Rahman's interlude is one of all time favourites in Kehna hi kya... Thts whn I fell in Love with Rahmans music..............
On 10/3/09, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "I feel that this quality of ARR's i.e bringing in different flavour to his > songs and thinking out of the box is what sets him apart from others." > > Well said, ma'm. > > Indeed. That is the essence of ARR. I still remember the goose pimples I > used to get from Bombay's Kahna Hi kya heaing the kawaali used in such an > innovative soothing way. And that was the beginning. Boss has given many > such new combo. > > Btw, kawaali as a background mix brings "Chaand Sifarish" of Fanaa to my > mind, that was a recent song by Jatin Lalit that has similar kawaali type of > effect in that subhan allaah. The song is indeed pleasant but it wouldn't > match even a bit of the magic that ARR had created in Kahna hi kya, so it > has been some 13-14 years after Kahna Hi kya that no other MD has been able > to match what ARR did then. > > -- > > On 10/2/2009 7:47 PM India Time, _Gayathri Chandrakasan_ wrote: > > > I remember watching an interview of ARR with actor Vivek...it was just > > after the Oscars. ARR in answering one of the questions posed to him, > > said that he loves to compose songs using a particular raaga but the > > problem he faces is that the particular song ends up sounding similar to > > a song composed earlier. To avoid that, he began to use ragas that are > > not usually used to compose for a particular situation...he gave Hai > > Raama of Rangeela as an example by which a seductive song was > > composed using a classical carnatic raaga. > > > > Probably for the same reasons, ARR has decided to opt for hindustani and > > ghazal in tamil songs as opposed to the carnatic raagas used by most MDs > > here. In fact, I feel that this quality of ARR's i.e bringing in > > different flavour to his songs and thinking out of the box is what sets > > him apart from others. > > > > But whatever said and done, the usage of Northern classical does not > > mean that ARR has lost his 90's touches. He never lost his touches...he > > has only developed his music to a new level. When most MDs sit and > > compose a song in a customary manner, ARR doesn't even stick to what he > > created. He keeps creating new genres in music and moves forward. > > > > But the problem here is that some listeners (his fans included) only > > tend to think his 90's songs as magical and amazing...hence the uses of > > words such as "he lost his touch", "there's no longer soul in his songs" > > etc. But come to think of it, how long do you want him to sit and > > compose songs like Kadhal rojave and Minnale? Don't get me wrong, I love > > these songs. I truly believe these songs are amazing and stunning > > numbers, but so do songs like Munbe Vaa and Newyork Nagaram. > > > > It's kinda distressing that after all the development and changes ARR > > has painfully brought to the Indian music, there are still some who want > > him to stay to where he was 17 years ago. > > > > > > > > --- On *Thu, 10/1/09, Din, D, Nesh > > /<[email protected]<dinesh.theboss%40hotmail.com>>/* > wrote: > > > > > > From: Din, D, Nesh <[email protected]<dinesh.theboss%40hotmail.com> > > > > Subject: [arr] Re: Blue and some recent albums of ARR lacking soul > > To: [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 10:21 PM > > > > > > lately, in the hub i chat often, i had an opportunity to chat this > > gentleman who knows carnatic music. i always had a doubt that these > > days A.R.Rahman doesnt use carnatic raag and such like those days > > during 90s annd he too confirmed it. He said nowdays ARR hardly uses > > carnatic tunes/raagams and such. It could be this that nowdays some > > fans say he has lost his 90s touch coz he hardly uses carnatic > > tunes. He used to use carnatic flavors for his Hindi tracks as well. > > He said Marudhani and Sahana had heavy North flavors. Maybe some > > music experts here like swaps can double confirm with us? I guess > > thats why some fans here say his songs doenst have soul becoz of this? > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > > < > http://us.mc590.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com > >, > > "sriramvr_in" <sriramvr_in@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > must be due to less time available to him. > > >
