To each his own!!! If we want our opinion to be respected, we need to learn to respect other people's opinions as well. What we can do is present our own Top 10 lists.
Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM, yeshrao81 <[email protected]> wrote: > I could not agree more with Chord! The person who ranked these songs > was not at all convincing and his musical sense is very much > questionable. > > He chose some outdated routine melody song as no 1 in Tamil (he first > said he does not consider lyrics in ranking these songs, but > contradicts by saying the no 1 tamil song was beautiful because of > its lyrics)... > > IMO, JA would be the no 1 album and Khwaja would be no 1 song > considering the spellbinding background score and creative use of > vocals in that song. > > In any case - Jane Tu Kya, Zindagi, Kaise Mujhe, Kehne Ko Jashne, In > Lamhon Mein, Meharbaan all of these stuff should have been in top 10. > I dont see a reason why ARR is not the composer of the year. He gave > 5 tremendous albums, each having its own texture and individuality. > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Chord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > > > I don't see what the big deal is with Tashaan. Has innovative > parts > > with good sound creativity, but nothing musically brilliant IMO. > > Rock ON is good, but overrated to me. I can see why it became > > popular though. I give credit to SEL for being gutsy. Aamir was a > > very interesting soundtrack, but not the best IMO. I laugh that > the > > title song of Rock On is at number 1 while Khwaja is at number 3. > Tu > > Muskara is better than many of the other songs listed ahead of it > > IMO. Jannat was number 4? Ahead of all of Rahman's creations? YOU > > HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! > > > > I seriously question Karthik's musical sensibilities and taste, > > though I respect his opinions at the same time! > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Vithur <vithurm@> wrote: > > > > > > Milliblog Annual Music Round-up 2008 > > > > > > Annual music round-ups are getting increasingly difficult. What > > should they > > > be ideally based on? The number of times a song is played? By > whom? > > Number > > > of CDs sold? The Milliblog annual round-up is comparatively > > simpler - this > > > is a list of songs, across the four languages (and Indipop) I > track > > music > > > in, that I seem to fondly recall at the end of the year, with > > gratitude that > > > they filled my life with a lot of (musical) joy. > > > > > > But I need to be honest here. I do not listen to every piece of > > music in > > > Telugu and Kannada, but I do listen to almost everything that is > > released in > > > Hindi and Tamil, besides Indipop. Malayalam music is something I > > need to get > > > active in 2009, to make this blog and this list more > comprehensive. > > Also, as > > > you may have already noted, my musical interests are very, very > > > composer-driven and composer-specific. Singers and lyricists are > > secondary, > > > to me personally, so please don't hold that against this list! > I'm > > quite > > > sure that there are many more tracks and soundtracks that you may > > have in > > > mind and think that they deserved a place in this post - I sure > > would love > > > to listen to your opinions…bring them on, in the comments. > > > > > > *As always, the lists here are in order of preference…no random > > lists in > > > Milliblog!* > > > > > > *Hindi* > > > Hindi film music was heady, innovative and lively in 2008. While > > Rock On is > > > my unrivaled favorite as the most preferred song of the year, as > an > > overall > > > soundtrack, I have to hand it out to Amit Trivedi's striking > debut > > film > > > score for Aamir. The Rock On soundtrack is a close no. 2 and the > > > under-appreciated Tashan is my choice for third spot. Its a pity > > the movie > > > dragged this soundtrack down. But, beyond these scores, the > composer > > (s) who > > > made incredible progress this year were Vishal Shekhar. Even in > an > > album > > > like Dostana or De Taali, that doesn't feature in the top 10 (De > > Taali > > > narrowly missed the list and I had listed 'Aaj main boond hoon' > at > > no. 11!), > > > this duo was hyper innovative. The expert blend of appealing > music > > with a > > > lovely dose of imaginative sounds this year is what led me to > crown > > them as > > > the composer(s) of the year. Last year's crown champ, Pritam, > > despite my > > > constant volley of plagiarism accusation features at no. 2 and > no. > > 9 - he > > > deserves it. Jannat was actually at no. 4 at the list of top > OSTs! > > Rahman, > > > fresh from the musical high of Slumdog Millionaire OST, has 3 > > tracks in the > > > list, though, in my opinion, his music was short of the > > extraordinary > > > brilliance expected out of him each time, in 2008. > > > > > > *Composer(s) of the year:* Vishal Shekhar > > > > > > *Top 3 Hindi OSTs* > > > 01. Aamir (*Amit Trivedi*) > > > 02. Rock On (*Shankar Ehsaan Loy*) > > > 03. Tashan (*Vishal Shekhar*) > > > > > > *Top 10 Hindi songs of 2008* > > > 01. Rock On (*Rock On, Shankar Ehsaan Loy*) > > > 02. Zara si (*Jannat, Pritam*) > > > 03. Khwaja