hi do u think the first line in the title song of A AH sounds the same as a song in a movie called "pennin manathai thottu" .... the song tht i m referring to is "kalluri vaanil sayindha nilavo".... do u think so... even though i know it's sacrilege to compare rahman with rajkumar... i m interested abt ur comment.... rakesh
--- Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didnt write the review, merely posted it > > Gopal. > > --- Ravi d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes Gops. U r right. If this was done around 8 > years back it would have made > > a mark. But now ARR is know for composing music > which will appeal to the > > music critics. For me all the songs sound too much > electronic. > > Mayilirage song had good tabla and other instrumet > but mixing was not that > > great. Though I dont understand a pure tamil but I > could make out how the > > words were misspelt. probably this album would top > the charts but after > > hearing Lagaan, Yuva, Boys, TLOB, MP, BOSE, though > many movies in this list > > bombed but it brought great recognition to ARR. > this would not claim him > > genius in critics. So has ARR made up his mind > that the extraordinary kind > > of composition will not fetch him anything. will > he return to the mid 90 > > kind of tracks? or is there no good directors to > extract him. or is the > > movie of such a kind to attract masses. > > I was listening MP thru out the I started reading > reviews on A AA and many > > claimed it to be more good than MP. For that > reason I made myself clear to A > > AA. but now I am switching back to MP. > > I agree this might be because of the taste. But > one thing is for sure i am > > growing interest on my 15 listening but I miss > ARR's musical genious magical > > touch. > > I will wait for GF bcos it seems to be a serious > movie. But not sure how > > tamil directors will bring the movie. > > I urge to the group GF (If its a remake of english > GF) pls dont expect more > > on songs but U will hear wonders in BGM. here once > again it depends on > > Ravikumar (RGV failed to get good BGM in SARKAR). > > > > Thanks, > > Ravi > > > > On 7/26/05, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > à® à® [Aa Aah ] Music Review. > > > > > > à® à®, Music: A.R.Rahman Frankly I don't think > so. > > > > > > Every new album of Rahman excites me a lot. > Reason being, there would be > > > at least one new idea > > > in the album that I can learn. Hoping this, I > happened to hear the new > > > Album - SJ Suriya's > > > à® à®. It is true that Rahman songs get on to > you slowly. The melody and > > > arrangement > > > will grow in you slowly. However as soon I > started to hear the tracks, I > > > felt this album has > > > the least chance to get into my system. I own > every CD from A. R. Rahman > > > including Baba. May be > > > it is time for me to miss one in the collection. > > > > > > The first song I heard was Mayilirage sung by 2 > news voices; I really do > > > not want to discourage > > > new singers. But at the same I feel if someone > cannot pronounce common > > > Tamil words, it is > > > better to send them to learn the dam language > basics then fulfill their > > > quest to sing Tamil > > > songs. Let me warn heads up, I am not a language > fanatic; after hearing > > > the track I felt Tamil > > > language has compromised in various places. The > major stock holder in a > > > song is the lyrics; > > > lyrics have to be communicated across using > clean pronunciation. A good > > > lyric can be thrown to > > > doll drums due to awkward pronunciations. With > due respect to her singing > > > talent, my patience > > > ran out for the lady vocals in this track. A. R > Rahman has introduced many > > > Tamil singers who > > > are good in Tamil pronunciations. Hence I feel > there is no need for him to > > > stick with non Tamil > > > speaking singers. Apart from that, another nose > dive was the violin parts, > > > cliché strings all > > > over the song. The string placements made the > song close to a stage > > > devotional song. > > > > > > This was followed by a song sung by Chitra and > Hariharan, The track > > > sounded too techno and > > > mechanical. But songs gets litter save mint from > the melody lines and > > > vocals Drum pattern was > > > robotic especially in the charam. The bass parts > were non-Rahmanish and > > > sounded programmed via > > > plug-in. Next track, Thigu Thigu opens with a > Radio/Phone EQ setting, but > > > soon it becomes > > > cluttered with random VST synths and their beat > patterns. Sadhana Sargam's > > > voice is as sweet as > > > it gets. Her pronunciation is manageable. Blaaze > does backing vocals and > > > tries to sing hard > > > Tamil words. Blaze needs to work more on "ல௠> ல ள௠ள" > > > sounds,he has done enough songs in tamil to > understand the difference. > > > Mixing a Techno groove > > > and a Tabla seems too dragging to me. > > > > > > Maramkothiye sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Shalini, > Vasundara Das, Blaaze has > > > some color. But once > > > again beats are kind of sliced and totally > electronic. Mr. Harmony Where > > > are you? This might > > > work for Euro clubs but not to me; Finally, > Thazhuvudu : Spb Shreya Goyal > > > "à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > > à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > > தழà¯à®µà¯à®¤à¯ > > > நழà¯à®µà¯à®¤à¯.. > > > à® à®±à¯à®±à¯à®±à¯à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > > à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯". Vocoder usage and > other > > > special effects seemed novel. However track > becomes really boring after > > > the 39th second. > > > > > > The only song that has some face is the song > sung by Rahman - en-anbe, > > > Rahman struggles to sing > > > in high pitches. To me it sounded like song over > an Xphraze [VST] pattern. > > > What happened to the > > > feel, flow, color, structure and the strength? > > > > > > I am a very biased Rahman fan. Till date I have > never heard such a weak > > > album under the name A. > > > R .Rahman. Over the years my ears are clearly > trained to identify Rahman; > > > I assume that this > > > was not orchestrated or recorded by Rahman. > > > > > > 1. The width and the punch we often find in > Rahman's compositions are > > > missing. > > > 2. The recording is so pathetic I hear too much > mid range in the mix, > > > Rahman never ever sets so > > > much mid range. > > > 3. There seems to be a timing lag all thorough. > Meaning Musical parts and > > > loops are not > > > coherent > > > > > > The Bongos loops and Tabla, don't you see it? > Spectrosonic Stylus? VST? > > > Come on! > > > > > > தலà¯à®µà®¾! What's up with you? > > > > > > > http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2005/07/aa-aah-music-review.html > (now > > > deleted!) > > > > > > "We neglect our cities at our peril. For, in > neglecting them, we neglect > > > the nation." > > > -John F. Kennedy > > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in Mangal Pandey - The Rising http://www.risingthefilm.com http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 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! 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