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Lata Mangeshkar should stop singing

Topic started by Ram (@ 208.168.16.141) on Tue Jun 12 16:16:41 EDT 2001.
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Lata Mangeshkar should stop singing
She has acquired many things. With her voice now
she should quit

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Responses:

• From: comment (@ 12.5.10.153) on: Tue Jun 12 16:29:17 EDT 2001
  
  LV/Indian music fan, readyA ?
  on your mark...get set...go
  
  (others: on your mark - get set - jute
  :)
  
  
• From: UVII (@ 63.224.65.186) on: Tue Jun 12 17:05:24 EDT 2001
  
  Hey Ram! music was supposed to be composed by LV's brother LS :-))
  
  
• From: Philosopher (@ 12.29.192.65) on: Tue Jun 12 19:04:56 EDT 2001
  
  I agree that Lata should quit. When I hear some of her old classics and her voice now, it is disgusting...
  
  
  
• From: TNS (@ 203.199.237.7) on: Wed Jun 13 23:00:46 EDT 2001
  
  She has Ghost voice for last 15 years....As KJY pointed out few years ago LATA should withdraw herself from total singing even on stage shows....TNS
  
  
• From: siva (@ 204.94.209.1) on: Thu Jun 14 00:18:48 EDT 2001
  
  i think her voice is different from those days, but is still GOOD.
  maybe we cannot hear her old style anymore, but she is giving us different flavor which has a punch of its own... try listening to Jiya Jale from Dil Se for example.... not many ladies who are 70 at age can do that!!!
  
  
• From: (^!^) (@ 208.24.179.207) on: Thu Jun 14 12:01:00 EDT 2001
  
  Siva: Not many ladies who are 70 can do that......and since Preety Zinta was playing the role of a 70 year old, it made perfect sense:-)
  
  
• From: .!. (@ 203.197.134.55) on: Fri Jun 15 23:05:13 EDT 2001
  
  Yes. High time she stops.
  
  
• From: HADIL (@ ) on: Wed Feb 6 00:08:03 EST 2002
  
  Along time to today,Lata mangeshkar has a beauty voice.Since a few years,she select the songs and Lata will sing if she wants.She has the gift, the talent to singer.Listen songs of "Dil se", "Kabhi khushi kabhi ghum","One two ka four" ,"Zubeidda","Mohabattein","Lajja"...She sings very well.For release "Lal salaam", "Devdas","Mujhse dosti karoge"...Lata is the melody queen at 72 years old.The person who write she should stop singing, doesn't listen her songs or he doensn' t serious.
  
  HADIL
  
  HADIL
  
  
• From: Jeyaram (@ 202.71.145.14) on: Sun Feb 10 11:52:20 EST 2002
  
  YES INDEED. SHE MUST STOP SINGING
  
  
• From: kk (@ 172.166.200.168) on: Sun Feb 10 12:54:59 EST 2002
  
  Rather than she stoping, you can stop listening to her. How convienient?!.
  
  There is a gang wanting every one to retire. sigh!.
  
  
• From: Rakhi (@ 24.29.106.247) on: Sun Feb 10 15:11:41 EST 2002
  
  u guys r talkin $hit...so comeon stop....if u dont have anything else to do stay home n smack urself rather than talking $hit here...
  
  
• From: Flash (@ 65.80.56.48) on: Sun Feb 10 19:29:49 EST 2002
  
  Amen! Lata, please retire with dignity. Enough is enough.
  
  
• From: K (@ 63.159.221.231) on: Sun Feb 10 21:20:49 EST 2002
  
  Lata loves singing... so she sings!
  
