BC Sutta !
Guys you just gotta check this song out.
Specially to all the smokers out there, even if you aren't one go ahead...
It's a song by 'Jeest' called "BC Sutta", And No guesses for what BC means.
I would have given the lyrics but in a hurry now, would upload the song soon, meanwhile why don't you just Google out the lyrics part.
This song came back much before (not sure of the exact date), but it's good. I mean it's got some good guitaring.. the Song has now officially become 'Smoker's Anthem'.
Infact you would be surprised to know that Zeest (the band), who composed it consists of only one guy - Skip. Strange ain't it ? Read On..
The following is an Interview with the band Zeest...
Q1) Tell me something about Zeest, the band; how and when did it come about?
I formed Zeest as a band 3-4 years back; the purpose of forming such a band was to revive the old style of rock music, which had a blend of blues, country, and jazz styles. And the lyrics should depict the average life style of people in subcontinent.
Zeest is a Persian word meaning life and synonymously can be used as hope, light, faith etc. The reason why I decided to form Zeest with such a mission was that I observed that music is turning totally into commercial act now and all I wanted was to set the trend of country and bluesy natured songs depicting social life struggle in subcontinent.
Q2) Is Skip the only piece in the Zeest band? If not, then can you introduce the other band members too?
Yes I’m the only person in my musical project; basically Zeest is not a band at all, though I started it as a band but unluckily due to differences in musical style, artistic feelings and willingness to continue the mission/concept for Zeest as I’ve planned through out these years, nobody shows his consent and willingness to work with me. So I thought it would be better to continue my work as a solo artist using Zeest as a title to my socially oriented musical project.
Q3) “BC Sutta” seems to describe every fagger’s agony when they do not get their fag. More so, it’s even a hit among non-smokers. Tell us the story behind the making of this song.
The story started back in my school days when the life was quite carefree and I started tasting sutta with my friends. When my father came to know that I had been smoking, he often used to say "BC sutta peeta hai in Lafungo kay saath”; so that was the catch phrase that struck to my mind and it became a joke among friends. With the passage of time and few more experiences I was ready to write the whole song, which could portray my own life. I wrote and composed the whole song slowly. And started playing it with my friends in informal gatherings. It was just like an anthem, my friends appreciated me and asked me to record the song in a studio. So I went to a studio and showed them my composition, but they didn’t like the composition and the recording engineer not only refused to record the song in his studio but also insulted me and claimed that it wasn’t worth recording. In fact according to him, I did something very bad to the music too. I was disheartened from their comments and dropped the idea of recording the song but continued to play it among friends and parties.
In early April 2005, after almost an year after this incident, in a jamming session at “FEEDBACK STUDIOS” formerly known as “DRB STUDIOS’, Zeeshan Hayat a fan himself offered to record the track live at his studio. So quickly Zeeshan and I made the necessary arrangements and rehearsals, and just after a few initial takes the famous song was recorded live at his studio. Zeeshan edited the song and I released the song by uploading it on a free downloading music website.
Q4) The song is every youngster’s favorite in India. It’s played at every pub and club on request. Is it equally a mania among youngsters of Pakistan?
Yes it is quite popular in Pakistan too. And day-by-day its popularity is increasing among desi people living all across the world.
Q5) Despite of creating waves everywhere in the world, the song cannot be played in media and is under wraps due to moral policing. Don’t you think in a democracy like India and Pakistan; people should decide what is moral and immoral and not the censors?
No, I think there should be a centralized censor board, but it should be flexible enough to understand the criteria and should properly rate everybody’s work; not like allowing only western musicians and artists like 50cents, Eminem, Disturbed etc to be allowed to play easily at subcontinent’s radio and music TV channels. Their CDs containing explicit languages are sold in the market just because they are in foreign language, while songs in our own language having such words are totally banned!!!
Q6) Still due to its popularity, do you have any plans to bring out the censored version of the song?
Well due to lot of requests and demand from music channels, radio stations and record labels I’ll release the censored/ cleaner version of BC SUTTA. I already have a cleaner version of BC Sutta containing no explicit language; normally I perform in decent gatherings. I’ve replaced the BC MC words in such manner that charm of the song doesn’t fade away. I’ve already had a studio version of that song with some changes and addition in music with better sound quality.
Q7) Are you working towards releasing any album?
Yes, currently I’m still working for the album. There are many songs in my hand and certainly I would like to release them in the main stream.
Q8) Where does Zeest derive its inspiration from?
Basically right from my childhood I’ve been listening to classic rock period including Van Morrison, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and B.B King etc. My elder brothers used to listen to musical genres like blues, jazz, country, R & B etc. so I always wanted to make a musical project or a band, which will revive the music of all the classic rock period.
Q9) Pakistani bands are a favorite in India, and Zeest being the most lovable among the youth, do you have any plans to perform live in India?
Yes I’m getting many offers from different cities and campuses throughout India and soon within a month or two, I’ll be coming down to India for series of live performances and some official meetings.
Q10) Talking about live performances, many Pakistani artistes like Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Reshma, Junoon, Jal, etc. perform in India, but live performances by Indian artistes is banned in Pakistan. But I’m sure people in Pakistan would want Indian artists to perform in their country too. Isn’t it?
