If I didn’t already have a theme song, this could fill the gap.
It’s always good to have backup
22 Comments to “It’s always good to have backup”
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LOL! Awesome theme song! :) Loving it!!!
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I particularly love that the second (giggly) “Memsaab!” is said by Bindu :)
Alas, the film did not live up to the title music. Although it wasn’t bad, it was just kind of “meh.” So this shall just remain a backup theme song!
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You are right! While the laugh is interesting on the backup, I do like your original theme song which I just heard for the first time. Sadly, there is no corresponding video on youtube to see the scene. Feroz Khan is interestingly like a Rajesh Khanna features like…
The Yahoo yodel from Junglee is also not Mohammed Rafi. It was some other guy who could do it loud like….
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Ah, but your theme song as sung by Rafi has a very clear enunciation of the word “mem sahab”, whereas in this song, it is pronounced as “memsaab” – just like your blogname. :)
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The backup is good, but there are still many more reasons to keep the original :) It’s Shammi-like, which by itself is good enough for me!
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Is this the Yoga Bali movie memsaab? I remember hearing a song on radio from this movie “Mujhey doondhte le aakar sayain mera pyaar hai bhool bhulaya, mein chup chup ke gaon, chup jaon, tere saath na mein aaoon.
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Yes, it has Yogita Bali (looking young and plump) and Vinod Khanna (looking v.v. young and handsome). Also Bindu, Jayshree T and Johnny Walker. And MacMohan. And diamond smuggling, etc. Despite all this, it is a pretty dull movie.
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Trivia: You do know Memsaab, that this particular title originally referred to for the “gori” women i.e. wives of English colonial sahibs.
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Yes, I do know that :) That’s why it seemed like an appropriate name for me, gori girl that I am (although I have avoided marrying a colonial sahib, thank goodness).
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sounds good.
i would take this up as theme song.
the other one is too male dominated.btw from which movie is this song? Memsaab?
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Hmmm. Maybe I will reconsider it and have two co-theme songs instead of only one plus a backup. Is that greedy?
Yes, the movie is Mem Saab from 1971.
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No, not greedy at all! It’s like the early bird catches the worm. You are out there working it, you deserve it. The rest of us don’t even HAVE a theme song…I should probably work on that…
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Everyone should have a theme song :-) Or two!!!!
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I have to wait until something catches my attention and sounds like me. Hasn’t happened yet, but then I wasn’t exactly paying attention….Now I will be on the alert.
I think I really like the song by Kishore Kumar Diye Jalte Hain which has a really good meaning. So that might be it for now….It’s from the movie Namak Haram. Sorry memsaab, no Shammi in it…..but then we all know he doesn’t like me anyway :-) just kidding…
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Two is not greedy, four is!
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You actually have a movie named after you and it has Vinod K in it! I am green with envy. But ya, I like your original theme song too – one must always get Rafi to sing for lovely blogs like yours!
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Hema: A theme song will pick you, don’t worry!
harvey: Yes, I probably don’t need four of them :)
bollyviewer: I know! It’s even spelled the same way! But it isn’t very good, sadly. Not horrible, mind you, but not good either.
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“Not horrible, mind you, but not good either.”
This is where a re-make by Raju comes into the picture, to improve upon the original. ;)
When I first saw the title of this post, with the red color and everything, I misread it as “It’s always good to have ketchup.” I guess my sub-conscience is trying to tell me something. LOL
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Well, it IS always good to have ketchup! :)
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You should take up this song just based on the title graphic alone! It’s so brazen and dangerous-looking! Dripping red – whoa momma! It’s also delightfully easy to sing, even for someone with my limited Hindi skills.
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LOL :) I can even sing it too, despite my even more limited Hindi skills.
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Clearly you must help me find a theme song – you have the gift!
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