  Singing also being an art doesn't fall under the category of regular professions where one is expected to retire. It's a labor of love for these people and as long as a singer gets chance, he or she will continue to sing.
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Sun Feb 10 22:56:29 EST 2002
  
  I agree with K. However, I believe, Lata can restrict her assignments to a few "select" songs every year - and there's a sub-clause to this: those songs she sings for film playback can be songs that are reflective of her stature, the current state of her voice, and the limitations age brings to the voice of a singer. So all things considered, Lata (if one can even have the audacity to suggest this) can avoid:
  High octaves, falsettos, adolescencent/pre-pubescent romantic numbers, and racy/fast-paced songs should also be kept at bay.These aspects/types of songs introduce a significant credibility/ability gap now. She can concentrate on bhajans, kirtans, and geets. The film songs she chooses can also be from the above genre. Lata is an institution - but she can always choose to be a Singer Emerita in her own institute, can't she?
  
  
• From: AVR (@ 143.127.3.10) on: Sun Feb 10 23:07:22 EST 2002
  
  I am a complete LM,PS fan. But they days are over - they are humans (though geniuses) after all, not goddesses. Limitations are bound to be there.
  
  I just heard an old lata song from madhumati yeserday on television. That was followed by her recent song in "one 2 ka 4". I felt bad, being a staunch lata fan, the difference was that between +ve and -ve Infinity :)
  
  
• From: AVR (@ 143.127.3.10) on: Sun Feb 10 23:07:39 EST 2002
  
  I am a complete LM,PS fan. But their days are over - they are humans (though geniuses) after all, not goddesses. Limitations are bound to be there.
  
  I just heard an old lata song from madhumati yeserday on television. That was followed by her recent song in "one 2 ka 4". I felt bad, being a staunch lata fan, the difference was that between +ve and -ve Infinity :)
  
  
• From: scalicrapalitarus (@ 210.186.74.245) on: Thu Feb 14 14:14:05 EST 2002
  
  Hey guys can u sing ???? what the hack if she is 72 huh???? she still sings right??? if it is good you listen...if no...shut your ears...convienient for both parties...if u can listen to this rough voices like deva...and all the dapangkuttu's music...i feel lata is much more better than those who wanted to see the thunderstorm!!!!!!!
  
  
• From: Anita (@ ) on: Fri Jun 14 23:01:19 EDT 2002
  
  I don't even know why you guyz have this going on......Lata is a good singer, she has always been. If you don't like it, too bad for you. No one said you had to listen to her songs! She is known all around the world for her beautiful voice by all types of people. Now her own people is going to bad talk her? Give me a break!!!!!!!
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.200.84.66) on: Fri Jun 14 23:16:12 EDT 2002
  
  why is Lata being discussed here in TFM. is it because she sang" valayosai kala kala". Anyhow her last good song was "yaara seeli seeli" from Lekhin athan piragu ellame "silly silly". Imagine mere khwabon mein from DDLJ & to think public lapped it up makes it all the more painful.
  
  
• From: Vinod (@ 192.60.135.10) on: Mon Jun 17 13:22:51 EDT 2002
  
  I agree too ... better to quit when the voice is still good !!
  
  its not that everyone who is old doesnt have a good voice.. i would cite Asha Bhonsle as one example .. she is only 2 years younger than Lata . but her voice is much younger.. she sings melody and masth songs equally well.. ( eg. vennila venniala from "iruvar".. september maadham from "alaipaayudhey".. engengey engegey from "nerukku nerr".. ) and ofcourse the score of songs in hindi ( latest being Khallas from company.. )
  
  But Lata's voice isnt as good . better that she calls it a day and quit !
  
  
• From: avr (@ 143.127.3.10) on: Mon Jun 17 23:35:22 EDT 2002
  
  asha is 4 and half years younger. Nowadays Asha sings at a pitch that can easily smash off the glass doors and windows. Thats what I felt when i heard her screech in khallas.
  
  
• From: stg (@ 12.151.162.48) on: Tue Jun 18 03:11:28 EDT 2002
  
  Whether lata should stop or not his her business and prerogative.
  
  
• From: ROTFL (@ 203.106.140.133) on: Tue Jun 18 06:46:45 EDT 2002
  
  excuse me, am I in the wrong forum or what?
  
