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A ‘Coke Studio’ wish list
Here’s a list of musicians that could get appreciation on “Coke Studio”.
Here’s a list of musicians that could get appreciation on “Coke Studio”.
KARACHI:
“Coke Studio” season five was criticised for being one of the most forgettable seasons in the history of the programme.
Pakistani music lovers, however, didn’t give up on the show’s potential and have now fixated their eyes on the upcoming season. What will Rohail Hyatt and the house band offer next year, is the question that is swimming in every music lover’s head. Competition is getting tougher as India’s “Coke Studio” has improved and now stricter comparisons will be made between the Indian and Pakistani version of the programme. Pakistan could up its game by bringing some of the untapped as well as evergreen musicians on board.
Najam Sheraz
Despite his frequent and rather unpredictable spells of religious preaching, Sheraz is a big asset of Pakistani music industry. From his early days with Karavan, during which he brilliantly rendered the epic “Rakh Aas” to his solo hits like “In Say Nain” and “Meri Aankhon Mein Samai Ek Larki” the musician has a huge potential pool which could help “Coke Studio” attract fans.
Fuzon
Fuzon is one of those mainstream bands who haven’t been given a chance on “Coke Studio” yet. Previously, people and producers had issues with Rameez Mukhtar’s style of singing but now they have a brand new vocalist with Khurram Iqbal. Iqbal impressed the judges in the Indian music show “Saregamapa” and now he is all set to be the voice of Fuzon — a band that has some memorable songs to its credit. It wouldn’t be a bad call at all to give them a song or two in the upcoming season.
Bunny
Although Mohsin Raza Khan better known as Bunny left music a while ago, his recent comeback with Roxen has amazed us all. He may not have the creative juice to produce an original number at this age but he still has a gifted voice and that is what Hyatt can utilise somehow in the coming season. Bunny was one of the rare singers who stood out during the 80s because of their very unique vocal texture and style of singing and he still hasn’t lost it.
Alamgir
The founder of Pakistani pop music is back with a bang with the revamped version of “Keh Dena” in the currently running online series “Mangoes”. His long and successful trip to Pakistan proved that despite his kidney problems, the live shows he did in Karachi and other cities say a lot about his stamina and vocal brilliance. We are sure that if approached, the legend would relive some of his classic numbers under the patronage of Hyatt and the house band.
Abbas Ali Khan
Khan is someone who has always brought something new to the market and succeeded in impressing the critics and public alike. His new song “Par Mein Hoon Ruka Sa” was yet another soulful number like “Sun Re” and “Malaal” and brought something soothing to the market if not original. With his versatility and impressive portfolio, Khan could be a brilliant feature in the coming season.
Comebacks
Along with the new selections, it’s also time to call back some of the finest musicians who have done a brilliant job on “Coke Studio” in the previous episodes. Our selection includes none other than the true rock star of Pakistan, Ali Azmat revamping some of his brilliant songs from Klashinfolk or singing some of his unreleased music. On the other hand, Sajid and Zeeshan should play some songs from their amazing new album Harvest, which is one of the most mature music albums in the history of Pakistani music.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 9th, 2012.
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Ali Azmat coming back to Coke Studio would be sensational.
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what about artistes like Shehzad Roy, Abrar UL Haq, the Sindhi legend, Ahmed mughal, jawad Ahmed and Fariha Pervez? Do they not deserve to be there???
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1Mekaal Hassan
2Amir Zaki
3Ghulam Ali
4Ata-ul-lah Esa Kheilwi
A LOT MORE
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Coke Studio is losing its touch because it is getting away from sufi music and traditional music (like that demonstrated this year by Fareed and Hadiqa).
Hyatt should add more Sindhi, Baloch, Seraiki and Pashto music to give coke studio the lifeline.
Coke studio India has 3 Sindhi songs this year and several sufi songs. Just compare the quality!!
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Bunny. Are you serious?
Bunny .
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Faakhir, Abrar, Ali Haider and Shehzad Roy to name a few established, old-school pop acts who didn’t get any exposure on Coke Studio. I think Coke Studio is delving more and more into experimental, newer acts and classical stuff. It needs to embrace its pop side a bit more to make things fun.
