Song of the Week

Sadr-e-Pakistan
Performed by: Unknown lawyer at lawyers’ rally in Islamabad on 6th March 2008.

Hum Dekheinge.

Hum dekhen gey
Laazim hai ke hum bhi dekhen gey
Hum dekhen gey

We shall see, It is necessary that we shall also see

Woh din ke jiska waada hai
Hum dekhen gey

That day which has been promised

jo loh-e-azal main likha hai
Hum dekhen gey

Which is written with God’s ink

Jab zulm-o-sitam ke koh-e-garaan

When the mountains of cruelty and torture

Rooyee ki terha urr jayen gey

Will fly like pieces of cotton

Hum mehkoomon ke paaoon taley

Under the feet of the governed

Yeh dharti dhar dhar dharkey gi

This earth will quake

Aur ahl-e-hakam ke sir ooper

And over the head of the ruler

Jab bijli kar kar karkey gi

When lightening will thunder

Hum dekhen gey

We shall see

YAY

Stereophonics - Pull The Pin

So excited, so excited - new Stereophonics album preview. Must go do my victory dance now.

Death is the road to awe.

Really, it is.

Or at least, that’s what one feels when hearing the track with that title. Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet are geniuses, they’re the people behind the soundtrack of Requiem of a Dream [everyone recognizes the track Summer Overture, especially after Geo decided to use it for its Zara Sochiye campaign], and The Fountain soundtrack is nothing less than mind blowing, evoking so many different emotions at one time that its bewildering, to put it madly.

And if anyone finds [or owns!] the master version of The Fountain’s DVD in Karachi, please let me know ASAP, I have driven the people at Laraib and Shalimar mad with my incessant queries only to hear their reply ‘jee camera print aya hai abhi tau’. God, will I ever be able to watch decent international flicks at local cinemas, instead of bloody Tomb Raider that actually put my father to sleep in cinema despite Angelina Jolie in skintight clothing?

I ask God all the wrong questions.

Love Will Tear Us Apart.

Love will tear us apart / Susanna and The Magical Orchestra

Must listen/must watch.

Blur - Coffee And TV

One of the bestest videos ever.