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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — Mustt Mustt
Album: Mustt Mustt
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Released: 1990
Length: 5:11
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Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must

Mera vird hai dam dam ali ali
Mera vird hai dam dam ali ali
Sakhi laal qalandar must must
Sakhi laal qalandar must must
Jhole laal qalandar must must
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must

Mera vird hai dam dam ali ali
Mera vird hai dam dam ali ali
Sakhi laal qalandar must must
Sakhi laal qalandar must must
Jhole laal qalandar must must
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must

Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must (chorus)
Sufi chants (nfak)
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must
Qawwali vocables (nfak)
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must
Qawwali vocables

Akhi ja malanga akhi da malanga akhi ja malanga tu ali ali ali ali
Akhi ja malanga akhi da malanga akhi ja malanga
Akhi ja malanga sajia pe mun lain k
Akhi ja malanga sajia pe mun lain k
Aj nai te kal saray ali ali kehn gay

Must must must must dam must qalandar must must
Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must

Dum must qalandar must must, dam must qalandar must
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I always think of 'qawwali' music as 'vocal jazz' with the voice as the lead instrument. Nusrat was one of the best that all others aspire to.
Posted 1 day ago by TonyM    [ Reply ]
So happy we have the lyrics here so I can attempt to sing along, Got the chorus down pat 
Posted 5 months ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Every couple of months will do.....
Posted 6 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
I first heard this on Ministry of Sounds "Karma Collection"  which I bought years ago when physical CDs were still a thing.  So great to hear it on RP!
Posted 6 months ago by brosen    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:

I came to Nusrat through The Passion - Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Last Temptation of Christ. I saw Nusrat and ensemble perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - an experience like I'd never seen before or since. Not only was he extraordinary, and his accompanying musicians top rank, the *audience* was an experience unto themselves, with the cream of the city's Pakastani community out in full dress - silk suits and saris in rainbow profusion. By the end of the show men were dancing up onto the stage and showering the sitting Nusrat with fistfuls of cash - with 100's and 50's in dominating (Canada - brightly coloured and easily discern able). He ended up sitting in a drift of bills; unreal. As we were exiting a tall, beautifully dressed gentleman turned to me, looked me up and down (I dress up nice but not in thousand dollar suits), and asked how it was I knew of Nusrat's music? I mentioned Peter Gabriel and he paused, sort of sniffed, and said rather condescendingly "Oh yes... the English *pop star*". (said with not quite a sneer) I was about to fire back that Gabriel is not just any old "pop star" but then paused myself and put what I'd just seen into context. I love Gabriel; have seen him in concert - consumate performer. But he is NOT a Living God - and I had definitely just seen a man being revered as such... and really couldn't argue the gentleman's point so merely agreed and expressed my wonder and joy for what we'd just experienced.


People from the Indian sub-continent, both Hindu and Muslim, believe that making cash offerings to a person they believe is a deity somehow confers good luck, Karma or spiritual enhancement to them. That does not mean they actually love or like that person or deity, it is just a kind of “insurance”.



Posted 6 months ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 Randy1cleo wrote:

WOW, what an annoying song!!!

HaaHaaHaa...
Agreed!...
Posted 7 months ago by Johnwayne    [ Reply ]
Il re!! Listen gaudi dub qawwali
Posted 7 months ago by SSALUTATI    [ Reply ]
 Randy1cleo wrote:

WOW, what an annoying song!!!



WOW,  what an amazing song!!!
Posted 8 months ago by corbinlitto45    [ Reply ]
WOW, what an annoying song!!!
Posted 8 months ago by Randy1cleo    [ Reply ]
Daddy G of Massive Attack did a great remix of this on his Dj-Kicks album (Studio K7! ) 
Posted 8 months ago by LeftShoe    [ Reply ]
 spamulik-2 wrote:

Hadn't heard this version before. There's one with dubby bass on it I also like.
A friend saw Nusrat in Birmingham, England, was made very uncomfortable and unwelcome by the Asian crowd (standing) and left. Said it was the only time he felt unsafe in his then home town. Something N sang and people started turning and checking them out aggresively



