Keh rahi hai zindagi

Rmim Thread

This time a morale-boosting solo by Hemantda, which was yet another mood his voice could portray very well.He couldnt do justice to the loud songs, though he did do some peppy ones(As Satish Kalra pointed out). Another great melody from Anil Biswas. Melodies like this make him the composer he is. His songs are never noisy and how can they be?...His singers arent.:) He avoided the noisy ones I guess:) (he he! couldnt resist it).The other good point of this song is that the chorus joins after the first few words and continuously hums the tune in the background, without obstructing Hemantda's singing, and stop briefly at one or two places. So it serves more as music than as chorus. The movie is Jalti Nishani and the lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi. (This time I checked the pstats:))

hey.....keh rahi hai zindagi...jee sakey to
(there are beautiful piano notes in the
background, with no other music,and Hemantda's
voice softly and slowly singing)
(with the next word, the chorus starts humming in
the background..for the
entire song) jee... keh rahi hai zindagi...
jee sakey to jee...

ek jaam pyaar ka...pee sakey to pee...
keh rahi hai zindagi...jee sakey to jee...

jaam ye usi ka hai...
jaam ye usi ka hai...jo aage badh ke thaam le...
intezaar kisliye...jaam uthha jaam le...
jaam uthha jaam le...
aasmaan ke haath se...chheen le khushi...
aasmaan ke haath se...chheen le khushi...
keh rahi hai zindagi...

husn hai khaamosh kyun....
husn hai khaamosh (electrifying pause) kyu~~~n...
ishq beqarar hai...
saamne bittha ke tujhko..tera intezaar hai...
tera intezaar hai... ho~~~~~

shokhiyon ki phuljhadi (small pause) (stop chorus)
kuchh to idhar (start chorus) bhi....
shokhiyon ki phuljhadi...kuchh to idhar bhi....
keh rahi hai zindagi...

When I wrote about the pauses, I remembered a post by Ashok, which mentioned a pause that Chetan heard in the song "Seene mein sulagte hain armaan"...I have no idea if there is any in that song, but I am sure it is not obvious. Call me tin-eared or philistine if you so wish, but one person hearing a pause, tells me that the pause might as well not be there. And I feel that the pauses in this Hemantda song are electrifying and go with the lyrics...and they are not the kind that half the public would hear and the other half wouldnt...they are not at all doubtful pauses. The chorus, music and the singer all stop for a brief moment and then continue... You have to hear this song to believe in its beauty.


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