March Music (& Movie) Mini-Medley
I am not the type of person that sees a lot of movies; I could probably count the number of times I’ve been to a movie theater in the past three years on one hand. Today, however, was a rainy day here in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and not being a local Santa Fe-an, I didn’t have much to do on a rainy day. I decided that since there were actually a couple movies out that I wanted to see, I’d go catch a flick, as the moviegoing public is wont to say. The movie I chose to see is The Inside Man, “A Spike Lee Joint” starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, and Jodie Foster, and I was incredibly impressed. As you may have gathered, I am no movie critic and I hardly fancy myself to be knowledgeable on matters of cinema, but I would absolutely recommend the movie to anybody, it was entertaining and suspenseful and Denzel (we are on a first name basis) and Clive Owen (we are not) were absolutely superb. You may be asking yourself at this point, “why is he writing this? This is not a movie blog, it is a music blog!”, and for that reason I am going to give up on my review of The Inside Man and simply say that if you are reading this, you should see the movie at your soonest convenience, I doubt you will be disappointed.
There is, however, a music-related aspect to this tangent: the song used in both the opening and closing credits of this film is quite excellent. It is very foreign, as the title and artist may suggest, and the lyrics are in no way related to English, but it is a downright funky tune, so much so that the first thing I did upon getting home from the theater was dive into researching and downloading the song. It is called “Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint”, which is an extremely fitting title, and it is credited to Sapna Awasthi and Sukwinder Singh. I realize that it may not be as instantly compelling to those of you who have not yet seen The Inside Man, but this should only serve as further motivation to see the it as soon as possible. As per usual, song is downloadable below:
Sapna Awasthi & Sukwinder Singh, Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint
As I mentioned previously, I am currently on vacation, and after reading Pitchfork’s glowing review of the new Band of Horses album, Everything All The Time, I decided to pick up the album for vacation-time listening. I realize that virtually every music blogger and their grandmother has beaten me to the punch on this one, but this is truly a great album. Obviously, epic lead single “The Funeral” has been posted everywhere, and because it is one of the best songs I’ve heard all year, for the two of you that have not yet downloaded this song, Good Weather for Airstrikes is giving you that opportunity one more time. I cannot stress enough how great this song is. In scanning many of the other blogs posts on Band of Horses, I noticed that one song I believe to be far superior than much of the album is conspicuously absent. That song is “The Great Salt Lake”, and I honestly feel that it rivals “The Funeral” as the best song on the album. Every time they hit the chorus and repeat that title line I get goosebumps, and I can’t help but replay it over and over. Obviously, with such a positive review I wouldn’t deign to give you, the reader, a case of aural blue balls by not making the song available for download, so it can be grabbed along with “The Funeral” below.
Band of Horses, The Funeral
Band of Horses, The Great Salt Lake
Finally, to complete my mini-roundup, I direct your attention to the criminally under-appreciated Sondre Lerche, who’s singer-songwriter style has recently been compounded with some quality classical instrumentation courtesy of the Faces Down Quartet on his newest album, Duper Sessions. The lead single from that album, “Minor Detail”, is melodic pop songwriting genius in a tidy three-and-a-half minute package, and is, like every other song in this post, [highly recommended]. To sweeten the deal and to hopefully increase Sondre Lerche Awareness (there really should be a LiveStrong-esque armband about this), I’ve included possibly the best Sondre Lerche song, the title track from his previous album, Two Way Monologue. Excellent lyrics abound in Lerche’s songs, but I feel that this track in particular highlights his song-writing dramatically. Pick up both of the songs below, and let the praise for this 23-year old Norwegian start flowing throughout the blogosphere!
Sondre Lerche, Two Way Monologue
Sondre Lerche, Minor Detail
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March 30th, 2006 at 6:28 am
chaiyya chaiyya is a very very popular song from India….its from the indian movie “Dil Se”…it was a major chartbuster when it was released in 1998 and still commands respect on the dancefloor…
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March 30th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Thanks for turning me on to “Band of Horses”. Apparently not “everyone” has read the other reviews
Kind of reminds me of Echo of the Bunnyman, but generally I hate to make comparisons as their sound is definitely unique. I enjoy some of these new bands coming out (assume from the UK) that sound like they are actually playing together vs. studio gimickry where the sound and experience is ultra-processed, overthought and manipulated.
