A Brimful Of Asha

October 6, 2008 5:31 PM

Even if you only have a passing familiarity with Bollywood musicals, Asha Bhosle's voice will be familiar to you. As one of the most sought after playback singers in Bollywood, and an accomplished, versatile musician in her own right, she's reputed to have sung over 12.000 songs and may be the world's most recorded artist. She's certainly one of the most beloved.
posted by freshwater_pr0n (19 comments total)

Most beloved, the remix.
posted by dw at 5:38 PM on October 6, 2008

The song 'brimful of asha' was a hit for the british group Cornershop, and the funny thing is that they didn't even know she was alive and well and recording.
posted by dhruva at 5:53 PM on October 6, 2008 [3 favorites]

Over 12 songs?
posted by hellphish at 6:11 PM on October 6, 2008

25 of the songs.
posted by tellurian at 6:20 PM on October 6, 2008

Great post, f_p. I'm a longtime fan, love her voice.

Here's her MySpace page, with 4 of her tunes to listen to on her player there.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:32 PM on October 6, 2008

Great post, f_p. I'm a longtime fan, love her voice.

Here's her MySpace page, with 4 of her tunes to listen to on her player there.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:33 PM on October 6, 2008

Chura Liya Hai Tumne is my favorite.
posted by horsemuth at 6:42 PM on October 6, 2008

An old Kuro5hin article on the song.
posted by the cydonian at 7:29 PM on October 6, 2008

Everyone needs a *bosom for a pillow* hug.
posted by Nick Verstayne at 7:36 PM on October 6, 2008 [1 favorite]

Very nice post, especially as a fan of some of the Hindi and Punjabi performers. Of course, I keep having Fifth Element flashbacks during some numbers...
posted by Samizdata at 11:58 PM on October 6, 2008

and her songs were often for Helen (previously on MeFi)
posted by infini at 1:15 AM on October 7, 2008

The video for Brimful of Asha is just lovely.
posted by mippy at 5:22 AM on October 7, 2008

Now I am hungry for some dosas.
posted by toastchee at 6:47 AM on October 7, 2008

hellphish: "Over 12 songs?"

Can we have a "displays ignorance of the world" flag please? Or is it just self-evident?
posted by benzo8 at 7:20 AM on October 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

The song 'brimful of asha' was a hit for the british group Cornershop

Fatboy Slim Remix
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:51 AM on October 7, 2008

One for the pacemen fans.
posted by zamboni at 11:58 AM on October 7, 2008

Ugh. Now that I've gone and checked out *all* the actual links, I see that we're *all* reposting everyone's links and I'm a twat.

As compensation then, I give you one of my all-time favourite YouTube videos. wehausen's Brimful of Asha short.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:03 PM on October 7, 2008

Asha Bhosle 's voice will be familiar to you.

Cower beneath my fearsome cultural illiteracy!
posted by Deathalicious at 12:09 PM on October 7, 2008

Cornershop's album When I was born for the 7th time was/is the pivotal music moment in my life. That marked the moment where I realized the stuff I was listening to was mostly crap. It also kindled my interest in the stuff they were sampling or covering; wicked disco, world beats, hip-hop, The Beatles, etc. Brimful of Asha was playing on the radio, and i taped it onto a cassette, listened to it so many times the tape broke, so i bought my first CD and CD player.

In my opinion, they were riding the first part of the wave of music that was reusing disco beats in different contexts, and some of their stuff reminds of M.I.A. (I actually thought M.I.A. was just a cornershop song I hadn't heard yet when I first heard her.)

Thank you Tjinder Singh and Cornershop, you changed my life.
posted by schyler523 at 1:18 PM on October 7, 2008