Music Corner

Archive for February, 2012

With music videos being extremely popular, choosing the top videos of all time is anongoing chore since new videos are now being produced daily. A bit of musicvideos that you simply think should have made the top five won’t be there and notbecause they weren’t good or even creative, but simply because they didn’t hold that uniqueness must be one of the top five. So with this in mind, please go throughour choices and see if you agree with who we picked.

Number 5: “Just” – Radiohead
Director: Jamie Thraves in 1995

The mystery of the items the man says at the end of the video is appropriateavailable online for with the Cadbury secret! Despite 14 years, we’re still unsure and also the director and band remain hush- hush by what has been said. No groupwants to reveal what is happening to the video’s hero that makes him disconnect himself from the world around him and sit on the pavement. Perhaps they are not sure what’s said themselves and at this point timeare in the truly amazing debate concerning the final words.

Number 4: “Take On Me” – A-Ha
Director: Steve Barron in 1985

This band had limited success but this hit was among the first types of how MTV would be a powerful enough force to consider a relevant video clip that started at nothing and took it to number 1. The recording actually depicts a tale and it is among the firstfollowing that format. The concept used was unique and clever for its time.

# 3: “Atmosphere” – Joy Divison
Director: Anton Corbjin in 1988

A little on the bizarre side, children and/or midgets dressed in Druid costume conduct a funeral on a beach. At first it appears as though a tribute done in poor taste to some late singer and drifter, however the melodies and macabre rhythms mesmerize those viewing this video. After watching further, the visuals make more sense. The monochrome cinematography but still shots make itseem like Division is really a fading memory. The video reaches those who have ever lost a family member and that moment they’re going outside to see the planet still bright and functioning, unaffected by their loss. The video is a you will not soon forget.

Number two: “Hurt” – Johnny Cash
Director: Mark Romanek in 2003

No one can dispute Cash’s reputation and accomplishments in addition to his contributions to American music and its history. In the video Cash portrays a number of ”faces” to indicate his various stages in life through the years; the husband, the daddy, the rebel, the person in black, the lonely old man. It is probably the best way to celebrate his career and commemorate it allsimultaneously.

Number 1: “Rabbit in Your Headlights” – U.N.K.L.E. featuring Thom Yorke
Director: Jonathan Glazer in 1998

In the beginning appearance, the recording might seem to become a bit of a laugh to 1 who isn’t focusing. A decrepit old vagrant is trying to create his way through traffic and getting creamed by vehicles, simply to return up and go at it again. Once you work through that and really sit down to look at it, the recording assumes a different tone and provides a message. This video is cryptic, emotionally powerful, and difficult for a person to look at without having to be emotionally moved.

When someone considers classical music, they think of school bands and Bach. It’s not as popular as it used to be if this was the only real kind of music available. Classical is the oldest kind of music. It encompasses a variety of elements and instruments. Most people who pay attention to this type of music appreciate the sounds and technicality from the music. Classical could be simple or complex based on exactly what the composer was feeling at that time they were writing it.

Many researches have stated that listening to classical music might help alleviate, or reduce, stress and blood pressure level. Classical music is made up of sounds that are considered to he high-frequency. Numerous studies have asserted the high-frequency sounds aide in energizingareas of your mind to help boost health. Today, the majority of us pay attention to music that iscontains low-frequency sounds. This type of sound can have a negative relation to your brain andlead you to possess a reverse affect compared to high-frequency sounds. When a woman is pregnant, she will have lots of people asking or telling her to put earphones in your belly while playing classical music. Reports show that after a mother performs this to their unborn child, nextchild is born, there is a possibility of remembering that music. This is because of the many different types of complex rhythms thatoccur within classic music.

You can pay attention to this type of music anywhere. From restaurants to book shops towards the radio, you can always think it is.Although it is composed with much complexity, classical music is a calming and relaxing type of music that will help us obtain abetter attitude. Regardless of what kind of music you pay attention to now, classical music never die and can always live on for several years to come.

