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OLD VS NEW age
PEOPLE
SPEAK Song/Music
Some say old is gold and others say new “Today’s kids just know to beat instruments to make
is bold. There is an entire generation noise.” And Amjad khan said, “Old music felt like
that complains of the new age music sugar to the ear”. They are the generation of people
being noise. On the other hand, who have enjoyed the, 50’s,60’s and 70’s era and
there are new age music lovers who do not find todays music pleasing. The only music
find old music boring. There are also that pleases them and they enjoy listening to is what
some who are in the midway and give they grew up with.
Prabhas Kalele interestingly argues
that “People compare all the new
songs to only the popular songs of the
past. Earlier a lot of songs were flops
too which are not remembered as they
were not heard enough to be liked.
Likewise, today there are hits and
misses. It is unfair to compare famous
popular songs only to current trends”.
He also highlighted that statistically,
a lot of more songs are composed
today, and their shelf life is also short.
an open-minded ear to both settling In the past only a handful of songs were created
with their favorites from different eras. and were heard repeatedly and yes got sinked into
Whatever be the argument, everyone memory.
finds happiness in music. Music helps
express emotions. rejuvenate minds Kapil Sharma- “All music is music, and all music is
and is uplifting. liked or disliked according to situations”. Bollywood
has many genres of music that fit in different
This question was posed to our 104.9 situations. Of course, when we are sad, we will not
FM FunAsia radio listeners on my enjoy a peppy dance beat number and vice versa.
show, and I had some very interesting Therefore, likes and dislikes are situational.
reactions, reflections and viewpoints
which really helped me form a For Noor Jahan- “Lyrics matter a lot and anything
sorted argument for and against and that connects with you stays with you. The wordings
conclude. are the most important for making connections. If
the words are beautiful it becomes easy to connect”.
Ali one of our listeners was very upset Lyrics have always been an integral element of a
with current times music and said
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