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    Folk Music of India

    Namaste,

    A Rajasthani folk song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dyZxPOkH-4

    And its Bollywood adaptation:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzT1KMjQ0k

    And the X Factor India version:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kevPmjqnqY

    Pranam.

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste,

    Beautiful -- all three. Thank you so much
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    I like the folk version the best. In the movie version, it appears that they mixed some classical music in the background, it sounds far different from the folk version. The X factor version sounds like the movie song - I enjoyed the great confidence of the singers on stage.
    jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste all,

    I have to agree with Viraja on this one - the folk version sounds the best. I say this as someone who normally likes their music loud and full of sound, since I'm usually into heavy metal or techno...it's just that hearing a small, simplistic live performance like the original folk song video makes it more...real, authentic, and visceral, for lack of a better term.

    I guess the best way to compare it would be like listening to metal band Dragonforce - a band known for using lots of Pro Tools software and sound editing in the studio - versus an unplugged performance of Alice in Chains. Sure, Dragonforce fits the loud and full of sound criteria, but there's something about a spontaneous live performance (unplugged Alice in Chains in my example) without all those bells and whistles that makes it sound better!

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste Believer

    Now, now, now we are talking about lemons here Believer! The fights of the lovers is like the lemon, and lives in the lemon, lemon, lemon!

    No, no, no this is good - the first is the best, I almost stood up, and lifted my hands - yes, yes yes that first one was good, second ok (third wouldn't play for me) ... Nice, nice, nice but I want even louder, here we go, faster, now it's going to make me stand up, lift my hands, it goes raw and tenor, pitch it like grain, let's just go there like this:

    http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_...?v=Cec0tF7-G34

    Sorry But the thread is called folk music!

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste,

    Some people take recitation of the Hanuman Chalissa very seriously and don't tolerate interruptions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CeAjgh6vU0

    Pranam.

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Quote Originally Posted by Believer View Post
    Namaste,

    Some people take recitation of the Hanuman Chalissa very seriously and don't tolerate interruptions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CeAjgh6vU0

    Pranam.
    By far, the most adorable performance by a little kid that I've ever seen! Just how cute is that!! (And I'm still amazed someone as little can know the verses of Hanuman Chalisa which isn't very small, that well!).
    jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Quote Originally Posted by Believer View Post
    Namaste,

    Some people take recitation of the Hanuman Chalissa very seriously and don't tolerate interruptions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CeAjgh6vU0

    Pranam.

    ROFL ......like master like devotee...no breaks during service.

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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste Believer,

    Thank you for the thread and videos; I am in agreement as to
    the non-"adapted" performance's superiority

    In the spirit of the thread's title, I would offer links to two videos-
    neither are live footage of performances, but certainly not
    filmy "adaptations" either:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6G_x7VnKm4

    and

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGejbcDlv80

    I hope HDF will enjoy and appreciate them as I do..

    JAI MATA DI
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    Re: Folk Music of India

    Namaste,

    An old Punjabi folk song - about a village belle going to meet her husband working in the fields, under the pretext of bringing him lunch, and in the process losing/dropping her nose jewelry (laung) along the way - was popularized by a singer from across the border.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MSUIGk4dc

    The singer, Musarrat is from a converted Kashmiri family, the family having settled in the Western Punjab.

    Pranam.
    Last edited by Believer; 17 February 2013 at 10:00 AM.

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