Got some great points, man! I agree with you!
--- In [email protected], "vimaljk" <vima...@...> wrote:
>
> Couple's Retreat was AMAZING..and was one of Rahman's best albums...not
> saying Raavana/Raavan is bad..but to say its better is just
> riduculous!...also its apples and oranges as couple's retreat is a SCORE
> (more or less) while Raavana/Raavan is a SOUNDTRACK....Yuvraaj is better as
> well..."Tu Hi Mere Dost" "Tu Muskura" "Mastam Mastam" "Manmohini" are all
> first rate songs....also...she said Blue wasnt fresh?!?!...Chiggy Wiggy was
> American pop mixed w/ Bhangra...Yaar Mila Tha was 90s Bollywood mixed with
> hip hop, Rehnuma was like a James Bond theme song.."Blue theme" was its own
> thing....Rahman hasnt delivered an outright dud of an album in years (Baba in
> 2002)....no matter what some critics say....
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Vinayakam Murugan <mvinayakam@> wrote:
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Warm Regards
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Vinayak
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Back where he belongs
> > > -A <http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>
> > > *+A<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>
> > > *
> > > Font
> > > *Pooja Pillai <http://www.screenindia.com/columnist/poojapillai/>*Posted:
> > > May 07, 2010 at 1725 hrs IST
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> > > [image: Karthik]**
> > > We're glad Beera is the
> > > song<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> with
> > > which the music album of Raavan opens. No other song on the
> > > album<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>
> > > declares
> > > more joyously that the master, A R Rahman, is back where he belongsin the
> > > company of Mani
> > > Ratnam<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> and
> > > Gulzar, where he's once again churned out a thumpingly good album. Of
> > > course, after the disasters that were Blue, Yuvvraaj and Couple's Retreat,
> > > anything that sounds remotely fresh will be welcome. But in this case, we
> > > would say that the relief is well-deserved.
> > >
> > > There's no doubt that the songs follow certain trademark Rahman-isms. From
> > > the lively percussion in Beera, to the angry rock riffs of Behene de to
> > > the
> > > saccharine sweet female voice on Khili re, there's much that old Rahman
> > > hands will find familiar. Thok de killi, performed by Sukhwinder Singh,
> > > especially, triggers nostalgia for songs like Dhakka laga from Yuva and
> > > Paathshala from Rang
> > > DeBasanti<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>,
> > > with a similarly energetic chorus line and upbeat
> > > melody<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>
> > > .
> > > Beera, performed by Vijay Prakash, is by far the best track on the album,
> > > a
> > > paean to the Raavan-like character portrayed by Abhishek
> > > Bachchan<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>.
> > > Karthik does a splendid job singing Behne de, which has a haunting quality
> > > that Rahman has not tapped since Roja's Yeh haseen wadiyaan. Just like the
> > > latter had echoes of the mountains and valleys of the Himalayas, Behne de
> > > mimics the turbulent flow of a river that can't be controlledonly
> > > appropriate given that the song compares love to a river that engulfs all
> > > that venture into it (Behene de ghanghor ghataa/behene de paani ki tarah).
> > >
> > > Love seems to be a bit of a villain in Raavan. Ranjha Ranjha, by
> > > Rekha<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>
> > > Bharadwaj
> > > and Javed Ali, also expounds on the helplessness a lover feels (Ranjha
> > > Ranjha na kar Heere/Jag badnami hoye/patti patti jhad jaawe/ Par khushboo
> > > chup na hoye), while Kata Kataby Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi and Kunal
> > > Ganjawalaopens with a raucous shehnai. It compares a new bridegroom to a
> > > lamb being led to slaughter. Khili re is a rather conventional love
> > > songit
> > > has a strong classical base, but Reena Bhardwaj's breathy vocals and
> > > clichéd
> > > lyrical motifs of blooming flowers turn it into a bore.
> > >
> > > The album (priced at Rs 160) will sound comfortingly familiar to fans who
> > > were dismayed by Rahman's outputs last year. On the flipside, though,
> > > Rahman
> > > does not break new ground. We like that he's not let a single voice
> > > dominate, even his favourite Sukhwinder; this is perfectly in keeping with
> > > the folk vibes of the
> > > music<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>.
> > > But we wish he would've got at least one soaring, pitch-defying number for
> > > us to marvel.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/
> > >
> > >
> >
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