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If music be the food of love...
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Two new albums this week, Western and Indian, are just the thing for that mellow Valentine's Day mood
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HAVE I Told You lately? (Sony Music, cassette, Rs. 135) is an impressive collection of 18 anthemic love songs for all times. Each of the featured tracks has been a landmark of its times and invokes the true meaning of love. The album kicks off on a powerful note with "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx, going on to "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette and "Un-break My Heart" by Toni Braxton.
Names such as Phil Collins ("Against All Odds"), Mariah Carey ("Without You"), Eric Clapton ("Tears In Heaven"), and Madonna ("Take A Bow") featured in the album are synonymous with mature music and deal with some facet of human love. After an onslaught of meaningless, pulp love songs in recent months, the songs in this album make you think deep and ponder. Songs such as "What Can I do" by The Corrs, epitomises longing, while "Please Forgive Me" reflects repentance. The album is a treasure chest of love songs, which every mature listener must possess.
For Hindi music enthusiasts, Ishq (Sony Music, cassette, Rs. 60), an "album of songs of love and longing" will be ideal for the season. Taking the much needed break from run-of-the-mill cheap songs and remixes, the album is a bold collection of songs from soundtracks of off-beat new-age Hindi films like Jogger's Park ("Pyar Hota Nahin"), Waisa Bhi Hota hai, Part 2, ("Sajna Tere Bina"), along with a few Indipop numbers such as "Tera Mera Pyar" by Bombay Vikings and "Tum Aaye" by Alka Yagnik and Hariharan. No heavy orchestras, no Jhankaar beat remixes, just pure, slow, melodies that strum your heartstrings as you hum the tunes along. Go for the album if you want something different this Valentine's season.
"Music is the food of love," said Shakespeare. And what better time of the year for that! Let's immerse ourselves in this strange magic of love that makes the world go around.
A. VISHNU
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