Re: Looking for a Punjabi Song

"Afzal A. Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 

> 
>           While giving so many examples of film songs based on
>           Punjabi folk, I am surprised no one has mentioned so 
>           far the OPN composition based on the original song
>           of this thread "Baajre da siTTa...".  It is 
>           "As-salaam 'Aalekum baboo, kaho kaisa haal hai,
>           As-salaam 'Aalekum", from "Kalpana" (1960).

Impressive catch. 

But why be surprised? OP has shifted the original bhairvai melody
("baajre da siTTa") a few notes down the x-axis, as it were. The
resultant tune is not instantly recognizable. He has also, it seems,
painstakingly avoided melodic phrases in the original song, phrases
that don't shift so elegantly to create the effect of a different
scale.

There is at least one other example of OP's not-so-obvious melodic
mapping, and I am thinking of SK/PK's "shokkaN mele di" vis-a-vis
"gora rang chunariyaa kaali" (HOWRAH BRIDGE) - takes a few seconds to
process that similarity.

A more direct, but still not immediately discernible map is the "suhe
ve cheere waaleya" variant from BASANT (what's that song - "aaj mere
sai.nyaa.n ki baaraat aayee hai"?). The creative changes there lie
mostly in the modified rhythm and pace, and not in the melody itself.

One does not automatically expect such cleverness from OP, but
something tells me there is more method to his madness than the facade
of banality is willing to betray.

cheers
vish