Archive for music
Juices
Day 10,116 – Monday – 05 Jyaistha 1930 – 20 Jamadi ul Awwal 1429 – 26 May 2008
Life has been all about juices lately. Creative, Orange and love.
I had decided that I will change things about my life. I will do things I have not done. I will do things that challenge me. Not like my fucking work, which can be done properly by a monkey, after a bottle of whiskey, or three. I wanted to learn a foreign language and learn to either sing or play an instrument. As per the rules of my life. Mr Jalaluddin had to be absolutely confused about everything and every element of life. It took me one year to decide amongst French, Persian, Turkish and Italian. I agree this list is very strange and knowing me as an absolutely psycho should not have even allowed you to ask the question of why this list is wierd. I decided that I will go for French. The reason? My friend joined the classes and dragged me to them as well. Not at all as exciting a reason as anyone can hope for. Definitely not as exciting as hot French men daubed in Azure paint running naked at the language training centre. If only!
I also wanted to learn either to sing or to play the Guitar, Drums or the Tabla. Again, as per the rules of engagement, one of my friends told me to “Grow the fuck up and learn to sing”. Of course that was simply because he wanted to play the Guitar and wanted to play music with me without having to share his Guitar. But, all in all, in the end. I get to sing. Yay! Jalal, you are an absolutely stupendous idiot. Oh shut up!
The Creative juices have started to flow.
As part of my overall strategy to improve my life, and my health. And to ensure that I do not turn into an overgrown fat hag that is bitter and does not get any sex at all, I have started to change my diet and exercise. The only change in my diet is that now I eat as many fruits as I can get my hands on, so all other items of food have gotten reduced in quantity now. And I exercise by going for a walk/jog for forty minutes a day. It is doing me good. So, as per this new development I have had the opportunity to taste fruits and fruit juices all over the city. I am absolutely in love with fresh fruit juices. Just a random example will the the Orange juice at Dunkin Donuts, it is extremely frothy, but is amazing.
The Orange juices are amazing.
And now, to the most, wicked, cruel and absolutely naughty detail. Now, first of all, any or all of you, who do not want to know sexually explicit or disgusting details, please avert your eyes, because I promise this is not a pretty sight. The rest of you, enjoy to your heart’s content, because I feel absolutely ecstatic in bringing this information to day. Today, I had semen on my shirt. It was mine. A tiny mishap during my morning routine. I didnt realize it before I got into my car. Then I knew. I got so excited by the sheer vulgarity and perversion of the action that I spent the whole day extremely over excited and hyper productive at work. I was at least twice as productive as I am usually. I am such a slut!
The love juices are flowing as well!
Oh, and yes, I am absolutely in love with Mark Wahlberg.
Fareeda Khanum
Tuesday – 11 Rajab 1424 – 18 Bhadra 1925 – 09 September 2003
well here i am. i must tell everyone this. anyone interested in listening to ghazals. please listen to “chaand nikle kisi janib teri zebai ka” sung by fareeda khanum. it is wonderful to the extent of being orgasmically esctatic. it is wonderful.
well today wasnt as interesting as yerterday. but i have noticed one thing. when my computer is working. the electricity is on. and the internet is on. i blog a LOT. i mean i dont notice this but you people who actually have to read all this crap must realize it. LARGE posts full of crap. well what can i do. you are all stuck now.
AHAHHAHAHAHH !!!! AAHAHHAAHAHAHHAH !!!! MMMMUUUUUUAHAHAHAHAHHAHA !!!!
and now that my usual hysterics and dramatics are out of the way.
i would like to share a shaer (couplet) with you.
chaand nikle kisi janib teri zebai ka
rang badle kisi soorat shab e tanhai ka
may the moon rise anywhere of your allure
may the colour of this lonely evening change
another shaer (couplet)
daim para hua teray dar par naheen hoon main
khaak aisi zindagi par keh patthar naheen hoon main
i am not lying on your doorstep for ever
what use is this life if i am not that stone
now i will enter the world of the ghazal and leave you all to enjoy what you enjoy.
Clashing Sounds
Sunday - 09 Rajab 1424 – 16 Bhadra 1925 – 07 September 2003
i was told that i am a freak 5 mins ago. by my mom. i was listening to my music. usually the problem is that childrean listen to NEW forms of music and parents dont like that. here. i listen to classical forms of music and my mom calls it a cacophony of clamourous sounds. go figure.
well i listen to classical and semi classical south asian music. the raaga. the ghazal. the thumri. the geet. now that the background is done i will proceed.
currently everyone at my home laughs at my music and calls me dead man. lots of eye rolling and messaging about it all the time. that is not it. except for everyone in my house. everyone i know in person laughs at it as well. it seems that my music is so strange that everyone laughs at it. my musical choice has been the topic of many a joke and comment even places where i wasnt present.
well this is ovbviously depressing. i havent come across any one after my university who is nearly my age by about 20 years and shares my musical taste. well i dont know what to say. their loss. a man screaming your loss in the face of 100 % of the other people his age and beloging to his country.
what the FUCK! is wrong with me. why the FUCK do i listen to classical or semi classical music. when people laugh at it and say who died why are you listening to this. and people have actually started laughing when i told them what i listen to. i mean come on. i think given a choice the social stigma will be more for me due to what i listen than due even to my sexual orientation.
oh he is gay … too bad … but he is a nice person.
