Hello Maya, Well yeah . Pretty much agree with ya but again, as a hardcore Rahmaniac I am pleasantly surprised that Guru won over TZP. Swades lost to Main hoon na for Christ sake! Anyways, its so good that we get to listen to such tracks along with arr's. This year has been musically rich with Sawariya, Metro, Jab we met to name a few.
On 1/11/08, mayahgr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree Gomzy, that there was a lot of innocence in the tracks but > they were fairly simple compositions. Little or no layers to the > music and I don't want to take anything away from SEL for that > because that was probably what Aamir asked them for - simple innocent > music. I think the simplicity of the tunes and the storyline along > with the lyrics apealed to ppl's emotions. In contrast to Rahman's > music where the music does 90% of the soul stirring (it certainly > does for me at least). If SEL used the same tunes in a different > movie with a different story line etc, I don't think it would have > made an impact. I don't want to make this a bash-Taare-Zameen-Par > thread cos it's not a bad soundtrack at all but I was only trying to > give my personal opinion on the difference between Rahman's music and > everyone else's. The music talks for itself. He could reuse all his > tunes in a completely different movie (and in a different context) > and people will still fall in love with them just like they were > hearing it for the first time. > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Gomzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Maya, > > > > you got that spot on. TZP had some terrific lyrics and the manner > it fit > > into the movie. > > Apart from that, I am surprised the songs did not have much of an > impact on > > you. Without the > > meaning , one can enjoy the innocent, childish music of TZP. After > a long > > time, an non ARR > > track moved me so much. > > > > > > On 1/11/08, mayahgr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Could someone who's heard the full version of Jashn-e-Bahaara > please > > > provide us with a translation of the song. It's magical and so is > In > > > Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein (from the little I've heard). Btw, what does > > > this mean ? (ie Inn Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein) > > > Good music should have no language barriers and that's exactly > what > > > Rahman (always) does. These songs are so beautiful that I feel > the need > > > to learn hindi to grasp full bliss although I must stress that > even > > > though I don't understand the lyrics, the song is soul stirring. > Simply > > > amazing. > > > > > > P.S: I was a bit surprised when a member (Chord, I think) thought > that > > > Taare Zameen Par was better than some recent Rahman compositions. > > > Probably because he understands hindi perhaps? I felt the TZP > songs are > > > appealing mainly due to the emotions brought about by the lyrics > (of > > > course along with the music but the lyrics play a large(r) role). > I > > > heard Maa and couldn't understand why ppl were raving about the > song > > > and then checked out the lyrics and I could appreciate the song > after > > > that. With Rahman, I don't need to understand the lyrics because > the > > > music brings the emotions;the full package. I didn't understand a > word > > > of Yeh Jo Desh when I heard it first but remember how I felt. It > was > > > soul stirring. Didn't have to know what the lyrics meant to > appreciate > > > the songs. That's why Rahman rocks for me! > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
