Sapna Dutta posed this question on Take Two on Sunday 30th November. Listen again to the full debate.
Are we in a musical trance at the moment? With remixes being made of remixes - has South Asian music lost it's magic? The song writers of yesteryear have recently been up in arms that there work has been stolen by the people who make the music we listen and buy today, so is it a case of old verses new?
To answer this question Sapna spoke to Anu Malik and Javid Akhtar amongst others. She invited British Asian artist's to give their view on this subject including Shin from DCS.
Here's what some of you think:
"I think every time has its golden songs. Like, from yester years we now only talk about the hit numbers. nobody talks about the ones that were not good. Similarly, when we will have a similar show/debate say after 15,20 yrs we will talk about only the hit numbers of today and will ignore the other ones and will say the songs then were better then the present.So, its just a matter of time." - Nida Khalid, Singapore
"Yes, Remix should be banned. New music trend is destroying the golden work of great people. New generation is good for nothing for the Indian music". - Sanjay Kumar, Nottingham
"There are many 'naff' soundtracks today but there are still beautiful and meaningful tracks such as 'Kal ho na ho' and 'Baghban'. So therefore, my conclusion is, although you don't get that many good soundtracks today, it doesn't mean they have lost their magic!" - Melisha, Solihull
"This is a result of commercialisation. The real musicians are born not made." - Mohinder, Houston USA
Continue the discussion: read what other people are saying and take part in the discussion online on the Message Board.
Do you think soundtracks have lost their magic?
Yes 57% No 43%
Total votes: 58
Votes are indicitive and do not reflect public opinion
Have Soundtracks Lost their Magic?
