Coke Studio 2012, Season 5.

[Awesome]

Kamlee... Big fan!

This is for those folks who are restless at heart for whatever reasons

جے رب ملادے نہاتیاں توہوتیاں
Jey Rab Milda Nahatian Tohotian
If God was to be found by bathing

تھے ملدا داددوان مکھیاں
They Milda Daddoan Machian
Then fish and frogs would have found Him

جے رب ملدا جنگلے بیلے
Jey Rab Milda Jungle Bailey
If God was to be found by roaming jungles

جے رب ملدا جنگلے بیلے
Tan Milda Gaoan Wachian
Then cows and calves would have found Him

جے رب ملدا ویچ مسیتے
Jey Rab Milda Wich Maseetee
If God was to be found in Mosques

تن ملدا چام چرکیاں
Tan Milda Chaam Charikian
Then bats would have found Him

باللہ رب اوناں نوں ملدا
Bullia Rab Aonan Noun Milda Bullia!
He is only found by those

بھی نیتان جنہاں دیں سچیاں
Bhai Neetaan Jinhan Dian Sachian
Who are pure at heart

پڑھ پڑھ علم ہزار کتاباں
Parh Parh Ilm Hazaar Kitabaan
Yes, you have read a thousand books

پڑھ پڑھ علم ہزار کتاباں
Parh Parh Ilm Hazaar Kitabaan
Yes, you have read a thousand books

کدے اپریں آپ نوں پڑھا نہیں
Kadee Aprain Aap Noun Perhia Nahein
But you have never read your own self

جان جان واررڈے مندر مسیتے
Jaan Jaan Warrdey Mandar Maseetee
You rush to temples and mosques

جان جان واررڈے مندر مسیتے
Jaan Jaan Warrdey Mandar Maseetee
You rush to temples and mosques

کدے من اپررہیں ویچ واریاں نہیں
Kadee Mun Aprrain wich Warian Nahein
But you never tried to enter your own heart

ایویں لڑرنیں شیطان دے نال بندہ
Aewein Larrnaein Shaitaan Dey Naal Bundia
All your battles with satan are lost

ایویں لڑرنیں شیطان دے نال بندہ
Aewein Larrnaein Shaitaan Dey Naal Bundia
All your battles with satan are lost

کدے نفس اپررہیں نال لڑرہ نہیں
Kadee Nafs Aprrain Naal Larria Nahein
For you have never tried to fight your own desires

آکھے پیر باللہ شاہ
Aakhay Peer Bulleh Shah
Saint Bulleh Shah says

آکھے پیر باللہ شاہ آسمانی فرر نین
Aakhay Peer Bulleh Shah Aasmaani Pharr naen
Saint Bulleh Shah says you try to touch the one in the sky

جیڑرہا من ویچ وصدا انوں پھررہ نہیں
Jerrha Mun Wich Wasda Aonoun Pharria Nahein
But you never tried to touch the one who lives in your heart

 

[SHAMK9]

review of coke studio
CokeStudio Season 5, Episode 1 – First impressions « Almost a review per post…Almost!

 

[pk_baloch]

 

[Elmo]

The Symt boys are so drool-worthy

Tum Kaho HD, Symt, Coke Studio, Season 5, Episode 1 - YouTube

 

[unicorn]

They have changed the drummer.

 

[SHAMK9]

They have changed the drummer.

and the background singers

 

[Awesome]

The written lyrics of kamlee need some work.

 

[iPhone]

Can we make this a sticky? At least until the duration of the season.

 

[WAQAS119]

Best thing about Charka is that it starts low then builds, build, build, build,......BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, BUILDS, and keep building ------------- Untill listener goes mad.

Kudos to both singers but specially Jaswal.

 

[kugga]

Coke studio....... I thought it might bring some change... but its all the same like previous episodes.... Only bohemia was a bit different.....

 

[unicorn]

and the background singers

Both of them are sisters Zoe Viccaji and Rachel Viccaji. Former was present in the previous coke episodes.

 

[Jango]

I liked the previous drummer.

Btw, the guitarist, with long blonde hair, was a taxi driver in US.

