If this was 1990 and we were in Rawalpindi I would have torn a page from my notebook and tried in my best penmanship to write a list of songs;
I would have called for truce and let the Great Sister Wars be for a while, just so that the combined force of us two could have begged,borrowed, stolen to get to Radio City in Islamabad and asked for a Mixed Tape.
And we could have called it something like Lala Nothing Gonna Change My Love For U-1990.
And everyone in school would have run copies of it.
It is 2011.
And I have not slept all night.
And someone once said right after the World Cup, a couple of months ago, that great moments like this should inspire great art, great writing; and I want to. But as I said I have not slept all night, Gman is away, I live in a country where they have not declared a school holiday even after all that you did, you beauty you, and I have to get busy with the business of mommyhood.
So for now, all I can do is trawl youtube, and dedicate this to you, as homage.
We start with this cira 2am Dhaka time:
And for all of you who do not understand the Hindi, (thought they were all singing in Urdu back then, oh well!) I suggest this which was released at the same time give or take a year or two.
Oh yes I could have. Danced. All night.
For My Heart Went as Nazia Hassan so eloquently put it, and you breathed the life into her words, Boom Boom.
I too can wear pigtails.
For Lala you melt our hardened hearts. We laugh as we have not in many days, and as we wake up to another morning, for a couple of hours we can forget out pain. I pray fervently that out there where the madness rules others too find the fire, the inspiration, to face another day.
There is a spring in my step.
And this one goes out to you.
Lest you all think I am Lala Fan Girl Numero Uno, well sadly Tazeen and this post beat me to it earlier this year. hurry out and read it, for many a time I see myself as Sir Syed going up to that Big Farm up there and declaring I bring for You, Mussadas-e-Hali-Version 2011
I would have called for truce and let the Great Sister Wars be for a while, just so that the combined force of us two could have begged,borrowed, stolen to get to Radio City in Islamabad and asked for a Mixed Tape.
And we could have called it something like Lala Nothing Gonna Change My Love For U-1990.
And everyone in school would have run copies of it.
It is 2011.
And I have not slept all night.
And someone once said right after the World Cup, a couple of months ago, that great moments like this should inspire great art, great writing; and I want to. But as I said I have not slept all night, Gman is away, I live in a country where they have not declared a school holiday even after all that you did, you beauty you, and I have to get busy with the business of mommyhood.
So for now, all I can do is trawl youtube, and dedicate this to you, as homage.
We start with this cira 2am Dhaka time:
And for all of you who do not understand the Hindi, (thought they were all singing in Urdu back then, oh well!) I suggest this which was released at the same time give or take a year or two.
Oh yes I could have. Danced. All night.
For My Heart Went as Nazia Hassan so eloquently put it, and you breathed the life into her words, Boom Boom.
I too can wear pigtails.
For Lala you melt our hardened hearts. We laugh as we have not in many days, and as we wake up to another morning, for a couple of hours we can forget out pain. I pray fervently that out there where the madness rules others too find the fire, the inspiration, to face another day.
There is a spring in my step.
And this one goes out to you.
Lest you all think I am Lala Fan Girl Numero Uno, well sadly Tazeen and this post beat me to it earlier this year. hurry out and read it, for many a time I see myself as Sir Syed going up to that Big Farm up there and declaring I bring for You, Mussadas-e-Hali-Version 2011
LOL Remind me to never discuss cricket with you.
ReplyDeleteAfter spending many enjoyable seconds bugging your cat (as I spun my cursor in circles, making it considerably dizzy), I read the post.
ReplyDeleteLala-lurve to the max. May he bring cricket to a point where I can have faith in it again!
will watch lala talk some today , I promise so can share some of that ecstasy with you. am so happy we won BTW... cheers!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I LOVE 'i could have danced all night' and i love your blog. and now the song is stuck in my head :/
ReplyDeleteShazaf