User:Taher Shah9/sandbox
Ali Zafar | |
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Birth name | Ali Mohammad Zafar |
Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 18 May 1980
Genres | Pop, Electronic, Folk, Classical, Sufi rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer, actor, painter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | Universal Records, Sony Music, Alif Records, Frank Finn, Fire Records |
Spouse(s) | Ayesha Fazli |
Website | AliZafar.net [1] |
"Eye to Eye" is a 2013 song and music video written, produced and starring Pakistani singer-songwriter Taher Shah (Urdu: طاہر شاہ). It was released in April 2013 and aired on various music channels in Pakistan and via YouTube. In June 2013 the song became viral on social media.[1][2]
According to Taher Shah, the song is about expressing and conveying feelings of love "eye to eye".[1][2] The video of "Eye to Eye" features Taher Shah, with his long curly hair locks, dressed in a white suit with matching white shoes, in a white background with white furniture, where he sings about "sensational eyes, emotional eyes, colourful eyes, exciting eyes, fabulous eyes, spectrum eyes, human eyes, my eyes, your eyes...".[1][2] The music video, which gained notoriety for its absurd and nonsensical English lyrics, shows Taher Shah swaying side to side to the song while singing and blinking coyly at the screen. A duplicate of Shah, dressed in black with sleek hair, is also seen in the video singing and swaying alongside the white-clad Shah. At one point in the video, the two give a short message: "Substantial love is heaven for precise eyes. Spectacular eyes, our eyes, my eyes and your eyes, eye to eye, eye to eye." Shah was sarcastically described as a "musical genius" in a tongue-in-cheek article in Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Watch: Taher Shah's sensational Eye to Eye". Indian Express. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "Taher Shah's Eye to Eye goes viral". India Today. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ "Up, close and personal with musical 'genius' Taher Shah". The Express Tribune. July 5, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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