Controversies & The Fall:
In Year 1966 'Beatles' entered into controversy, when they unintentionally snubbed first lady 'Imelda Marcos' of Philippines during a tour. "The Beatles" were somehow able to save their lives during the tour. Same year "The Beatles" entered into another controversy because of the comments made by "John Lennon" towards Christianity.
In year 1968 "The Beatles" visited their Guru "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi" at his Ashram in Rishikesh, India. This visit was also full of controversies.....At the end of their three months stay, "The Beatles" were unsatisfied because of the mismatch between their expectations and the reality at the Ashram........Divisions and dissent had started to drive the group apart. 'Ringo Starr' quit the band for a period, leaving 'Paul McCartney' to perform drums on several tracks.
During the period of 1969-70, "The Beatles" starting falling apart on various issues related to finance. "The Beatles" recorded their final album, 'Abbey Road' in the summer of 1969. The completion of the song "I Want You" for the album on 20 August 1969, was the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio.
"John Lennon" announced his departure to the rest of the group on 20 September 1969. This was followed by "Paul McCartney's" publicly announced his departure on 10 April 1970. After this all members of the band pursued their individual music careers. "John Lennon" was was shot and killed on "8 December 1980" in New-York City......Others members are still active.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Rise & Fall: The Beatles, Part-1
Letus be frank, I don't know ABC of 'Rock & Pop' music, but I was introduced to it with a song "Don't let me down" by "The Beatles" few years back. My knowledge about 'Rock & Pop' music started with this lovely song. Since then, I think my knowledge of 'Rock & Pop' music has increased many fold.
Today's column is dedicated to the greatest 'Rock & Pop' band in the history of entertainment, "The Beatles". Music Bands may come and go, but no one can replace "The Beatles", they are beyond comparison. Arguably the most successful entertainers of the 20th century, "The Beatles" contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on popular culture and the lifestyle of several generations..... Remember the hippie generation of 1960's and 1970's.
The Rise:
On March 1957, 'John Lennon' formed a group 'The Quarrymen'. In July of the same year, 'Lennon' met 'Paul McCartney', who agreed to join as a guitarist. 'George Harrison' was the next who joined the group as a lead guitarist. First couple of years were on and off for "The Beatles" till 1963 when Band toured UK four times. Public response was great, performances were attended with enthusiasm by the fans.
In year 1964 "The Beatles" made a tour to United States, which was like a dream. They gave their first live television performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", which was watched by approximately seventy-four million viewers.......Representing the half population of United States at the time.
Popularity of "The Beatles" generated unprecedented interest in the British music, which helped the other Bands of UK in establishing their identity. Following years "The Beatles" toured various countries across globe.
"The Beatles" performed in movies like "A Hard Day's Night", "Help !" and "Magical Mystery Tour" during 1960's. All of the movies received positive response except "Magical Mystery Tour". Success of the Band continued for the entire decade of 1960's.
Fall and the gossips around "The Beatles" will be published tomorrow.....
Keep reading....
"Its good to be entertained"
Monday, August 17, 2009
KIng of Pop: Michael Jackson
This blog is incomplete without mentioning one of the great figures in history of entertainment, Michael Jackson (MJ) aka "King of the pop". Michael was American musician and with a huge commercial success under his belt. He is regarded as one of the most commercially successful entertainer in history of the entertainment. It is difficult for entertainment lovers to forget his famous dance moves 'the robot' and 'the moonwalk'. Its not difficult to find music lover who try to copy Michael in one way or the other in every city of the globe. He is regarded as one of the tall figures in "World Entertainment" fraternity.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary (Indiana). Michael's childhood was not like other children's of his time. He had a troubled relationship with his father, about which he has revealed on talk shows in later part of his life. In year 1964, Michael and his brother, Marlon joined a band named as "Jackson Brothers" — a band formed by his brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine. Later Band was renamed as "The Jackson 5".
"Jackson 5" recorded several songs, including "Big Boy" for the record label Steeltown in 1967. Michale quickly became the lead singer of the band. Band achieved success with songs like, "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save," and "I'll Be There". During 1972 Jackson released four solo studio albums with Motown. In 1975 "Jackson 5" left Motown because of some creative control issues. Later "Jackson 5" signed a new contract with CBS Records in same year. They also renamed their band to "The Jacksons".
