On 10/17/2008 1:52 AM India Time, _generallast_ wrote: > i agree with u...i am really disappointed...wat kinda lyrics is Gulzar > coming up.......
> nd Alka sound is too shrilling .... Still, I am thankful to ARR that he has not used Kavita's voice which is even more shrilling and somewhat nasal. There are two heroines in the film, so ARR needed two female voices (though I concede ARR normally doesn't bother about matching voices with characters :-) ). So, when Shreya gave voice to one heroine, another voice was given by Alka, who is old fav of Subhash Ghai having given several lovely songs in his earlier films, so I guess, she was taken. I don't find anything too odd in Alka's voice. She is still far far far better than today's Lata, and when Yash Chopra dare use Lata's ageing voice on 20 year old heroines in DDLJ, VJ, everywhere, then ARR can very well Alka's still not-all-that-old voice. > kinda hurts the ears.... -- V --- In [email protected], "msaif_787" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Heard the songs on bollywoodhungama.com a few times...the Yuvvraaj >> album is really good!...but...it neither sounds like a Subhash Ghai >> movie soundtrack nor does it sound like an A.R.Rahman album when he >> works with big directors...it also sounds a little outdated... >> >> With the exception of Kisna and Yaadein, all of Subhash Ghai's >> musical extravaganzas had atleast one "screaming" hit track - the >> soundtracks had lively and immensely entertaining music with lavish >> and elaborate instrumental arrangements...in comparison, Yuvvraaj is >> too simple, and relying a lot on electronic sound...less instruments >> work only when the melody is powerful, which is not the case here... >> >> As for the "outdated" remark...the Manmohini track might sound very >> 21st century-ish to some, but in actuality a techno band called Snap >> tried this experiment with great success in their song Rame released >> in 1996/97 -- I remember that song being hugely popular in my school >> (check out the song on Youtube)...Shano Shano sounds like a dance >> number from the UK Top 40 charts back in the early 90's... >> >> I'm not sure what Subhash Ghai's trying to do here, the music is too >> low-key for his standards...don't get me wrong, I love all the songs >> from Yuvvraaj, but this just doesn't sound like a Subhash Ghai >> album, its more like an Abbas-Mustan or a Farhan Akhtar movie >> soundtrack (which is a compliment actually)... >> >> And, where's Gulzar?...I don't see his touch anywhere save for a >> couple of lines...for goodness sakes he's teaming up with Ghai & >> ARR, I expected hardcore unconventional yet superb poetry >> here...moving on, ARR saab please stop using Alka Yagnik because >> clearly her voice is not what it used to be...lastly, Benny has a >> very good voice, but a song like Tu Meri Dost needs a more >> experienced and a stronger singer... >> >> Well, those were my initial reactions, they might change later >> on...lets see...
