Well said Kesav.. According to me, Raavan is as usual a gr8 composition of Mani-ARR combo.. When I listened to Raavan, all tracks were catchy on the first hearing itself!!
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM, kesav reddy <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi All, > > My suggestion before commenting on any ARR album: > > Please dont give any comments for the first initial one or two weeks.. > > Listen two weeks and then give the feedback... > > --- On *Sat, 24/4/10, Sathya Sundaram <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Sathya Sundaram <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [arr] Re: Raavan songs - not impressing on intial hearing.. > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 24 April, 2010, 8:20 PM > > > > > AJ, I am also seeing lot of positive reactions on the net, but there are > also negative remarks...the fact i am unable to digest is that there is no > instantly hummable tune in this album. Kata Kata had huge expectations from > me, but this song sounds to me like a fun song with lot of variations in > beat and singing. the structure and variation being changed in AR's songs is > seen nowadays a lot. It irritates the listener and makes him think that > where the song is going. Beera is good but short. lot of beera beera > repetitions, they could have made the song longer with 2 stanzas. I have bn > following ARR form 92 so i am used to this initial not liking, and then > getting impressed. But still, I feel this album is a disappointment. It > makes me wonder whether is this the combination which gave "Vellai pookal", > "pachai nirame", "Dilse", "Bombay", "thiruda thiruda" to the world. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AJ <purev...@yahoo. com> > *To:* arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > *Sent:* Sat, April 24, 2010 7:22:27 PM > *Subject:* [arr] Re: Raavan songs - not impressing on intial hearing.. > > > > I respect your initial impressions, but please give it some time and try to > avoid conclusive statements for now. > > This album is not going to be liked by everyone. You're right, the song > melodies and structures for the most part are complex and not > straightforward, which may not be everyone's preference. > > Some pretty extreme first impressions I'm seeing on the net...but, most > comments are positive and many saying it's one of ARR's finest works. > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. > com<http://mc/compose?to=arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Sathya Sundaram <satsun...@. ..> wrote: > > > > Heard the songs about 4 times with the Original CD of Raavan today. > Pretty much disappointed with the songs (Except Beera and Khillie re), all > other songs have heavy beats, lot of variations in singing, no simple nature > etc. There is not 1 song which is instantly catchable/likable. May be I > will like it with more hearings. Very Average score by ARR for a Mani movie. > Expected a lot out of this. This may be the weakest of all ARR-Mani (weaker > than Guru) combos. > > > > - Sathya > > > > > > >