In 1979 MJ released his solo album Off the Wall. "Off the wall" was a huge commercial success with a sale of more than 20 million copies worldwide. It remain on the top on various charts like Billboard 200. Still Michael was not satisfied with the end outcome of the Album (Happens with most of the creative people. Never satisfied with their work). In year 1982 Micheal released his all time best album "Thriller". It achieved a huge commercial success.
Thriller remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It," and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". It is the best-selling album of all time, with 110 million copies worldwide. Michael Jackson was having highest royalty rate in the music industry at that point (approx to $2 for every album sold). It was an era in which dolls modeled after MJ were selling in stores with a price tag of $12.
In year 1984 Michael Jackson had a accident, while shooting for the Pepsi Cola commercial in Los-Angels. He suffered with a second degree burns to his scalp after pyrotechnics accidentally set his hair on fire. On May 14, 1984 MJ was invited to the White House to receive an award from President Ronald Reagan for his support of charities. In same year MJ won eight Grammy awards.
For further readings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001391/
Legends never die so will MJ, the "King of Pop". He will remain in our hearts always and will keep entertaining the present and the coming generations of the World. He may have some negatives but this blog is not for discussing the negatives of any person. Columns are dedicated to the entertainment contributors and the lovers. So was our dear Michael Jackson, he work for this field of creativity throughout his life, even in his last moments.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary (Indiana). Michael's childhood was not like other children's of his time. He had a troubled relationship with his father, about which he has revealed on talk shows in later part of his life. In year 1964, Michael and his brother, Marlon joined a band named as "Jackson Brothers" — a band formed by his brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine. Later Band was renamed as "The Jackson 5".
"Jackson 5" recorded several songs, including "Big Boy" for the record label Steeltown in 1967. Michale quickly became the lead singer of the band. Band achieved success with songs like, "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save," and "I'll Be There". During 1972 Jackson released four solo studio albums with Motown. In 1975 "Jackson 5" left Motown because of some creative control issues. Later "Jackson 5" signed a new contract with CBS Records in same year. They also renamed their band to "The Jacksons".
In 1979 MJ released his solo album Off the Wall. "Off the wall" was a huge commercial success with a sale of more than 20 million copies worldwide. It remain on the top on various charts like Billboard 200. Still Michael was not satisfied with the end outcome of the Album (Happens with most of the creative people. Never satisfied with their work). In year 1982 Micheal released his all time best album "Thriller". It achieved a huge commercial success.
Thriller remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It," and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". It is the best-selling album of all time, with 110 million copies worldwide. Michael Jackson was having highest royalty rate in the music industry at that point (approx to $2 for every album sold). It was an era in which dolls modeled after MJ were selling in stores with a price tag of $12.
In year 1984 Michael Jackson had a accident, while shooting for the Pepsi Cola commercial in Los-Angels. He suffered with a second degree burns to his scalp after pyrotechnics accidentally set his hair on fire. On May 14, 1984 MJ was invited to the White House to receive an award from President Ronald Reagan for his support of charities. In same year MJ won eight Grammy awards.
For further readings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001391/
Legends never die so will MJ, the "King of Pop". He will remain in our hearts always and will keep entertaining the present and the coming generations of the World. He may have some negatives but this blog is not for discussing the negatives of any person. Columns are dedicated to the entertainment contributors and the lovers. So was our dear Michael Jackson, he work for this field of creativity throughout his life, even in his last moments.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Songs and The Bollywood
People in west may find it quite difficult to digest Movies with 4-6 minute songs present in them. They may find it of no use because for them movie is all about drama, emotion, action, passion (Includes both sex and violence) comedy etc. Some people try to counter argue this by saying that people in countries like India have lots of time to watch movies with songs, whereas in western countries people do not have time to sit and watch songs in cinema theaters. For them songs are meant for I-Pods and MP3 players not movies.
Lets be true, in real people of each and every country of the world have their own set of doing and perceiving things. For people in western countries, its very difficult for them to perceive movies with songs (I appreciate this fact). But its very important for entertainment lovers to appreciate the fact that there is the world of Bollywood with movies which are having 3-4 songs of 4-6 minute duration present in them.
Bollywood has a very rich history of movies with a songs of near to nine decades. During 1935-36 first bollywood songs to hit the nation were from the movie "ACHHUT KANYAA". The most prominent singers of 1930's and 1940's were K.L Saigal,K.C Dey, Pankaj Mullick, Shanta Apte, Govindrao Tembe, Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Surendra, and Wahidan Bai (Very few readers may be aware of these singers)."Indrasabha", released in 1932 holds the record of maximum songs in the history of Bollywood with a tally of 71 songs.