Sounds very much like anti white racism.
Posted 9 months ago by Devaplan    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this version before. There's one with dubby bass on it I also like.
A friend saw Nusrat in Birmingham, England, was made very uncomfortable and unwelcome by the Asian crowd (standing) and left. Said it was the only time he felt unsafe in his then home town. Something N sang and people started turning and checking them out aggresively
Posted 11 months ago by spamulik-2    [ Reply ]
He sounds a bit like my wife... when I come home really late. ❤️😜😜
Posted 1 year ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
 martinkubec714 wrote:

only 5.9?!? clear 10 for me




Same here!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 hightail wrote:

what is this? It’s fantastic! 




I Agree!   Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Master…
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Well, it's definitely different. Do i like it? i really don't know on first hearing. But i do have a hankering for 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus now...
I'm not sure how that works...
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
Google Translate gave up on the copy/paste lyrics.  Does anyone have a clue?  He's passionate as hell over the slinky background, which makes me curious as hell.
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:

I came to Nusrat through The Passion - Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Last Temptation of Christ. I saw Nusrat and ensemble perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - an experience like I'd never seen before or since. Not only was he extraordinary, and his accompanying musicians top rank, the *audience* was an experience unto themselves, with the cream of the city's Pakastani community out in full dress - silk suits and saris in rainbow profusion. By the end of the show men were dancing up onto the stage and showering the sitting Nusrat with fistfuls of cash - with 100's and 50's in dominating (Canada - brightly coloured and easily discern able). He ended up sitting in a drift of bills; unreal. As we were exiting a tall, beautifully dressed gentleman turned to me, looked me up and down (I dress up nice but not in thousand dollar suits), and asked how it was I knew of Nusrat's music? I mentioned Peter Gabriel and he paused, sort of sniffed, and said rather condescendingly "Oh yes... the English *pop star*". (said with not quite a sneer) I was about to fire back that Gabriel is not just any old "pop star" but then paused myself and put what I'd just seen into context. I love Gabriel; have seen him in concert - consumate performer. But he is NOT a Living God - and I had definitely just seen a man being revered as such... and really couldn't argue the gentleman's point so merely agreed and expressed my wonder and joy for what we'd just experienced.



I saw him 20+ years ago in DC and was floored by the money being showered on him by the Pakistani audience. Glad I got to see him live tho. 
Posted 1 year ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
what is this? It’s fantastic! 
Posted 1 year ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
 carmelmik wrote:

Just beautiful.  A solid groove, the whole ensemble, and that amazing voice, beautiful.




I Agree on all counts!  Thanx RP!      
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Just beautiful.  A solid groove, the whole ensemble, and that amazing voice, beautiful.
Posted 1 year ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
this rocks

its that chanting
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Really RP comrades, 6.1!  8 at minimum!
Posted 1 year ago by blackieray    [ Reply ]
Hear a lot of Seinfeld music in this track...
Posted 1 year ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
such a cool groove with those infusions of high energy.  beautiful.
Posted 1 year ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
not my cuppa
Posted 1 year ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Sufis are cool! great
Posted 2 years ago by gudi.hasivar    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest of all times...
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 jelgator wrote:

Or could it be some people just don't like the song?  Turn off the hate machine, please.


If you look at the ratings graph on the RP web player, most songs have a nice bell curve distribution around the average score.  Most RP songs get a few hundred ratings.  Mustt Mustt has 1377 ratings at the time this comment was written.

For having so many ratings, it also has an unusually high number of "sucko-barfo" scores, in addition to the clear bell curve centered around 6.5.  This pattern suggests there are a LOT of people going out of their way to downvote the song.  Even some of the low-scoring songs by Western artists don't draw that kind of negative attention.
Posted 2 years ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
I really appreciate how this talented man used all the incredible nuances of the human voice to convey his fiery passion!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
This ditty is giving me a chubby.

