Lucky Strike…

It was love at first hear when I listened to Sunoh some years back, which made me an instant die hard fan of Lucky Ali.

His subsequent albums only cemented my love for his voice, music and style. His songs always took me to another plane altogether and it helped me a lot of times when i wanted to be detached with the daily happenings in my life. His unique voice is simply magic. Recenty his song “Ahista Ahista” from Bachna ae Haseno is too cool.

Coming back to my fav album Sifar”. My favourite song: Its tough to pick just one song, so lemme pick some…

1. Dekha hai aise bhi- The album starts with lucky ali’s most favorite the guitar he’s the best at the guitar, I think what he means by this song is don’t get mad just solve the issue with laughter, don’t be in tensed, what i could think of the lyrics and always believe in love, and always trust your friends. what i could think of.

   dekha hai aise hi kisi ko aise bhi
   haste haaste bus saabko manatey hum jayenge
   barson ki doori ko hum saab saath mein mitayenge
   pyar rahe unke rahe jo dhunde woh unko miley
   

2. Dil aise na samajhna- This song is about when the times are hard don’t give up, it just the way life is, just wait and everything will catch up. Great lyrics on this song, this song includes flute, and guitar also.

   Dil aise na samjhna ke tu hai akela
   mushkil mood sahi
   hum rahe they kaabhi na kaabhi jahan par
   thodi dair aur sahi
   

3. Nahin rakhta dil mein kuch- I love this song, it’s a very true song, it talks about that you shouln’t hide anything from anybody just do the right thing, then you don’t have to deal with it later all the songs are composed by lucky ali himself.

   Nahin rakhta dil mein kuch
   rakhta hun zubaan par
   ek aisi adat hai meri
   keh nahin sakta kya sehta hun chupa kar
   ek aisi adat hai meri saabhi tu hai jinsey milta hai
   sahi jo hai inse kehta hun
   kar kya sakta hun

Mother…

This is not mine. I took this discussion from some music forum on net (which I forgot).  Googled it just now and could find only one site showing up that analysis.

The Wall (1979) has been the best album by Pink Floyd till date!  The song titled “Mother” goes as below (I have highlighted the relevant part, his mother’s part!) :

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Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they’ll like this song?
Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls?
Ooooh Mother should I build the wall?
Mother should I run for president?
Mother should I trust the government?
Mother will they put me in the firing line?
Ooooo Is it just a waste of time?

Hush now baby, baby, don’t you cry.
Mother’s gonna make all your nightmares come true.
Mother’s gonna put all her fears into you.
Mother’s gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She won’t let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby,
Of course mama’s gonna help build the wall.
 
Mother do you think she’s good enough — for me?
Mother do you think she’s dangerous — to me?
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother will she break my heart?
 
Hush now baby, baby don’t you cry.
Mama’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama won’t let anyone dirty get through.
Mama’s gonna wait up until you get in.
Mama will always find out where you’ve been.
Mama’s gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby,
You’ll always be baby to me.
 
Mother, did it need to be so high?
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Stupendous analysis from net of this song:

“Mother” is a song in which young Pink expresses his concerns to his overprotective mother. The music-box sound in the movie, makes the song sound more childlike and innocent, which goes great when juxtaposed with the mother’s cynical voice. The song opens up with Pink’s concerns of war, rooted with his father’s death. He then wonders if “they”, (meaning society, his peers, the world) will like his song or try to break him down. Now he asks his mother if he should build a wall…his mother’s haunting answer can be found later. Pink questions whether he should run for president when he is older, but this does not literally mean president to me. It is there to show that Pink has dreams and hopes.

In the album version, Pink asks “Is it just a waste of time?” with “it” referring to life.

At this point, Pink’s mother begins to sing. In her verses, we learn that she is EXTREMELY overprotective of her child, but she has good reason to be. She has lost her husband to war and she doesn’t want her “baby blue” to be injured. She is almost portrayed as being psychotic to me, “Mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true, Mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you.” Unwittingly, Pink’s mother is forcing all of her fears and beliefs onto her son while thinking she is helping him by protecting him from the world.

