Aravind here is our Aravind AM... Cheers . On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ada - Music Review Ada - the album is aptly > tagged "A Musical journey by A.R.Rahman", for he has been composing for > this film for about 7 years and the album takes us through a journey > with ARR!!! > > The album starts with the male version of Ishq Ada Hai rendered by Rashi > Ali, the guitarist who has been playing guitars for > ARR for quite sometime now. Though he has sung "Nadhirdhinna" in > Parthale paravasam, it went unnoticed... Ishq Ada should prove to be a > nice platform for him, to launch him as a singer, for it showcases his > powerful voice brilliantly! The waltz pattern, the addictive accordion > bits, the simple tune - all of these make the song instantly likeable. > > Then comes Hawa Sun Hawa - one of the most beautiful melodies composed by > ARR. Rendered by Sonu > and a much-younger (less shrill) Alka Yagnik (probably recorded in > 2002-2003), this track takes time to grow on, but will become one of > the songs, closest to the heart! Naveen adds more beauty to this song > with the wonderful flute interludes, which leaves you yearning for > more!! > > Gumsum Gumsum is one of the tracks that was given for the remix contest, > which was organised for promoting the movie. So I'd heard first 60 > seconds of just the voice track and imagined that it would be a totally > western track with drums et al! Lo and behold... Rahman surprised me > totally, making it a desi track with dholaks!! Was this composed at > about the same time as Water? > I felt there was an "aayo re" hangover in the santoor interludes (just > the style, I mean!). Another duet for Sony and Alka and they do a > commendable job! > And, how could I forget the short guitar surprise at around 3:40!!! The > muted guitar bit is MAGICAL!!! > > Sonu Nigam comes back, this time accompanied by Sunidhi Chauhan (her second > song for Rahman) for Gulfisha. > And Sunidhi works wonders in this one! The song starts of with French > chants by Viviane Chaix and then moves on to powerful Sonu's voice. > But, it is Sunidhi who takes it to a completely new level! The point > when she switches to the high pitched Gulfisha from the low pitched one > (at around 1:18) is mindblowing!! This song, too, will take sometime to > grow on you! > > The next song in the album is the one which brings > in the "who came first - chicken or egg" type question back again - > Does Rahman always choose to render the best song of the album or does > the song become the best because of Rahman's rendition? yes... Meherbaan > rendered by ARR is definitely the "Song of the album". Starting as a > soft melody with backed by piano and a gentle rhythm, it it becomes > rock-ish with distortion guitars in the second half of the song, still > retaining the melodic feel. There's a certain something in his voice > which makes any song he sings, SPECIAL! This one is no different! > > Next in the album, Tu Mera Hai must be one of the songs recorded during the > later half of Rahman's 7 > year long "Musical journey", for it features Naresh Iyer along with > Chitra and Sukhwinder! Sukhwinder and Chitra have done a commendable > job, with Naresh Iyer chipping in with the "laahi laahi" bit! Though > this was my least fav in the album, this one is rapidly moving up my > list!! > > Rahman tries to recreate the "Ae Ajnabi" magic with Hai Dard - a sad song > sung by Udit Narayan - and pulls it off! Though not as > powerful as the classic Dil Se track, this one is great in its own > right. The song is styled like a 1970s bollywood pathos song, in waltz > beats. Udit's voice aptly conveys the emotions of the lover in pain! > The sax interludes create a mystic feel to the song! > > Parul Mishra, the winner of Fever FM's Voice Hunt (held last November), > makes her debut with Ishq Ada Hai. > Her voice is fresh and quite unusual, and she carries off the song with > ease, and makes this song rank higher than the male version! The > backing vocals and arrangements are quite different from the male > version of the song. > > Legendary Malayalam singer P.Jayachandran makes his Hindi debut with the > pathos number, Milo Wahan Wahan, with Alka for company. Alka > starts off the song, and sets the mood of the song perfectly. When > Jayachandran joins in, the song moves up a few notches! The highlight > of the song is the second antara sung by Jayachandran (starting 5:05). > What a voice! > The lyrics, are a bit of a letdown - though the mood > of the song is conveyed perfectly in the lyrics, the lines are far from > poetic! > > Sanjeev Thomas mesmerises us with the Guitar instrumental version of > "Meherbaan". > The instrumental is as impressive as the original sung by Rahman. The > use of distortion guitar for the high pitched parts and normal electric > guitars for the softer parts speaks of the genius of the man! > > In all, Ada is a classic - on the likes of Meenaxi or Taal - a must-have > for any music lover. > > PS: ARR composed this album over a period of 7 years.... I wrote this > review over a period of 21 days!! :P > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com/2008/05/ada-music-review.html > > > -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
