{"id":265728,"date":"2020-06-11T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=265728"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:28:47","slug":"did-you-know-bilal-maqsood-was-almost-part-of-vital-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/did-you-know-bilal-maqsood-was-almost-part-of-vital-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know Bilal Maqsood Was Almost Part of Vital Signs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strings are one of the most renowned and respected bands not just in Pakistan but all around the world. The band consisting of Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia is so iconic that most Pakistanis can\u2019t even imagine what the 90s would have been like without Strings.<\/p>\n<p>Another band that ruled the charts at the same time was Vital Signs. However, did you know that Bilal Maqsood was once offered to join Junaid Jamshed\u2019s band?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-265733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-192x144.jpg 192w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-384x288.jpg 384w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-561x421.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-608x456.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-64x48.jpg 64w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2238870-bilalvitalsigns-1591698249-290-640x480-128x96.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you heard it right. During the late 90s, there was a moment in which Vital Signs band member Rohail Hayat extended an invitation to Bilal Maqsood to join their band. This surprising \u2018what if\u2019 moment was revealed by Bilal himself as he took to Instagram to share this fun little story with his fans and followers.<\/p>\n<p>The singer posted a clip of him performing a Vital Signs classic \u201cTum Mil Gaye\u201d and shared a fun fact.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/bilal-maqsood-sings-a-famous-junaid-jamshed-song-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bilal Maqsood Sings a Famous Junaid Jamshed Song [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBGVLW_nfOX\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn 1998\/99 Rohail asked me if I would like to join Vital Signs. I was sitting in his studio and right there he called Junaid [Jamshed] and told him that we should have Bilal in our band. Junaid said: NO. Rohail put the phone down and said, sorry can\u2019t happen. Yeah, that was it. That offer came and went in 15 secs,\u201d he wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, we only imagine what it would\u2019ve been like if Vital Signs had the services of the talented Bilal Maqsood with Junaid Jamshed. However, we\u2019re glad that didn\u2019t happen, because then we wouldn\u2019t have gotten the chance to see how amazing the band Strings turned out to be. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/haroon-shares-an-iconic-picture-with-ali-azmat-and-the-late-junaid-jamshed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haroon Shares An Iconic Picture With Ali Azmat And The Late Junaid Jamshed<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strings are one of the most renowned and respected bands not just in Pakistan but all around the world. The band consisting of Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia is so iconic that most Pakistanis can\u2019t even imagine what the 90s would have been like without Strings. Another band that ruled the charts at the same time was Vital Signs. However, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/did-you-know-bilal-maqsood-was-almost-part-of-vital-signs\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":257036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1292,1293,2373,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-humor","10":"category-lollywood","11":"category-rumor","12":"category-social-media","13":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Here's what went down.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design4-1-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design4-1-758x426.png",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design4-1.png",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Humor","Lollywood","Rumor","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Did You Know Bilal Maqsood Was Almost Part of Vital Signs?","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1292,1293,2373,1291,1297&exclude=265728","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265728"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=265728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}