It all started with my sister's email asking me to check out one of Farhan Akhtar's video on YouTube performing U2's song 'One'. The video came as a complete surprise as I never knew that Farhan Akhtar sings. I have to admit this is an amazingly talented guy. Having seen his video I was tempted to listen to the just released tracks of his forthcoming movie 'Rock On'. I never knew that I would be in for such a pleasant surprise. I was aware that Rock On's music has released and having followed Rediff.com's review about the album I really did not bother to give it a listen. I have to admit that it was the dumbest thing to do, I wonder why did I listen to rediff's review and not follow my instincts which indicates that it must be good. C'mon, anyone who has enjoyed Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya immensely, I am a big admirer of Farhan. Anyways, I did finally give it a listen........
The few words that come to my mind after having listened to the soundtracks are........I LOVE IT!!!! I am a Classic Rock fan, for such a person I guess this soundtrack is a complete treat. One thing I can say for sure that it is very matured rock, hats off to Shankar-Eshaan-Loy. It also gives you a very fresh feel, fresh in the prespective of Bollywood. Finally i think that bollywood is coming of age. Thanks to Farhan, Shankar-Eshaan-Loy to name a few!!
Even though I simply loved all the tracks but I guess one song deserves a special mention. The song is 'Phir Dekhiye' by Caralisa Monteiro. I guess I can write a whole paragraph citing what are the things I loved about this track. Who is Caralisa Monteiro???? God, she has this amazingly sensuous voice. Bowled over by her voice and her singing I was tempted to do a Google on her. To my surprise I found that she has done playback for a good number of popular tracks, sad I only noticed her now. ‘Phir Dekhiye’ gives you a soothing listening experience, while I listened to it over n over again late in the night it reminded me of many old timers….Joan Baez and of the likes. Caralisa has definitely got a very matured voice and style of singing. Simply love this song and whoever attempts to listen to this album would love it.
I would refrain from giving a track by track review as I guess you would find it all over on the net. I would prefer that you rather would give it a listen. Anyone who likes Classic Rock would simply love this album.
This has definitely raised my expectation of the movie, cannot wait till the releases. I hope Farhan you prove to be as good an actor as you are a director and now a singer J !!
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