Music Lessons
So there's this new song out by The Killers that makes my brain go to the strangest place. It's called "Read My Mind," (lyrics here), and it doesn't make me think of killing or mind reading or Main Street USA, or anything like that. Instead it makes me think of . . Sanjay Leela Bhansali's .Devdas.
Yeah that's right. These guys:

make me think of this:

What the hell? This has been bugging me for days, perhaps weeks. It's specifically the main choral chord of the Killers song which reminds me of Devdas. (Killers YouTube video here.) And I've been convinced that it's the same as a specific chord or theme that runs throughout the soundtrack of Devdas, which I haven't heard in months or weeks--so much so that when I heard it on the radio tonight I wanted someone to make a mashup of the two. But when I dug out my copy of the soundtrack, I realized I couldn't quite find it--it was in neither of the spots in the movie I thought it was in, though something slightly similar is. (YouTube videos after the jump.) Now maybe it's somewhere in the movie in some form more similar to the Killers song. Or maybe they really are different but still deeply similar. Or maybe they are similar in only that superficial and common way that musical amateurs are often overly impressed by, as described in this New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell. Maybe the Killers use a major version and Devdas uses a minor version? Or maybe I'm totally crazy. But even though the Killers' chord isn't in any of the clips I've found, it still reminds me of Devdas. Is there a term for this kind of auditory confusion? Anyone have a similar experience with some other odd pairing of musical sources? And is there any hope for a decent mashup? (The lyrical themes are not totally contrary.)
Click the jump to see all three videos.
First, the Killers song, notably at 57 seconds:
Then, when Devdas first lays eyes on a grown up Paro---the relevant theme is hummed around 1:05 for about 20 seconds.
Then, just at the very start of when Devdas and Paro are playing around with cards and engagement bangles.
Anything there? or Nothing at all? I can't tell any more.
Note of course that this Devdas stars Aishwarya Rai, currently in the news for her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan, son of Big B Amitabh Bachchan, whom Stephen Colbert recently declared to be a mere Raj Kapoor to the Dilip Kumar of Shah Rukh Khan--the title star of this Devdas, a glitzy noveau take on the classic novel most famously tackled in 1955 when Devdas was played by . . .Dilip Kumar. (Raj Kapoor, of course, is the grandfather of Karisma Kapoor, Abhishek's last fiancee.) I'm not sure what this has to do with the Killers, but I do know they need to find new barbers.

Comments (36)
There's a short 4-note theme repeated twice:
D-F#-G-F# D-F#-G-F#
(all equal duration)
that is played by the guitar in the Killers song, hummed in the first Devdas clip, and strummed in the second Devdas clip. Off the top of my head I can't recall other occurrences of this particular theme.
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