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RUMBLINGS ABOUT KONKANI SONGS v/s HINDI SONGS

 RUMBLINGS ABOUT 
KONKANI SONGS
v/s
HINDI SONG TUNES 

I have, on some occasions before this, come across a comment, when some disgruntled soul has blurted out to me: "Oh, this Konkani song tune is taken from a Hindi song you know?" On hearing such rather petty comments I had in the past immediately jumped to the Konkani song's defence, enlightening these musically unschooled souls that Hindi song tunes are very often lifted entirely from Western tunes, and in many instances from Goan folk songs like mandos and durpods as well - blatantly, without batting an eyelid. And yet I have never called a radio station asking as to why they are playing Hindi songs that bear Konkani tunes right down to their core.

 Perfect example:

 Film: 'Bobby' 

Song: 'Naa Chahoon Sona Chandi Naa Mangoon'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmwWGrDoZhM

Now, take for instance the latest incident during last weekend. The first Konkani song played on Radio Mango Toronto was based on an old Hindi song tune ' Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan'. Someone, who in all probability does not understand neither Hindi nor Konkani, had immediately called the station querying why Hindi music was played on a Konkani Station. 

My answer to this uninformed caller is this: The tune of the Hindi song 'Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan' in the first place is borrowed from the classic American Western Folk Ballad 'Oh My Darling Clementine'. So in all probability we could argue that the Konkani song tune could not have been taken from the Hindi song, but from the original American Country ballad. There!

The one above is just one prime example. We could go on and on, and compile an extensive list, running in volumes. But just to make a point, remember the age-old song 'Dil Deke Dekho' (1959) from the Hindi movie of the same name? Well, this tune was taken in its entirety from a very popular hit song 'Sugartime' (of Sugar in the Morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at the supper-time fame, sung by the famous American trio, The McGuire Sisters) in 1958. Then there was direct lift-off of Jim Reeves' 1956 hit song 'My lips are sealed' and they called it 'Kahaan Shuru Kahaan Khatam. They are many more direct picks they made the public believe were Hindi originals. The list could go on and on, but I believe this is enough to prove my point.

Please take some time and click on the links below to songs

mentioned above, not only for listening pleasure
but also for comparison:

Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlAOZrst6fQ

Oh My Darling Clementine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66VAAhDWrs

Dil Deke Dekho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxByhOM_i-w

Sugartime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iVi1tqdME

They are many more classic rip-offs. The ones mentioned above are just a few.

In the meantime let's be cool, and enjoy and appreciate
all types of music around the world!

DAHLIA FERNANDES ON RADIO MANGO

Dahlia Fernandes 

Live Interview and 2 Songs from her EP on

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KONKANI FM 101.3

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Saturday, June 1st 2013

Between 7pm and 8 pm

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