I'm no expert in this topic but I would divide this genre into 3 categories.
Category 1: Artists who sing, play instruments or dance exactly as it was composed by the original composer. For example, singing Thyagaraja kirtanams or Mirabai poems exactly as it was composed, the kind that we see performed in temples regularly.
Category 2: Artists who do their own rendition of original compositions. For example, we see a lot of artists in Youtube singing 'Achyutam Keshavam' or 'Bho Shambo', but with their own improvisation. I would also put professional musicians of Hindustani and Carnatic like Pandit Ravi Shankar or Ramakrishnan Murthy in this category, for the devotional songs they've performed.
Category 3: Artists who compose their own devotional songs. This is no different to composers of film songs. They start from zero and have a lot of autonomy in how they want their form of (devotional) art to be. Examples are like Hansraj Raghuvanshi.
In my humble opinion, if we want Hindu music to survive and thrive for the long-term, we need more Category 3 artists. Category 1 & 2 can have their own niche fanbase like they do now, but if we really want the younger generation to have interest in devotional music and Indian spirituality in general, we need young artists who communicate with God in their own unique and modern style.
Sorry about the long post, but I think its necessary to understand what I'm asking about.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