  I think Lata has stopped singing in the mid-80s, in TFM that is. :)
  
  RajaG
  It is a pity that no one enjoyed your joke. :)
  
  
• From: ASHOK (@ 156.153.254.42) on: Tue Jun 18 08:44:53 EDT 2002
  
  WELL ANY BODY HEARD LAJJA SONG SUNG BY LATA....
  HER VOICE IS STILL GOOD.
  BUT MD's ARE NOT ABLE TO USE HER VOIVE PROPERLY.
  ANY COMMENTS????
  
  
• From: Nanban (@ 216.251.50.73) on: Wed Jun 19 04:42:32 EDT 2002
  
  Yeah i agree with Ashok. She should be used for songs like "opalanuhare..." (laggan).. That grandmaa singing in front of Lord Krishna.
  
  
• From: MLR (@ 202.138.114.34) on: Wed Jun 19 05:42:44 EDT 2002
  
  I agree with Naaz. He has said it right. Every artist has a right to use their gift at any age. Its their own wish that they sing. Nobody can stop Lata from singing. But she can always choose the type of songs she delivers in movies. Her voice is only suitable for some type of songs. So, do Asha's. She is no way superior than Lata. She screeches well as told by avr. Anyways, dont tease artists. The taste sense has gotten worse up with the present generation and they don't have the patience to listen or enjoy the songs sung by old artistes. Dappangoothu is enjoyed so as songs without any raagas or with western mix...full of loud noises where hardly any lyrics is audible. Try to listen to your type of songs and avoid listening to the songs you don't like or sung by old ones. Thats the best you can do. good listening. bye
  
  
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  its up to her to realise that fans like her singing no more and give up..........she wud wuit if she realises it!!
  
  
• From: Jim (@ ) on: Mon Jul 22 19:28:44 EDT 2002
  
  I have always admired Lata. Here voice has matured over the years, but she can still move my heart with her songs. Can any one help me find an album of her more recent hindi movie songs?
  
  
• From: Prabhjot Kaur (@ ) on: Wed Dec 4 15:38:05 EST 2002
  
  I agree with Hadil. I think she still sings great, so if you donīt like her voice then donīt listen to her!!
  
  
• From: THE BIGGEST LATA FAN (@ ) on: Sun Jan 26 15:31:57 EST 2003
  
  allllll u guyz dont know anything about music. if the melody queen LATA MANGESHKAR should retire, then there must be no one in the industry to sing. Lata is the best and the ones who say she has to retire they r deaf. from chale jana nahin (shabaab) 1942, till andekha anjaana sa (mujhse dosti karogi) 2002 lata still the best, i dont mean good, but the best means no one still can compete with her. im a fan of her, im 22 years old, i heard almost all her songs, from her beginig till the date.
  
  the guy who said that he heard her in madhumati and now in one two ka four and there is a long gap, what do u expect u want the voice to b the same? she was exccellent in madumati and excellent in one two ka four. anyone heard songs of LEKIN?? if no u deaf guyz who said she has to retire go and hear it and u will know what i mean.
  
  the guy who compared her to asha, asha is nowhere able to reach what lata achieved. do u think that crap song Khallas is nice????????????? if u think so then go to doctor and ask him for ear drops. see lata`s O paalanhare from Lagaan, hear kabhie khushi kabhi gham these songs just make u fly with happinnes. latas vocie is spritual more than just a voice.
  
  as a personal matter , whenever im angry, nervous or so just when i hear her voice my heart beats, my soul goes up , out of my body. thats how a music should do, not bringing headache like the bad u listen to these days
  
  
• From: music lover (@ 12.89.75.32) on: Sun Jan 26 21:24:46 EST 2003
  
  Hello: Lata stinks since eerly 1970's. Shge might have been the greatest...guiness ..book...blah..blah..blah..letsbe realistic..not for the sake of northie argument....
  
  Its hard to keep a voice intact for maore than 15 years...age definitely takes a toll. LM is no different than PSusheela or other singers who were blessed in their times. I thought AB was much better than LM in the late 70s into 80s.
  
  What a piece of crap..if someone thinks...that LM is still rules..She is history.......
  
  
  
  
  
  

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