - she grew accustomed to the stage early on, and was part of his act until she was three. She began doing impersonations of some of the singers of the time. When her father discovered this talent, he put her on stage. She has been on stage as a paid professional since she was three. During the 1970's Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further. Known for her flamboyant outfits, and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop culture hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style. Iranian women changed hairdos with Googoosh and she was always one step ahead of them with a new look. She has even acted in Persian movies. After the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, Googoosh had been forbidden from performing and her material had been banned. Googoosh is back now with new concerts and albums.
TIME Magazine's 2001 interview with Googoosh about her comeback tour!
- Read
here!
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Aaj
tu gair sahi [Film: Oonche Log (1985)]
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| Originally
composed by Kemal Ahamad, for the 1983 Pakistani movie 'Dehleez'
and sung by Mehdi Hassan. |
| Listen to Aaj
tu gair sahi (Oonche Log) | Aaj
tu ghair sahi (Dehleez)
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| Oonche Log is a
freemake (remake without appropriate credit?) of Dehleez and
its no wonder both the film and this track conveniently
forgot to credit the originals! |
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Aap
sa koi haseen [Film: Chandi Sona (1977)]
<TC>
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| Gharibeh Ashena,
composed by Shamaiezadeh and sung by Googoosh in the early
70s. |
| Listen to
Aap Sa Koi
Haseen |
Gharibeh Ashena |
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This page also lists the Indian version and even
gives out a audio clip to compare! No mention of the Hindi
film or the composer. Now we know! Yes, its inspired but, as
usual, in the inimitable R D Burman style which involves
tweaking the tune beyond the initial 4 lines. Was Pancham a
fan of Googoosh? Two inspirations! |
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Kabhi bekasi ne [Film: Alag
Alag (1985)]
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| Blatant, direct lift
from the Pakistani track 'Kabhi khwaishon ne' from the 1982
film, Mehrbani, sung by Akhlaq Ahmad and composed by M
Ashraf. |
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Listen to
Kabhi bekasi ne
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Kabhi khwaishon
ne |
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Smacks of a 'Prodoocer-ne-kaha' type of lift
considering the extent of lift in terms of tune and lyrics.
Even the lyrics seem to have been lifted - just interchanged
the bekasi's, bebasi's, maara's and loota's! |
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Raju chal raju [Film: Azaad (1978)]
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| Inspired by the song,
'It was a very good year',
composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and subsequently made
popular by Frank Sinatra as a single in 1965. |
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Listen to
Raju chal raju
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It was a very good year |
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Pancham has tweaked with the song's pace and
also added a few twists, in his own inimitable style, that you really do
not catch the inspiration early on |
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Trivia on 'It was a very good year':
Frank Sinatra's version of this track won him the Grammy for Best Vocal
Performance in 1966! |
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Karo baaten [Film: Bhanwar (1976)]
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| Inspired by Donovan's
1968 track, 'Jennifer Juniper'. |
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Listen to
Karo baaten |
Jennifer Juniper |
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Need not necessarily be classified as a
lift, but could merely point to what Pancham might have heard and worked
on when he started creating Bhanwar's track. |
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Trivia: "Jennifer Juniper" is
supposedly inspired by Jenny Boyd, sister of George Harrison's wife
Pattie Boyd! |
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Katra katra [Film: Ijazat (1986)]
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| Inspired
Jeff Wayne's 'Horsell common and the heat ray' from the 1978
musical, 'War of the worlds' |
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Listen to
Katra Katra (Ijazat)
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Katra Katra (Pancham hums)
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Horsell common and the heat
ray |
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This is one of the best discoveries
stumbled recently upon, at itwofs! We already know Pancham's interest in
Jeff Wayne's 'War of the Worlds' (1978) musical based on his use of
generous snatches from 'Eve of the world' in Rocky's 'Aa dekhe zara'
(Refer item 32 above!). In the usual Pancham tradition, the inspiration
is restricted to the opening line while his inimitable style embellishes
everything forward. But, the similarity is pretty apparent! In fact, it
comes out a bit more pronounced in the album, 'Gulzar remembers Pancham'
where Pancham's humming is closer to the source! |
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Aaja tujhe pyaar [Film: Ehsaan (1970)]
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Inspired by the jazz standard 'St. Thomas' made popular by
sax artist Sonny Rollins. |
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Listen to
Aaja tujhe |
St. Thomas |
"St.
Thomas" was part of Sonny's 1956 album, 'Sonny Rollins: SAXOPHONE
COLOSSUS'. Out of the 5 tracks in this album, three were credited to
Sonny and St. Thomas was one of them. Strangely, Sonny had later made it
clear that the record label insisted on his taking credit for this song,
even though this is a traditional piece and had already been recorded by
another artist, Randy Weston, in 1955 in a track titled, 'Fire down
there'!
Wikipedia
notes that this track has since become a jazz standard and Sonny's is
perhaps the most popular recorded version!
Listen to
Fire down there |
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