Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Get the Bollywood songs



There are translations of 10 Bollywood songs below. I have provided the English translation of 2 lines from the middle of the song (antara not mukda).
Simple - Get the Hindi songs and the film names. I will not be surprised if you get multiple songs which have the same translation..
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Like Kumbhkaran let him sleep for long
What we have to do will happen smoothly
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Death is standing in the next turn
What is the hurry to die
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By dying, we show how to live - to this world
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Big memories are of small small conversations
Havent forgot any small instance
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Neither he knows it or wrote it
I died for him, please let him know
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How much did I save – is the worry for everybody
Life is a bank, every second is god’s gift
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You are the wait in my eye
You are my respect and dignity
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Today I will speak my heart, irrespective of what the world thinks
Death should be in front of the world
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The life is short – just 2 steps
Why did we tremble in the 1st step
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There is not a second without you, and without you there is no tomorrow
let the heart become a stone  & Let there be no heart beat
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Identify the jumbled songs




Approximately every 10 secs, a new song springs up.
Around 19 songs are mixed here.
To make life easier - None of the clippings are the starting of the songs.
Hindi, Kannada songs only..

Try to get the mukda (starting) of the songs, in the order of their occurrence!

PS – To prepare this cocktail, I used my mobile (Samsung M150) radio recorder…!
All copyrights are with the radio channels!

Friday, August 06, 2010

Visualize the songs of Endhiran


Rajnikanth in Enthiran
Rajnikanth’s next big movie is ready to hit the big screens. The music is already released.
After listening to the songs, I created a picture in my mind on how the shots would be shot. No doubt  Shankar will be very different in showing the Tamil super-star.
Just adding to the hype created around Enthiran \ Endhiran or Robot.

Pudhiya Manidha –  Slow motion group dances. Back ground some visually appealing studio settings. Wind blowing across and leaves flying (or even cars flying around). But Boss will be steadily walking. Focus on the shoes and camera moving up. Rajnikanth performing some cap, coat tricks. Graphics adding some glamour.

Kadhal Anukkal – Scientific lab background. Not the college lab kind, but the ones like CERN labs. Rajnikanth getting converted to photon-electron \ air molecules and entering Aishwarya’s heart and nerves (or she entering his). Silver or golden color suits. Clearly a duet and no co-dancers.

Chitti Dance Showcase – This is a complete, out & out, robot dance tune. The drill dance & bharatanatiyam & MJ dance & tap dance & Brazilian style & James Bond style walk. Its only Rajnikanth. But multiple Rajnikanth. I can hear whistles all over the place when this is played.

Arima Arima – Some kind of Maharaja’s entry. Like Egyptian style or Roman style or Indian style. Rajni will just look and move hands and change costumes. Aishwarya dancing around him. He won’t dance.  The synchronization of the co-dancers is a must watch. 

Kilimanjaro – This is the song which is shot in the background of the big mountains. Some old ladies and animals in the background. Frequent changing tribal costumes of Rajni will be attraction apart from the “never-seen-before” locations. Some tribal dance steps from the lead duo. Traditional drums and instruments will be used by co-dancers.

Boom Boom Robo Da – Hifi graphics. Some unimaginable stunts from the Robot will be the showcase of this song. Flying Rajni, driving Rajni, sailing Rajni, swimming Rajni can be seen. Shot in local streets to malls to palaces. Probably can see one Rajni tricking another.

Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam – Rajni’s break dance here. Aishwarya also probably dancing like a Robot. Flowers, coolers, cars, lighting will be the attraction. This could be the least attractive song of the movie.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Musical marvels from a super trio


Which combination of strikers have scored most goals for a club or a nation?
Which opening pair has the record for most century partnerships in test cricket?
Which CM, home minister pair are the most successful and for which state?
Is UPAlliance more successful than the NDAlliance?
Which director actor pair have produced the most hits in Bollywood and Hollywood?

Some of these can be googled and answers would be available.
Some would need more research and analysis. They would be interesting as well.

One such combination is the trio of Mano Murthy, Sonu Nigam and Jayanth Kaikini.
I did some analysis on this combination.

This combination has given Kannada movie industry close to 15-18 songs from 2006 till now. These songs span over around 12-13 movies. Some of the movies are mega hits, but some are mega flops. The star cast also varies from big stars, big directors to small time guys. During these years, the Kannada film industry has seen fewer ups and many downs.

With all these factors, all the songs these guys made hits. Super hits.

The trio is not spared from some criticism. Mano's music is repetitive. Sonu is a stereotype singer. Jayanth is a purist writer.
But ultimately what matters is how the listener takes them. And its a big thumbs up from the Kannada audience. 

I am just not bored of listening to some of their musical marvels.


Remember a couple of compliments about them -

Jayanth once said on TV - "Mano's music has space for some thought. Listeners can pause and think and then the music continues. That why he is unique."

A friend of mine, Mr SP once said - "When Sonu takes a breath in the song 'Male Ninthu Hodha Mele', my breath just goes away. He reminds me of my ex-lovers" 

Thanks Mano, Sonu and Jayanth for the hits. Expecting more hits from you.

Monday, May 03, 2010

MJ singing a Bollywood number?


Requirement -
Application which can put in a different singer's voice to any given song.
Example - Want to check how would Micheal Jackson sound on bollywood hit song "zindagi ek safar.."

First of all is this already possible?
On a parallel note, let me admit that, i know very less about the applications in the sound processing space.

1. With the application, separate the human sound from the music of a song.
2. Analyze the extracted human sound - Frequency and intensity and whatever that is needed - Lets call it "Variations".
3. From this we get the voice of the singer and the "variations" he has produced in this song -  Kishore Kumar in this case.
4. Do similar operation one of Micheal Jackson's song.
5. We now have 2 distinct voices.
6. Modify MJ's voice to the "variations" that is extracted.
7. Mix this with the original song music (got in step 1).

We have MJ singing Kishore's hit "Zindagi ek safar..."

Imagine the impact - We need not pay any singer any money (unless you need a really fresh voice).