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Mekal hassan
Ghulam Ali
fuzon
noori
Qayaas
poor rich boy
aag
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Amir Zaki
Gumby
Fuzon
Taal Karisma
Qayaas
Overload
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Although i am not a huge fan of Bunny but as you wrote, if age is a factor for Bunny, then why not for Alamgir :P
Anyhow, in my opinion, these should be included or recalled for at least 1 more season:
Alamgir, Mohd. Ali Shyhaki, Najam Sheraz, Shiraz Upal (if and when he comes out of self-imposed restrictions), Ali Haider, QB, Rushk (Behti Naar fame), Mekal Hassan Band, Arooj Aftab, Shehzad Roy, Aamir Zaki, Sajjad Ali, Abrar-ul-Haq, Arif Lohar, Meesha Shafi, Ghulam Ali and Ataullah Khan Esakhelvi.
And for at least 2 more seasons, enough of:
Noori, Atif Aslam, Sanam Marvi, Bilal Khan, Zeb & Haniya
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Mika
Fuzon
Ali Azmat
Jal
Zaid
Fatheh Ali Khan
Noora
Josh
Altaf
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Amplifier – Imran Khan!!!!!!!!
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Hyatt should seriously consider NASEER & SHAHAB aswell, they are a bunch of Pushto musicians who seriously have talent.
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@Fahad, yeah they are amazing. I’ve been their fan since the first song and they were a fresh breeze in Pushto music. They should be in there along with Qayyas.
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Shafqat Amanat Ali of Fuzon was on Coke Studio – he’s the star of the band anyways
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Abida Parveen period
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what about:
Abida parveen
Shazia khushk
Amjad Sabri
Tina Sani
Mohammad Ali Shaki (The pioneer of Fusion music in Pakistan, remake ‘tere Ishq main jo bhi’)
Also,
Saleem Javed with powerful performance with dhool.
Irfan Kiani (Hadiqa Kiani brother)
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Call-The Band
QB
and so on…………
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India’s ‘Coke Studio @ MTV’ is not doing better because we have old good names. Its doing well because they are bringing in little known music masters from every corner of the country and mixing up different forms of music from different cultural background and putting up a composition that in a way is a demonstration of the unity in diversity… Look for example i don’t understand a thing of Sindhi language but i loved the Sindhi lyrics in some of the songs in ‘Coke Studio @ MTV’. Funny! Is not it?
You don’t get it? Look at these music from this season:
1. Clinton Cerejo – Madari – Hindi pop with desi lyrics mixed with Punjabi folk with a modern background score…
2. Clinton Cerejo – Dungar – Sindhi folk (Saawan Khan Mangiyaar) with western style chorus in the support…
3. Allah hoo – Traditional Sufi/Punjabi folk with a mix of traditional musical instruments and modern ones…
4. Amit Trivedi mixing up classical carnatic vocals (south indian music) with a contemporary western band…
5. Clinton Cerejo – Saathi Salaam – Sindhi folk with hindi/urdu with rock/metal music mix…
6. Hitesh Sonic – Do Gallan – Punjabi pop with classical carnatic mix with contemporary western score…..
Pakistan needs to celebrate its complete diversity through and with music and experiment the same way ‘Coke Studio @ MTV’ is doing. Thats all….
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Please bring pop in next episode and forget sufi for a while like Zohaib Hassan, Alamgir, Hassan Jahangir, Ali Haider, Bunny, Faakhir, Abrar, Haroon and Shehzad Roy to name few.
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Gumbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!
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Call the band were Pepsi’s brand ambassadors so they won’t be at Coke Studio.
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The show shouldn’t just promote mainstream musicians. Indie/underground musicians should be featured on the show more frequently, and made to collaborate with mainstream musicians.
My wishlist:
1. Usman Riaz
2. Orangenoise/Uncle bunkle Jingle Shop/Lower Sindh Swing Orchestra (doesn’t matter which, all of them have more or less the same band members)
3. Mekaal Hasan Band
4. Arooj Aftab
6. Yasir and Jawad
5. Basheer and The Piedpipers
6. Abbas Premjee
7. Aamir Zaki
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Ahmed Jahanzaib, please please please
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Mansoor Malangi
Mekal Hassan
Norah Roberts
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Gumbys absence from this season was one of the very things that put me off from following this season!
