I know, I know - this is a pretty blasphemous statement coming from me. The two readers of my blog might be greatly upset. But that still does not prevent me from venting my feelings.
A.R. Rahman is a genius when it comes to music. There is no way around that. He has produced some of the best music in recent times (like the last 15 years). He has also inspired a number of clones to try and produce the similar kind of music. Imitation is definitely the best form of flattery. Of course, we all know that these guys regularly fail or start producing repetitive music. I should also add that 3 out of every 4 songs I listen to is made by Rahman (it could be even 3 of every 3 :)). But recently, Rahman has started remixing his own music especially in Tamil. His recent one - Sakkaratti is a prime example. 3 of his songs are original and mostly range from good to awesome (Taxi anyone). Unfortunately the other 3 songs are a direct copy from Meenaxi, a Hindi film. Don't get me wrong - the music is awesome. But sometimes it sucks to hear the songs in a different language. They were made for Hindi words and now they are supposed to sound good with Tamil. Really? I know all his fans will say that the song sounds good - sure. Meenaxi was an awesome album and the songs were brilliant as usual. But you need to ask yourself this - does it sound better in Hindi or in Tamil? Can you shake the original words out of your head? If you can, you are way better than me :). Shame on you ARR. For all your talent, are you telling me you cannot produce 6 songs in each movie. Do you have to actually take something from your hindi version and put it in Tamil (or the other way round)? I have started to just forward these songs after I listened to them a couple of times. Please note that this is not a very easy task when I am running. So they probably will get kicked out pretty soon. http://stridewrite.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/disillusioned-with-rahman/ regards, Vithur ARR -- The Sweet Cube always
