The Golden Oldies

Over the past month, I've re-visited a lot of the oldie stuff - movies, music and tv programmes. It's been quite interesting, to be honest!

It started with some old music. I've continuously been watching Magic and Flaunt - Both channels always have old music videos playing.. It's been really great actually, cause most of those songs bring back a lot of memories. Shaf and Anisa have been talking about them as well, and telling me about their memories, since all of those songs are of *their time*.. This morning, I watched Michael Jackson's Thriller video.. And I have to admit, it's probably one of my favourites! =D It's just one of those. The kind that stays with you, for many years.. And never grows old. Look at the new Westlife song, The Rose, for example.. I love it right now, but say.. 2 weeks from now, I'll be bored of it.. Why? Because they just keep playing it over and over again. Making it unbearable to hear anymore..

As for Indian songs, I love the old ones.. Completely! The newer ones all have a similar tune to it, especially with that singer, who sings mostly all the songs these days! But otherwise, the old ones are just absolutely B R I L L I A N T! =D The lyrics were beautiful and simple yet very deep. The music was soft yet effective and the singers had gorgeous voices as well.. Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar, are just unbeatable. Remixing them now, has just ruined their essence and you know. Ruined them.

On the other hand, I've realised something else as well. Music in this day and age, is getting too repetative and boring. Whenever I flick through the rest of the music channels (MTV UK, MTV, Bliss, The Box, Smash hits, The Hits, The music factory, Q, Scuzz and Kerrang!) there's always something that is either vulger, loud or absolutely pathetic. It's always the same R&B song, The same style of Hip Hop non sense, and sadly enough, the same "rock" stuff - which is all emo and basically crap. I don't particularly like putting them in genre's as such, but that's what these channels do these days. Every channel has the same kind of song playing - Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Snoop dog and Girls Aloud/The PCD - It get's quite annoying, really. None of these bands/singers have any depth. There's nothing capturing about their songs, and they aren't even worthy enough to listen to, just for fun.

Along with that, the same sort of goes with the movies as well.. Take for example, horror movies.. Most of them have similar story lines, gore, blood and basically every other generic element all of them do. We watched some of the older Horror movies in Media, and it's been quite interesting. They're completely not scary, and if they even have a tinge of it, it turns out to be rather humourous towards the end! =D But then again, I love movies anyways. Whether they are old or new, they are movies.. And I am a movie-buff! =D

TV shows, have been.. Hmm. I don't really know about that. I love the shows that come on now, for example; One Tree Hill, Six Feet Under, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The O.C., House M.D and ofcourse, Boston Legal - They are all absolutely brilliant!! But then again, the oldies just have a league of their own.. - Some mothers do 'ave em, Keeping up Appearances, Murder She wrote, Happy Days, Bottom and so on.. - Those just have a completely different humour/thriller stlye and basically the way they presented their shows.. So yes, there is a massive difference between the Old and New.. But which do I like better? Hmm.. Hard to say, but I'm guessing that for music, I'm sticking with the old and familiar! =D

Rightio, I shall bid you all farewell now. Please stop crying.. Now now, I'll be back soon =D