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I dont agree at all that this season was one of the Most forgettable one. For the first time Coke Studio tried to bring the local culture of cities which was dying out and I have no idea how come people criticize coke studio for that. This season is not forgettable at all but Obviously some of the songs were in the language pertained to most hated community in Pakistan so for many people it is forgettable but for many it is not.
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Really? This is the first I’ve heard of this. In actual fact Coke Studio hit new heights in the latest season. Rohail Hayat has turned CS into a celebration of Pakistan’s rich indigenous cultures, instead of the Hindustani language and culture that have been forced on us Pakistanis for 65 years.
Rohail Hayat is a near genius, so guys, keep your advice to yourselves. He doesn’t need it.
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Missed out the parsi colony and my bvs parsi school….. what a time it was
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beautiful choice… would love to see these people at coke studio. sick of that same old pattern of music they always play. we need something new.
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Hassan Jehangir!!
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We want some more Pashto music. My suggestions are;
Haroon Bacha
Nazia Iqbal
Ismail and Junaid
This is bunch of old and new but very talented names of Pashto music today. I would request Coke Studio to plz pay attention to my plea and include them in next Coke Studio.
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@entropy: Because this time Coke studio experimented with some Punjabi songs and anything in Punjabi is anti Pakistani, Anti Islamic, forgettable, disgusting and full of painduness and anything Urdu or in any other language other than Punjabi is Pro Pakistani, Sane, beautiful, moral, truthfull, full of culture and its deserves all respect that you can imagine in your life.
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this is the first time I’ve heard something bad about coke studio season 5 and I’m quite shocked. I thought it was a great season, I’m in love with songs like charkha nolakha, neray aa, paisa da nasha, and many more. Chakwal group was a great find in their rich folk songs alongside bohemia and Meesha Shafi was outstanding! It was a 100 times better the previous 2 seasons which didn’t emphasize enough on the music fusion Rohail has been renowned for in CS. New talent does need to be explored and all genres need to be tapped for the future, I’m sure a genius like Rohail Hyaat will be able to deliver!
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I would like Shakila Khurasani to come back. Does anyone remember her? She was known for her ghazal “Tumhara Ishq Tumhari Wafa he Qaafi hai” back in the 1990s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8eVvHd0l9Q
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One word ‘Swaras’… if you have not heard them, shame on you!
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Farhan saeed
Roxen
EP
Haroon
Fakhir
Qayaas
Abdullah qureshi
Mekaal hassan
Abbas ali khan
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we need the legends the cream of Pakistani singers to perform there best songs again in 4ront of us.
its time 4 reunion.
alamger
bunny
gulam ali
abbas ali khan
yasir akther
saleem javeed
tena sani
ali azmat
abrar ul haq
shafqat ali khan
ustad tarri khan shab
gubi on drums
and amir zaki
we need i vital sings performance on the public demand
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Y no mention for female singers? I would love to see Benjamin Sisters, Roona Laila, Fariha Pervez, Shazia Manzoor, Tina Sani, Naheed Akhtar etc. Alamgir, Amir Zaki & remake of Classic Vital Signs songs will be Awesome.
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How about Fariha Pervez, Raheem shah, Zara Madni, OCL, Adil Omar, Naad-e-Ali, Fakhr-e-Alam and so many more.
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Rafay Mahmood..
Atleast I couldn’t forget this Season! :-p
as they always say There is always room Of Improvement
so, Coke and Rohail have to take new steps.. New Singers..
what I want to see is..?
Usman Riaz
Ahmed Jehanzaib
And who can forget the performances Of Ali Zafar.. Once mOre for Ali Zafar & Ali Azmat..!
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And Sorry!!
Sajid and Zeeshan and Abbas Ali Khan also deserves Coke Studio’s next Season!
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Think about Roxen, Zaain ul Abideen and Nouman Javaid…. They are talented enough… Rohail Hayyat should give them a chance in next season of coke studio.Recommend
here is my list..
Sajjad Ali
Ahmed Jahanzaib
Abida Perveen
Ali Azmat
Naeem Abbas Rufi
Meekal Hasan Band
Humera Channa
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Abbas Premji
Usman Riaz
Bunny
Sketches
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@anon
absolutely agree with you … People like Usman Riaz and Orangenoise should come on Coke studio … rather than generic Pop singers like Bunny ….
Seriously Bunny ???….
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