*Updated with corrections pointed out by Bart Plantenga , author of some incredible book on Yodeling including Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World. -0- Kishore Kumar 's brother Anoop Kumar, who we basically know for the line ' O manu tera toh hua ab mera kya hoga ', used to own lots of Austrian music records. And from these records, Kishore Kumar picked up the art of Yodel singing, an art perfected in bathroom and then introduced by him to the world of Hindi film music. According to his biography 'Kishore Kumar: method in madness ' by Derek Bose, "Kishore was a fan of the Swiss singer Tex Norton [* Tex Morton, an Australian cowboy born in New Zealand who sang in the gene autry / Jimmie Rodgers style ] and the Australian Jimmy Rogers [* Jimmie Rodgers , perhaps the most American and one of the most famous yodelers in the world, famous for his blue yodels ] as well." Although most of these songs by Kishore Kumar are t
there's something with these... they are all over delhi, the same thing. apart from that, i noticed they were fresh fews days before cwg started. must be by some rebelious bunch.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about CWG but this one reminded me Iron Sharmila.
ReplyDeleteto me it looks lika a hybrid of che and jim morrison
ReplyDeleteThey're by BassFoundation, a drum and bass/electronica band. http://www.myspace.com/bassfoundationindia
ReplyDeleteThe graffiti is a catchy way of putting their message across and also putting their name out there. They also have stickers all over the place. I think they have a Facebook album of places their stickers and graffiti are, including urinals and panwaris. :)
Oh, and it is Irom Sharmila
ReplyDeleteI thought I would never get to know.Thanks for all that info.!
ReplyDeleteNo problem, I love their band. :)
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