Song: Dilli Bass - Rabbi Shergill [OST Delhii Heights]

And yes, I downloaded this song just because they at rediff mentioned that the guitaring in this song is reminiscent of U2.

That means The Edge. Who happens to be my favourite guitarist (and not Mark Knopfler, because we are talking humans here) of all time.

And you mean someone had replicated The Edge's ringing guitaring and the trademark delay in a bollywood song?

And yes, Rabbi did too.

Remember Rabbi? Bulla ki Jaana? Laundiya ke pallu sey? That Rabbi.

And Kitni der takk from the same movie has been getting decent airtime on TV, and I like the song (and Neha Dhupia). And if you refer back to the rediff review, that song sounds nothing like Knopfler. But it's a nice song. So I went ahead and downloaded Dilli.... and...

... pretty much got myself bowled over. And have been playing the song for the last three hours on my computer.

The music really works. We are having a certain amount of influence of rock in recent bollywood music. There have been few out-and-out rock songs like Bheegi Bheegi, but a certain influence of rock can only be good. Pop does not last, it has little repeat hearing value. Jhankaar beats (of the Nadeem Shravan and not the Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose and Shayan Munshi variety) don't either. Melody (otherwise referred to as old hindi film songs) does. Rock does too. Now this Dilli Bass is not out-and-out rock, but uses certain influences of rock to a catchy, poppy tune. The guitar intro is really good. The lyrics are refreshing, simple and (rather Delhi-esquely if I might add, pardon the stereotyping) aggressive and edgy. And catches the somewhat devil-may-care, somewhat over-the-top yet often aaram-se core of Delhi rather well. And I was convinced on first hearing that the vocalist was Mohit Chauhan of Silk route, who I really like, but I suppose Rabbi has himself sung this one. And has done a commendable job. Extremely listenable, hummable, and yes, memorable.

Oh yeah, and what's in it for me? Well, at a certain point in my life, I was in Delhi. At a certain completely reckless, Sadkein thi sabb mere baap ki point in my life, I was in Delhi. And this song took me, for a little bit, to those days. Ah well...