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I might be biased, appreciate the nuances of his Bimmortal performance African music, considering I grew up in the ’90s, delivery. This towering force immortalised a bit more by the with its major when the music was still hot. The of music challenges, humbles, biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, chords and energy of Animal still spoke to mystifies, consoles and even is a contender for the title of lively rhythms, the post-grunge generation. And changes the human heart. contemporary music’s brightest combined Love Bites was a ballad that you And now’s a good time to be in 20 minutes. And now over to other with the didn’t beat yourself up for singing communion with such greatness. musical magic carpets that can lyrical sharpness of Paul Simon, along to. It was an era that was (But for some perverse reason, fly us to the other side of this long recovering from a low phase, gives nothing if not forgiving. The age I am currently stuck with the day on loop. this eclectic album its mojo. From of glam rock, when awful hair abominable Salman Khan song I the miracle and wonder of The and crackling riffs co-existed in a Love You in my head, plagiarised Chalti KA NAAM from the iconic Allah Hu.) GAADI, OST (1958) the title traCK [of Chalti ka The three AnDREA madcap naam gaadi] is A yodellingly BOCELLI brothers Cheerful soundtraCK for our LIVE AT in this yawningly vaCant times THE screwball DUOMO comedy Boy in the Bubble to the road-trip messy, stone-washed universe. It’s (2020) can bring optimism of Graceland; the joy time to channel it all, sitting in our It all began a smile on the face of certified of I Know What I Know to the temporarily depleted, sanitised with the Italians and their grouches, convalescing patients playfulness of You Can Call Me Al, world. Armageddon It! balconies. More recently, tenor and anti-Bollywood film snobs. the pint-sized songwriter of the Andrea Bocelli singing from an This is my own go-to album for Simon & Garfunkel duo delivered THE BEST OF empty Duomo cathedral in Milan moments of stress, distress or an evergreen solo masterpiece. As NUSRAT FATEH on Easter was like a hardcore ennui. From the comic brilliance a companion to the album, fans ALI KHAN workout for the soul. It made my of Main sitaaron ka taraana (to might want to read his definitive It’s a bit late in out-of-shape feelings jump high, dismiss Madhubala’s seductive biography by Robert Hilburn, this piece for crash low, hold their breath and charms at the altar of fair wages published in 2018. Spoiler alert: this confession, then gush out it in a gratifying is filmi socialism at its best) There’s a lot of whining about Art but music is flood, not witnessed since the to the sensuous charm of Ek Garfunkel. Wickedly fun. a mystery to climax of Gully Boy. (Judge not lest ladki bheegi bhaagi si, Kishore me. In other ye be judged.) ‘Music for Hope’ was Kumar steers this soundtrack Hysteria, Def words, it’s the initiative that brought the world with the skill of a genius and the Leppard (1987) not something I can think about; this magnificent online offering. whims of a madman. And then It’s not quite it’s something I can only feel. After delivering four hymns, he there’s the title track, which metal, it’s not Organic, visceral, hypnotic, ends with an exquisite rendition of captures the film’s endearingly just pop. But Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s music Amazing Grace – a transcendent earthy philosophy of not chasing try and keep has already withstood too many performance for the faithful and perfection but joy.