Narrated by I.P. Freely. Rupa is a classic case of music being long forgotten only to resurface unexpectedly, usually thanx to the internet and/or YouTube. I think some of you will really like it if you give it a few minutes, either way I like it a lot, but I like most genres of music (and yes there is good country out there among the endless heaps of crap). I have a lot of fondness for Indian culture, other than the uptight strictness that seems to be common in their society, but that's what made a band like this even cooler at the time because their music allowed people to let loose and dance as promiscuously as they liked with whoever they liked. The club scene in India, at that time in particular, was nearly nonexistent, but those who danced the night away were indeed rebelling against this unnecessary and formal strictness that most Indian parents try instilling their family with.
This album by Rupa is from 1982 but somehow fell into obscurity until only a year ago or so when many desperate and music deprived youth started looking ceaselessly for good music from the past (because you'll never come up empty handed), and while leaving no stone unturned, randomly found someone who had uploaded this album on YouTube, and from there it slowly but surely made the rounds into recent popularity. Pretty cool story, and even better considering that the popularity, which had already surmounted, was news to Rupa and the rest of the band, but not too long ago Rupa's son looked up the album on YouTube and noticed the newfound interest in the band, and they are now getting the level of recognition they deserve.
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