Posted 2 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
Listen to this by Jeff Buckley about NFAK  He is my elvis 
And then this Loop Yeh Jo Halka Saroor Hae
Incredible how people think it is a joke and then... the magic starts...
Both gone too soon.
Posted 2 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
I've apparently missed a living god.  Makes me sad.  I've found that the genre doesn't matter as much to me as the quality of the music. 
Posted 2 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
Nusrat does Ella!
Posted 2 years ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:

I came to Nusrat through The Passion - Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Last Temptation of Christ. I saw Nusrat and ensemble perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - an experience like I'd never seen before or since. Not only was he extraordinary, and his accompanying musicians top rank, the *audience* was an experience unto themselves, with the cream of the city's Pakastani community out in full dress - silk suits and saris in rainbow profusion. By the end of the show men were dancing up onto the stage and showering the sitting Nusrat with fistfuls of cash - with 100's and 50's in dominating (Canada - brightly coloured and easily discern able). He ended up sitting in a drift of bills; unreal. As we were exiting a tall, beautifully dressed gentleman turned to me, looked me up and down (I dress up nice but not in thousand dollar suits), and asked how it was I knew of Nusrat's music? I mentioned Peter Gabriel and he paused, sort of sniffed, and said rather condescendingly "Oh yes... the English *pop star*". (said with not quite a sneer) I was about to fire back that Gabriel is not just any old "pop star" but then paused myself and put what I'd just seen into context. I love Gabriel; have seen him in concert - consumate performer. But he is NOT a Living God - and I had definitely just seen a man being revered as such... and really couldn't argue the gentleman's point so merely agreed and expressed my wonder and joy for what we'd just experienced.



I guess there are some Pakistani people who think Peter Gabriel is God, I'm fine with that.
Posted 3 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
Wonderful!
Posted 3 years ago by photonstorm    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
 
That dance is nowhere near the song
Posted 3 years ago by serhatakbak    [ Reply ]
only 5.9?!? clear 10 for me
Posted 3 years ago by martinkubec714    [ Reply ]
Always liked this song.  I first heard it on my Ministry of Sound 
Karma Collection 2002 CD I bought years ago.

Great to hear it on RP!
Posted 3 years ago by brosen    [ Reply ]
This isn't my favorite tune, but some of his stuff, combined with a nice sativa, can take you to another place. It's music for hypnosis.
Posted 3 years ago by KeithBrofsky    [ Reply ]
 Psychoscorpic wrote:
His collaborative work "Sweet Pain" with Michael Brooke (electronic, not Country) is a mustt! (1996, Night Song)
My introduction to fusion world music - blew me away

Used for a Quentin Tarrantino soundtrack (and rumoured to be the reason Nusrat died of a heart attack when he found out how violent the movie was)


I remember him from The Natural Born Killers soundtrack not any of Tarantino's films. 
Which is violent none the less ;)
Posted 3 years ago by Elephantik    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
I've always thought of Nusrat as the Ella Fitzgerald of Sufi music.
 
I love this comment so much!  So true!  HA!
Posted 3 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
10
Posted 4 years ago by NoisyMiner    [ Reply ]
I try to be open minded, but this is challenging to listen to...IMO of course.
Posted 4 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
 gmsingh123 wrote:
This got a 6?  I gave it a 10.  Sounds like some xenophobic goofballs did the rating.
 Why do you feel the need to bring dislike of this song down to xenophobia?  I love this song but xenophobia is the LAST reason I would suspect anyone of disliking it.

 

Hi Jelani - you don't read the comments here much, do you?

While incredibly genteel compared with the cesspool into which the vast majority of internet comment boards have devolved, the RP comment board is hardly free from trolls who often focus on non-western music.
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 gmsingh123 wrote:
This got a 6?  I gave it a 10.  Sounds like some xenophobic goofballs did the rating.
 Why do you feel the need to bring dislike of this song down to xenophobia?  I love this song but xenophobia is the LAST reason I would suspect anyone of disliking it.

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 makif wrote:
Finally. Something from my homeland. He sure was the most international act my country has produced so far.
 

