Excellent pun for an excellent band, excited for their sophomore album! This one is the "Gaddaar" for this album, really sounds like the album opener. edit: the language they speak is Punjabi, but they also speak Hindi, as in this music video. New Delhi being Northern India primarily speaks Hindi
The fact that you are Googling the "language of India" and taking an interest in India is what makes Bloodywood so fucking cool. I'm not Indian. My kids now know where India is on the map.
I LOVED THIS. If they had done a "We Got the Moves" ending, where a big guy swings open a door and yells: "What is going on? Get out of here!" That would have been just perfect, IMO. ••• PEACES!!!
So about India's languages: it's actually incredibly complex. Hindi is the "main" language and the one used here, but that language is mostly used in northern India and originally came over from the Middle East. Southern India has many languages that are part of a completely separate language family called Dravidian. Dravidian languages are so different from Hindi that linguistically Hindi is closer to English than it is to the Dravidian languages.
Hindi did not came from middle East 😭😭 Hindi has roots to Sanskrit but Persian is mixed with standard khadi boli to make it hindi i suppose...but hindi altogether did not come from middle East. Yes some part of Hindi vocabulary has Persian influence...please stop this misinformation
Bloodywood uses like an 80:20 mix of Hindi and Punjabi languages, respectively, which are some of the more well-known indian languages outside of India as well. And prrtty different from the languages spoken in the southern parts of india. Hindi and Punjabi share a lot of similarities, too, although gotta mention Jayant (the vocalist) has solid punjabi undertone to him, assuming that's his family/upbringing, and it also kind of captures a very 2000s bollywood music essence. Also, this song really captures the sense of the captial city pretty well. The good, the bad, the worse.
Johnny congrats, that intro was immaculate 👌Keep up the good work! Go make Nate Proud instead of making him cringe! Also, Bloodywood is so good, so happy that i had the chance to watch them live!
Absolutely love this track (& the band in general). Been obsessed with India since I was a kid. India has one of the highest language densities in the world. Hindi is the most common language but there are literally hundreds of others. If I remember correctly this band sings in Hindi & Punjabi. The latter is mostly spoken in the northern part of the country. Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, & Tamil are a couple others I can think of off the top of my head.
Blooldywood is F-in cool. Nice old-school (200Xs) groove/tribal riifs. Their plus/stand out point, imo, is the quality of the video clips (Bollywood powered maybe :) ). Similar tribal vibe bands I can remember: Sepultura/Soulfly, Ektomorf, SteppenDoom, The HU, Alien Weaponry, etc.
This song is heavy. Somehow with each drop they make it sound a little heavier than the previous drop, and their are several hard drops in this EXCELLENT song. To me, this song is Gaddar on steroids.
The language spoken in the song is Hindi. It's the main language spoken in Northern and Central India. But, as you go further north, you'll find Kashmiri. To the west, it's Punjabi and Rajasthani. East is Bengali, Assamese, Manipuri, etc. Southern India speaks Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, etc. Too many languages here! Sometimes, even we feel as foreigners in some of our states, as we can't speak their local language.
Was really holding out that you two were going to be reviewers that respect both the listener and the band by letting the video play out in full before adding in your review. Sadly, you pushed paused. And I never finished watching. The one thing that gets you a return visit/second chance is the fact you're from Australia. Until then, "Good day, mates" - all the best...
Yup. Back when I was attempting to draw attention to bands/musicians with my CD reviews, live show reviews and hosting a 2-hr weekly radio show which I worked so hard (just like the two guys above) to get the word out about good NEW music. 10 years worth. People are tough nuts to crack. So, again, the answer to your thought provoking question is - yup
