The Comedy of Errors: Bally Sagoo featuring Irene Perveen - Saiyo Nee Mera Dil (2 May 1992)

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Although it lacks the grace and elegance that made Mera Laung Gawacha such a beguiling listen, Bally Sagoo’s reworking of Saiyo Nee Mera Dil may be a more vital recording.  If you were attending a Bhangra disco at the time, one could imagine this bringing male and female Punjabis out to dance off against each other in the style of Wanted by The Cranberries.  And once they’ve collapsed, exhausted, into each other’s arms, Mera Laung Gawacha would seal the deal.  Though I suspect the disco I have in my head is a long way different from the reality.

Sagoo used a vocal by Irene Perveen of a track that translates as My Heart is Beating For Someone and weaves around it a mix reflecting both 50s Bhangra and 90s Birmingham as high pitch keyboards  and soul choirs compete with ringing mobile phones (and in the early 90s, ringtones could be teeth rattlingly shrill).  Inevitably, there are a few touches that date this track painfully.  We get 2 and a half minutes in before the farting saxophones/shehnai blurt out and the coda of the track will remind listeners of between item “bed” music used in “youth” shows of the late 80s/early 90s.  But those touches made me smile and so much more of this moves me to dance.

Video courtesy of Bally Sagoo - Topic