Yes, I do agree with Pappu cant dance.. Right from the beginning I was not into it fully.. My roomies here who are not Rahman fans are crazy about this song and they listen to it almost daily with full volume.. I used to every now and then wonder how this song became a rage in bollywood..
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:24 PM, V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/22/2008 10:35 PM India Time, _badrie_ wrote: > > > Rawat am with you on this, but not just this, of late in atleast 1 or > > 2 songs in each album where i think it sounds like a half-hearted > > composition. > > No, no, not exacty half-heardted. The song is indeed good. Only that ARR > seems to have consciously left out his stamp from this song. And "ARR > signature is missing" will be noticed by fans like you. > > Actually, I eventually saw JTJYN today. > > Irrespective of all halla gulla about Pappu, as an ARR fan, I couldn't > prevent myself from noticing that this song is not ARR-stamped. It was > an ordinary type of song dozens of which are doing round composed by > several MDs. No copy, all different. And several good in their own > accord, but still, the bottom line is that they are not at ARR's level. > > And Pappu is not at ARR's level. The screen didn't come alive when this > song started like the screen had come alive when muqqala used to start. > The cinema hall didn't become a discotheque like it did as Hello Doctor > progressed. > > Still, people liked it and tapped their feet with it and hummed it. That > is great satisfaction. > > -- > I thought it over and found that the issue has not at all been discussed > in this group. So I decided to create this thread to make the point > reach home that > > - "ARR's signature are missing" has been noticed. > > - Lack of signatures got new fans for ARR. You might not realize but > there are people who just don't listen to ARR's song for some reason. > They couldn't identify that this song is ARR's, so listened to it and > started liking it, and when they came to know that it is ARR's, it was > too late to back out. > > ARR can now continue leaving out his signatures from some songs. :-) > as an effective marketing strategy. > > > Like you I adore arr for his very diff style in presenting a simple > > song. But I hate to disappoint, except for the brief intro bit where > > he sets the temp for Pappu cant dance, the rest is a regular ordinary > > song. probably Aamir wanted an ordinary song to exemplify the lyrics. > > Papu is a hit more coz of the lyrics and its indirect take on Salman > > Khan. > > Oh God. It is first time I came to know thru you that this song could be > a dig on Salman. Hmm. I should have guessed that. Nice catch. > > > > > I havent hear the Hawa song, atleast I doesnt have a recall value. > > Why? don't you have Ada? or this song? not available in your area? If > you want that, I would send you that. Drop me a direct mail. It is a gem > nonetheless. a pleasure to listen to. > > > Probably there are still lots of members in this group yearning for > > the vintage ARR. But they wont speak out as they fear being bashed by > > the rest. > > yeah, that casualty is always there in fans groups, but I know that > there are people here also that would still speak the truth without > worrying about backlash from fanatics. > > > > > Am glad am not alone in missing the magic from ARR. Lately its either > > the lyricists who are letting him down or at times its himself. ARR > > needs to be inspired to come up with something out of the ordinary.. > > That is not being done by the new breed of directors, so every now and > > then we have to wait for Ashutosh, Aamir, Mani or Shankar to get the > > best. Am sure Ghajini will be good as AAmir will save the best for > > himself. > > :-) You forgot the Mangal Pandey mess? > > Keep your fingers crossed. All these Aamir and all others are > self-absorbed Narcissus and they wouldn't care for ARR or anybody when > it really matters. Even Mani dropped Thayya Thayya. Even Aamir chopped > songs and deleted songs in JTJYN itself. It all depends on what suits > themselves at a particular time. > > btw, did anybody notice that new launches of starsons and stardaughters > have mostly gone to Anu Malik. But still, Aamir took ARR for this launch > of Imran and ARR lived up to that also. That is a good step. I foresee > more new launches having ARR's music nowonwards. > > > > > we will wait.. > > -- > V > > >
