Sufi Music
well, now that my missing muse is back, I am also back in action. I've been really listening to a lot of sufi music and I'm in fact listening to it as I type, and I really want to tell her how it makes me feel and why I like it so much.
Well, I think what appeals to me most about it is that it basically an expression of love and longing. It is not love and longing for a person, but for the supreme being. Sample this "I am a beggar to meet you" "you are my only one" and God is frequently reffered to as one's lover. You can hear the anguish and longing in the voice for meeting allah.
Besides this, I also like the use of tablas in it - I am a big tabla fan. My fingers start automatically playing the tabla when I hear a good song. I in fact hear the tabla more than the words of the song. I think that is another reason why I like sufi music - even the voice is used like a percussion instrument. And the clapping also.
The best Sufi musicians are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen. There was a phase when I used to listen to a lot of Abida, but I am currently on a Nusrat phase. I don't understand why, but my musical loves are very phase driven. There was a phase when I was totally into Doors. Then came the Pink Floyd phase and I was in it forever. And then came Santana for a short while. And now it is Nusrat. I just want to hear Nusrat day and night. And even at office my fingers and tapping the rythm of the tabla in his song. I am just completely obsessed with Sufi music for the time being. Wonder if it is good or bad?
u know, this peice is not very inspired, but I think I've become a bit rusty. Might take a blog or two to get back in form. Incidentally I've started jogging, and I just cannot stop raving about it cos it makes me feel so good! just love the rush of oxygen, the straining of my leg muscles, the increase of my heart rate. And when it is over, I am left with such an amazing high. Almost like sex! And it seems that I've lost interest in reading fiction for the time being. Am in the middle of such a god book, but don't feel like reading it!
Well, I think what appeals to me most about it is that it basically an expression of love and longing. It is not love and longing for a person, but for the supreme being. Sample this "I am a beggar to meet you" "you are my only one" and God is frequently reffered to as one's lover. You can hear the anguish and longing in the voice for meeting allah.
Besides this, I also like the use of tablas in it - I am a big tabla fan. My fingers start automatically playing the tabla when I hear a good song. I in fact hear the tabla more than the words of the song. I think that is another reason why I like sufi music - even the voice is used like a percussion instrument. And the clapping also.
The best Sufi musicians are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen. There was a phase when I used to listen to a lot of Abida, but I am currently on a Nusrat phase. I don't understand why, but my musical loves are very phase driven. There was a phase when I was totally into Doors. Then came the Pink Floyd phase and I was in it forever. And then came Santana for a short while. And now it is Nusrat. I just want to hear Nusrat day and night. And even at office my fingers and tapping the rythm of the tabla in his song. I am just completely obsessed with Sufi music for the time being. Wonder if it is good or bad?
u know, this peice is not very inspired, but I think I've become a bit rusty. Might take a blog or two to get back in form. Incidentally I've started jogging, and I just cannot stop raving about it cos it makes me feel so good! just love the rush of oxygen, the straining of my leg muscles, the increase of my heart rate. And when it is over, I am left with such an amazing high. Almost like sex! And it seems that I've lost interest in reading fiction for the time being. Am in the middle of such a god book, but don't feel like reading it!
posted by philosopher stoned | 12:10 PM
1 Comments:
U like Sufi music too? I love some of those songs.. too amazing they are!
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