How can we forget the movies of 1960's-70's with actors running, jumping and moving around the tree while singing the song. How can we forget the melodious music of Roshan, S.D Burman and R.D Burman. These great figures have helped the bollywood in building this vast empire of music. Most of the latest bollywood songs are inspired in one or the other way by the work of these music giants of the Bollywood.
Bollywood songs are the team work of singer, lyricist and the musician, all of them complement each other.
The most famous singers of the Bollywood Were/are:
1. Kishore Kumar
2. Mohd. Rafi
3. Manna Dey
4. Lata Mangeshkar
5. Asha Bhosle
6. Mukesh
7. Udit Narayan
8. K.L Saigal
The most famous Music composers of the Bollywood are:
1. S.D Burman
2. R.D Burman
3. Roshan
4. Khayyam
5. Laxmi Kant, Pyare Lal
6. Kalyanji, Anandji
The most Famous Lyricist of Bollywood are:
1. Anand Bakshi
2. Javed Akthar
3. majrooh sultanpuri
4. Sameer
5. Gulzar
Reference: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/music_hist.html
"Its Good to be entertained"
Lets be true, in real people of each and every country of the world have their own set of doing and perceiving things. For people in western countries, its very difficult for them to perceive movies with songs (I appreciate this fact). But its very important for entertainment lovers to appreciate the fact that there is the world of Bollywood with movies which are having 3-4 songs of 4-6 minute duration present in them.
Bollywood has a very rich history of movies with a songs of near to nine decades. During 1935-36 first bollywood songs to hit the nation were from the movie "ACHHUT KANYAA". The most prominent singers of 1930's and 1940's were K.L Saigal,K.C Dey, Pankaj Mullick, Shanta Apte, Govindrao Tembe, Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Surendra, and Wahidan Bai (Very few readers may be aware of these singers)."Indrasabha", released in 1932 holds the record of maximum songs in the history of Bollywood with a tally of 71 songs.
How can we forget the movies of 1960's-70's with actors running, jumping and moving around the tree while singing the song. How can we forget the melodious music of Roshan, S.D Burman and R.D Burman. These great figures have helped the bollywood in building this vast empire of music. Most of the latest bollywood songs are inspired in one or the other way by the work of these music giants of the Bollywood.
Bollywood songs are the team work of singer, lyricist and the musician, all of them complement each other.
The most famous singers of the Bollywood Were/are:
1. Kishore Kumar
2. Mohd. Rafi
3. Manna Dey
4. Lata Mangeshkar
5. Asha Bhosle
6. Mukesh
7. Udit Narayan
8. K.L Saigal
The most famous Music composers of the Bollywood are:
1. S.D Burman
2. R.D Burman
3. Roshan
4. Khayyam
5. Laxmi Kant, Pyare Lal
6. Kalyanji, Anandji
The most Famous Lyricist of Bollywood are:
1. Anand Bakshi
2. Javed Akthar
3. majrooh sultanpuri
4. Sameer
5. Gulzar
Reference: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/music_hist.html
"Its Good to be entertained"
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Music Beyond Boundaries
This blog has not published anything related to music as yet. So, it was obvious to dedicate a day of week for the most important ingredient of the entertainment, "Music". This blog will publish topics related to music on every Tuesday of the week. Musical traditions of various countries will be published under this column.
Today, I will cover the two most famous bands of South-East Asia; Junoon and Strings. Both of the bands are from Pakistan, but have more fan following in UK and India (Indians love these bands).
Junoon (English translation: "obsession/passion") was South-East Asia's biggest and Pakistan's most popular rock band. It was formed in 1990 by guitarist, songwriter and medical doctor Salman Ahmad. Junoon is regarded as the pioneer of Sufi rock. Junoon sing mostly in the Urdu language, with a blend of Western hard rock with Sindhi and Punjabi folk and Qawwali.
Junoon was no overnight success. The band struggled financially for the first few years. After release of their third album "Inquilaab" (Revolution) in 1996, Junoon developed a nationwide fan following. The song "Jazba-e-Junoon" of "Inquilaab" was their first solo hit.