You must be well pleased, he had the finest voice I have ever heard, both range and technique. Sweet Pain is a breathtaking demonstration of this, from heartache to ecstasy. He was a shining soul from the land of the pure and an example to the world of sincere devotional art.
Posted 4 years ago by Sam_Chucklestone    [ Reply ]
 Psychoscorpic wrote:
His collaborative work "Sweet Pain" with Michael Brooke (electronic, not Country) is a mustt! (1996, Night Song)
My introduction to fusion world music - blew me away

Used for a Quentin Tarrantino soundtrack (and rumoured to be the reason Nusrat died of a heart attack when he found out how violent the movie was)

 

Indeed. That album is a masterpiece - one exquisite moment followed by another. 
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Well I think this is awful but I defend to the death RP playing it.  Pushes the eclectic envelope to breaking point. 
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
Finally. Something from my homeland. He sure was the most international act my country has produced so far.
Posted 4 years ago by makif    [ Reply ]
wow what a track
Posted 4 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
 gmsingh123 wrote:
This got a 6?  I gave it a 10.  Sounds like some xenophobic goofballs did the rating.
 
Or could it be some people just don't like the song?  Turn off the hate machine, please.
Posted 4 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 RandyChard wrote:


You really do like your comfort zone!
 
Ouch. That hurt. Was that the intention?
     Really, the nastiness that pours across the Comments section (not just from you, Randy) is quite disheartening, especially coming from supposed lovers of art.  Also, insulting someone is highly unlikely to change their position on the piece they like or dislike.
     The tone of those comments feels disturbingly like the hate-mongering going on around US politics; perhaps it's just seeping over. Whatever.  I just can't find a justification for slagging someone who doesn't share your taste.   
      But I'm delighted to discover I can turn off the Comments, and will now do so.  Peace to all.  
Posted 4 years ago by rita_johnson    [ Reply ]
Further confirmation that if I was given the power to sing like one person on this great planet, it would be Nusrat.
Posted 4 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 RandyChard wrote:


You really do like your comfort zone!
 
Wha...? I was referring to all the rancour and name calling. Sheesh. 
Posted 4 years ago by rita_johnson    [ Reply ]
I've always thought of Nusrat as the Ella Fitzgerald of Sufi music.
Posted 4 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 mbolch30307 wrote:
I like it OK until the "rapping" or "scatting" or whatever the hell it is. Then ... NEXT!
 

I'd shudder to see what your record collection looks like.  Or is it those sonically delicious MP3s?

Posted 4 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
 tjohei wrote:
Why play this crap over and over again. It dosnt get any better by playing it multiple times. Where is Bruce Springsteen, Uriah heep, Deep Puprle etc ? 
 

Those guys are on the moldy oldy stations.  They're easy to find, they're all over the place.
Posted 4 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
This got a 6?  I gave it a 10.  Sounds like some xenophobic goofballs did the rating.
Posted 4 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
I like it OK until the "rapping" or "scatting" or whatever the hell it is. Then ... NEXT!
Posted 4 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
Why play this crap over and over again. It dosnt get any better by playing it multiple times. Where is Bruce Springsteen, Uriah heep, Deep Puprle etc ? 
Posted 4 years ago by tjohei    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
Look, I'm all for eclectic, but..............    
 
Then you’re not really all for eclectic.  This is jaw-droppingly good.
Posted 4 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
The Pakistani Bobby McFarren?
Posted 4 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
Pop'n d bass, mon.
Posted 4 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 rita_johnson wrote:
Is it over yet???
 

You really do like your comfort zone!
Posted 4 years ago by RandyChard    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
Look, I'm all for eclectic, but..............    
 
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu/Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان), born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan (13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), was a Pakistani vocalist and musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, a form of Sufi Islamic devotional music. Widely considered one of the greatest voices ever recorded, he possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. He belonged to the Patiala gharana extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Khan is widely credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences. He is popularly known as "Shehnshah-e-Qawwali", meaning "The King of Kings of Qawwali".