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March 30th, 2006 at 11:20 am
ahhh, you rock man, I saw that movie last week as well, top notch thriller! Excellent song as well.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:10 pm
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April 3rd, 2006 at 2:23 am
The version of Chaiyya Chaiyya you have is not the Bollywood version (remixed), it is the original from the movie. The “bollywood joint” version has a updated bassline at 50secs into the song.
April 3rd, 2006 at 9:28 am
aahsome. I love that movie! i thought it would be a boring shooting movies where buildings blow up and everyone dies. But it wasn’t! This is my new favourite song! Chaiyya, Chaiyyaaaa…
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April 9th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Awesome! I was searching through google for more about Chaiyya Chaiyya, and was really glad to find a downloable link.
April 9th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya is an awesome recording and thanks for making it available to me, I’ll be back to your site. Doesn’t anybody wonder what they are singing about? Sounds like they are singing about the freedom and the incredible power humans have to create it. If I find out I’ll let you know.
The version on your blog does not include the horns, from the sound track, which add nicely to the other worldly quality, as well as a head buzz.
April 9th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya is an awesome recording and thanks for making it available to me, I’ll be back to your site. Doesn’t anybody wonder what they are singing about? Sounds like they are singing about the freedom and the incredible power humans have to create it. If I find out I’ll let you know.
The version on your blog does not include the horns, from the sound track, which add nicely to the other worldly quality, as well as a head buzz.
April 9th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya is an awesome recording and thanks for making it available to me, I’ll be back to your site. Doesn’t anybody wonder what they are singing about? Sounds like they are singing about the freedom and the incredible power humans have to create it. If I find out I’ll let you know.
The version on your blog does not include the horns, from the sound track, which add nicely to the other worldly quality, as well as a head buzz.
April 9th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya is an awesome recording and thanks for making it available to me, I’ll be back to your site. Doesn’t anybody wonder what they are singing about? Sounds like they are singing about the freedom and the incredible power humans have to create it. If I find out I’ll let you know.
The version on your blog does not include the horns, from the sound track, which add nicely to the other worldly quality, as well as a head buzz.
April 10th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
http://www.desitrain.com/2006/03/26/inside-man-chaiyya-chaiyaa
the translation english is at the above link
April 11th, 2006 at 1:23 am
Please, where can i find chaiyya chaiyya bollywood joint because i’ve searched for it all day and none of the previous links worked for me…please post a link from which i can dawnload the mp3 version. Thank you!
April 14th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Composer of the Chaiyya Chaiyya is A R Rahman!!! Sapna Awasthi and Sukwinder Singh are just the singers! So due credit should goto ARR! Of course singers have sung it beautifuly. But the mastermind behind all of it is ARR.
April 14th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Thanks for the Panjabi MC download from Inside Man
where did you find it?
April 15th, 2006 at 1:26 am
A R Rahman is currently one the finest composers in Asia.
JUST CHECK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_R_Rahman
Check out albums like Dil Se, Alaipayuthey, Thiruda Thiruda, Yuva, Lagaan, Swades, Roja, Water, Taal, Rangeela.
Some of his finest best sellers in Asian history.
Some Phenomenal stuff.
Currently on a world tour. He is giving a concert in a Michigan University and a lot of cities in USA.
April 16th, 2006 at 12:27 am
Come on Guys Give Due credit to AR.RAHMAN he is the music director of not only this beautiful song ..but of many such Probably u guys will Get to know him better as he has just started to take the west with his musicals ….
April 16th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
This is not the rap version from end credits. Someone please find!
April 17th, 2006 at 1:01 pm
www.mp3search.ru has the rap version…
April 17th, 2006 at 1:20 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint
Really appreciate the movie and discover for the first time this song we really love.
Thank you.
Tiger Grizzly From FRANCE
April 17th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint
The remixed version of the song is available through the iTunes store!!! let’s just compliment the artist and download it legaly for 0,99 Eurocents!!!
Cheers
April 22nd, 2006 at 7:05 pm
The remixed version actually is no longer available through the European iTunes stores — well, it’s available, but you have to buy the entire Inside Man album, not just “Chaiyya Chaiyya…” I’ve tried all night to find a place to legally download just this song and found nothing!
April 27th, 2006 at 2:30 am
You are soooooooo awesome to post the Inside Man theme song chaiyya chaiyya ! I love it!
May 13th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Thank u for Chaiyya chaiyya. I have just came back from Inside Man and now I love that song very much. I really like this kind of oriental music like turkish, arabic or indian. Greetings from Poland, Kasia
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