[i2fs] Siyaram ad jingle lifted!
Karthik S
in the Discovery Channel. It sounded very much like the popular jingle of
the Siyaram advt (which goes "...o siyaram...coming home to siyaram...").
Then with the help of my friend Gopal Srinivasan, I managed to trace the
original's name...its a track called 'O Moena' by a German band by name Tri
Atma, founded in 1977 by German guitarist Jens Fischer and Indian tabla
player Asim Saha.
Tri Atma specializes in fusing Eastern musical elements with Western
electronic pop. In 1982, the duo met Klaus Netzle, a veteran German record
and television producer who brought the space-age sounds of the Fairlight
and Synclavier computer synthesizers to their music. As a fan in Amazon.com
(www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003YYU/qid=1023088797/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1
/104-7478298-7121512) says, "Tri Atma's music is an amalgam of sampled
ethnic and classical keyboard sounds, classical/ flamenco guitar and
eastern/ Indian percussion set to a world beat rythm some times bordering on
island reggae with the overtones of old world European traditional folk
instrumentation and classically trained musicianship"
Listen to Tri Atma's O Moena in my site.
--Karthik
Inspired Indian Film Songs - http://www.iespana.es/i2fs
Cricfan
> I came across a piece of music while watching a travel show (about Finland)
> in the Discovery Channel. It sounded very much like the popular jingle of
> the Siyaram advt (which goes "...o siyaram...coming home to siyaram...").
> Then with the help of my friend Gopal Srinivasan, I managed to trace the
> original's name...its a track called 'O Moena' by a German band by name Tri
> Atma, founded in 1977 by German guitarist Jens Fischer and Indian tabla
> player Asim Saha.
A bizarre rejoinder to this story..
I was ruffling through some old records in the early 90's in an old
record shop (where else?) at - of all places - Oklahoma, when I saw
this Tri-Atma LP and bought it for $1. It's in some cupboard back in
India. :-)
I had never heard of this group before I saw it at that store. In
fact, the only time I've heard the group being referenced is the above
post by you. What is so stunning about the whole thing is that
*someone* actually went out and bought a Indo-German fusion album in
Oklahoma in the 1970's. Bizarre! :-)
[To give an analogy, it is like finding a Charlie Parker album in
Gorakhpur]
Equally astounding was a Dave Brubeck quartet LP (Again $1) called
"Jazz visions of Eurasia" whose cover featured Brubeck wearing a
turban and surrounded by Panam airhostesses (of Indian origin) wearing
sarees. It had a tune called 'Calcutta Blues" (circa 1958) where he
plays the sax like a shehnai accompanied by the round drum typical of
shehnai performances. Very good!
Once again, it is languishing back in some cupboard at home in
Bangalore. :-(
Oh, for those days of great LP artwork!
Cheers
Arun [ducking from the tomatoes thrown by Gorakhpur loyalists] Simha
Karthik S
70s....listen at least to O moena, it sounds really fresh as if composed in
the 90s. Pretty interesting music. Bet they didnt have a good record label
otherwise they could've made it pretty big.
And yes, I've never heard of them either till I started digging info after
seeing the Discovery Channel program.
--Karthik
Inspired Indian Film Songs - http://www.iespana.es/i2fs
> A bizarre rejoinder to this story..
>
> I was ruffling through some old records in the early 90's in an old
> record shop (where else?) at - of all places - Oklahoma, when I saw
> this Tri-Atma LP and bought it for $1. It's in some cupboard back in
> India. :-)
>
> I had never heard of this group before I saw it at that store. In
> fact, the only time I've heard the group being referenced is the above
> post by you. What is so stunning about the whole thing is that
> *someone* actually went out and bought a Indo-German fusion album in
> Oklahoma in the 1970's. Bizarre! :-)
> Arun [ducking from the tomatoes thrown by Gorakhpur loyalists] Simha
George Thomas
On 3 Jun 2002, Cricfan wrote:
>
> Equally astounding was a Dave Brubeck quartet LP (Again $1) called
> "Jazz visions of Eurasia"
you mean, "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia" ...
> sarees. It had a tune called 'Calcutta Blues" (circa 1958) where he
> plays the sax like a shehnai accompanied by the round drum typical of
> shehnai performances.
well, dave brubeck plays the piano. You probably mean paul desmond...
cheers
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Cricfan
> On 3 Jun 2002, Cricfan wrote:
>
> >
> > Equally astounding was a Dave Brubeck quartet LP (Again $1) called
> > "Jazz visions of Eurasia"
>
> you mean, "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia" ...
>
That is correct. It's been a while :-)
> > sarees. It had a tune called 'Calcutta Blues" (circa 1958) where he
> > plays the sax like a shehnai accompanied by the round drum typical of
> > shehnai performances.
>
> well, dave brubeck plays the piano. You probably mean paul desmond...
> cheers
>
Yup, I made a mistake while composing the sentence. I meant to write,
"he composed a tune where he had the sax player make his instrument
sound like a shehnai".
Cheers
Arun
Viplove
information about Siyaram's jingle, the previous one.In 1997, a movie
by the name of Sanam was released, produced by the infamous Hanif
Kadawala. Yes this is the same Bombay Bomb Blast gentleman and this is
teh same movie which got entabgled in the Bomb Blast cases with hanif
and Sanjay Dutt both being accused. It also had Vivek Mushran (Dont
ask me , who is he, the ILU ILU Saudagar boy) and Manisha Koirala
(yes, another one of the pair).
This movie had a song which goes like " Kasam se Kasam, O rabba kasam
se". If some one get the rare opportunity to listen to this song, dont
blame me for rthis song reminding you of Siyaram commercial. I guess
Anand Milind were the music duo. Bechare choer-chor mausere bhai.
Inspiration is something which is accepted but Chori is not
pardonable.
Thanks. Let me know about this chori chori.
Viplove