hai Ajith went thru your mail.you have come out with your opininons tahts good.couple of dys back i shoot a mail stating my statement, which i received lots of yelling from many peolpe in tyhis group.I wish to make clear to all we are here not only to boast up Boss, we can also express ourself on his Flaw.I whole hjertedly with pain agree that its lack of musical combination and flow that boss lack now ,which he can rectify at ease --- Ajit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Heard the music of Guru and I am both spellbound in > parts and > disappointed in other parts. Quite a contrast of > feelings to go > through within one soundtrack. As a passionate > Rahman fan myself and > knowing what an impact Rahman's music has had in the > past with Mani's > direction, I have been anticipating this day of > release of Guru's > music when it was first announced. > > Please understand that Rahman is almost like my own > "Guru". As a > keyboard player myself, I look up to him not only as > a musician, but > as a human being, a man of humility, grace, passion, > compassion, and > spirituality. Please take what I am about to say as > something that is > painful to admit even to myself. > > First of all, with Guru, 3 tracks are spellbinding, > magical, classics, > whatever you call it - Tere Bina, Ay Hairathe, and > Jaage Hain. Two > tracks to me are strictly ok to good - Barso Re and > Mayya, and two > tracks - well, I can't believe these two songs are > on a Mani-Rahman > soundtrack - Baazi Laga and Ek Muft (although Ek > Muft will probably > grow on me, esp once I see how it is picturized. > > A very good friend of mine who is a member of this > group and who > wishes to remain anonymous shared some observations > with me, which I > was too afraid to admit to myself at first. Please > understand first > that I am not one of those who wants another Dil Se > or Taal. I am for > one glad that Rahman likes to move in new directions > and set trends. > But, of late, he has been on another trend too, > which does not rub > well on me. Rahman is going against the grain of his > natural style. > He likes to experiment in new directions and I love > that about Rahman, > but the magical spontaneity and natural ease of > composing has been > missing. It's almost as if Rahman is changing his > entire mentality > of composing on purpose for some reason, even though > the effort is > always there and brilliance is there in flashes. In > fact, his > compositions seem a lot more "effortful" of late and > that slick and > brilliant spontaneity is not as evident and even > absent a lot more. > One person made a comment on another board saying > that today, Rahman > seems to be "trying too hard". > > One observation is that in recent Rahman > soundtracks, there is overall > a relative lack of arrangement depth and elaborative > musicianship that > characterized his earlier works. The bells and > whistles are not quite > there, and frankly, his arrangements in many of his > recent soundtracks > have sounded "muddy". Those crisp simple > arrangements with ethnic > beats and simple melodies with lush strings and > softer mid tones are > lacking more, replaced by technoish rhythms with a > muddled sounding > accompaniment section. I have also noticed less use > of true acoustic > instruments and a de-emphasis on expansive musical > interludes, > replaced by only chords or one line improvizations > (exception - > Swades). I believe that Rahman has not "lost > anything", and the proof > is in many stand out songs in recent soundtracks > like the ones just > mentioned in Guru, RDB, MP, and his consistent > brilliance in Swades > and Bose (two exceptions to my point). His BGMs are > also amazing. > > Take Guru for example. I can understand that songs > like Baazi Laga nd > Ek Muft are situational numbers and they probably > suit the director's > scenes well. But, they sound so ordinary, as if any > other MD's > compositions. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I > really feel that way! > Baazi Laga is frankly skippable! And listen to Barso > Re, it's catchy, > but it just sounds so plain jane. Even with > situational numbers, > Rahman can do so much better. Why is he going > against his natural > grain of brilliance and elaborative musicianship and > lush arrangements > in some songs, but not in others? This gives a > soundtrack a stark > inconsistency that is confusing and also limits its > potential. Once > again, in previous soundtracks, each and every song > would feature his > brilliance, and thus, his soundtracks became > commercial blockbusters. > When was the last time a Rahman soundtrack was a > true pan India > stand alone blockbuster? Been a while, hasn't it? > RDB, for instance, > was a hit musically, but only because the movie was > a huge hit. Yes, > the songs were good, even great at times, but not > mindblowing. And I > don't fault Rahman entirely either for recent lack > of commercial > success relative to his own success in the past. In > recent years, > piracy has put a huge dent in commercial potential > of musical products > too. > > Please don't misunderstand me. My comments are only > relative to > Rahman's own previous standards and successes. He is > no ordinary MD as > we know. His genius is unbound and I expect a lot > from him in each > and every track. When I listen to a song like Ey > Hairathe, tears come > to my eyes because there is the true > Rahman.......the true and > beautiful and powerful Rahman and magic and > brilliance that I love and > adore and I so badly miss in a consistent way. > > I surrender to the possiblity that it's my > expectations that are at > fault too. But, I sincerely believe in my heart > that Rahman for some > reason is going against the tide of his natural > brilliance and > spontaneity and trying to abandon some aspects of > his core, which I so > miss. > > Thoughts are welcome, but please don't accuse me of > being anti Rahman > or not a true fan, or any other untrue thing. I am > a Rahman fan > forever and I am expressing my deepest most honest > thoughts to you. I > ask you to please respect that, disagree or agree. > > Thank you for reading. > > > > Kind regards, HAKKEEM. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Degrees online in as fast as 1 Yr MBA, Bachelor's, Master's, Assoc http://yahoo.degrees.info
