Millennium jukebox: Hits of the decade
Millennium jukebox
Millennium jukebox: Hits of the decade
Instep looks back at the decade that was in tune, one song from each year, the albums that led to several smash hits, the birth of new artists and the reinvention of pop-rock music…
By Maheen Sabeen
2000
Artist: Strings
Song: ‘Duur’
Album: Duur
It was the comeback of the decade. Imagine ’00s without Strings? Minus two of it’s original members – Rafiq Wazir Ali and Kareem Bashir – this was not one of those erratic, long overdue break-ups but an amicable one.
Strings returned as Bilal Maqsood (the boy who won millions of heart with the monster hit ‘Sar Kiye Ye Pahar’) and Faisal Kapadia (the guy who charmed us with ‘Aaj Din Bhar’) after eight years. And with this return, they shook things up in the music industry.