mere khwaja (*Jodha Akbar, A R Rahman*) > > > 04. Phas gaya (*Aamir, Amit Trivedi*) > > > 05. Kabhi kabhi (*Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, A R Rahman*) > > > 06. Mar jawan (*Fashion, Salim Sulaiman*) > > > 07. Dil haara (*Tashan, Vishal Shekhar*) > > > 08. Aahista aahista (*Bachna Ae Haseeno, Vishal Shekhar*) > > > 09. Aai paapi (*Kismat Konnection, Pritam*) > > > 10. Tu muskura (*Yuvvraaj, A R Rahman*) > > > > > > *Tamil* > > > The most striking thing about Tamil film music in 2008 is the > > constant > > > infusion of new talent. There are 3 debutants in the top 10 - > James > > > Vasandhan, SS Kumaran and Selvaganesh - and this is an incredible > > sign. To > > > be fair, James Vasandhan's sole ticket to fame was one song in > > > Subramaniyapuram, while SS Kumaran's Poo was a great soundtrack, > > overall. > > > That is reason enough to give his Poo soundtrack no. 2 in the Top > 3 > > OSTs > > > list. No. 1 is of course Harris' Vaaranam Aayiram - its a pity > that > > he's not > > > going to work with Gautam Menon again. Their last outing together > > is a > > > complete knock-out. The addition of GV Prakash Kumar's Anandha > > Thaandavam at > > > No. 3 may surprise many, but, this young composer's music in the > > film is > > > extremely addictive beyond the facade of being simply catchy! > > Yuvan, wit 2 > > > tracks in the top 10 had a reasonably good year, but Vidyasagar > > deserves the > > > composer of the year tag. Even non-top 10 tracks in films like > > Mahesh, > > > Saranya Matrum Palar or Pirivom Sandhippom had overall enjoyable > > music that > > > was seeped in heartwarming melody. My choice of the no. 1 song > was > > conferred > > > after a lot of thought - Kangal irandaal, with its gorgeous > > Reetigowlai was > > > a strong contender, but the simplicity and lyrical beauty of > Mazhai > > nindra > > > from Raman Thediya Seethai is stunningly rare. > > > > > > *Composer of the year: Vidyasagar* > > > > > > *Top 3 Tamil OSTs* > > > 01. Vaaranam Aayiram (*Harris Jeyaraj*) > > > 02. Poo (*SS Kumaran*) > > > 03. Aanandha Thaandavam (*GV Prakash Kumar*) > > > > > > *Top 10 Tamil songs of 2008* > > > 01. Mazhai nindra pinbu (*Raman Thediya Seethai, Vidyasagar*) > > > 02. Kangal irandaal (*Subramaniyapuram, James Vasandhan*) > > > 03. Kallil Aadum (*Aanandha Thaandavam, GV Prakash Kumar*) > > > 04. Nenjukkul (*Vaaranam Aayiram, Harris Jeyaraj*) > > > 05. Dosth bada dosth (*Saroja, Yuvan Shankar Raja*) > > > 06. Aavaaram Poo (*Poo, SS Kumaran*) > > > 07. Taxi taxi (*Sakkarakatti, A R Rahman*) > > > 08. Pada pada (*Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Selvaganesh*) > > > 09. Where is the party? (*Silambaattam, Yuvan Shankar Raja*) > > > 10. Aavaaram poovukkum (*Arai En 305il Kadavul, Vidyasagar*) > > > > > > *Telugu and Kannada* > > > As I had mentioned earlier, I do not listen to everything > released > > in these > > > languages. So, this is an indicative list of what I loved in > 2008. > > Despite > > > not being exhaustive, I hope it at least gives you the impetus to > > go beyond > > > 'But-I-don't-understand-it' reasoning and enjoy music for music's > > sake. > > > > > > *Telugu* > > > > > > *Composer of the year: Mickey J Meyer* > > > > > > *Top 10 Telugu songs of 2008* > > > 01. Jalsa (*Jalsa, Devi Sri Prasad*) > > > 02. Lalijo (*Hare Ram, Mickey J Meyer*) > > > 03. Nijanga (*Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Mickey J Meyer*) > > > 04. Baagunde (*Chintakayala Ravi, Vishal Shekhar*) > > > 05. Guchi guchi (*Bujjigadu, Sandeep Chowta*) > > > 06. Ammaho (*Kantri, Manisharma*) > > > 07. Nenani Neevani (*Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Mickey J Meyer*) > > > 08. Ullasangaale (*Ullasamga Uthsahamga, GV Prakash Kumar*) > > > 09. Dost (*Ankith, Pallavi & Friends, Vinu Thomas*) > > > 10. Kotikokatila ammayi (*Yuvatha, Manisharma*) > > > > > > *Kannada* > > > > > > *Composer of the year: Raghu Dixit* > > > > > > *Top 10 songs Kannada songs of 2008* > > > 01. Jinke Marina (*Nanda Nanditha, Emil*) > > > 02. Eno ide (*Psycho, Raghu Dixit*) > > > 03. Kodu kodu (*Sangama, Devi Sri Prasad*) > > > 04. Aa bili bili (*Athmiya, Manoj George*) > > > 05. Modala (*Antu Intu Preethi Bantu, Gurukiran*) > > > 06. Haage Summane (*Haage Summane, Mano Murthy*) > > > 07. Ninna poojege (*Psycho, Raghu Dixit*) > > > 08. Shakalaka umma (*Gulama, Gurukiran*) > > > 09. Baa maleye (*Accident, Ricky Kej*) > > > 10. Patra bareyala (*Aramane, Gurukiran*) > > > > > > *Top 5 Indipop/ Non-film albums* > > > 01. Tabeer (*Shafqat Amanat Ali*) > > > 02. Journey (*Fuzon*) > > > 03. Raghu Dixit (*Raghu Dixit*) > > > 04. Boondh - A drop of Jal (*Jal*) > > > 05. Charkha (*Rahat Fateh Ali Khan*) > > > > > > *Top 5 Pakistani musical albums* > > > 01. Chahar Balish (*Sajjad Ali*) > > > 02. Khuda Ke Liye OST (*Assorted artists*) > > > 03. Qismat Apnay Haat Mein (*Shehzad Roy*) > > > 04. Ramchand Pakistani OST (*Debojyoti Mishra*) > > > 05. Chup (*Zeb & Haniya*) > > > > > > *Special mention* > > > Slumdog Millionaire OST (*A R Rahman & M.I.A*) > > > http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2008/12/13/milliblog-annual-music- > round- > > up-2008/ > > > > > > -- > > > regards, > > > Vithur > > > > > > > >
