RE: [arr] Peter Culshaw on Rahman

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:21:22 -0700

hi,
 
Maybe ur referring 2 his hindi compositions.But there r many songs 2 his credit in Tamil which reveal his witty side.It can also be said that arr hasn't got the right situation to exihibit his funny n witty facets in hindi.
 
long live arr
bye

Dasun Abeysekera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think this is true....RDB did have a raw sense of humour and wit in his
compositions; that was his gift. ARR on the other hand has a supreme sense
of spirituality, which is his gift; Both are different states of mind, thus
the different qualities in their music. I still think ARR's songs are more
technically perfect and covers a broader scope of the musical spectrum. I
love RDB...I can dance all day to Bach Ke Rehna, Tum Saath Ho Jab, Jaha Teri
Ye Nazar...etc. These are qunitessentially witty RDB at his best. ARR can't
have that sense of wit because that is not who he is.

But, a song like Radha Kaise Na Jale is very witty, in a totally different
way that is intelectually stimulating, may not tickle your funny bone that
much.

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Writing on the new Asha Bhosle CD with the Kronos Quartet:



"All of which is reflected in the Kronos arrangements, which

highlight [RD] Burman's innate gift for melody. His only

contemporary Bollywood rival would be AR Rahman, but Rahman is

really the Indian Lloyd Webber; with a melodic talent, certainly,

but lacking Burman's wit and panache."



Will this trigger a Burman versus Rahman controversy here? Not that

I mind, as long as a modicum of decency and a healthy appreciation

of other points of view is maintained, not to mention a sense of

humor.



href="">http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,12102,1527845,00

.html



Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle, You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From

RD Burman's Bollywood



Peter Culshaw hears a Bollywood legend treated with the reverence

his work deserves



Sunday July 17, 2005



Of all the musicians I have ever met, RD Burman and David Harrington

demonstrated the most enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge. After

they talked to you, you felt your mind had been expanded - possibly

warped for ever.

Harrington is the leader of the esteemed Kronos Quartet, who have

been producing extraordinary recordings for 25 years, successfully

negotiating the tricky world music/classical crossover (their Nuevo

album was truly ground-breaking). The late RD Burman's arena,

meanwhile, was the wild world of Bollywood soundtracks - and in his

Sixties heyday, he threw everything into the musical mix, from gypsy

music to Mexican mariachi, via can-can, psychedelia and swinging

jazz.



This disc contains Kronos reworkings of some of Burman's best-loved

tunes, from 'If People Come' to 'In Dhanno's Eyes'. The Quartet are

pushed into rethinking their usual modus operandi, augmenting their

quartet with massive overdubs, tabla guru Zakir Hussain and Chinese

lute player Wu Man. Burman once said the only music he had no time

for was Chinese, so I'm not sure he'd approve. But the only possible

singer for the project was his muse and wife Asha Bhosle, who

reprises some of his greatest hits here - the collaboration marks a

real coup for the Kronos. Now in her sixties, she still has the

sweetness and fluidity that made her such a massive Playback star in

the first place. (Bhosle was even responsible for introducing

rock'n'roll to India, with her hit 'Ek Do Teen'.)



Bollywood's image these days tends towards the trashy, and,

fittingly, that element is present, though underneath the music

packs an emotional punch. For many of us, these songs are from the

glory days of Indian cinema, when playfulness was mixed up with

serious social issues and many films were epic, Shakespearean

stories of family feuds, mistaken identity and forbidden love. All

of which is reflected in the Kronos arrangements, which highlight

Burman's innate gift for melody. His only contemporary Bollywood

rival would be AR Rahman, but Rahman is really the Indian Lloyd

Webber; with a melodic talent, certainly, but lacking Burman's wit

and panache.



Decades before anyone talked about world music or postmodernism,

Burman was way ahead of the game, a visionary to whom Kronos have

paid a handsome tribute.



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