This also shows a psychological theory known as Behaviorism. A person learns to fear by observing others. In this case, Pink becomes fragile and despondent mainly as a result of observing his mother this way. This also supports the Psychodynamic theory (Sigmund Freud). The mother is using an ego-defense mechanism (projection) to protect herself from the pain. Unwittingly, she is projecting these fears onto her son. It can also be argued that she is using the defense of overcompensation, she is trying to cover her weaknesses by being extremely protective and maternal to Pink.

Here, we get the answer to the question Pink asked his mother earlier…The answer is “Of course Mama’s gonna help build a wall”. She helps build the wall by encouraging him to build, trying to keep him far away from reality. Also, she helps build it unknowingly because she is one of the bricks in Pink’s life.

In his second verse, Pink is older than in the first verse. Here, he is either dating or possibly married. His questions concern the girl he is with; he asks his mother whether his girlfriend (wife?) is good enough for him, whether she is dangerous to him, whether she will dominate him, or will she break his heart. In her second verse, Mother answers Pink’s concerns, “Mama’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you”, and that she won’t letting anyone “dirty” get to him, that she will always wait up for him at night, and that she will find out where he has been. Her next line shows that no matter what, Pink will always be “Baby Blue” to her; in her eyes he will always remain a child, needing the attention and care and protection that a child needs. “You’ll always be baby to me.”

Pink’s last line is a bit of a mystery: “Mother did it need to be so high?”. If “it” represents life, as it did earlier when Pink said “Is it just a waste of time?” then this line might be a question as to why life had to be so distorted, so drugged up. Another interpretation of the last line is that the “it” is referring to Pink’s ever-expanding wall. As Raven stated: “It was almost finished by the time he left home (i.e. his mother) and he says ‘Mother, I know I needed a wall, but did it have to be so high that I can’t get back out if I need to?’”

Personally, I agree with Raven’s interpretation. At the end of “Mother” there is a phone conversation. Pink, touring in America, tries to contact his wife in England, but little does he know that his wife has hooked up with another guy. When the operator calls Pink’s house, the other man answers and when learning Pink is trying to get in touch with his wife, he hangs up. The operator tries again but the man hangs up again. Now, Pink realizes that there is another man in his wife’s life. This realization is the basis for “Empty Spaces“. An interesting tid-bit is that this phone conversation really happened. Roger Waters was the United States (touring, I believe) and called England in the middle of a concert. The person he was calling was in on the whole “joke”, however the operator thought this was a real phone call and therefore tried her best to patch Waters through to his “wife”.

Khoon Chala *** Rage of Blood

This song is so special… everytime and I mean each time that I see/hear this song, a chill runs down my spine and my hair stand on their ends!  A combination of violent-visuals, angry-poetry, soft-music and a dreamy voice … a lethal combination! And poetry this is – and I must admit that there is no way I could have translated this song like this – the following has been taken from the Rang De Basanti DVD.

Some dialogues which i love…

• “There are only two ways to live life — One, let happen what’s happening, keep tolerating it. Or, take the responsibility to change it.”
• “If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.”
• “No country is perfect. You have to make it perfect.”

Full credits to Prasoon Joshi for evoking lyrics…

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kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
Our blood is raging… It is flowing through the streets but it won’t go in vain…

aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
Our eyes are blodshot for a purpose… A cause we will attain…

badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar
It fell from our bodies … embraced the earth…

galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar
Went winding through the streets… a river of courage… it surged and swept…

naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala
It flowed to make a new beginning…

khuli-si chhot lekar, badi-si tees lekar ahista ahista
From gaping wounds, and gashes large… it oozed slowly and steadily…

sawaalon ki ungli, jawaabon ki mutthi
While the pointing fingers, got fists in reply…

sang lekar Khoon chala
yet, our blood was raging… it flowed not in vain but with a reason…

kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
A cause we will attain…

aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
Our eyes are blodshot for a reason… a cause we will attain

badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar
It fell from our bodies … embraced the earth

galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar
Went winding through the streets… a river of courage… it surged and swept…

naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala
It flowed to make a new beginning… Yet, our blood was raging…

khoon chala
Yet, our blood was raging

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Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free

That’s a great track there – Wonderful advice for life.
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Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists
whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults;
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…

what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either –
your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

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That’s a great track there – Wonderful advice for life.
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