KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) presented a musical evening featuring Western hit songs from the 1980s on Monday evening.

Singer, songwriter and pianist Pireh Moosa sang all the songs. Most of the songs were selected from the ’80s while three were Pireh’s original ones.

The evening started with Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’, the famous hit from the 1980 movie named so. Pireh then moved on to sing ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’, another hit from the era by Tears for Fears.

Among other hits from that time were ‘Smooth Operator’ by Sade, ‘I Have Nothing’ from Whitney Houston, ‘Just Like Heaven’ from The Cure, ‘Alone’ from Heart, ‘Every Breath You Take’ from The Police, ‘Take My Breath Away’ by Berlin, ‘Dreams’ by Fleetwood Mac and A-ha’s ‘Take on Me’.

She mesmerised the audience by singing ‘Wicked Game’ by Chris Isaak, ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ from Bonnie Tyler, ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’ by REO Speedwagon, and wounded up the evening with ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey.

In between, she also presented three of her own original songs, ‘Ode to a Girl I Don’t Know’, ‘Dream’ and ‘Science Fiction’.

The audience thoroughly enjoyed themselves listening to the mix of songs from the ‘80s and Pireh’s originals.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2024