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Jeevan ke safar mein raahi [Film: Munimji] |
| Inspired from The Mexican
hat dance! |
| Listen to
Jeevan
ke safar |
Mexican Hat
Dance |
| The original of SD
Burman's 'Jeevan ke safar mein raahi' from Munimji - The Mexican Hat
Dance. The version of Mexican Hat Dance I've uploaded is by Jose Ortega
and his Mariachi Band. Incidentally, while the original has a real fast
tempo, the hindi version is a tad bit slower. Also, I would only term it
as an inspiration, not a blatant rip off as its quite difficult to see
the similarity in the first listen, 'cos of the incredible tempo of the
original. My dad tells me that SDB had also incorporated a slower
version of the same song in the same album/ bgm of the movie!
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bhi koi roothne ka din hai [Film: Solva Saal (1958)]
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| From the song 'Ya
Ghozayel', composed by Rahbani brothers and sung by Lebanese singer
Fairuz. |
| Listen to
Yeh bhi
koi rootne ki (Solva Saal) -
Arab
Feast (Ya Ghozayel) |
| SDB, in all
probabilities, derived inspiration from the original Rahbani Brothers
number. The same song (Ya Ghozayel) was titled 'Arab Feast' when it was
included as part of the Ron Goodwin compilation, 'Music for an Arabian
Night', which was released in 1959. |
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Chahe koi khush [Film: Taxi driver (1954)] |
| Inspired by the Italian
folk tune, 'Tarantella'. |
| Listen to
Chahe
koi khush |
Tarantella |
| Also listen to Shankar
Jaikishen's version of the same - Shankar Jaikishen's page, 10th item!
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Chalti ka naam gadi
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| Two popular lifts from
Kishoreda's Chalti ka naam gadi (1958). These songs were apparently
lifted by S D Burman on Kishore Kumar's insistence! 'Ek ladki bheegi
bhagi si' is inspired by the song 'Sixteen Tons' (1955), while 'Hum the
woh thi' is inspired by the song 'The Watermelon song' (1957), both by
Tennessee Ernie Ford. Interestingly the lift in 'Ek ladki...' looks
pretty minimal, I mean the kind of Hindi song that has come out of the
original sounds drastically different and of course, much more
enjoyable! |
Listen to
Ek ladki bheegi bhagi si |
Sixteen Tons
Listen to
Hum the woh thi |
The Watermelon song |
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| Yeh
dil na hota [Jewel Thief (1967)] |
| Inspired by the song
River Kwai March from the soundtrack of the David Lean classic, The
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
| Listen to
Yeh
dil na hota |
River
Kwai March |
Can be called as the true
inspiration, 'cos both the songs have such a unique sound! One of this
site's visitors, Anoop, wrote in to say that he remembers Asha Bhonsle
talking about this in Vividh Bharathi....that SDB and RDB were returning
after watching the David Lean movie and SDB was tapping on the dashboard
of their car, trying to improvise on the movie's theme tune, to create
the Jewel Thief number! Interestingly the antra of the same Jewel Thief
number reminded me of one of the faster versions of the Spanish classic,
'Perfidia', which had original Spanish words and music by Alberto
Dominguez. The cover instrumental version by The Venturers is a lot
faster than Alberto's original and is what is added here! You may find
the opening of Perfidia and the antara of 'yeh dil na hota' a bit
similar. Listen to the Hindi number from point 00:40:00 onwards!
Listen to
Perfidia |
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7 |
| Yeh
Chanda Ruus Ka [Insaan Jaag Utha (1959)]
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| Lifted
off 'Barefoot Girl' from the compilation 'Music for an Arabian
Night'. Originally titled 'Albint Al Shalabiyya', composed by Rahbani
Brothers. |
| Listen to
Yeh Chanda Ruus Ka |
Barefoot Girl |
| Lifted! |
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Saala main tho [Sagina (1974)]
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| Lifted directly off a
1957 Italian track, 'Chella Llà', by the legendary Renato Carosone.
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| Listen to
Sala main
to |
Chella Llà |
| Lifted! Most recently, 'Sala
main to...' was used as-is for a scene in Darmesh Darshan's 'Raja
Hindustani'. |
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