Its totally a rumor and misunderstanding that live performances of Indian artists are banned in Pakistan, Artists like Jagjt Singh, Lata, Sukhbir, Bombay Rockers; Raghav etc. have performed various times in Pakistan.
Even the ban on Bollywood movies in Pakistani cinema is totally through commercial point of view, it has nothing to do with political differences. Well you can freely observe Bollywood actors and actresses posters throughout the streets in Pakistan and can hear Indian music everywhere. They are very popular in Pakistan.
Q11) Why is it that despite of both the countries having the similar culture, lifestyle and problems (like both are fighting against terrorism), still cannot live in peace after so many years?
I guess the major problem is the lack of information about each other’s problem and lifestyle.
Q12) What can the youth of both the countries do for “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution” between the two countries?
Its lack of knowledge about each other’s lives so they should try to learn about each others life. It’s not that difficult because the culture of both the nations is quite similar. It’s just misunderstandings and some false stories that are circulating in both the countries. Well, make BC Sutta both countries national anthem; I guess its going to be quite effective.
Q13) This question is a little funny, but have your parents heard this song?
Well, fortunately I never let them know about my song, plus they don’t like my music too, because they are more towards classic and ghazal stuff. All my parents know, is that I’ve done something wrong in subcontinent’s music world.
Q14) Since you have a long list of fans, can you share with us the most memorable incident you had with your fans?
There are many incidents, like a sudden embarrassing kiss from a girl in a public place, a group of boys and girls sitting very next to my table in a restaurant and discussing and appraising the song by Zeest and singing it loud while not knowing I am sitting just besides them. The most memorable moment was when we met a guy at a beach side who was listening to me and my friends playing and singing the song BC Sutta and after listening the complete song he told me that he is the composer of BC Sutta song and he is the famous guy ‘Skip’ of Zeest. He appreciated and thanked me for loving and playing his song perfectly. Despite telling him the truth we interviewed him comprehensively, and that guy didn’t realized till the end.
Q15) Any message for your fans in India?
Well I would like to thank them for their love and support. And I do accept that it’s been a long gap and time to release my other tracks. But I’m bound to go through formal procedures to release my work in mainstream, because only then my work can easily be available to everyone.
PS: The above Interview was taken by Kirti Paliwal for the souvenire of the Journalism festival of Kamala Nehru college, Journo Junction(2006).
The above Interview can also be found at :
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-2aCsf9MheqrOk9.BSPTp3Q_zdhw-?cq=1&p=77#comments
Specially to all the smokers out there, even if you aren't one go ahead...
It's a song by 'Jeest' called "BC Sutta", And No guesses for what BC means.
I would have given the lyrics but in a hurry now, would upload the song soon, meanwhile why don't you just Google out the lyrics part.
This song came back much before (not sure of the exact date), but it's good. I mean it's got some good guitaring.. the Song has now officially become 'Smoker's Anthem'.
Infact you would be surprised to know that Zeest (the band), who composed it consists of only one guy - Skip. Strange ain't it ? Read On..
The following is an Interview with the band Zeest...
Q1) Tell me something about Zeest, the band; how and when did it come about?
I formed Zeest as a band 3-4 years back; the purpose of forming such a band was to revive the old style of rock music, which had a blend of blues, country, and jazz styles. And the lyrics should depict the average life style of people in subcontinent.
Zeest is a Persian word meaning life and synonymously can be used as hope, light, faith etc. The reason why I decided to form Zeest with such a mission was that I observed that music is turning totally into commercial act now and all I wanted was to set the trend of country and bluesy natured songs depicting social life struggle in subcontinent.
Q2) Is Skip the only piece in the Zeest band? If not, then can you introduce the other band members too?
Yes I’m the only person in my musical project; basically Zeest is not a band at all, though I started it as a band but unluckily due to differences in musical style, artistic feelings and willingness to continue the mission/concept for Zeest as I’ve planned through out these years, nobody shows his consent and willingness to work with me. So I thought it would be better to continue my work as a solo artist using Zeest as a title to my socially oriented musical project.
Q3) “BC Sutta” seems to describe every fagger’s agony when they do not get their fag. More so, it’s even a hit among non-smokers. Tell us the story behind the making of this song.
The story started back in my school days when the life was quite carefree and I started tasting sutta with my friends. When my father came to know that I had been smoking, he often used to say "BC sutta peeta hai in Lafungo kay saath”; so that was the catch phrase that struck to my mind and it became a joke among friends. With the passage of time and few more experiences I was ready to write the whole song, which could portray my own life. I wrote and composed the whole song slowly. And started playing it with my friends in informal gatherings. It was just like an anthem, my friends appreciated me and asked me to record the song in a studio. So I went to a studio and showed them my composition, but they didn’t like the composition and the recording engineer not only refused to record the song in his studio but also insulted me and claimed that it wasn’t worth recording. In fact according to him, I did something very bad to the music too. I was disheartened from their comments and dropped the idea of recording the song but continued to play it among friends and parties.