In 2004 Ali Azmat, the lead vocalist, left the band to start his solo career. Salman Ahmad also released his solo album. On December 11, 2007, Junoon performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway together with other artists, which was broadcast live in over 100 countries. In 2008 Junoon performed in Srinagar (India) for the first time and turned thousands of music lovers hysterical.
Major albums of Junoon are:
1. 1991: Junoon
2. 1993: Talaash
3. 1996: Inquilaab
4. 1997: Azadi
5. 1999: Parvaaz
6. 2001: Ishq
7. 2004: Dewaar
8. 2006: Infiniti
9. 2002: Daur-e-Junoon (Live Albums)
10. 2002: Junoon for Peace (Live Albums)
Strings is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani pop band of two members; Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia. Strings is known worldwide for their stringed rhythms. Lyrics of the songs are penned by Anwar Maqsood, Bilal's father. Kapadia is the lead vocalist for the band, Maqsood acts as the composer, guitarist and at times does vocals for few songs. For live concerts, band hire Adeel (Lead guitarist), Shakir (On the bass guitar), Haider (on keyboards) and Qaiser (on drums).
After Initial years of start and stop with albums like Strings and String 2, band decided to re-union again in the year 2000. (There were four members earlier in the Band but now only Bilal and Faisal). Band came with songs and albums like Durr, Dhaani and Koi Aanay wala hain. This is just the start of the Band from the Pakistan. Group members are in their 30's, so chances of going long are very high for the group. Apart from this group is working on various projects from movies to music albums.
Major Albums of Strings are:
1. Strings 1 (1990)
2. Strings 2 (1992)
3. Duur (2000)
4. Dhaani (2003)
5. Koi Aanay Wala Hai (2008)
Keep reading and giving feedback & suggestions for the blog.
"Its good to be entertained"
Source:
1. Wikipedia
2. http://stringsonline.net/
Today, I will cover the two most famous bands of South-East Asia; Junoon and Strings. Both of the bands are from Pakistan, but have more fan following in UK and India (Indians love these bands).
Junoon (English translation: "obsession/passion") was South-East Asia's biggest and Pakistan's most popular rock band. It was formed in 1990 by guitarist, songwriter and medical doctor Salman Ahmad. Junoon is regarded as the pioneer of Sufi rock. Junoon sing mostly in the Urdu language, with a blend of Western hard rock with Sindhi and Punjabi folk and Qawwali.
Junoon was no overnight success. The band struggled financially for the first few years. After release of their third album "Inquilaab" (Revolution) in 1996, Junoon developed a nationwide fan following. The song "Jazba-e-Junoon" of "Inquilaab" was their first solo hit.
In 2004 Ali Azmat, the lead vocalist, left the band to start his solo career. Salman Ahmad also released his solo album. On December 11, 2007, Junoon performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway together with other artists, which was broadcast live in over 100 countries. In 2008 Junoon performed in Srinagar (India) for the first time and turned thousands of music lovers hysterical.
Major albums of Junoon are:
1. 1991: Junoon
2. 1993: Talaash
3. 1996: Inquilaab
4. 1997: Azadi
5. 1999: Parvaaz
6. 2001: Ishq
7. 2004: Dewaar
8. 2006: Infiniti
9. 2002: Daur-e-Junoon (Live Albums)
10. 2002: Junoon for Peace (Live Albums)
Strings is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani pop band of two members; Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia. Strings is known worldwide for their stringed rhythms. Lyrics of the songs are penned by Anwar Maqsood, Bilal's father. Kapadia is the lead vocalist for the band, Maqsood acts as the composer, guitarist and at times does vocals for few songs. For live concerts, band hire Adeel (Lead guitarist), Shakir (On the bass guitar), Haider (on keyboards) and Qaiser (on drums).
After Initial years of start and stop with albums like Strings and String 2, band decided to re-union again in the year 2000. (There were four members earlier in the Band but now only Bilal and Faisal). Band came with songs and albums like Durr, Dhaani and Koi Aanay wala hain. This is just the start of the Band from the Pakistan. Group members are in their 30's, so chances of going long are very high for the group. Apart from this group is working on various projects from movies to music albums.
Major Albums of Strings are:
1. Strings 1 (1990)
2. Strings 2 (1992)
3. Duur (2000)
4. Dhaani (2003)
5. Koi Aanay Wala Hai (2008)
Keep reading and giving feedback & suggestions for the blog.
"Its good to be entertained"
Source:
1. Wikipedia
2. http://stringsonline.net/
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