I disagree to agree with u on that sreedhar. Its hard for me to pick which one is the best song from VTV, while I have no difficulty in saying that my fav song from Raavanan is surprisingly the one not in album , Naan Varuvene...and for sure
Aaromale / Omana Penne / Hosanna > Naan varuvene ...but thats my taste...might not be everyone's. Sirish --- In [email protected], Indmov Buff <indmovb...@...> wrote: > > " . . . but for my money, the best song in Raavan will hands down beat the > best > song on VTV." > > Agreed! Raavan is by no means an average album for me. > > What did you make of the movie, Triply?! > > > > ________________________________ > From: sreedhar <tri...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 26 July, 2010 11:55:03 > Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? > > > Well, it's a matter of preference. I mean, judging solely based on Komaram > Puli, > you just have to look back at Aa Aah and Nani/ New. I don't know if H. > Sridhar > was the engineer for those 2 albums, but the same complaints of cachophony > hold > good for them also. Ditto Godfather. > > > And I do love the so-called noisy Blue and Raavan soundtracks! For the > record, I > think the only person who can have a massive impact on a Rahman album is > Rahman > himself. The loss of one technician or musician, no matter how good they are, > does not adversely impact Rahman's output. For example, I feel Chitra is the > best female voice Rahman has worked with. But her not collaborating with > Rahman > off-late has not hampered Rahman's output of melodious songs. > > The problem, and I felt this on several occassions, is that Rahman has, to > put > it across sensitively, a multi-tier approach. Directors like Kadhir, Shankar > or > Gautham Menon get songs of one tier, whereas directors like S.J. Suryah and > K.S. > Ravikumar get another tier. Then you have Mani who has a tier to himself. And > whether you feel Raavan isn't as good as Bombay, or AE isn't as good as Roja, > or > Alai Paayuthey isn't as good as Thiruda Thiruda, the comparison is always on > the > one tier. Maybe one song from Raavan isn't as good as a certain song from > VTV, > but for my money, the best song in Raavan will hands down beat the best song > on > VTV. > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Indmov Buff <indmovb...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > > >Raavan was no average flare, in my opinion. Was more appealing to me than > >VTV > >and VTV was a great album! Just my two cents. > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gopal Anandan <agop...@yahoo. com> > >To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > >Sent: Sun, 25 July, 2010 3:17:52 > >Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? > > > > > >I was coming back from the B'lore airport last night and the playlist > >switched > >songs from an old composition (Sridhar times) to the most recent ones Blue, > >Pulli etc...and I felt exactly the same!! Many of the recent compositions > >are > >becoming noisy and needless extra techno-sounds - the balancing of > >instruments, > >layers is only visible in the melody oriented songs. That way Couples > >Retreat is > >far superior than some of the recent albums. > > > >I guess ARR is in a major experimenting mode these days - not just with his > >compositions but also with his entire team. But the gaps are well filled in > >by > >Amit, Anandh and Mithoon...! > > > >A neutral and unbiased view of bulk of the songs of films like Shivaji, Blue > >or > >Raavan (and would add Pulli as well) from any of us fans is really > >tough...by > >Rahman standards these are to say the least average compositions compared to > >Delhi 6, VTV, Pudhiya Mugam, Dil Se, Taal, Rangeela, Duet - the old time > >compositions! > > > >ciao / Gopal > > > >--- On Sat, 24/7/10, kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >>From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> > >>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? > >>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > >>Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 10:36 PM > >> > >> > >> > >>It's ok..that was understood bro.. > >> > >> > >>On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sorry... I mean after Delhi 6. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ________________________________ > From: Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in> > >>>To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com > >>>Sent: Sat, 24 July, 2010 12:55:29 AM > >>>Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Agreed. > >>> > >>> > >>>Actually I feel some tracks are noisy Delhi 6 (except VTV) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ________________________________ > From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> > >>>To: arrahmanfans <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com> > >>>Sent: Fri, 23 July, 2010 6:15:23 PM > >>>Subject: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? > >>> > >>> > >>>Komaram Puli songs....esp. .peppy ones Maham Maye juz amazing > >>>But, the ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR is really hurting ARR soundtracks. .. > >>>See, the AMAZING intro piece in this song...Juz imagine, how it would have > >>>been > >>>if H Sridhar was there.... > >>>ARR's old film Tehzeeb, had a couple of songs, of this kind.. But , u can > >>>feel > >>>the amazing difference !!!!!! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
