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Musical Notes
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This
has been Strings' year all the way; they made
their first international appearance as UNICEF
Pakistan National Ambassadors for HIV and AIDS
at the UN Secretariat just a couple of weeks
ago - where they rubbed
shoulders with UN secretary general, Kofi
Annan, Bill Roedy, President of MTV Networks
International and many other dignitaries.
Strings performed that evening at the
Secretariat and spoke about the importance of
the awareness of the deadly disease. "Although
the HIV prevalence rate in Pakistan is still
low, it is crucial that we as ambassadors
continue to spread prevention messages amongst
children and youth so that we keep the
epidemic at bay," said Faisal. While Bilal
added, "Pakistan is a very conservative
society. There's a lot of stigma attached to
it [HIV/AIDS]. People don't want to talk about
it. We need to come out and talk about it."
Strings were also among the eight Pakistani
artists who performed at the Wembley Arena for
the South Asia Relief Fund to raise money for
earthquake relief. When it comes to putting
Pakistan on the map, Strings seem to be the
natural successors to Junoon.
However, honestly, we can't wait for them to
wrap up with riding the success of Dhaani,
which was released almost three years ago in
2003. With 2006 around the corner, it's been a
while since they gave their fans something new
to look forward to. Now they have followed up
'Kahani Mohabbat Ki' with another video to a
song from the same album called 'Mera Bichra
Yaar'. Nice song guys. Not great, but nice and
the same can be said for the video that has
been directed by young and upcoming director,
Umar Anwar. The video is a single shot one,
but this is no Jami-esque 'Chal Dil Meray'. It
all happens in one frame. The set is of a
messed up room with a couch in the middle that
Faisal and Bilal lounge out on in random
positions. The video is very simple, but apart
from interesting lighting there is nothing
much to write home about. And quite frankly,
Strings seem to be stuck in the Dhaani frame
of mind and it's about time they changed
tracks and got on with life, music and lilting
melodies.
Courtesy: Instep, NOS, The News International
[13th of November 2005]]
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