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I am a great admirer of Jagjit
Singh and I don't remember since when. From my childhood days I am listening to
his ghazals and somehow I always find that I am being able to relate myself with
his ghazals and music. It's not that I used to understand the lyrics of the
ghazals that he sung because the ghazals are generally sung in Urdu. Urdu
is known as a poetic language and the language is very rich and flowery. But
somehow I always liked the way of presentation of his ghazals and soon found
that I am being able to understand a bit of the language as well. Just like I
eat, sleep I make it a point to listen to him everyday whenever I get some time. Call it passion, weirdness, craziness, foolishness, eeriness or simply an
obsession but then I am like this and then who is not obsessed like me about
anything or anybody they
love??
Jagjit Singh sings ghazals as naturally as a human breathes.
We can't think of him without his ghazals. His voice is so
magical, full of immeasurable possibilities. His Ghazals bring out
his elegant,
sophisticated and quiet educated yet impressive
personality. His ghazals do a wonderful job of delivering tranquility , passion,
serenity, pain, deepness, grief, sorrow, love and a reminder of one's own
personal past which appeals us. I loved him in almost all of his
albums and songs however there are few of the ghazals that is very near and dear
to me and I listen to them almost everyday.
The greatest advantage of his ghazals are that
the new generation youths can very well identify themselves with the
lyrics and the music of his ghazals. His music gives a total different
and unique look to all his ghazals that he sings. That's why even today whenever his new
cassettes are released we find the songs hitting the top charts
of all the music channels and the sales record of his cassettes are quite
incredible. Even in this age of pop music and rap music and so called
Bhangras which swaps the whole
nation and where Indian music is slowly and steadily loosing her own identity it
does not make any difference to his popularity. He is still able to communicate
with his fans through his music and is able to survive in this new world of
degenerated culture.. With due respect to all his contemporary ghazal
singers like Mehendi Hassan, Ghulam Ali and of recent times Pankaj Uddas
we don't mind calling him the "King Of Ghazals" if not the "
Ultimate Emperor of Ghazal". He is simply the BEST.
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