Somehow I seem to enjoy those 'noises' :)
Another album with similar ambient sounds between songs is "Dil Padosi
Hai" by Asha/RD/Gulzar. The sounds before "manjhi re manjhi" are really
great.
In an album called "Beyond Time", Jagjit Singh tried adding noises
(literally) at the beginning and end of each side on each LP. It was
the same odd sound repeated four times. The album was otherwise quite
good, specially the ghazals sung by Chitra.
Regards,
Sharad
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My tape of Lata's wonderful Meera Bhajan album, "Chala Vaahi Des",
released by HMV, contains the strangest noises ever in between the
songs. The noises include the sounds of doors opening and closing,
goats bleating, birds chirping, cows mooing, the gurgling of brook,
and some people reciting mantras in the strangest possible manner. I
find these noises in the gaps between every two consecutive songs. Any
idea why these strange noises were included in the tape?
The doors opening and closing before "ga.Dh se to miiraabaa_ii utarii" are
supposed to represent Meera going away from the fort (palace).
Somehow for me, it doesnt convey the meaning at all. A short narrative
introduction by either Hridaynath or Lata (in her wonderful voice!)
would have served the purpose much better.
As an aside, I find the tune of "gadh se to mirabai utari" to be
extremely inspiring, especially the place where Lata and the chorus
sing "raam krishna hari".
The 'nature
sounds' :) you describe represent her wandering in the forests; the chants
represent the religious establishment she had to contend with. (If I
remember right, these are only before "karam kii gatii nyaarii" and "u.D jaa
re kaagaa".) The "noises" are explained away thus on the cover of the LP.
Warm regards,
Abhay
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