Radiohead - High and Dry

If Coldplay is too sanitized for you... more Radiohead here

Coldplay - In My Place

Haven't posted for a while now but (having given upon you) I'm going to start again. Still not sure what to make of Coldplay but this is a good song.

REM - Losing My Religion

This seems like an appropriate transition... one of my favorites from the nineties.

MS Subbulakshmi - More to Giridhar Gopal

While my father would listen to ghazals and filmy music, my mother would play bhajans... I especially remember MS Subbulakshmi's Meera bhajans, this one included.

Pankaj Mullick - Piya Milan Ko Jaana

Two more for my parents, and then I'll move on to other things. Listening to this one brings back a lot of childhood memories...

Lata Mangeshkar - Yeh Raatein, Yeh Mausam

This is for my parents, who used to sing the song as a duet...

Begum Akhtar - Aey Mohabbat Tere Anjam

Another one for my father... I must have heard this a thousand times growing up.

Jagjit Singh - Kal Chaudavin Ki Raat Thi

Moving away from Bollywood now, but continuing with Indian themes... here's one of my father's favorite ghazals. Listen closely to the lyrics, they're beautiful. The Ghulam Ali version is here.

Kal chaudvin ki raat thi
Shab bhar raha charcha tera
Kuch ne kaha yeh chaand hai
Kuch ne kaha chehra tera
Kal chaudvin ki raat thi

Hum bhi vahin maujood the
Humse bhi sab poochha kiye
Hum has diye, hum chup rahe
Manzoor tha parda tera
Kal chaudvin ki raat thi

Is shaher mein kisse mile
Humse to chhooti mehfilein
Har shaks tera naam le
Har shaks deewana tera
Kal chaudvin ki raat thi

Koonche ko tere chhodkar
Jogi hi ban jaaye magar
Jungle tere, parbat tere
Basti teri, sahera tera
Kal chaudvin ki raat thi

Bedard sunni ho to chal
Kehta hai kya achchhi ghazal
Aashiq tera, ruswaan tera
Shaayar tera, inshaa tera
Kal chaudvin ki raat thi