Rafi meant nothing to me. When it comes to music he was great, and he has time period to thank for that. If Rafi himself was alive in this era, I would gaurntee that he would have hard time surving as singer. Because now days, We have Sonu Nigam, Himesh, Abhijeet, Sukhvinder singh. These are foundation of todays bollywood. I think Rafi got big because there were few singers competing and lot songs to be sang. I am not saying that he had no telent, ofcouse he was great singer. All I'm saying is that lyrics of the song he sang were almost like language spoken by gods. I would give full credit to lyrics and than time himself. Because if he was facing competition that singer nowdays faces, he would have to work his ass off just to survive. N e one offended by what I say....
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by darakhsha on Aug 01, 2006 12:18 PM Permalink
U R sick man, u r a hypocrite as well, you mention 'personally ..nothing 'and show your inside (as black as coal) by writing this crap.I will agree to what you say,Just find someone who can sing Rafisaab's 1 song (the most simplest,easiest)from among all in a much better way than what he rendered.The singers of current generations are what they are because of the absence of Rafi,Kishore and Mukesh.Ask from Anu Malik to Rajesh roshan to Himesh Reshamiya and Ismail Darbar and you will know how much they miss them.Your name is Mayur but your message reminds one of the peacock's legs not its beautiful feathers.
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by Khalid Hasan on Jul 31, 2006 07:01 PM Permalink
i think there is no point writing to you. i am cent percent sure you dont understand music. otherwise you would not have made such a comment. you are comparing with todays singers ... these are the CHARNO KA DHOOL of Rafi saab.
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by sanhi on Aug 01, 2006 12:33 AM Permalink
You think Himesh is great singer and you are comparing him with Rafi......sorry to say that your music taste bad...
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by harish on Jul 31, 2006 11:18 PM Permalink
mr.mayur it is a pity that someone like you failed to appreciate mohd.rafi. for your info, in his days, there were great singers like talat mahmood, manna dey, mahendra kapoor etc. I agree that some songs had great lyrics, but in a movie like dosti where the lyrics are simple day to day words, the songs were elevated because of rafi. Rafi saab became famous because he had the voice of god. To let you know, he sang some movies just for free because the producers were in debt and he wanted to help them. Also if you know, mohd rafi never demanded a specific amount of money, but just accepted whtever the producer gave him. He was a great and kind human being apart from being a legendary singer. Whether you like him or not, thts the truth and i hope you realise it. If you need more singer's names from that era who were a competiton to rafi saab, let me know, will give you a list.
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by Shahid on Aug 02, 2006 02:09 PM Permalink
We are expecting an apology from you otherwise starting from Lataji to Sonu no one will forgive you if by chance they read this message.
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by R.Narasimhan on Aug 01, 2006 09:57 AM Permalink
From your mail, one can infer that you have not yet realized the full potential of Rafi saab. Competition was always there and will always be there. Today's singers are also good; let us see how many of their songs will survive after fifty years.
Rafi saab was not only talented but was also hard working. As Anu Malik said, when Anu Malik went to the studio for recording for his first movie early in the morning, Rafi was there ahead of him practising the song!
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by Sa2206 on Aug 01, 2006 10:21 PM Permalink
Hello Mr. Jerk aka Mayur...
I don't want to seem distasteful, but even Rafi's fart would be more melodious than nasal melodies of today's Reshammiya, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Kumar Sanu and others. Please keep ur intellectual thoughts to urself. This comment of yours also shows you don't know the ABCs of music.
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by Mathew Kochezhikkakathu Thomas on Aug 03, 2006 01:07 PM Permalink
God, this is the first time I am hearing somebody speaks badly about Rafi saab. I doubt you have listened to at least a few of his songs or the very first Hindi song you happened to listen is 'Aashiq banaya aap ne'. Why Rafi is remembered by genuine music lovers even after 25 years of his demise? Why modern day singers are trying to imitate him, the answer is simple just that he is Great.
Also it is not fair to compare contemporary singers with somebody from Rafi's era, the same way comparing Bradman and Tendulker is ridiculous. In his era the song recording methods were different, there was no track system, and there was no mixing and modulating. I am not against present singers but I am sure it will be embarrassing for Himesh Reshammiya when you compared him with the great Rafi.
See what Kishore(another legend) had to say when Jagjit Singh criticized Rafi, " How dare these so-called ghazal singers criticise an icon that Manna Dey, Mukesh and I dare not criticize ? ".
Rafi was a good human being and an extremely humble person. Once, when a lesser-known composer who didn't have enough money to pay him, Rafi charged a fee of one rupee and sang for him. Rafi was unique.
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by OP Trigunait on Jul 31, 2006 07:03 PM Permalink
My dear it seems that you don't know A B C D of music and sargam. An yof the singer of these days are no where in comparision to those singers. Even Bhupinder, Suresh Wadekar, Yesudas are far better than these new mushrooms. Singging song on the support of technological support and facility to correct your errors and your pitch too any duffer can be a singer if he has marketing capabilites. I am not saying that Artist like sonu nigam, kumar shanu and others are bad but they are very mediocre and they are surviving just copying the old days emprors of Music. it is my humble request to you before commenting like this go and see the recording of new singers and see the efforts of sound engineers to make them gooood. It is also advisable that you must differentiate between orchestra and melody. Thanks
