On 9/12/2009 10:37 PM India Time, _rivjot_ wrote: > Indeed! Rahman uses them quite often and it works like magic for me. > few of the songs are based just on these 'dummy words' .. like O Saya, Azeem > O Shaan to some extent
Just curious. What were the dummy words in Azeem O Shaan that you are refering to? that Dim tom tana nana... or that ta ra ra ta re re or that chhan chhan. I always thought that all these are classical touch or just hummings, but not dummy words. For that matter, in Takshak there was an entire song that had this dim tara nana sort of thinggy. Dummy words are different, more like mastam, rushtam, shushtam, that just gets put there and don't exist in the language. Other things like "Azeem O Shaan", "Furwa rawa", "marhaba", "Jalaludin", etc. these are full fledged words of urdu/ persian/ arabic languages. They have real meanings, translations, they are widely used. These are not dummy words. -- Rawat > > --- In [email protected], "ichord" <purev...@...> wrote: >> It's not the fact that he uses them, it's the way he uses them. >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsrawat@> wrote: >>> On 9/12/2009 3:18 AM India Time, _ichord_ wrote: >>> >>>> First there was "O Saya" from SDM, and now "O Ya Sa" from Blue. Can see >>>> how AR is a fan of these sounds!!! >>>> >>>> I love how AR uses nonsense syllables and words in a song, almost as if >>>> he's adding another instrument track through the vocals. That is really >>>> unique and special about him! Notice in Yaar >>>> Mila..."kudikudikudikudikudiya!" and then "atha atheena a theen theen >>>> teena" He's just amazing! >>>> >>> There have been innumerable MDs who used and songs that have "nonsense >>> syllables and words". There is even a term for it "dummy words". C >>> Ramchandra's several songs of 50s having dummy words. Radio Ceylon even >>> had a full program at one time in 70s (I think) in which they played >>> only the songs having dummy words. >>> >>> With such a history, why is using these in a song becomes "really unique >>> and special about him (ARR)"? >>> >>> -- >>> Rawat