 

[Baby Leone]

Coke Studio: High at five | DAWN.COM

Look out for the Pakistani-American rapper Bohemia (L) and Umair Jaswal of Qayaas in this edition of Coke Studio. — Photo Kohi Marri
After the fizzling out of the mass appeal that bands like the Vital Signs and Junoon commanded, it seemed as if we would be forced to go through a period without a true ‘champion’ of the music scene. Despite a number of newsworthy acts such as Noori, Strings, EP and others, there was dearth in the kinds of bands that really had everyone singing out Bulleya or even Dil Dil Pakistan. And while artistes like Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam were (and are) very successful, in reality they occupy the domain would have them be stars more than musicians (the former much more than the latter).

But in the past half decade, music has evolved in an unexpected way with Coke Studio (CS) inheriting the role of providing the most anticipated collection of music each season. Surprising because such a move by a private company, with what could have been an obnoxious way to brand something but isn’t, should have led to a lot of ‘sell-out’ music. Yet it hasn’t. In fact, the venture has become akin to a record label, where a smart producer recruits talented musicians to create a loosely defined genre of music, combining everything everyone has heard before, in a refreshingly new way. The name of the label might prominently feature Pakistan’s biggest beverage maker, but it hasn’t sunk into the minds of listeners as the show being the company’s asset as much as the name simply referring to a cool music show.

Of course, CS has its critics; a number of people claim that it hasn’t brought anything new in quite a while, or less harshly, that it sometimes manages to get stuck into a rut. A line not without merit; the crimson studio does tend to get repetitive at times. Often, it’s easy to pick out an attempt to recreate a similar sounding hit from a previous season, the effort usually producing mediocre fare.

But consider this: not since Peter Gabriel and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NFAK) has anything yielded collaborations between artistes as opposite as Ali Azmat and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Meesha Shafi and Arif Lohar, Noori and Saeen Zahoor; the show has also reinforced the idea that some artistes who would have soon been forgotten (for instance, Sajjad Ali) are actually still some of the most fun (and talented) musicians around. Also, some of the biggest and arguably best hits of the past few years have been songs such Alif Allah Chambey di Booti, Jalpari, and Aik Alif, songs which were popular before CS but jumped to a whole other level after being performed on the show.

To what I think is an equally big credit, and possibly bigger is the fact that after NFAK made qawwali and Junoon made Sufi rock cool, but the end of both meant there was no more experimenting in the two genres. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was still singing qawwali, but primarily for Bollywood, which is about as commercial as music can get. CS re-introduced the idea of experimenting with music, and while the results may not have been successful each time, the show encourages musicians to keep jamming and trying out new ideas—from making catchy numbers, to pieces that would fit better as scores to films. Vital experimentation, if music is to keep evolving.

The fifth edition of CS, which starts today, features the return of Atif Aslam, Bilal Khan and Meesha Shafi, Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad, and invites as first-time performers Hadiqa Kiyani, Qayaas, Bohemia (of Kaali Denali fame) and Symt. The show will also continue in its quest to fuse everything drums, guitars and back-up singers (or what we call western music) with regionally inspired music by inviting Tahir Mithu, Sheedi and Mai Allah Widhai. This season also follows the departure of Gumby who chose to devote his energy to Uth Records, and the introduction of Farhad Humayun (from Overload) on the drummer’s pedestal and Mubashir Admani on keyboards.

Images on Sunday was invited backstage to witness Rohail Hyatt conduct the CS orchestra and listen in on the artistes rehearsing and singing to the final takes. Out of the songs that I heard, Atif Aslam’s collaboration with Qayaas on Mera Aye Charkha Nolakha, originally a kalam by Baba Bulleh Shah, seemed quite promising. It carries a catchy beat, sort of like the Dum Gutkoon refrain in season three, but with a more brazen tone—especially when Umair Jaswal from Qayaas kicks in. Another artiste to look forward to is Bilal Khan who is said to have three tracks on the show!

One of the artistes to watch out for this season will be Bohemia. The Pakistani-American rapper from San Diego California was humbled by being at CS, “I’m completely in awe of Rohailji, I can’t believe I’m even here. It is such an honour.” While I wasn’t around to watch him shoot his performance, the rapper is a first for the show and should be interesting to watch.

Of course, all opinions on the songs are reserved until after they are aired. But with everyone’s thoughts on the show ranging
from “let’s see what they do this time” to “the only that is happening in the music industry” to “the best that the country’s music industry has to offer” (all original quotes by real people who unfortunately can’t be named here), the fifth edition of Coke Studio is again certainly something to tune in to.

waiting for it, now it becomes international wants to see 50cent like groups comes in Pakistan to participate in it, it would be fun..

 

[SHAMK9]

 

[SHAMK9]

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