I sincerely feel that RAVAN / RAAVANAN has that "KILLER PUNCH / X-Factor" missing.
My opinion on it ! Even if tamil released b4 hindi I wud still say tamil lyrics just doesn't fit the tune. Full stop. --- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 5/5/2010 7:28 PM India Time, _accountsjk_ wrote: > > > At the outset, I am a very old fan of ARR. From Roja days and still buy his > > CDs on the first day of release. However, Raavan for me was very ordinary. > > Lets be honest here - how many agree with me on the following > > > > 1. The songs sound like 'I have heard them before from ARR. It did not feel > > new. > > Yes, I am also feeling that in every song, still the songs are no > outright repeat/ copy of any other previous songs. These are new songs > and have their own merits. > > the feeling of deja vu can appear due to many reasons, one being use > of the same instrument(s) or raga. If that means ARR uses one > instruments and one raga only in one song ever, that will be infeasible. > > > > > 2. Where are the lovely melodies? I miss the romantic, smooth ARR melodies > > that captivated us before > > Khili Rey is purely lovely melody. Ranjha Ranjha is soft and sweet. > Kata Kata has Ila Arun's part as a lovely melody, behne de has good > melody, so out of 6, there are 3 songs having melody. What more can I > want. > > ARR has given many melodious songs, so many that many people fell that > Khili Rey itself pales in comparison to them. > > songs have to fit the screenplay. If it had been a love story, then > more lovely melodies were required, but as this is a goon's story, > more rough-tough songs are required, so much so that Mani even chopped > 2-3 songs that might have been lovely melodies. > > > > > 3. Too garish and loud with no substance in some songs? When Endrendum > > Punnege in Tamil was released, it took us by shock. What music it was. Is > > there any such 'Wow factor'. I doubt. > > Yes, garish (what that means?) and loud, and that is a new thing by > ARR in a single album. And please describe what you mean by substance. > If lyrics bring substance, then lyrics of this album are great, if new > sounds, arrangements bring lyrics, then behne de has such an absorbing > sounds that had never been heard before. > > I do feel the wow factor. This is vintage rahman of mid 90s back to us. > > > > > Awaiting Endhiran to see how the ARR - Sankar combination has worked things > > out. > > -- > Rawat >
