Of course! It's nothing to do with the tune. Inspiration doesn't always have to be about the music. It's just the concept of a talking about different viewpoints- "You say ..... and I say .... " "Tu bole ..., main boloon ... " The Fitzgerald-Armstrong version of the song has been used in a number of movies in the context of difference of opinions between a guy and girl (most notably in When Harry Met Sally)
Lastly, the setting is jazz. And those trumpet lines sound like a tip of the hat to Louis Armstrong. I'm not sure why some folks think that the song from "Aa Gale Lag Ja" is the one being referred to. Aside from the phrase "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na" there's nothing in common with Tu Bole. OK, they had Genelia sing that phrase for the promos but that's as far as it goes. ----- Original Message ---- From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:19:47 PM Subject: Re: [arr] Tu Bole Main Boloon is inspired from which song? Song is similar in style, not in tune or melody. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Ramesh R <triscodeca@ ...> wrote: > > Isn't that the Gershwin song "Let's call the whole thing off"? > http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Let's_Call_the_ Whole_Thing_ Off > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=zZ3fjQa5Hls > > There's another version with Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=twF4Mt- q5jw > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .> > To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:50:49 PM > Subject: [arr] Tu Bole Main Boloon is inspired from which song? > > > Rahman mentioned in the latest interview that the title track of Jaane > Tu is inspired from an original song form yester-year. Anyone know > that song? It was probably a number back in the 40s or 50s in the US, > so not many would be able to notice the similarities. Rahman seems to > have admitted that he composed very close to the original song. >
