I was listening to a song from a not so old Hindi movie recently, and the lyrics were so wacky and silly, I did not know whether to laugh or lament about the quality of them.  Some of the old ones were melodious, and the singers lent a comic touch to them, and so they became popular. Others were heard once or twice, and vanished, never to be heard again. The filmmakers caught this trend in the early 90’s. It was a time when neither the movies by themselves were good, nor the songs, hummable.  A few that I can think of off hand are: 

• C.A.T CAT, Cat Maane Billi
• Eena Meena Deeka
• Jaate The Japan Pahunch gaye Cheen, Samajh gaye Na
• Paanch Rupaiyya Baraa Aanaa
• My Name is Anthony Gonsalves
• Amma Dekh, Aa Dekh, tera munda bigda jaaye
• Stop that … Madhuri Dixit Mili Raste Mein
• Meri Pant Bhi Sexy
• Main to Bhel Puri Khaa raha tha
• AA AA EE UU UU UU
• Meri Marzi
• What is Mobile Number
• Kisi Disco Mein Jaayein
• Aaja meri gaadi mein baith ja

Among the songs listed above, I like all of the old songs. Though they were not so sensible, they were easy on the ears, melodious, and the singers themselves added life to the songs. The new ones are simply crazy, neither melodious nor sensible, and most of them are not meant to be heard by the family together.

The trend has again changed now, we do get to hear some good music in addition to some sensible stories being portrayed, of course, and every rule has an exception. But even the exceptions are stray ones, and so generally one can dare to say that there is no dearth of good music nowadays.

Readers, please feel free to put up your own list of wacky songs here.