It is sad that as Ringa Ringa was using the tune of Choli ke Peeche, it never got discussed here.
Could any one having knowledge of technical parts of music please analyze the two and elaborate what technical/ style differences are there in Ringa Ringa that were not there in Choli Ke Peeche. No doubt that Choli Ke Peeche was catchy and , aided by the controversy about the dual meaning lyrics but otherwise also on its own strength, got immensely popular. Still, it had a lifespan like most of the songs and after that its popularity got reduced and now it just holds a place among several songs that got immensely popular. But, without knowing the technical aspects of music, I feel that Ringa Ringa has a freshness about it that I don't find in Choli Ke Peeche when I hear that song now. If it is not my imagination, what exactly is that element(s) that could have put a new life, a new sound in a song that is more than a decade old? Or could it be just the changes in the recording and playing technology in last decade that brought that improvement? Till now, everybody whom I asked about this song has replied that he likes this song. Only the using-old-tune element didn't give ARR credit for this song that he deserved for repacking it. When ARR can touch an old song and make it sound like a fresh, oven-hot song, I wonder whether it was wise for the director to insist on using old popular tune as ARR would have come up with an equally or even more great, catchy song if he was allowed freedom to compose an entirely new thing for that situation. -- Rawat
