I dont agree with u...but OK..i accept ur point.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:48 PM, vimaljk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Guru was an awesome album with FOUR masterpieces: Barso Re, Aye Hairathe, > Tere Bina, and above all....Jaage Hain > > actually..i think Barso Re became the most popular...esp since its fast and > catchy > > i didn't like the song choreography in Guru (not bad, but very > routine)..but that's not ARR's fault...also...wish Aye Hairathe was used in > its entirety (first time and ARR song wasn't fully used in a Mani movie) > > anyways..an album with 4 masterpieces is no doubt a masterpiece > album....also...Guru deserved all the music awards it won that year > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, "AJ" > <purev...@...> wrote: > > > > I agree about Tere Bina and Ay Hairathe as one of ARR's best, but Jaage > Hain is right up there too, man! What an exceptional track..so symphonic and > operatic with great feeling sung by ARR...how his voice soars! The melody is > so beautiful! > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Anish Gupte <musimax2000@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey ppl, > > > > > > There is so much talk about 'Raavan' nowadays. It almost seems like a > > > prolonged , infinitely extended review session, which is slowly > dissolving > > > into a rather pointless war of words and opinions, and which doesn't > seem to > > > end ever. Comparisons, criticisms, praises, anger, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu > > > ,hatred, pleasure..etc etc. We've been witness to so many different > emotions > > > in the last few weeks, all due to a bunch of 6 songs.! isnt it > > > remarkable??... > > > > > > Well..talking about comparisons, let me go back to Guru. I was just > > > listening to some songs of Guru, and i thot ill add something here. I > would > > > like to say at the start that I am NOT COMPARING anything to > > > anything..(LOL)...as u will find out on reading. > > > > > > Guru, in a manner of speaking, is a very difficult album to rank > amongst > > > Rahman's great plethora of work over the years. 'Tere Bina' and 'Ay > > > Hairathe' outshine the other songs in the album by a long long way. > They > > > emerge as clear cut winners, and in my book rank as not just the best > songs > > > in the album, but 2 of the finest songs ever composed by Rahman. They > have > > > all the qualities which you would want in matured, romantic duets. > > > > > > However, none of the other songs are remembered as fondly as these two, > and > > > they don't even deserve to be. Barso re enjoyed little acclaim and some > > > attention at the time of the movie's release, and for a few months > after, > > > and this was also due to the picturization (which was very good), but > thats > > > about it. I don't really care about Mayya Mayya (yeah u can talk about > the > > > raag used and all of that..but bah..id never really wanna hear that if > im > > > sitting alone in my balcony chilling or if i just wanna listen to some > good > > > Rahmanic stuff), Jaage hai or the 'Guru Bhai Guru bhai' song . These > were > > > more like theme songs, and hardly for casual hearing. In fact, I had > > > completely forgotten abt them until the mention of Guru came up in some > > > recent posts. > > > > > > So today when I think of Guru, all I remember are the 2 fabulous songs > which > > > I mentioned at the start, and I dont even care about the others. On the > > > whole, Guru, for me, will be remembered just as a 2 song album , rather > > > than 'Rahmans Finest' or 'Greatest Ever' etc. These, i'm afraid, are > terms > > > which should be used very sparingly and carefully, and certainly do not > > > apply for 'Guru'. > > > > > > Peace !! > > > > > > > > > Anish. > > > > > > > >
