Not much needs to be said about the following song...but I will say a little anyway. I am stuck on this song for the last couple of weeks. It reminds me of warm nights of Calcutta cooled by quick thunderstorms. For a brief time, I was thinking about what else, besides the notes, of a song are needed to reproduce it perfectly. Thoughts were running in the direction of, is it possible to digitize a voice signature, inflections and all. But songs like this put a rest (or want one to put to rest) to all such contemplations and make you feel the soul.
I like it because of the understated nature of singing that is essential to Mukhesh's way of singing. I heard this song several years ago and remembered it well enough to continue to sing to myself. Over years, my memory faded and I substituted my own way of singing. Now, when I hear back, I realized how I was complicating every simple turn and fading of phrases. Two particular areas are: When he ends the first phrase: Hum ne tujhko pyar kiya hai jitna, that jitna descends rather suddenly into a soft crackle of a broken heart, rather than follow the line dictated by the raga (Desh I think). Same can be said about: samne tere youn hus hus ke, that hus hus ke tempts you so much to sing it with an extra flare - but not giving to that temptation is the genius of it.
Well...just ignore everything and listen to the song. Hope you like it.
