Thursday, October 26, 2006

The 70s rock and its influence on India


For many days i've thinking of posting a good article,but always end up writing something in 15 min flat! Finally,here's an article which i consider has some new stuff rather than just rock n roll.
Mankind has seen many decades pass by.But it will never forget one which changed the world forever in terms of music.It was the 70s!
It was the tym when artists experimented with every new form of music possible.It was gr8 time to party wid no effects of drugs or alcohol known,ppl just had as much fun as they could with good ol rock n roll.
No one cant keep a count of how many stars that decade has produced.
I'll try to be brief,but here is a short list of artists and hit albums.
Dark side of the moon(it can be called as the sgt pepper of the 70s)shot pink floyd to stardom,Led zeppelin IV(Tht album was bigger than the band itself!) gave stairway to heaven to the world,Frampton comes alive etc.
Queen,Kiss,aerosmith,U2,alice cooper,police,def leppard,jackson browne,eagles,bob marley,elton john,stevie wonder,black sabbath,bruce springsteen,bad company,clapton,thin lizzy,ramones,hendrix,doors,van halen,peter frampton,fleetwood mac,twisted sister,lynard skynard............
I mean wooooooooooooow!!!!!To date,almost all the rockstars,megastars and superstars as we know today were created and rose in the 70s.
Imagine how it wud hav been living at that tym wid all of them performing live.
Coz remember that there was no MTV in the 70s.So if u want to see pink floyd,u got to be physically present at the gig.That would make the entire thing so special.

The revolution in rock music that took place in the 70s can be seen today,here in india.Earlier,the people in india used to listen to laidback and soft kind of music(Even today,many listen to it).But gradually they've got tired of that.In the early 2000,there took place a change that was simlar to that of US and UK in 70s.Suddenly these pakistani bands started to rule the charts.Anywhere we go,we get to listen to strings,jal,junoon,call or some similar bands playing a totally different kind of music that india had never heard before.If u introduce that music to a classic rock fan like us,we would just say....hmmm ok,but isnt that piece inspired from something!
The fact is that,these ppl are not doing anything magical,they just introduced rock music to indian people! Just try this:translate the hindi lyrics of any strings song into english and see the effect.U get a song that would seem as some unreleased track by def leppard or springsteen! They've got the guitar solos,riffs and also the lyrics which deal with the darker side of life as in rock music.
This is definitely a change for the good.Who knows,maybe later we will be having heavy metal bands from india or death metal someday!
Picture a band on the lines of metallica playing in hindi wid heavy guitar riffs.On that day,dont forget to visit this blog again!
ROCK ON.....

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