It’s not easy finding good music reviews nowadays, especially with the proliferation of blogs and websites where anybody who is anyone can pipe up withtheir two cents worth of understanding of whatever they want to say about thelatest Ting Tings B-side…however, you shouldn’t disheartenment. There are stillgreat music reviews available, you just have to search just a little harder to findthem, among the ether of sub-standard sites and webpages.

A good thing to complete would be to depend on word of mouth advice fromindividuals who you trust and when you find a site that delivers high qualityreviews, stick with it! Pick your genre and search the web for reviews in artists in that genre, then just spend a few hours comparing and contrasting the differentwriting styles before you locate one that you like! Obviously, if you find one thatyou like immediately, then count your lucky stars and stick to that certain…

Everybody likes different styles of music, but exactly what the best part is about thevarious sites that showcase music reviews is that you can be persuaded to listen tonew material by the power of the reviewer’s writing; who knows, you may findanother style of music for you to explore and revel in, simply by reading a short, glowing review!

So, go and look for all the sites that the Internet has to offer so when you’ve found one which you like, don’t desert it, either keep retuning to it or join its subscriber list…have fun!

Whenever we say music, most of the people think in the great musicians in theeastern world. But what about the western music, I say? How about the Indian or even the Pakistani music? I have realized that only few individuals know some general info on Pakistani music. Well, this article is meant to change everything.

A genius man once said “Music makes a person feel so romantic - a minimum of it always gets on one’s nerves - which is the same thing nowadays”. The Pakistan people, I have to admit have been very fortunate to possess a lot of big names of music. Knowing something about it, I bet you know about Noor Jehan who charmed generations together with her beautiful music. This woman had an exceptional voice that could touch the most evils souls. It was just a gift from God. “These sons aren’t an ordinary entity sold in the market” is the translation of “aye putar hatan tay naiin wikday” the patriotic song broadcasted on every radio station after the 1965 war. Back then, in her own glorious days, she was considered to be the icon from the Pakistani music

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was another voice people couldn’t get enough. This is probably the most popular Pakistani Music celebrities. He sand so beautiful than even those that didn’t understand Pakistani at all listened to it. Some even consider him the key reason the Pakistani music survived. One sure truth is that, he is the reason Pakistani music went to the open. He was the first to reach theinternational market making Pakistani music popular in the world. Even today, years after his dead the Pakistani people talk abouthis music and his mysterious character.

After him, other Pakistani music idols came. The pop era followed, and celebrities like Junaid Jamshed and Ali Azmat (a rock star)were built with a great success. With them Pakistani music evolved a great deal, and once together therefore the Pakistani people. They can now understand the eastern music culture and borrow some from it. Nowadays, Pakistani music is even available on the internet; increasingly more websites based on this appear each day.

Now, we are able to categorize the Pakistani music into six types:

Classical - it is a disappearing form, but still influences most of the present artists

Semi classical/Ghazal - this is a form of music where a poem is sung

Folk - there are four provinces in Pakistan, each using its own characteristics

Qawwali/devotional – this dynamic genre became internationally popular by artists like Sabri Brothers, Aziz Mian and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Film music – Tarranum Madame Noor Jehan is the most popular film music artist. She sang songs of genres for that Pakistani television.
Pop music – the privatization of Pakistani television chose to make this genre so popular. Nowadays many television broadcast pop music. More, a Pakistani popular single, Najane Kyun recently featured around the Urdu Soundtrack for Spiderman 2.

Music journalism is continuing to grow in popularity in Pakistan over the years. This trend was unknown in the Pakistani music two decades ago. But everything changed once with the reviews compiled by Farrukh Moriani ( the Pakistani first music critic) which appeared within the Karachi’s tabloid, The Star. At the end of the 80′s and with the coming of the Liberal government of Benazir Bhutto in 1988, the once repressed and frowned upon Pakistani pop music, started out the underground and started gaining mainstream popularity.

Back then another Pakistani music and fashion critic grew in popularity. Fifi Haroon was among the first Pakistan’s music critic to undertake full features around the growing local music scene. But this was not so serious. All things changed in 1990, when Pakistani music journalism became serious. Accountable for that was Nadeem F. Paracha.