Time to Vote !!!

Hilary or Obama? No, your political views about American presidental candidates can stay at home. I'm talking about YOU voting for the best of Parties, Sarees and Melodies of 2007-2008.

It's been a year already and I want to start a tradition of making a top 10 list of the best of Parties Sarees and Melodies.

For the 1st Parties, Sarees and Melodies Awards (2007-2008) the most important poll is Best album (Lp), you can find it on the right side of the blog. If you like more then one album, you can vote for many at a time. (But you can vote only once)

1. Category one is for the poll (Best Album). Vote for 1 to 10 albums.

For the second categories only vote for Top 5

2. And the secondary categories are:

Best Album Cover (Lp)

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Choices are the same as best album. See the Covers on flickr, here.

Best Playback Singer, Male

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See available choices on the right side of blog (Tags, singer: playback singer's name)

Best Playback Singer, Female
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See available choices on the right side of blog (Tags, singer: playback singer's name)

Best Song
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Any song from an album (Lp or Ep) on Parties, Sarees and Melodies.

Best Duet
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Any song from an album (Lp or Ep) on Parties, Sarees and Melodies.

Best Lyricist
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For this year, choices are: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Majrooh, Anand Bakshi, Vithal Bhai Patel, Shakeel Badayuni, Shahryar, Barat Vyas, Prakash Mehra, Anjaan, Jalal Malihabadi, Ramesh Shastri, Qamar Jalalabadi, Neeraj, Vijay Anand, Naushad, Kulwant Jani, Naqsh Lyallpuri, Shiv Kumar Saroj, Sahir, Bashir Sheikh, J. Nakshab, Kidar Sharma, Noor Dewasi, S. H. Bihari and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan.

Best Composer
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This year, choices are: Bappi Lahiri, C. Ramchandra, Kalyanji Anandji, Khaiyyam, Khemchand Prakash, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, N. Dutta, O. P. Nayyar, Naushad, R. D. Burman, Roshan, S. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Satish Bathia and Shankar Jaikishan.

Best Video of a Song
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Choices must come from a song on an album for Parties, Sarees and Melodies

Best Indian Music Blog
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Can be any website or blog!

3. Third Category is for single answers (1 answer)

They are:

Bad Movie, Good Music
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Good Movie, Good Music
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The Album you where expecting not to like, but once you listened to it you actually loved it!
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Best 4o's album
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Choices: Mahal, Barsaat, Andaz

Best 50's album
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Choices: Bawre Nain, Ujala, Sadhna, Babul, Phagun, Awaara, Navrang, Amar, Madhosh, Chori Chori, Baiju Bawra, Shree 420, Madhumati.


Best 60's album
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Choices: Aashiq, Kismat, Raja Saab, Ram aur Shyam, Boond Jo Band Gayi Moti, April Fool, Jis Desh Men Ganga Bethi Hai, Amrapali, Leader, Kohinoor, Teesri Manzil, Guide, Mughal-E-Azam.

Best 70's album
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Choices: Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Chhupa Rustam, The Train, Humjoli, Bobby, Bobby Instumental.

Best 80's album
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Choices: Qurbani in English, Pyaas, Namak Halaal, Umrao-Jaan

The best decade (40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or 80's)
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Worst Album
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Worst Song
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Track that makes you dance!
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Hindi word, words or phrase you learned listening to a song on Parties, Sarees and Melodies.
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****Special***

Favorite Indian Album (Included or not included on Parties Sarees and Melodies) add a picture + 20 words or more on why you love that album so much.
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Please email me a picture of you and the album or just the album if you are shy. (If you are shy an other option is to try sleeveface, see how to sleeveface, here) The pictures will be on the blog, so If you don't want to be seen just try the two options that a suggested earlier. Thanks

You are finished! Thank you very much!

To vote just copy and paste the categories 2 and 3. Then fill out the spaces. Then submit your answers before August 15th 2008.

I will also be announcing the results of the votes and the top 10 most downloaded albums as well I will be giving out awards for the top 5 best Indian music blogs.

Important

*All choices must be from Awaara to Yaadon Ki Baaraat. (All other answers will not be counted, except for the special question)

*The voting starts now and ends on the 15th of August 2008 at 12pm

* Don't forget to vote for best album (poll on the right of blog).

* Email (Redhead344@hotmail.com) or leave you answers on the blog to vote for the other categories. (2 and 3) and email me your Picture !


Any comments and suggestions are welcome!