On 9/12/2009 8:42 AM India Time, _Vinayak_ wrote: > Its not fair to compare the lyrics of the dubbed works of ARR with his > current output. I think his recent Hindi works have far superior lyrics > than heard in other works. Blue is average on the lyrics with some gems > in between. > > Saagar ke dil me jitne khazaane > Dil ke saagar me utne fasaane
Yuppppa. This is not the only one. There are indeed many gems like this. That is what I said. These are tiny diamonds the some total of which does not make a Kohenoor. These are sort of diamond dust that is at best usable in grinding wheel, an that is an indication of the value/ worth. Of course, every one must agree that poor or average or slightly above average lyrics are not ARR's fault, and is the lyrics writers' weakness, just the way that great lyrics are not ARR plus point but the plus points of a Gulzar or a Rahat Indori or an occasional Javed Akhtar. Still, ARR has given 100+ albums now, several hundreds of songs - probably reaching a thousand soon, it has been 18 years, and still ARR has not make a name for him in the department of lyrics. Everything said, it is the MD whose baby a song is. It is the MD who impresses upon the lyrics writer what type (level) of lyrics he expects and approves and modifies or rejects lyrics. Seems that lyrics writer have understood that ARR doesn't care for lyrics so he can be passed on with average lyrics also, except for a few who refuse to compromise with the quality of their lyrics even for an ARR. While everybody here always seems to go gaga about greatness and perfection of ARR, which in the most part is indeed true and deserved and earned by him. Still, I feel that there are some areas in which ARR lacks and he should put additional efforts to improve them drastically are: 1. quality of lyrics of his songs 2. pronunciation of words in his songs (don't allow music to drown words, don't distort words to fit in the music) > Warm Regards > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Vinayak I feel that by highlighting areas of improvements, I am not harming or hurting our man. Thanks. -- Rawat
