Rockstar is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman, to the 2011 Hindi musical film of the same name, directed by Imtiaz Ali, and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in the lead roles. The lyrics for all the songs of the album were penned by Irshad Kamil. The film also stars Shammi Kapoor, who makes his last silver screen appearance in the film. The film is jointly produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and Eros International. The album features fourteen tracks, and was released on 30 September 2011 by T-Series to extremely positive critical reception and hysterical response from fans, grabbing nominations and numerous music awards held in the subsequent year.[1] The entire album topped the iTunes world charts 2011 and continued its legacy until early 2012.[1] The Indian Express has termed the film's soundtrack 'A Milestone for Bollywood'.[1]
The music for the film is scored by A R Rahman replacing Imtiaz Ali's previous associate, Pritam. Mohit Chauhan has lent his voice for nine songs and he is voice of character Jordan (played by Ranbir Kapoor).[2] In 2010, during the development of the album, Rahman stated, "Rockstar is a character driven film and as one can guess from the title, there will be lots of guitar".[3] In 2010, several meetings of Ali and the lyricist Irshad Kamil brought into a phrase titled, "Words destroy what I have to say". The song (Jo Bhi Main) that brings out the dilemma of the protagonist. Kamil suggested the last two lines (In lafzon ke maayne jaaney kaun badalta hai, main kehta hoon kuch, aur matlab aur koi ho jaata hai) for the particular song.[1] But Ali didn't accept the lines because the protagonist wasn't supposed to have this level of sophistication as he was not poetic.[1] To make it sound like something that could come from character Jordan, Kamil toned down the original after a few more rounds of discussion the lines were "Jo Bhi Main Kehna Chaahoon Barbaad Kare Alfaaz Mere" in the soundtrack.[1] Upon development of the vociferating words Sadda Haq, Kamil stated that the situation needed a politically charged number that Jordan performs before a surging crowd at the height of his artistic angst.[1] The slogan was used by students during Kamil's college days in Punjab to protest against the administration's arbitrary announcement of exams.[1] On writing lyrics of "Phir Se Udd Chala", the analogies, he stated on introduction of offtrack lines like "Banu Raavan, Jiyoon Mar Marke" ("I become Raavan by continuing to live each time I die"), "The line was a metaphor for character Jordan who like the demon Ravan from the mythology Ramayana, dies a number of times and yet goes on with his life and that is why I used the Ravan simile."[1] As per Rahman two songs Jo Bhi Mein and Sadda Haq aspire to be in the tradition of song Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones and song Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd. Further, he added, "Just like most rock songs stood for people's voices, here also the central character's cry relates to every one of us." In an interview with Mid-Day, he stated, "I consciously kept away from using distorted guitars and heavy snazzy music. But I have done it here in Rockstar. Plus most songs are acoustic."[4] For the song Katiya Karun singer Harshdeep Kaur noted that the song was recorded at AR Studios, Powai, Mumbai. Rahman asked the translation of Katiya Karun lyrics to which she explained the meaning to him. The lyrics translate as, "I spin your cotton all night, the entire day is spent in this thought, I shall live and die for you, Be a spinning wheel O' my body." Rahman wanted it to be a very catchy number as it was going to be a fun song with Jordan and Heer (played by Nargis Fakhri) on the road. Rahman started composing and created the song right in front of the singer. Kaur stated that it wasn't a folk song, only the rhyme Katiya Karun belongs to a Punjabi folk content.[5] A part of the song was shot at a discotheque and hence, Kamil put in subtle metaphor lyrics in the song lines translating, "I will spin your cotton all night long" that indirectly implied "I will be at your services all night", thus giving it an item song touch.[1]
I may be being too hard on them because they just debuted but I hope their sound develops into their own. The fact that ateez hongjoong produces for them isn't bad, he is an amazing producer but the songs are so distinctly ateez, when I listen to xikers tracks all I can think about I'd how ateez would have performed this. To me, tricky house was great and a strong debut, sure it had an ateez vibe but it wasn't as noticeable as it Is in rockstar. In the future I think getting others to produce the tracks might be best for xikers discography.
