Does anyone think that the VTV title song sung by Karthik is reminiscent of
some of the music by the 1970s era rock group Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer? An
American friend of mine heard VTV title song and "Emmerson Lake and Palmer"
just came out of him. There's a song or 2 by ELP that is kind of in the same
mould ("From the Beginning" is the name I think) as the VTV title
song...nothing copied at all, just along the same lines in terms of ambiance
and acoustic flavor and style, perhaps similar to how Aaromale takes a page out
of Pink Floyd. I think there are other songs too kind of like this one.
I love Rahman that he takes us back to classic stuff from the 70s and 80s so
tastefully, but never at all lifting material, but using similar sound and
style templates from that era of great music (Kabhi Aditi is another example of
a late 1970s and early 80s Western pop sound).
VTV title song always reminded me of a classic, soft rock acoustic number from
the 70s, but I could never figure out who until my friend heard it and reminded
me of ELP's music.
