Tere Bina is divine.. On 4/28/07, kaissiom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Rahmaniacs, I was listening to Guru again, just like every other day. I know, I know, most people have moved on to Sivaji. I still have the hangover from Guru as I'm trying to absorb Sivaji. Wow, every song in Sivaji is so unique and like always "slow poison". Well, going back to Guru, Tere Bina in particular. It's definitely one of the best ARR songs, plus him singing it puts it in another league completely. But if there is one thing I wish was different about the song is the snare beat. Although the use of snare itself is great, I find the pitch and volume of the snare a bit out of place. I'm not critisizing Rahman, because as a fan I have come to realize many a times that some of the unusual "sounds" in his songs are intentional. Only the master knows his work and all we could do is try to understand it. So, whether the snare bit there is intentional? I don't know. May be it was Rahman's decision, may be it was the work of the sound engineers. I'll never know. But I do know that I would have appreciated the song a tab bit more, if the snare hadn't been that loud. The song itself has a very hindustani/sufi elements to it, as it is inspired by "Sajna tera bina" by NFAK. The singing and instruments for the most part are also along the same lines, if there is one thing different about the mood of the song is the snare beat. The snare sounds like it is out of a pop/rock/english song. Again, that is intentional, I'm not surprised by that, it is Rahman after all, and in fact I feel it's great fusion. But I can't ignore the sharpness and volume of the snare that it sometimes sounds like some kind of timer ticking. And its volume level varies throughout the song. I feel as if it was added "on top" of the song after the whole song was done. >It sounds great when it starts at 00:20 >All of a sudden there's a sharpness/volume increase at 00:39 >It goes through minor changes in between and gets completely dropped at 02:06 - The song sounds great without it. >It re-enters at a moderate level again at 02:47 >It is well-blended with the background beat between 03:00 and 03:58 >Then you can hear it in varying degrees until the song ends. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I've had to turn the volume down during certain parts of the song due to the snare. I know what you are thinking, "What is he doing complaining about the little things?" Well, I'm a Rahman fan, and by definition it means that I do pay attention to and care about minute details in Rahman's songs. But another thing I know about myself is that I have very sensitive ears, I sometimes pick up sounds that most people in the room do not. And that could just be a contributing factor to the whole situation. So I was just wondering if anyone else felt the same way about the snare being loud or is it just me after all? Regards, Wasim.