WHAT !!! he is 22 and he listens to ghazals and raagas … KEEP AWAY FROM HIM !!! i dont want you mixing with people like that.
i am terribly depressed. i seem to be fond of something that can only be seen as an affliction. it is so horrible and terrifying that people shy away from it. it is so ridiculously funny that people laugh alond at its mention. what the FUCK!!!
i am very very depressed. i cant be gay. now i cant listen to my music. why the hell cant i get even a small break. what the FUCK!!! music DAMNIT it is only MUSIC !!!
Noises
Friday – 07 Rajab 1424 – 14 Bhadra 1925 – 05 September 2003
so well i am back. no idea what to blog about. except that i will blog.
as god is my witness i will blog tonight.
i think i should try this. i will type what i feel. as it happens. interesting.
first of all i am very very sleepy and i cant do anything about that. i feel slighltly cold. the wind from the fan to my right is comeing at me in gusts. every gust cold. and after that warm. i like the warmth. the music is playing. slightly loud. the guitars and the drums and and voice are all slightly uncomfortabel due to my sleepiness. my left arm is itching so i will stop typing to scratch it. and oops a drop just dropped onto my shorts. COLD water. very very shocking. the fan is not soundless. there is something in it. there is this sound in it as if something rattling inside it like most ceiling fans. its one special signature of the sound. the pitch and number the frequency. someone called ali just logged into my msn messenger. the sound of the pop up was nice. subtle yet alarming. barbra streisand is good. nice song. hmmmmmmmmmmm. i have to go now before i proove to all of you that i am a moron.
Pulse of the City
Tuesday - 04 Rajab 1424 – 11 Bhadra 1925 – 02 September 2003
hmmmmm. after saying that i hate it when i have to live without the internet i will proceed. and for about 4-5 days as well.
large cities like karachi are a world in thier own. their own accents. their own rhythms. their own flavour. and their own city. well i love being a part of this thing. also cities in south asia are generally very volatile and violence prone. maybe due to the harsh weather and the general tension infested life that we lead.
news spreads slowly in the city. rumours spread fast. yesterday two men from a major political party were shot dead in the city. rumours started flying immediately about rioting, arson and generally violence. when i went for a drive today i could see the traffic move faster and more desprately trying to avoid major chorangis(intersection). the first clue to something being wrong. then i heard the news about the two men.
karachi is a city that lives. it breathes. it moves. it awakens and it sleeps. there is complete rhythm to it. and small incidents cause it to become ill like any person may. i love this city. its people. its ways. its colours. its moves. hmmmmm. i think i am being too wierd right now. but that is me. wierd and sensitive.
and in other news. i heard a song yesterday. streets of philadelphia by bruch springstein. a friend of mine in college loved this song. as soon as i heard it severe nostalgia for my college life flooded in. encompassing me. all that was left. was me. the faces of my friends in college. their voices and their words. it is SEVERE nostalgia.
oh what a bitter sweet feeling. nostalgia. it feels so good. but it hurts so bad. nostalgia. ahhhhhhhhhh. what beautiful things people go through in their daily lives. nostalgia being one of them. i can still hear that friend of mine laughing and looking at me in that particular signature laugh of his. face slightly tilted. lip slightly curled. eyes half open due to the effect of the song. i will never forgot this. ahhhhhhhhhh nostalgia. what beauty lies in it.
Similarities
Tuesday - 20 Jamadi us Sani 1424 - 28 Sravana 1925 - 19 August 2003
chatting with a friend of mine i learnt that he was also VERY fond of eric clapton. it was like a divine wind blowing all over. i dont usually meet clapton fans. when i do i am very happy for them. well we discusses the way his guitar moves. and the way he has a knack of making your heart move. my particular favourite is “old love”. this song can do wonders for me. it is a saying in urdu that music is the food of the soul. listening to clapton i will say that it is the food the ointment and the pleasure of the soul. the way he starts layla and how it flows. beautiful.
i am very moved by music. i am sure people who read my blog regularly will know this. but music for me is not just related to the sense of sound. for me in encompasses the sense of touch. for me music is more than music. it is a whole concept. of lyrics. of the voice. of the instruments. of the beats. of the flows. clapton is one of the few people who comes to my standards. he is someone who is excellent in his field.
mr eric clapton. i salute you!
