On 7/14/05 6:50 PM India Time, _V S Rawat_ wrote: 1. Those who might not know "mangal" means "auspicious". And that is what the song is for the album.
Mangal Mangal is the find of the album. Nice to see Kailash Kher getting so much share of album. Seems that ARR has rightly decided to make him his regular like Sukhwinder singh. I also feel that Kailash's earlier songs (non-ARR) were a tad louder thus their longevity got restrained. In this album, his voice has come to very tolerable range that will make one hear it again and again. In mangal mangal, at some places it seems as if ARR's has used the style of aalhaa-uudal folktales of Bundelkhand region (jhansi area). It was used bappi lahiri in "aisaa tiir chalaa mere dil par jisakii piir sahii na jaaye" song of Dalaal. I feel that this album surpasses Bose in the sense that the songs of Bose, however good, could not bring the spirit of rebellion, fight, on-the-move. But mangal-mangal is all in one song. The great part is that mangal mangal can't be said openly patriotic like TLOBS songs or Bose songs. It is like vandemataram songs which had the spirit of freedom and patriotism. I am sure that it is going to become very very popular. Open patriotism switches off some people. I have yet to identify the differences in the three versions of mangal mangal. But I am sure that that will enhance the beauty of this album. 2. This is the album in which ARR has taken care of chronology. I am not any master in identifying styles and instruments prevelant in any era, but Rising gives a clearcut feel that ARR has come up with some old style. I mean to say that the songs do sound 1857-ish, unlike Kisna songs which were no 1947-ish at all. 3. on first few hearings, main vari vari reminds of chilaman uthegii nahiin of Kisna. The song sounds odd among the other songs of the album. Maybe someone insisted on keeping a dance no. somewhere to relax people. 4. Holi song is also good folk music. But I feel that the freshness of Udit Narayan's voice kills the 1857-ish feel of the song. I feel that ARR should stop using Udit Narayan (irrespective of today's national award) and Kavitha Krishnamurthy. The voice of these two are so typical that they snatch attention of the listeners away from music towards the voice. 5. The mood of Rasiya does not become clear in first few hearings. The song sounds of "separation" but the voices is not able to convey the pathos. But if it is taunting, cajoling, chhedh-chhaadh song, then too, the feeling is not becoming apparant. Somewhere the singers do oh-aah-oomph like Ila Irun which sounds a tad out of place, on the verge of being cheap. 6. Could not get the mood of Takey Takey. They seem to be talking about some market place, unless there is some metaphor in it. The Chorus sounds overly muted in it. Seems to be filler song. 7. Al Maddath maula is a confused song. ARR seems to be doing too many devotional songs, thus these sound repetitive. This song is not able to raise any clear cut feeling, of devotion, of submission, of worry, of anxiety, or helplessness. It has all in a khichadi manner. And after the halfway, it grows in loudness to become irritating. Meenakshi's noor-un-allaah was far better, Bose's zikr was far far better. Vandemataram's songs were far better. The directors might be using these songs to pull muslim crowds to theatres and to music. These are like all those dargah's songs of Manmohan Desai's films. But, muslim listeners will sure like this song. Thus the purpose of keeping this song gets fulfilled. It is sad that ARR is only in this song. --------- Javed's lyrics seem to be excellent. His choice of words is very good and powerful. I am getting the feeling that the folk beats of this album are going to extremely popular and it is going to break the records of Taal. Touchwood. For that matter, I am from U.P. (Lucknow) thus the music is tailor made for my liking. I don't know how non-hindi speaking people are going to find it. An excellent album. -- Rawat Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