In early April 2005, after almost an year after this incident, in a jamming session at “FEEDBACK STUDIOS” formerly known as “DRB STUDIOS’, Zeeshan Hayat a fan himself offered to record the track live at his studio. So quickly Zeeshan and I made the necessary arrangements and rehearsals, and just after a few initial takes the famous song was recorded live at his studio. Zeeshan edited the song and I released the song by uploading it on a free downloading music website.
Q4) The song is every youngster’s favorite in India. It’s played at every pub and club on request. Is it equally a mania among youngsters of Pakistan?
Yes it is quite popular in Pakistan too. And day-by-day its popularity is increasing among desi people living all across the world.
Q5) Despite of creating waves everywhere in the world, the song cannot be played in media and is under wraps due to moral policing. Don’t you think in a democracy like India and Pakistan; people should decide what is moral and immoral and not the censors?
No, I think there should be a centralized censor board, but it should be flexible enough to understand the criteria and should properly rate everybody’s work; not like allowing only western musicians and artists like 50cents, Eminem, Disturbed etc to be allowed to play easily at subcontinent’s radio and music TV channels. Their CDs containing explicit languages are sold in the market just because they are in foreign language, while songs in our own language having such words are totally banned!!!
Q6) Still due to its popularity, do you have any plans to bring out the censored version of the song?
Well due to lot of requests and demand from music channels, radio stations and record labels I’ll release the censored/ cleaner version of BC SUTTA. I already have a cleaner version of BC Sutta containing no explicit language; normally I perform in decent gatherings. I’ve replaced the BC MC words in such manner that charm of the song doesn’t fade away. I’ve already had a studio version of that song with some changes and addition in music with better sound quality.
Q7) Are you working towards releasing any album?
Yes, currently I’m still working for the album. There are many songs in my hand and certainly I would like to release them in the main stream.
Q8) Where does Zeest derive its inspiration from?
Basically right from my childhood I’ve been listening to classic rock period including Van Morrison, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and B.B King etc. My elder brothers used to listen to musical genres like blues, jazz, country, R & B etc. so I always wanted to make a musical project or a band, which will revive the music of all the classic rock period.
Q9) Pakistani bands are a favorite in India, and Zeest being the most lovable among the youth, do you have any plans to perform live in India?
Yes I’m getting many offers from different cities and campuses throughout India and soon within a month or two, I’ll be coming down to India for series of live performances and some official meetings.
Q10) Talking about live performances, many Pakistani artistes like Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Reshma, Junoon, Jal, etc. perform in India, but live performances by Indian artistes is banned in Pakistan. But I’m sure people in Pakistan would want Indian artists to perform in their country too. Isn’t it?
Its totally a rumor and misunderstanding that live performances of Indian artists are banned in Pakistan, Artists like Jagjt Singh, Lata, Sukhbir, Bombay Rockers; Raghav etc. have performed various times in Pakistan.
Even the ban on Bollywood movies in Pakistani cinema is totally through commercial point of view, it has nothing to do with political differences. Well you can freely observe Bollywood actors and actresses posters throughout the streets in Pakistan and can hear Indian music everywhere. They are very popular in Pakistan.
Q11) Why is it that despite of both the countries having the similar culture, lifestyle and problems (like both are fighting against terrorism), still cannot live in peace after so many years?
I guess the major problem is the lack of information about each other’s problem and lifestyle.
Q12) What can the youth of both the countries do for “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution” between the two countries?
Its lack of knowledge about each other’s lives so they should try to learn about each others life. It’s not that difficult because the culture of both the nations is quite similar. It’s just misunderstandings and some false stories that are circulating in both the countries. Well, make BC Sutta both countries national anthem; I guess its going to be quite effective.
Q13) This question is a little funny, but have your parents heard this song?
Well, fortunately I never let them know about my song, plus they don’t like my music too, because they are more towards classic and ghazal stuff. All my parents know, is that I’ve done something wrong in subcontinent’s music world.
Q14) Since you have a long list of fans, can you share with us the most memorable incident you had with your fans?
There are many incidents, like a sudden embarrassing kiss from a girl in a public place, a group of boys and girls sitting very next to my table in a restaurant and discussing and appraising the song by Zeest and singing it loud while not knowing I am sitting just besides them. The most memorable moment was when we met a guy at a beach side who was listening to me and my friends playing and singing the song BC Sutta and after listening the complete song he told me that he is the composer of BC Sutta song and he is the famous guy ‘Skip’ of Zeest. He appreciated and thanked me for loving and playing his song perfectly. Despite telling him the truth we interviewed him comprehensively, and that guy didn’t realized till the end.
Q15) Any message for your fans in India?
Well I would like to thank them for their love and support. And I do accept that it’s been a long gap and time to release my other tracks. But I’m bound to go through formal procedures to release my work in mainstream, because only then my work can easily be available to everyone.
PS: The above Interview was taken by Kirti Paliwal for the souvenire of the Journalism festival of Kamala Nehru college, Journo Junction(2006).
The above Interview can also be found at :
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-2aCsf9MheqrOk9.BSPTp3Q_zdhw-?cq=1&p=77#comments
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