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 Nazia & Zoheb: The Essentials (CD)
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Product Details:
Artist(s)/Band: Nazia Hassan, Zoheb Hassan | Weight: 0.23 lbs
List of tracks:
1-Boom boom, 2-Camera camera, 3-Disco deewane, 4-Tali de thullay, 5-Star, 6-Dheere dheere, 7-Oee oee, 8-Telephone pyar, 9-Lekin mera dil, 10-Dil mera, 11-Aao na, 12-Walavai, 13-Ajnabi, 14-Khushi, 15-Aap jaisa koi
DESCRIPTION
Pakistan had missed the disco gravy train. While the world was grooving with John Travolta and his bell-bottomed disco revolution, the closest we had to that genre were the likes of Runa Laila, Alamgir, Mohammad Ali Shayki, Naheed Akhtar and a few underground and dance-hall bands in the sixties. But their music was merely a prequel to Nazia and Zoheb Hassan, the brother-sister duo whose body of work included more hits than any of the above. And this was before music charts and albums had become big business. "Aap Jaisa Koi", picturised on the buxom Zeenat Aman and a lecherous Feroz Khan in the 1980 Indian film "Qurbani" brought the teenage Nazia Hassan out of obscurity. Although, few knew that it had been sung by a British-born Pakistani. Fewer still remembered that it was Sohail Rana who had first used her voice in his popular musical programme for children.
For the first time, fame preceded the singer's first television appearance. Previously, such artists had used television as a platform to launch their careers. Before Zia and his Islamisation could completely "purify" the small screen, a jean-clad Nazia charmed television audiences with her song "Disco Deewane" in 1981 from an album of the same name. Never mind that PTV shot her from the waist up, so the audience wouldn't see her dancing feet, or that the maulvis were in an uproar over the brother and sister dancing together. Listeners wanted more, and they got it. And from that smoke-filled and disco-lit studio, there was no looking back for the siblings who became the Don and Marie Osmond of Pakistan.
While Nazia-Zoheb might not have been the progenitors of Pakistani pop, they were certainly trail-blazers as far as videos were concerned. Unlike the song items on television with tacky backdrops and little variation on camera angles, Nazia and Zoheb had caught on to the popular and infectious MTV style. Their videos of "Aag", "Dum Dum Dee Dee", "Chehra" and "Dosti", among others had elaborate storylines and sets. So much so that their video for "Pyaar ka Jaadu" was inspired by Michael Jackson's video for "Billie Jean". It was not until the pop revival of 1988 that videos of that like were seen again.
This album carries some of the best numbers of the brother-sister duo who were the pioneers of pop music in the subcontinent. Review taken from: naziahassan.com.pk
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