Music of my childhood

Music can be a soul-soother, and fortunately, some melodies are impossible to forget

Is it o ld age when, no matter how catchy the t Lme of a new song may be, when you are feeling down you go back to the songs of your childhood? I needed a mood lift the other night and started sifting tbrough the songs that defined my childhood. Here are my favourites, grouped by langnage for your listening pleasure too.

English

Growing up watching video hits surrepcitious ly with my sis and flicking back to Sat11rday Dislll[J' when the parents walked in was an integral part of my Samrday mornings. This was before Satttr&!J' Disnl!J became almost as bad as video hits and video hits became the trash it is roday. So m any songs made it to onr school l unchtime dramas, our bus and a·ain rides, our graduation and final prom or graduation dinner. There were songs that we latched onto at first crush, songs that got us through h igh school dramas and 'heartbreak', songs d1at were so silly we laughed out loud in class long after we had sung them at the top of om voices in the playground I wonder if an y of you will remember

If f Let Yott Go (Westlifc)

Hero (Ewique Tglesias)

C11p qf Life (RicA,y Ma1ti11) f '111 Blue (Eiffel 6 5)

Crazy To111n (Butterf!y)

Frees(yler (Bomfimk M Cr)

The 13 qy is M.i11e (Brall(fy e:,,,_, Monica)

A Whole Ne111 World (A laddin)

Hit Me Bafo, One Mm·e Tin1e (Rnhil!J Spean)

M y taste has mam red somewhat and even though m y p laylist is now 6lled witb more of the songs below, T like to revere back ro the golden oldies on the odd occasion. But who can forget

Kashfllir (Led Zeppelin)

Hotel California (E11gles)

SI/lee/ Child of Mine (G1111s and Roses)

Muse (Up1ising)

The Black K1ys {Lolleb' Bq;~

Hindi

I wi.11 always remember m y first Hindi film and the .irreparable damage it has done to my l.ife, as

Dill/lale D11/h(l11it1 Le ja_yenge mrned a m m bo)" into a dreamer, a hopeless romantic waici.ng for her Prince Charming who would come along in his cheeky boi sterous manner and sweep her away. \Xlell, drnt hasn't happened yet, but I did become hopeless ly addicted to the music and melodrama of Indian cinema and pop. There were songs to dream ro, songs to cr y to, songs to dance to, songs to laugh to songs we heard with cousins, p la yed at weddings, songs for almost every memory Here are just a few, and there are very ma n y more

T1!)be Dekha To Ye}t1al/a

Sm1a111 (DDL})

Oh Oh Jane jt111a (F)ar K!Ja to Dama

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Dm11 Dlfma D11111 (Di/)

Aur A hisfc1 Kij!J•e 13aatei11 (Pankaj

Udhas)

Cori Te,i A 11khen Kahe (Li,ck:J A li)

P!J,a Basanti (Ustad S11/ta11 Khan & Chitra)

Kabhi Aana Tu M~eri Gali (E uphoria Guffy)

Kajra Re (131111/y Affr Babli)

Teti M eri PreJ/J Kahani (Borfyg11ard)

Bang la

T was never a big fan of Bangla music: it always Sotll1ded so o ld, boring and sad. Bue at 10 I went to dance school , and a tenn of dancing to /..,al T11k Tuke Bo11 (Little red bride) with m y dance c lass was enough to enamour me to the wide wocld of children's music and folk songs, for which Bangladesh is so renowned. I began to d iscover musicians Lil~e James and Srikanro on m y trips to Bangladesh , and then Habib and Arnob became internatio nal sensations with their modern music. Tr is a testament to some of the current talent that I like some of the songs coming from the rock and pop scene in Bangladesh. Below are a few I grew up wid1 , and a few that grew on me.

Jokhor, Ami 13oro Hobo (finger 1111k11ou111)

Lal T11k T11ke Bott (Singer 1111kno111/i)

Rokto L,/ (linger 1111kt101/111)

Roat Nirgh11m (Hahih)

SheJ e 13oscbe Ache (A mob)

13rishti Tomake Di/am (Srik,mto)

Korean

I am Bengali, I Jive in an Englishspeaking countr y and I enjoy Indian and Pakistani musical influe n ces. But I cannot write about music withou t mentioning my newfound love for Korean dramas and movies, which have some really good OSTs. They are songs that capmre tbe mus ic and emotions of Hindi songs wiLh lyrics reminiscem of the 13ack.street 13qys a combination yo u can't help bm Jove. Here are a few that l reaUy enjo y and you would be doing yourself a huge favour by checking out die dramas themselves tool

You're Beautiful OST 2 - 03 What Should T Do (Park Da Yae)

Heartstrings OST Beca11se TMiss

You Om1g Yong Hwa of C Bl ue)

Personal Tasre OST Like /111 Idiot

Like a Fool (2AM)

Boys Over Flowers OST Stand Jh, M e (Shinee)

And of course, a tribute to the current rage about an oppa (man) who loves a_ yqj,1 (woman) who likes her kopi (coffee), Ps y's Ga11g11a!II Sf:yle!

Enjoy!