Su-swagatam...jes finished watchin casey affleck's,"gone baby gone"(saw it b4 also but one of those cable re-runs u don wanna miss)...jes had my leftover TAGLIATELLES AU SAUMON(nothin like the taste and stench of a few days old,red salmon)for dinner...dget), jes finished off my 5th can of bud...kay suddenly...out of nowhere...out of the blue...among all these random materialistic thoughts...REMO FERNANDEZ springs to my mind like a spring chicken.
REMO FERNANDEZ...a legend in his own.and believe u me,the only guy who i thought actually defined rock music in india wth a guitar and a flute at that point of time and i am talkin abt the days of doordarshan,the years between 1986-1991,the times ven cable tv was still unheard of,the days ven only michael jackson or a boney-m or a phil collins made u think dat...yeah...u knew ENGLISH(however,the year 1992 was the evolutionary year in my life...cos v had cable tv in sector-22,noida...the year in which i used 2 switch on 2 the real MTV,hosted by the likes of luke kenny and sophia haque,as soon as i used 2 come bck frm school as a 7th grader...and it was in this year dat i evolved frm MJ's, DANGEROUS{which even now is one of my fav albums}...to TEN,NEVERMIND,BLOODSUGARSEXMAGIK and def leppard's,ADRENALIN{my dad got me the above mentioned audio tapes frm malaysia along wth video tapes of HOME ALONE 2 and BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA...wish he knew wat he got me into :p )
and from then on REMO as a musician still continues 2 live like a legend in his own,but as a rocker for boys studyin in 7th grade,in early 90's... he headed only one way...the COMMODE(dat too indian style).
and now i bring into light the legacy of THE REMO.A goan icon...who looks and sings like a hybrid frm jamaica and panjim and has invented a new language,known only 2 those who follow THE REMO...and yes now i'll get deep into that...
The nineties saw a number of REMO hits..rangin frm HUMMA HUMMA frm MANI RATNAM'S,BOMBAY...to HUIYA HO frm KHAMOSHI(hell...even the cola giants,PEPSI knelt down to THE REMO'S charm and the whole nation was singin along wth him..."YOU KNOW IT...U FEEL IT...U GOT IT...LEHAR PEPSEEE...AHAA")...but along wth his insanely addictive music...THE REMO infected the world of music wth a lingo dat mayb only the peeps frm the MAYA CIVILISATION frm mel gibson's,APOCALYPTO cud understand...and here is where THE REMO becomes truly,madly,deeply...unforgettable and the following is the list of few of his fables
1. " shikda-baakda-baakda-baakda-baakda-bayo" in between HUMMA-HUMMA frm BOMBAY
2. frm khamoshi,the "HUIYA-HUIYA-HUIYA-HUIYA(8 TIMES IN ALL)...HO...
JAANAY (again 8 times)...DO...
LEHAIT IT(as in LET IT...even this 8 times)...GO...
PONNA-PUCHHI(once again 8 times)...PO
3. "OH MERI MUNNI...NANNI-MUNNI BABY"(even an infant starts feelin like goin bck to his/her mother's womb,listenin 2 this 1)
http://www.dishant.com/album/Remo_Fernandez_-_O_Meri_Munni.html
4. "AFLA..AFLA...AFLA...AFLATOON...MAIN HUN AFLATOON and in between the song,again the use of MAYA language or somethin very similar 2 a word indecently offensive 2 indian mothers(TERI MAA KI $$**)...swear not exaggeratin...don believe me?click on the link and listen(exactly at 2min and 50 seconds)...http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-movie/play/songs/1062/Aflatoon/14075/Aflatoon-Aflatoon.html...
and my hands wl get leper-like if i continue 2 write abt the THE CHRONICHLES OF REMO...and his songs...so me-hearties...time to hail THE REMO and never forget the wrds of profundity he has conceived in the world of music...KUDOS to THE REMO...
(nxt in my hit-list r ILA ARUN,BHUPEN HAZARIKA,ANAIDAA,MIKA,KUMAR SANU and some other connoisseurs of music...until then...AU REVOIR)
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I vote for mika as next in line to be chronicled.. :)
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