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For all you Junooni’s out there: Junoon’s new single – ‘Love Can‘ is around the corner and due to release within the next couple of weeks. However Salman Ahmad has been generous enough to make it available to you right here at LiveIsBetter.
Salman Ahmad is also getting ready with his book ‘Rock and Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution for Peace‘ which is due to release this coming January 12th. You can also read more about the book at: Simon and Schuster: Salman Ahmad
Salman Ahmad and Samir Chatterjee perform in NY on Dec 3rd, 2009 to present you the fusion that is Raaga Rock. So if you happen to be in New York this Thursday be sure to be in the audience.
If you want to know more about Salman Ahmad or Junoon, visit:
- The Salman and Samina Global Wellness Initiative
- The official Junoon website
Meanwhile, enjoy the new Junoon single ‘Love Can’:
Salman Ahmad new single: Love Can
Concert Update
UnityJam 2010
When: January 17, 2010 @ 7pm
Where: Spangenberg Theatre, Palo Alto, CA
Click here for details & tickets
Sounds pretty good .. Great work Salman … best of luck ..
Music is gud but miss the voice quality of ali azmat, can’t beat that!
lovely music. although no one can beat Ali Azmat’s voice.
and Junoon should stick to Urdu songs.
kick ass song n good vocals too .
the starting riff sounds like Mein Kaun Hoon
and snare sounds fat which is super cool
who played bass n drums n who produced the album
Great Song! Junoon rocks!
Isn’t the song similar to U2′s magnificent????
Iam sorry but he sounds horrible. Sounds like William Hung!
and no iam not a Hater!!! i loved infiniti!!!!
Salman lacks originality this one sound similar to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s_CXOOgidA .
Salman should realize “he can not sing”. Ali Azmat all the way when it comes to vocals.
doesnt sound like magnificent at all.
i love junoon together/joint only… separate they are nothing. any way good job salman.
I wont forgive you all,, you have taken away junoon from us. Allah blessed you , for us
and you people did not realized.
who so ever you or ali or brian , separate they are common people but together very SPECIAL.
if this is the recorded version…I don’t even want to know how bad the vocals will be on the live version…disappointed!
he is junooni and wont give up singing.. thats JUNOON no matter what, you dnt lose hope and fight back to whatever the crowd is saying..just believe in your self
Salam walikum Everbody,
I have been an ardenant junooni from the very first album “Junoon” and transgressed and acknowledged years of my life through their music. I am no rookie just for assurance and FOR the musical record, so when i speak i assure you A Message OF Maturity and a Reason. Will use this Platform to speak my heart and mind out cause I am a junooni to the core.
First and foremost junoon was and will always be remembered as the pioneers of sufi rock and salman bhai the man behind the musical legacy ” the star gate to scathism”. It is needless to say they came and they conquered with their music avator and their junoonism of meaningful journalism and soul.
What all junoon has transgressed into is a meare shadow of it’s “golden era” Junoon, Talash, Inquilaab, azadi, Parvaaz, Ishq/Andaaz and truly the Halt “DEEWAR” we were inspired and revolutionized because of the sound and heart of the meaningful music and its significance and its resolution for a CHANGE.
Sadly whats left is a meare sense of sadness. A methodology gone wrong.
The word “Jihad” is a sheer muslim significance and a pure terminology, to use it in sense such as the above garnishes mismanagement and misunderstanding.
To reflect to what Junoon is today and by all means I respect Salman Bhai a lot is a sheer sadness. Junoon was the baby and brainchild of salman bhai and to leave it lost to such a cause is sheer homicide.
There are many ways to showcase ones junoonism and take Junoon to another level but singing by the guitar maestro to some of his grand compositions, is definately not one.
If the ship has to sail then be it, I am not living in the past but excepting reality, the ship can sail and hail on with new crew-men and life high aloft with a whole lot of better junoonism, but to sink it in the way it is, is nothing sort of wonder gone wrong.
Once again I would like to reinstate that I respect Salman bhai a lot and all the junoonis cause I am one myself but i cannot see through this sheer insanity. May the aspiration and meaning of true junoonism be with us always AMEEN.
You Go Man … You Are The Bezzzt! … Great Rock Song! … All The Way SALMAN AHMAD! …
This is really sad to hear. I’m sorry, Salman should realize that he’s not a good vocalist and stick to what he does best instead.
I’ll have to agree with a lot of things Junooniest has said. I have been a huge fan of Junoon since their first album, i had watched Ali perform when he had teeny tiny hair, seen them perform with in the early days with their full might and strength. They were so young and willing to take so many chances back then and were simply not scared of anything or anyone. That’s the Junoon i remember.
What the bulk of you don’t realize is that the music biz is anything but good to you. Selfishness sets in, people want higher cuts than other members etc. People change, even bandmates and good friends. Musical direction and appreciation changes. Ali was always a risk taker, he wanted to do something unique and different each time with each album, but it is fairly obvious that Salman plans on riding out this whole “Sufi” rock n’ roll thing until the end of time. It gives him a better competitive advantage over other musicians and ultimately, it’s all about survival of the fittest in this industry. You will do whatever it takes to set yourself apart, ride it out for as long as possible, just so you can survive.
The poor starving musician is always the one that puts his or her heart into the whole thing, and it shows. Look at Ali’s new material, it is wild, crazy, just like him. I bet he barely makes a 1/4th the money selling his entire album in Pakistan and neighboring countries compared to what Salman is going to make from a single. But the quality reflects from someone wanting to reinvent themselves over and over again, versus someone riding something out for as long as they can since they’ve found their niche.
I don’t hate Salman by any means. I just don’t like what he has become over time. He has become the Axl Rose of Junoon. Keep the name Junoon to yourself, hence retaining all royalties for any new material, bring in session players like John Alec and whomever else when needed, do a piss poor but barely ok to survive job on vocals etc., and milk it for as long as possible.
As a die hard Junoon fan, my advice to Salman would be to get a real vocalist, there are many to choose from back home, but he doesn’t live back home either so that won’t work. Fine, pick someone in the States instead. Have that person sing and write an album from the heart like you had done over and over again in the past.
Peace out!
The music is just superb.i also didn’t like salman singing songs.But let him sing.Here we have to admire and i believe he has improved a lot.Composition all they way is touching the sky………….keep it up salman …….Have a good album!
dont care how he singing just listen what he is trying to say us
Good very good.But Not fascinating as Ali does.
it sounds kinda 80´s but ok
its not fair to bring in ali in the discussion although the mind does wonder, naturally.
tu lung ja was a wonderful song, meaning it is possible if ali is absolutely NOT to return to still make an ok musical input, although I think this is inevitable at some point for ali to return, both for cash reasons for both of them as well as because you get used to being treated well as a star, pherhaps
anywho, the only way forward is to spend a lot of time in the studio and make arrangements instead of the cocktail parties which will ruin your disciplin…ending on a high note is another good idea
if I was salman I would let enough water under the bridge THEN:
call ali, spend hours and days and months in the studio including brian and get together for a couple of albums in ENGLISH (meaning muyo dinero) while I still have “it”
that means the ability to write perfect riffs and licks
then release the album in the vacuum of old rockbands having disappeared…some of them are making a comeback but who gives a…
then cash in on these two albums and disappear forever…never ever to be seen again, justplace the money in flipping real estate or whatever ; )
let it work for you
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