Who remembers Pakistan's 80s Music scene?

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Yesterday couple of us friends were lurking through the archives finding old hit numbers. Came up with a lot of 80s/early 90s stuff.

Dil Main Tum by Bunny

Sohni Mahiwaal by Collaage

Bolo Bolo by Sajjad Ali

Aansoo by Ali AzmatGreat vocals even then

Dama dum Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (The first version)

Boom Boom by Nazia Hassan

Aap Jaisa Koi by Nazia Hassan

Dil Dil Pakistan by Vital Signs

Samina by Salman Ahmed when he played for Vital Signs

Incidentally many years later he married a Samina.

Neend Aati nahi by Junoon

 

[A.Rahman]

I have all the nazia hassan's song & I also love vital sings

 

[Awesome]

I'm much too young to have heard her during her prime days I'm from the Dil Dil Pakistan.

But yeah I've heard stuff. Sweeeeet voice. What is more amazing is their story, how they braved those times in Pakistan when this Mullah-giri was at its peak. Zia was in town and females appearing on TV had to be in Hijab.

And then there were these two child artists, Nazia and Zohaib Hassan (Sister and Brother) making the waves.

Mullahs were outraged, but by the time the two broke into the mainstream the two already had a following as child artists.

Even through the 90s, though Islam was not used to stop music, Musicians were seen as a threat by the corrupt politicians, since the 90s saw a lot of overseas Pakistanis coming back home and making their music. Mainly Junoon, who suffered the most bans for their several songs.

Pakistanis have a lot of talent for music. One just has to look to our golden age and the Ghazal/Kawali singers and the immense talent they brought to this field. And now when all restrictions been raised up, the scene completely exploded and we have so many singers and bands that one can't even keep track.

 

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Here's another video song by Nazia Hassan:

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