Love your sermons..... Thanks... :) On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ichord <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Another one of my "rambling, mundane sermons"........ :-)..... > > While I'm busy enjoying the music of VTV and a few other non Rahman > soundtracks of late, the song, "Bhoola Tujhe" from Blue has resurrected > itself in my playlist with great poise and salience. When "Blue" first > released, I liked the song and listened to it, but for a few months until > recently, took a break from it. I put this song in one of my compilation > playlists recently and heard it after a long time.....it totally captured me > by surprise. I was very surprised by how that song "hit" me in a different > way this time around after a break, triggering a flood of positive emotions > and just being tranced by it..something I did not expect. > > The song has got such a beautiful intro with the strings and opera, then > gradually melts into this acoustic guitar based ballad under the horns > backdrop and Rashid Ali's fine singing. There's some really nice electric > guitar layering in the second refrain and the song ends very gracefully with > the female choir and lush strings. The whole song just flows so beautifully > and gracefully with great lilt and sincerity. There is nothing too musically > fancy about the song....melody is straight forward, arrangements are not too > flashy, rhythm is steady, but still.....it's very heartfelt. > > Sound quality issues aside, which I know are present, this song to me is > one of AR's most impressive ballads of late. I know there are differing > opinions of this song, many having called it bland and uninteresting, but I > wonder if others have felt similarly about this song like I have. If not, > that's ok.....I don't mind being alone with my thoughts and feelings about > this. > > > -- regards, Vithur