Ye Watan Tumhara Hay
Thursday - 15 Jamadi us Sani 1424 - 23 Sravana 1925 - 14 August 2003
and the final song in the array of patriotic songs
mehdi hasan
yeh watan tumhara hay
tum ho paasbaan is kay
yeh chaman tumhara hay
tum ho naghman khan is kay
yeh watan tumhara hay
tum ho paasbaan is kay
is chaman kay pholon par
rang o aab tum say hay
is zamin ka har zarra
aaftab tum say hay
yeh faza tumhari hay
behr o barr tyumahray hain
kehkashan kay yeh jalay
rehguzar tumharay hain
yeh watan tumhara hay
tum ho paasbaan is kay
is zameen ki mitti main
khoon hay shaheedon ka
arz e pak markaz hay
qaum ki ummedon ka
nazm o zabt ko apna
mir e karvan jaano
waqt kay andheron main
apna aap pehchano
yeh watan tumhara hay
tum ho paasbaan is kay
Pakistan Paindabad !
Ae Watan
Tuesday - 13 Jamadi us Sani 1424 - 21 Sravana 1925 - 12 August 2003
for today a song that is as beautiful in its lyrics as it is in its musical beauty. this song is dedicated to A.I my very close friend in college. who is one of my soulmates on this planet.
A.I. …
amanat ali khan sings …
amanat ali khan
ae watan pyaray watan ae watan pyaray watan
pak watan pak watan ae meray pyaray watan
ae watan pak watan pak watan pak watan
ae meray pyaray watan ae watan pyaray watan
tujh say meri yeh tamannaoon ki duniya pur noor
tujh say hay meri tamannaoon ki duniya pur noor
azm mera kabhi meray iraday hain ghayoor
meri hasti main ana hay meri masti main shaoor
jan fiza mera tukhayyal hay to sheeren hay sukhan
ae watan pyarey watan ae watan pyarey watan
pak watan pak watan we meray pyaray watan
ae watan pyaray watan
to dil afroz baharon ka tar o taza chaman
to dil afroz baharon ka tar o taza chaman
to mahektay huay phoolon ka suhana gulshan
to dawarez ana dil ka bahari maskan
rang o aahnag say maamor teray koh o daman
ae watan pyarey watan ae watan pyarey watan
pak watan pak watan we meray pyaray watan
ae watan pyaray watan
meri dil teri muhabbat ka hay jan baksh diyar
meri dil teri muhabbat ka hay jan baksh diyar
mera seena teri hurmat ka hay sangeen hasar
meray mahboob watan tujh pay agar jaan ho nisar
main yeh samjhoon ga thikanay laga sarmaya e tan
ae watan pyarey watan ae watan pyarey watan
pak watan pak watan we meray pyaray watan
ae watan pyaray watan
ae watan pyaray watan
Pakistan Paindabad !
Romantique
Sunday - 11 Jamadi us Sani 1424 – 19 Sravana 1925 - 10 August 2003
Hmmm. Just wrote a LONG post that got erased. I AM SUCH A MORON!
Well I have been meeting all these wonderful people on MIRC for the past two nights. Old friends. New People who are amazingly cool.
This is all good. Keeps my belief in ‘Gay Supremacy’ alive.
Well I do not know why but I am feeling amazingly romantic tonight. VERY romantic. So I am wallowing in the feeling while I can. After this I will put on some of Mehdi Hasan’s Ghazals. And lose myself to the music and fate. ;).
Oh I have put it on already. Well tata all of you. I will spare you my words. Have fun and enjoy.
*mehdi hasan*
phool hi phool khil uthay meray paymanay main
aap kya aaye bahar aa gaee mae khanay main
Anyone from Pakistan with a taste for classical. ASK me for the file I will DCC it to you on MIRC or do whatever. You HAVE to hear it.
Tera Pakistan Hay
Sunday - 11 Jamadi us Sani 1424 – 19 Sravana 1925 - 10 August 2003
todays patriotic song. one of the five that i had in american on the 14th of august 2001. i didnt know i had this one as well. the other had been downloaded on the night before the 14th. i was very happy to find this one as we used to sing it a lot as children and it hit me with a lot of nostalgia for the land that i was missing dearly after a 6 week stay in america.
jalal goes amock with hysterical patriotic fervour.
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
jis ki buniyadon mein hay tera lahoo mera lahoo
jis say teri aabro hay jis say meri aabro
jis ki buniyadon mein hay tera lahoo mera lahoo
jis say teri aabro hay jis say meri aabro
jis say tera naam is say meri pehchaan hay
jis say tera naam is say meri pehchaan hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
yeh meray quaid ki jeeti jaagti tasveer hay
shaer e mashriq kay khabon ki haseen tabeer hay
yeh meray quaid ki jeeti jaagti tasveer hay
shaer e mashriq kay khabon ki haseen tabeer hay
yeh watan pyara watan sarmaya e iman hay
yeh watan pyara watan sarmaya e iman hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
tera pakistan hey yeh mera pakistan hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
is pay dil qurban is pay jaan bhi qurban hay
Pakistan Paindabad !

