How many songs do you Love?
Coke Studio (Pakistan) is in its 4th season now. I love Coke Studio and have always wanted it to come to India. I have every MP3 file downloaded across seasons…
But do I love them all? NO.
There are a handful of 12-15 songs which I really love…
And I have all these in a folder and usually listen to this particular folder.
There are a couple of songs which are fast-forwardable. Stuff which you wouldn’t listen to more than once. Now the thing is that out of the 12-15 songs which I love… 8-10 are global favourites. Stuff like Garaj Baras, Paimona, Aaj Latha Naiyo, Mirza Sahibaan etc… are loved by almost one and all. Daanah pe Daanah from Season 4 will be a recent addition to that list.
Comparisons?
Coke Studio @MTV is now just 10 songs old and people are drawing crazy comparisons and saying it sucks et al.
The psychological funda is simple…
Most are comparing the current tracks to their favourite tracks. Cos’ most Indians obviously most haven’t seen the Pakistan version of Coke Studio as a complete episode.
Which is pretty darn ridiculous! Why don’t you compare the first 10 songs of CS@MTV with the first 10 songs of CS? You’ll have the brilliance of Javed Bashir and that can be matched by Kailash Kher’s track. You’ll have Strings singing versions of their songs. Although great…their regular versions would be equally fine and those songs were already very popular.
Imagine if Shankar Mahadevan sang a couple of his already popular tracks? He’d have gotten lynched!
All the comparisons are such a farce! Its almost cool to not like CS@MTV. It’s a way of showing others - Oh I’m so sensitive…that I want you to know that a part of me loves Pakistan! They are the pioneers of Coke Studio! The Indian version just doesn’t touch my soul - Fuck your soul. Why don’t you just listen to the music instead? Or you’re seriously better off watching Roadies in your closet! And Coke Studio is a Coke owned property btw and not owned by the Musicians of Pakistan. The format hasn’t been copied here. Its been Coke’s decision to get it to India.
(This is not as an employee of MTV but as a general lover of music)
