thanx Amol Kadu
Worthy of Words
:)
--- In [email protected], amol kadu <kadooa...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all rahman fans..
>
> God celebrates his birthday today..and let me be the fortunate one to wish
> him many happy returns of this day.. with each day of gr8er heights reached
> in his musical journey..
>
> I remeber once while discussin greatness of Rahman.. Gulzarji had observed
> something which was heitherto unnoticed..he said..that greatnes of rahman
> lies in the fact that he completely changed the grammar of Hindi film
> music..B4 rahman, it was more or less mukhada..antara.antara..mukhada.. He
> literally turned it upside down..
>
> Only a genius can fully recognise another genius this well.. whenever i
> listen to boss's songs..i feel that though he gets those crazy ideas which
> seem to be so natural..maybe there is a method in the madness..As one goes
> and sees the patterns appearing in his music, one feels that rahman has a
> definite thought process behind that spontaneous overflow of creativity that
> impresses us all..
>
> In many songs of his, on sees how rahman has delibrately changed the way the
> song was traditionally starting or ending in film music..many a times, his
> songs start with a music piece which could may well have been utilised as an
> interlude by any other composer.. he dares to start his song by that
> interlude.. for e.g. Tu hi re form Dil se or Tu muskura from Yuvraaj..or
> Kaise mujhe form Gajjini..or the world famous masakalli..from Delhi 6.. all
> of them start with pieces or humming which suddenly start the song with a
> bang..and toward the end of the song they reappear out of nowhere..and
> complete the song in ways it could never have completed by some1 else..This
> cycle of sounds which in away represents the flow of music (unlike the
> mukhda..antara system of earlier era)..the eternal flow..and in a way
> comments about rahman's connection with the divine thread of everlasting,
> never ending soul of universe.
>
> One of the lesser credited fact about rahman is the way he has used chorus in
> his songs..this is another contribution o f his..which has transformed film
> music in particular..Many of his catchy starts are completely sung by
> chorus..givin it a heady start..may it be kehna hi kya from bombay or jiya
> jale from dilse..chinamma from minaxi or recent aaj dil gustakh from blue..he
> has given meatier pieces to chrous..and used them in all styles and
> pitches..There are very few examples in hindi film music where the lead
> singer is more or less absent from the starting mukhada..but one listens to
> "dil ye bechain we..raste pe nain we..aaja sawariya..aa.." and one cant help
> but sing praises for rahman for using only chorus for that part( mind u.. u
> have alka completing the antara and rest of the mukhada..and u r taking a
> huge risk by not introducing her rigth at the start.but obviously for
> boss..risk is his middle name.) Even using complete gibberish to musical
> effect to start a song..like in badan dhuan dhuan(meenaxi) or making a
> complete chorus song.. like dhakka laga buga..he has tried everything..His
> starting of songs like "ghanan ghanan" and" Genda phool" have been
> particularly special for it usage of chorus at the start and end..
>
> Some his typical starts where he just wants to grab u from the first beat..
> he uses a grabbing instrumental piece..like 'Kabhi kabhi aditi"
> "jashne.bahara" "Mitwa" " Radha kasie na jale" "tanha tanha" or "yeh tara woh
> tara" "Kariye naa"..and sometimes when he has to convey that divne
> feeling..he simply drops all ornamentation which grabs u.. a simple harmonium
> starts "kwaja mere khwaja"..cause the emotions overrule the rest there..
>
> well..i can go on and on..but then..the more i think about it.. the more i
> feel like speaking..wish u our sincerest appreciation rahman.. u r the reason
> why in this world of corruption , nepotism, cruel rapes and red tape.. we
> still believe in existence of god..Thank u for Being U.. Enjoy the day..
>
> Amol Kadu
>
