Zindagi also reminds me one of the recent mellow song "Kaisi hai yeh ruth" (Dil Chahta Hai )by SEL, which is also surprisingly sung by Srinivas. You have to hear it again to find the similarities...
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This song has an old world type melody to it, almost like a ghazal. > And since you've heard ghazals before, maybe that's why you think it's > "old". It has nothing to do with it being a stale ARR song, and on > the contrary, in Zindagi, ARR has composed such beautiful, smooth > contoured melody like from the evergreen era in the 1950s and 1960s. > I know a well known classical singer and he was very much touched and > impressed with Zindagi when he heard it, reminding him of pure melody > numbers from the evergreen era. > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq" > <jahanzebtippu@> wrote: > > > > well in fact when i tried i could not come up with many songs which i > > could say similar to zindagi. still i don't know why it just sounds > > old or similar to one of many ARR songs with SPB or Hariharan. may be > > it is pyaar ye (Rangeela), may be roja (Roja), nahin saamne (Taal) or > > sun ri sakhi (Humse Hai Muqabala). don't know exactly. it is hard to > > pin-point. but honestly there is some "old" feeling to this song. this > > is also possible that it is similar to some non-ARR song that's why i > > have this feeling. not sure though. > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Gomzy" <gomtesh.upadhye@> > > wrote: > > > > > > could you please mention the ones that are same types as zindagi ? > > and also > > > how similar they are? > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq > > <jahanzebtippu@>wrote: > > > > > > > Yeh jo zindagi hai from Earth 1947 is my heart-favorite too, > > best ever > > > > from Srinivas. though I did not like Zindagi that much, for me it > > is > > > > an okay song, nothing special. my biggest complain from it is that > > it > > > > offers nothing new, ARR has given a number of these types of songs > > > > before. > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, V S > > > > Rawat <vsrawat@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If there is a downside of too many releases in a short duration, > > > > that is > > > > > - we jump between albums and songs and don't devote time to > > enjoy > > > > the > > > > > full beauty of each creation. > > > > > > > > > > I confess that I suffered from the above, and couldn't really > > enjoy > > > > ADA > > > > > till now, and other songs of other albums also. > > > > > > > > > > Now, that there is a lull till the next release by our man, I am > > > > getting > > > > > time to revisit them. > > > > > > > > > > I chanced to hear Yuvvraaj again, sad that the film is a flop, > > > > though > > > > > everyone is indeed commenting now that ARR's music is marvelous > > in > > > > this > > > > > and a sure shot plus side of the movie. I enjoyed the movie > > myself, > > > > and > > > > > the songs picturization. > > > > > > > > > > So, I took a break from Ghazini and SDM to listen to Yuvvraaj, > > and > > > > > further beauties got revealed. > > > > > > > > > > I am not very comfortable with using headphones. it sort of > > binds me > > > > to > > > > > my pc desk and degree of movement gets restricted so I avoid > > that. I > > > > had > > > > > not heard any of the recent releases through headphone, and > > heard > > > > them > > > > > only on average quality speakers. > > > > > > > > > > And, this time, while hearing to zindagi, I noticed that there > > is a > > > > > vocal echo of shrinivas' voice at places. I had totally missed > > out > > > > on > > > > > that till now. And then, after the louder volume of pc speaker > > > > didn't > > > > > clarify that much and loudness became irritating, I had to wear > > the > > > > > headphone. > > > > > > > > > > And wow. What a song. What a beauty. > > > > > > > > > > For last 10 years or so, Srinivas' 1947 Earth number "Ye jo > > Zindagi > > > > hai" > > > > > has been my all time ARR best. That was the last time, I had > > felt > > > > that > > > > > "walking two feet above the ground" effect, the song that had > > > > consumed > > > > > me, that had captivated me, I had felt like a teenager in first > > > > love. > > > > > > > > > > And here was another zindagi in the same voice by the same ARR. > > And > > > > what > > > > > a beauty it is. And I am again feeling those same above feelings > > > > even > > > > > though I have aged a decade in the meantime since previous > > zindagi. > > > > > > > > > > People had said that Water was subtle. I think this zindagi is > > the > > > > most > > > > > subtle song ever given by our man. > > > > > > > > > > What a contemplative voice. Sadness san melodrama. A guiltless, > > > > > confusionless quest and exploration. Putting deep feelings to > > words. > > > > > > > > > > The song nearest to yuvvraaj's zindagi genre that comes to my > > mind > > > > is > > > > > another Gulzar song from Anand (MD: Salil Chaudhary) - "kahin > > door > > > > jab > > > > > din dhal jaayein" though there is a lot of difference in the > > sadness > > > > > level of two. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf? > > > > swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps- > > > > > > vfl66122.swf&video_id=OgBU75ApkSw&rel=0&showsearch=1&eurl=http% 3A//www > > > > .bollyclips.com/bollywoodvideos/video/OgBU75ApkSw/Kahin-Door- Jab- > > Din- > > > > Anand- > > > > > > Lyrics.html&iurl=http% 3A//i4.ytimg.com/vi/OgBU75ApkSw/hqdefault.jpg&sk > > > > > > =FyS51qccX0_TR5VHiVIZtGrjj2oCfCGKC&use_get_video_info=1&load_modules= 1 > > > > &autoplay=1&border=0&onscreensearch=0 > > > > > > > > > > http://beemp3.com/download.php? > > > > file=2056183&song=Kahin+Door+Jab+Din+Dhal+Jaye-ApnaMela.Com- > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > > The negative, I think, is this entire song got wasted on > > majority of > > > > > listeners - It is so subtle, it requires such a solitude, > > devotion, > > > > good > > > > > system, player, speakers/ headphone, stereo that such beauty > > would > > > > never > > > > > have become apparent to those who listened to it on common > > radio, > > > > > transistors, on vividh bharti/ fm channels, on TV, even worse > > for > > > > those > > > > > who listened to this in parts as TV/ fm often doesn't play full > > > > songs > > > > > and there is a lot of maddening blabbering on fm. > > > > > > > > > > The film didn't help this song much be bisecting it, showing in > > two > > > > parts. > > > > > > > > > > So, it is sad that this being one of ARR's best song go mostly > > > > waste. > > > > > -- > > > > > Rawat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