I'm all for eclectic, AND this is a great fit for the RP playlist!!  LLRP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Look, I'm all for eclectic, but..............    
Posted 4 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Is it over yet???
Posted 4 years ago by rita_johnson    [ Reply ]
Wow, did not expect to hear Nusrat here! Some live version would be nice for a qawalli, this album cut just misses something. Doesn't get the potential of the song imo. Great to feature Nusrat.
Posted 5 years ago by cropduster    [ Reply ]
 Psychoscorpic wrote:
His collaborative work "Sweet Pain" with Michael Brooke (electronic, not Country) is a mustt! (1996, Night Song)
My introduction to fusion world music - blew me away

Used for a Quentin Tarrantino soundtrack (and rumoured to be the reason Nusrat died of a heart attack when he found out how violent the movie was)

 
Thanks for the tip!
Posted 5 years ago by herbmcgruff    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:
I came to Nusrat through The Passion - Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Last Temptation of Christ. I saw Nusrat and ensemble perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - an experience like I'd never seen before or since. Not only was he extraordinary, and his accompanying musicians top rank, the *audience* was an experience unto themselves, with the cream of the city's Pakastani community out in full dress - silk suits and saris in rainbow profusion. By the end of the show men were dancing up onto the stage and showering the sitting Nusrat with fistfuls of cash - with 100's and 50's in dominating (Canada - brightly coloured and easily discern able). He ended up sitting in a drift of bills; unreal. As we were exiting a tall, beautifully dressed gentleman turned to me, looked me up and down (I dress up nice but not in thousand dollar suits), and asked how it was I knew of Nusrat's music? I mentioned Peter Gabriel and he paused, sort of sniffed, and said rather condescendingly "Oh yes... the English *pop star*". (said with not quite a sneer) I was about to fire back that Gabriel is not just any old "pop star" but then paused myself and put what I'd just seen into context. I love Gabriel; have seen him in concert - consumate performer. But he is NOT a Living God - and I had definitely just seen a man being revered as such... and really couldn't argue the gentleman's point so merely agreed and expressed my wonder and joy for what we'd just experienced.
 
Sans the exchange about PG, had the same experience in Washington DC. I've also seen similar audience behavior for Youssou N'dour. 

Always loved this song. 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
that bass
Posted 5 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
This has a Talking Heads rhythm backing that sounds very Talking Heads circa 1980 i.e Remain in Light album. 
Posted 5 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
I came to Nusrat through The Passion - Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Last Temptation of Christ. I saw Nusrat and ensemble perform at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver - an experience like I'd never seen before or since. Not only was he extraordinary, and his accompanying musicians top rank, the *audience* was an experience unto themselves, with the cream of the city's Pakastani community out in full dress - silk suits and saris in rainbow profusion. By the end of the show men were dancing up onto the stage and showering the sitting Nusrat with fistfuls of cash - with 100's and 50's in dominating (Canada - brightly coloured and easily discern able). He ended up sitting in a drift of bills; unreal. As we were exiting a tall, beautifully dressed gentleman turned to me, looked me up and down (I dress up nice but not in thousand dollar suits), and asked how it was I knew of Nusrat's music? I mentioned Peter Gabriel and he paused, sort of sniffed, and said rather condescendingly "Oh yes... the English *pop star*". (said with not quite a sneer) I was about to fire back that Gabriel is not just any old "pop star" but then paused myself and put what I'd just seen into context. I love Gabriel; have seen him in concert - consumate performer. But he is NOT a Living God - and I had definitely just seen a man being revered as such... and really couldn't argue the gentleman's point so merely agreed and expressed my wonder and joy for what we'd just experienced.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
I am Cornholio!
Posted 5 years ago by 2MD4J1F    [ Reply ]
This track is funky! And it was recorded at RWS. Love it 
Posted 5 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
Actually discovered him in 1990! Great to hear Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on RP. Good guy, and died way too young.

Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
His collaborative work "Sweet Pain" with Michael Brooke (electronic, not Country) is a mustt! (1996, Night Song)
My introduction to fusion world music - blew me away

Used for a Quentin Tarrantino soundtrack (and rumoured to be the reason Nusrat died of a heart attack when he found out how violent the movie was)

Posted 5 years ago by Psychoscorpic    [ Reply ]
Once again RP has expanded my horizons.
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Two comments! Only? How mystifying.
Posted 5 years ago by ubermaniam296    [ Reply ]
Michael Palin - "Nusrat Fateh Ali, he's Good!"

John Cleese - "He's very, very good....."
Posted 5 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
pure masterpiece! 10
Posted 6 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]