Great write up Chord. Being the 'Average listener' you mentioned, I couldnt connect to Manipaya and VTV title song. But as many knowledge people rated them very high, I wasnt under estimating its brilliance. It was just over my head. After reading your write up, I guess next time when I listen to it, I will start to enjoy it. Thanks for the write up chord.
--- In [email protected], "ichord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > I am very pleased to see this song being highly rated here in this group, > coming in at number 2 in terms of favorite songs in my poll of fav VTV songs. > > > The high ratings are a bit surprising in a way because the song's melodic > structure is very unconventional and drawn out, hard to follow compared to > most film song melodies, and appears to meander without direction, even > though it doesn't (a criticism noted in many reviews). There are also not > too many catchy hooks in the melody, even though the melody itself is quite > beautiful...very much akin to a Western theatrical play song you might hear > on stage. > > On the other side, the high ratings here in this group are not surprising > since I feel most of us are more open minded about different melodic > variations and song structures than the average person out there; we being > passionate Rahman fans, are perhaps more receptive to such experimentations > and give it a chance. > > Actually, this song requires a lot of patience and time...it requires you to > slow down your listening pace and be more in the musical moment at any given > time...demanding that you pay closer attention to the direction and tone of > the melody and its accompanying, subtle harmonic structures. As I alluded to > in my review, this song falls more in line with an "artistic" oriented > composition and less in line with an "entertaining" oriented composition with > higher values of aestheticism and abstractness. > > But the above mentioned points may not be received by a lot of people, thus > many brushing off the song as being too bland and directionless, lacking > spark, energy, intensity. But, really, the true beauty is in the subtlety, > under the surface, if you're willing, patient, and open enough to experience > it. It is truly a "growing" song that requires multiple exposures to > appreciate it. > > It definitely took time to grow on me and I'm still discovering more of its > beauty with each listen, uncovering subtle instruments here and there, a > chord progression that I first missed, etc. etc. > > I'm so glad and grateful that AR likes to experiment like this...giving us > something new and fresh each time, at the risk of initial resistance and > hesitation due to the time needed to accomodate to such novelty and > originality. That quality to me is a the hallmark of a true genius, one who > is daring enough to push the envelope and defy traditional forms, yet being > very confident in its execution. It's what keeps AR so successful, relevant, > and vibrant as he moves further in his career. > > Check out the ending with Shreya's soft voice and AR's delicate piano > touches......just class, PURE CLASS!!! > > A truly special song full of feeling, innocence, sincerity that I will > cherish forever.... >
