Proaudience - I shall admire you, my audience!Mohammed Rafi

Mohammed Rafi Songs This Month

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:26:40 +0000

Staying put with Mohammed Rafi songs, here is one more list. These tracks belong to several moods, the patriotic ones lead the fray however.

Sad Mohammed Rafi Songs

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:15:46 +0000

Rafi Saab, never seen not smiling. A truly divine soul! From where did he borrow tears for these amazing songs?! Good humans may have more insight into the human plight, as they say!

One requires more time having to decide about Mohammed Rafi songs as against those from Kishoreda. Why so? Two reasons. Firstly, I’m not a proficient follower of Rafi’s legacy. Having listened KK more keenly since my teenage-hood only makes it easier classifying him as per varying moods. The same couldn’t be stated about Rafi though. Secondly and more significantly, Rafi’s era belonged to better poetry. I realize this more, the more I listen to his songs from the 50s and 60s these days. They require more time having to classify them. Kishoreda was a highly passionate singer, had better recording techniques and composers of RD Burman’s stature by his side, but not the same enchanting poetry that Rafi enjoyed only a decade earlier. Hindi cinema was vigorously looking to exploiting the newly imported cine methods such as Eastman color, cinema scope and displaying slow motion displays by the onset of the 70s, as opposed to good scripting and song writing they would otherwise in Rafi’s era.

The scenario worsened further after Kishore Kumar’s demise, as Hindi music seemed to have finally broken apart due to a lack of talent, intent and seriousness. Better poetry and scripting may be about to make a come back though, as movies have lucrative funds and settled techniques to rely on these days.

Listen to various sentimental moods of Mohammed Rafi through this collection now, all courtesy of Dishant.com, Songs.pk and a few other music resources.

Romantic Mohammed Rafi Songs

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:15:32 +0000

I wanted to start speaking about Rafi having had posted so much on Kishore in the last few months. Let us begin with the following song list, the first in a series of many similar to come on Rafi and others. Rafi was the original playback maestro. All others only followed him. While Sehgal fans may not agree with my notion, I can choose to ignore them since they are hardly any force to make a hue and cry on this issue…lol. A list of mostly romantic solos by Rafi is displayed here. Remember, I’m no pucca Rafi listener, so bear with whatever I could produce now.

My childhood went in listening to an exploding Kishore Kumar. This happened from mid-70s onwards. He was alive till I became 18 in 1987. Rafi passed away when I must have been around 11. Mukesh a couple of years earlier. I clearly remember them having a sway over my elder generation. I carried the word of appreciation from thereon. Rafi’s voice thus became an integral part of my upbringing. Vividh Bharati and All India Radio Urdu Service would air Hindi movie songs in those days. Megaphones in Navaratri Pandals and weddings would also play them aloud.

There were times, I won’t listen to KK’s numbers for months on (mostly having overlistened him). I did not enjoy it, unless I could sing along too. And this was not easy to accomplish in KK’s case. You could follow Rafi in all weathers though, if you desired so. His genre bore a simplicity, despite his vastness as a singer, that may not easily be found in any other singer’s style. I used to switch over to Rafi’s camp for this reason, whenever tired of listening KK.

Rafi Saab In Aashiqana Mood!