Saturday, January 26th, 2008
thank you very much
what can i say, atomsmasher? i’m a romantic at heart, and a sucker for slickly produced romantic-comedy-musicals. i suggest you give it a go. jab we met isn’t half bad for what it is.
ANYway, moin akhtar is definitely a legend. i think live comedy is probably a culturally confined thing to a large extent. but then moin akhtar’s comedy is also physical - in terms of his costumes and acting, etc. - so i’m not sure what sort of reception he would receive in europe or north america, even if he performs in english or greek or polish or something.
poor junoon - they put out a string of good albums, only to end up the whipping boys of pakistani music critics everywhere, especially at the baja. funny that salman ahmad started off with vital signs. i still have some respect for him because of the music junoon made in the 90s, like "neend aati nahi", or "khudi", or "jugal bandi". i never got into the sufi-rock they started taking so seriously - they were a rock band.
i still like ali azmat though. he’s taken a new direction and some of his social circus stuff is pretty good. he has one heck of a singing voice, and i’ve heard he puts on an excellent live show. i just think he should stay away from hosting television shows, however. sometimes pappo yaar - the show on aag - is just painful and distressing [wait for the "final thoughts" for something especially excruciating].
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