Her album “Rahul and I” – criticised at the time by purists for tampering with classic melodies – was in fact a window for many of us into the addictive world of Burman Da’s music. I remember discovering several R D Burman melodies only because Asha Bhosle had remixed and repackaged them, creating versions that were trendier and in sync with the times. It was this very decade that witnessed the emergence of Asha Bhosle, the pop star who clearly knew what she was doing. Instead, I remember her as the leading force of the ’90s, a 60-something singer who adapted with musicians in their 20s as quickly as she revolutionised the length and breadth of what constituted Indian music. I don’t remember her as someone whose relevance was in dispute. And, yet what most people forget is that she was the flagbearer of the Western sound in Indian consciousness long before it even became a thing.įunnily, I however don’t remember Asha Bhosle as a misfit. At that time, it must have been easy to dismiss an ageing Asha tai it wouldn’t have been hard to perceive her as nothing more than a relic of the past, desperate to remain relevant in these changing times. But Asha Bhosle, who started her career back in 1943, stayed. It was an era of innovation and young blood. The Western influences on our music moved past sampling and Lahiri-esque imitations and evolved into a more synthesised sound that was distinctly modern, even when the core melody was Indian. Moreover, the emergence of Indie-pop in the ’90s opened the floodgates for an entirely new generation of musicians and composers who were young, dynamic, and didn’t shy away from experimenting experimenting with their sound. The traditional, classical melodies of the ’60s seemed incompatible with the post-liberalisation modernised Indian taste and the poetry of the ’70s had lost its sheen to the emergence of consumerism and materialistic glamour. Bollywood was still recovering from the battering of the disco beats and the gilded, blinding dazzle of Bappi Lahiri. The ’90s were a strange, complicated, coming-of-age era in music. Palash Sen and his group gave everything that we could relate to in our teenage.As a ’90s kid, my earliest memories of Asha Bhosle involve the singer being draped in a resplendent off-white saree wearing delicate jewellery, a deliberately conspicuous flower in the hair bun, and a voice that defied notions of age, expectations, and conventions. If you've grown up listening to Euphoria, we bet their songs will still be there in your playlist. This song made everyone crazy, Adnan Sami became an overnight sensation, and when fans saw the video of him playing the piano at an extremely fast speed they fell in love with his music. His songs are still gold and in fact, all his songs purely define a different mood. Punjabi music gradually started gaining popularity in London and then came our favourite Punjabi pop star, Daler Mehndi. This song is still played in the clubs and is our favourite.
Right from the lyrics to Shahid Kapoor's cute looks in the video, this song is a perfect romantic song even today.īombay Vikings led in the uber-cool factor in music with a mix of English lyrics in their songs. They made that Indian bands popular in the 90s and their songs were a huge hit. Moheener Ghoraguli was the first music band in India. Made in India broke all the records back then, and the music video featured our dream man, Milind Soman. The 90s pop songs that you must listen to right away.Īlisha Chinai was one of the first few Indian pop stars who won our hearts with her uber-cool songs. So for the love of 90s music, here are some 90s Hindi pop songs that you must listen to at least once. And not only their songs but even their music videos became hugely popular. Right from Adnan Sami to Alisha Chinai, all these singers made sure to woo us with their quirky, upbeat and unique songs. Hindi pop songs of that era were pure gold.
The 90s was a time when we were still buying cassettes and CDs, with many being those of our favourite Hindi pop songs. While songs of Shah Rukh Khan and the likes continued to woo teenagers, what also found its niche was the genre of Indie pop. Their songs not only touched our heart, but those songs also made sure to make us dance on their tunes.
While we completed Arijit Singh, the singers of the 90s had some different magic in their voice. F you have grown up in the 90s era, then you surely have heard some better singers than Arijit Singh.
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