A close friend asked, what makes me love Rafi with such rare devotion and exult ever so much that I do.
I told him,“You see, the ass that I am, am not sure if your God lets me in heaven even once, when I am dead and there. But sure as hell, my Rafi perennially keeps me in heaven, while I am here and alive!”
As someone who can’t imagine a ‘heaven on earth’, my pal obviously, was disinclined to believe me.
Fact of matter is, I am of that ignorant lot, who don’t subscribe to the very concept of ‘heaven above’!
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How have I been a devotee of this human-God for 55 years?
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Don’t we believe in that ‘One Supreme-Godhead’ in a sea of demi-gods & goddesses?
Yes, we do! But, while we do revere all those demi-gods & goddesses, our true love & devotion will ever stay Supreme-Godhead-centric!
If it doesn’t by any chance, for God’s (and your own) sake, don’t ask me who & what I think you are!
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The Supreme-Godhead is none but Rafi in the whole of singer-fraternity!
Here, I would present you with an example of a song, to see what differentiates the 'Supreme' from even the 'Best' - ‘Rafi’ from the ‘Rest’….Lata included!
Singing with a lovely voice 'perfectly in tune with the set-tune' is one thing (which Lata does with élan).
But singing with a divine voice where a million melodies culminate into one to create a heavenly feel all around, is a different proposition altogether.
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If you care to know, listen to this song intently, with eyes closed, letting all senses receptive to their optimum competence!
You can observe - "a feeling so explicit, emotion so expressive, pronunciation so exquisite, throw of words so unique, nuances so intricate, precision so amazing & style so trendy".
In case you can’t, well, curse your creator!
PS:
I provide a very small sample for those musically deaf of us:
https://youtu.be/L1ieEurUE2E
[Lata at 1.46-48 & Rafi at 3.13-15]
Whatsay?!!!!!!