Sayonee’s remake of the Coke Studio was one of the biggest flops in Pakistani musical history. The video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Ali Noor’s song gained a lot of views on youtube, however, the reason that it did so is not good at all. Coke Studio’s Sayonee became the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons. Word spread on how bad it is and of course we all had to listen to the disaster from our own years to be sure.
The music director of the song, Salman Ahmad, however doesn’t believe what every media agency is saying- that Sayonee’s remake was a flat out disappointment. He used the twitter platform to defend the awful rendition of the song that Junoon sang in 1997. He pointed out the number of hits on the song and said that they show how successful the song’s rendition is. It seems like he decided to totally decided to ignore the hundreds of memes that were also generated in the song’s ‘honour’. Here are his defensive tweets:
PM orders a state funeral for #Sayonee & a parliamentary committee for #Gulalai but pin drop silence on #Trumpsahib https://t.co/m23oEoc8Ip
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) August 25, 2017
not attacking anyone.I'm stating facts.Sayonee has been viewed by millions on YT & FB, with an 85% approval rating. https://t.co/nFNEuFF3oo https://t.co/r3H2PHMAP3
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) August 26, 2017
I love so many great songs but I view them on YT or FB w/o leaving any comments good or bad. Majority of ppl view songs w/o commenting. https://t.co/fh2prdFltc
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) August 26, 2017
You can't fake history bro. The album Azadi & Sayonee in 1997 was first attacked by music critics then MNS:). https://t.co/boCO2pPEah https://t.co/XJFjovda98
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) August 26, 2017
Art seems ugly at first but gets beautiful with age… https://t.co/OJ7uLZzGtm https://t.co/1vJYz5ghKP
— salman ahmad (@sufisal) August 26, 2017