I love every single in-house song from GTA III and quite a lot from GTA 2/VC/LCS. I kinda wish Rockstar would make more in-house songs like these, they were special. They also need to officially release GTA 2's soundtrack but that's probably never gonna happen unfortunately.
I mean, it felt pretty clear to me. Most of the song's lyrics are literal mumbling, random words, or Stripe Summer. Complaining about hit songs at the time being meaningless garbage was really popular, even the Simpsons did it. It's mentioned on more radio stations than any other song. It's the only one mentioned by Peds, several of them. Rockstar themselves joked about it on the website and on Gouranga. That's the joke.
"I'm so excited to finally present my first rock and roll album Rockstar!" Parton said in a press release. "I am very honored and privileged to have worked with some of the greatest iconic singers and musicians of all time and to be able to sing all the iconic songs throughout the album was a joy beyond measure. I hope everybody enjoys the album as much as I've enjoyed putting it together!"
Nickelback is being sued by Snowblind Revival songwriter Kirk Johnston, who claims Nickelback stole their 2005 hit "Rockstar" from his 2001 song "Rock Star". Johnston alleges Nickelback had access to his demo, which was submitted to Roadrunner Records' parent companies Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, and stole "a substantial amount of the music in 'Rockstar'." Nickelback has now fired back, saying Johnston is dead wrong.In their answer to Johnston, Nickelback said the two songs sound nothing alike, and that "Johnston failed to identify any specific lyrical similarities between the works at issue; he could only conceivably point to the titles of the two works and 'lyrical themes'. Titles are not protectable by copyright, and their similarity cannot give rise to an infringement claim. Nor does copyright protect the commonplace lyrical theme of imagining being a rock star." The band further states that the two songs aren't even written in the same style and that none of the melodies match up.Nickelback also called Johnston out on providing no details about his meetings with record labels and the Snowblind Revival demo, adding Johnston failed to give "the names of the record label representatives with whom he allegedly met, where the meetings took place, or even when the meetings took place."Check the two songs out side by side below.[via Blabbermouth]Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily NewsletterEnter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.
In a statement to USgamer Rockstar Games confirmed that some songs will be leaving the game due to expired licenses, but also announced that there will be some new songs added as replacements. Rockstar says:
"Due to music licensing restrictions, we are required to remove certain songs from the in-game soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto IV and its Episodes, in particular a large portion of the Russian pop station, Vladivostok FM. However we are replacing some of those songs with a new set of songs on that station. We will update our customer support website with new information as soon as it is available."
Kotaku UK reported how Grand Theft Auto 4 first came out on PS3 and Xbox 360 back in April 29, 2008, and apparently had 10-year licensing agreements for some of the songs in the game. This is a similar situation to other times Rockstar grappled with music licenses including a PC patch that removed songs from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the time a dispute over a Michael Jackson licensed song temporarily removed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
In the case of Grand Theft Auto 4 it seems that Rockstar has a contingency plan in place, which is to replace some of the expired songs with new songs. The statement says that a large chunk of licensed music is from the Russian station, Vladivostok FM, so the new songs could also be of the Russian pop genre.
\"I'm a rockstar now!\" Parton wrote in an Instagram post alongside the album cover, which shows the singer in the driver's seat of a car. \"My new album 'Rockstar' is coming November 17 and it's available for pre-order.\"
\"I'm so excited to finally present my first Rock and Roll album 'Rockstar'!\" Parton said in a press release about her new album this week. \"I am very honored and privileged to have worked with some of the greatest iconic singers and musicians of all time and to be able to sing all the iconic songs throughout the album was a joy beyond measure. I hope everybody enjoys the album as much as I've enjoyed putting it together!\"
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