Currently Listening : Breathing by Jason Derulo

Currently listening to the song 'Breathing' by Jason Derulo. I have been hearing this song as it was on the UK Top 40 at number 35 when it entered on 26th February 2012. Currently hooked to the music, more than the lyrics. Have been hearing it over and over again. Lyrics can be read HERE. Official video can be seen on Youtube. One can see below also.

Kung Fu Fighting

This is a very old song which I really like. The singer's name is Carl Douglas and this song was released in 1974. This song hit number 1 at that time. This song has appeared in a lot of movies for example Shaolin Soccer, Epic Movie, Beverly Hills Ninja and the most recent being Rush Hour 3. The song 'Kung Fu Fighting' had been inspired when Carl Douglas had seen a Kung Fu movie, and had attended a Jazz concert and also was having side-effects of pain killers as he had a foot injury. Another interesting fact about this song is that it was produced by Biddu Appaiah.

Biddu Appaiah is associated with lot of songs and artists. Artists like Carl Douglas and Tina Charles started off their career with him. Biddu gained lot of fame in India with the release of the movie Qurbani in 1979. He had produced a song with a new singer, Nazia Hassan who was only 15 and had sung the hit song 'Aap Jaisa Koi' and 'Laila o Laila' for the movie Qurbani. Even after these accomplishments, he brought forth Alisha Chinoy in 1995 with the hit song 'Made in India'.

Rave: Wrong meaning

The original meaning of Rave Party is : A dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played. Few of the people and groups which are associated with Rave music are Prodigy, DJ Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, Apex Twins and many more.

With the drug bust in a rave party in Pune a week back, the meaning of Rave has now been associated with narcotic drugs. This is completely wrong as in general the indian public has no idea what is the meaning of Rave. Now whenever the word rave will be mentioned or a Rave party will take place, people will think that Drugs are being used in such a place.

I am a music fan and love Rave music, so wanted to let people know that not to make up their minds about the Rave music, based on Media reports associating it with drugs. Narcotic drugs are not only used in this kind of party but can be found in use in a lot of high profile Celebrity parties. The only thing is that the corruption level is so high within the police ranks that those kind of parties are left alone. When the police are really interested in busting Drug peddlers then they should do it uniformly by raiding all kinds of parties. I am not telling how the cops should work, but only that these kind of parties are not a secret and is known publicly.

The funny thing I found regarding the Pune Rave Party bust is that the cops (Pune and Mumbai) and also the Media knew about it, way in advance like a couple of days and still couldnot plan it properly so that they could get the drug peddlers. The ones who were arrested were the group of students and professionals who probably might be using the drugs or the organisers of the party.

Ocean's 12 Laser Dance

The other day I was watching Ocean's 12 on Star Movies and that refreshed some good memories about the Laser Dance sequence. The laser dance done by the Night wolf towards the end of the movie was amazing, especially the music. When I was searching for information on that, I came to know that the music was not available on the Original Ocean's 12 Soundtrack CD.

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The end credits in the movie suggest that the song used was "Thé à la Menthe" by the group "La Caution". When I searched further, I found that the same song was performed by the group Nikkfurie. I would suggest people to check out and atleast once hear the song. It is musical one without lyrics but has a touch of Arabic music. It is really soothing. The laser dance sequence can be seen on Youtube.

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O-zone - Dragostea Din Tei

"Dragostea Din Tei" sung by the Romanian pop band "O-Zone" has some great music and lyrics. I hope people have time to check it out, they can watch the video on YouTube. The original video from the Album can be seen HERE. The original lyrics of the song can be seen on THIS website. Also there is an English version, the lyrics for that can be found HERE.

But this song became more popular because of a guy lip-synching the song energetically over his webcam and posting it on the Internet on the site "Newgrounds" in 2004. It had a record views of 13 million. That video became more popular and was known as the "Numa Numa Dance" video. It was performed by some 19 year old amateur Gary Brolsma. For viewing that video click HERE. This video is now been posted over many sites including YouTube. The amazing thing about this video is that it created something known as the Numa Numa Phenomenon. It is also sometime considered as an Internet Parody.

Based on this many more videos have come up with the same song posted by different internet users with Webcams including a competition for $45,000 for the best Numa Numa Dance video.

Ya Ali (or is it) Ya Ghali

I was compelled to write about this topic. When the music release of the Hindi Bollywood movie 'Gangster' took place in the start of 2006, its songs became quite popular. My friends used to drop by and tell me how great one of its songs 'Ya Ali' was. That's when I used to put the song 'Ya Ghali' and ask them to give me their opinion. They use to say that the song sounds like 'Ya Ali' and they wanted to know who had copied it already. Even the truth takes time to hit the masses. I used to tell them that I had this song since 2002. At that time their reactions were worth watching, but now any reaction is not available as many songs are getting lifted.

The song 'Ya Ghali' is one of the songs from the Album 'Qassati' made by a Kuwaiti group - 'Guitara' which was released in the year 2002. The lead singer of the band Fahad Shammoh was shocked when he got to see the song 'Ya Ali' being played on the TV. The music company that owns the rights of this Arabic song is owned by Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal who belongs from the Saudi Arabian Royal Family. He is the 8th Richest man in the world with net worth of $20 Billion. The Saudi Prince has sued the Music composer of 'Ya Ali' song and the case is in progress. The video of the song can be viewed on YouTube by clicking Here.

The music composer, Pritam who created the 'Ya Ali' song denies getting the inspiration from the Arabic song and says that he didn't know this song even existed. The song introduces /debuts Assamese singer Zubeen Garg. Zubeen says that he knew about the original song but adds that it's not being completely copied. The song's lyrics are written by Sayeed Qadri.

Many other songs have been considered to be copied by Pritam and they can be found on the internet also. Click Here to go to the website. Another example is the song 'Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai' from the movie 'Woh Lamhe' is a lift from the Indonesian band 'Peterpan' and their song 'Tak Bisakah'. This song is already popular in Indonesia and known to people. Also this song is an OST track for the movie 'Alexandria'.