i thought this was a honest review.... yes...I think the song could have been lot more catchy to connect to the masses and make them sing along!!! now it looks lot more challenging to grasp the song! But I must say Bose the forgotton hero remain one of his best to me till date :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "light4_u" <light...@...> wrote: > > I will try to be very honest in my views. As been one of the biggest fans of > ARR since years I m extremly disappointed with the song. Its not bad but its > not even close to the capability of ARR n his name in the music world, he > should, he could, he would have done much much better than this. > > The things went wrong in cwg song according to me r, > > 1. When some media guy asked him "is it like waka waka ?" ARR responded to > that "we tried to go beyond than waka waka" or some thing like that he > replied. With this reply of ARR people started to expect the song better than > chaiyyan chiyaan or maa tujhe salaam, he shouldn't have said that but insted > he should have said "no its not like waka waka its different from that". He > also said that i m working on it since 6 months. When he can deliver the > whole sound track like slumdog millionaire within 21 days its but natural > that people will expect him to give 100 times better a single song than the > songs of sdm. > > 2. I loved waka waka song. Waka waka's tune was simple but melodious. Song > was catchy, peppy, groovy easy to sing, easy to tap one's feet on it, superb > video n shakira's charm. > > 3. ARR's music n compositions r difficult to understand for many people, it > takes time to grow, though many people cant understand his music even afer > 100 times listen. > > 4. ARR's movies n private albums not ment for whole india but for arr's fans > n those people who can understand music very wel. Cwg song is for whole india > n every1 wants to be it like their taste. We (arr fans) care a damn when > others dont like his music for movies or private album's, but this time the > case is different because he was suppose to give a song which can easily sung > by every indian n loved by every1 (he tried to do so) but he couldn't reach > his goal. > > 5. This kind of phase which arr is going through is not first time it has > happened before also when people tried to demoralise him n tried very hard to > lower his popularity, but by the grace of Almighty he only climed higher n > higher. This phase is worst. But whenever that happened when his work was > critisized at the extreme level he came with a BANG and silented all his > critics. First, at the time of Daud n other movies of his at that time, he > came with Taal etc., second time at the time of Bose-the forgetton hero n > movies of his at that time, he came with RDB. ARR n Sachin Tendulkar r alike, > whenever people say sachin is finish now, he hits a century, whenever people > stared saying arr is gonna be a history now he came with the best music > anyone can give in the world. > > This is the same kind of phase from which arr is going through right now, but > i m very much sure that sooner or later he will make every1 silent once again > inshaAllah taala. > > with best regards, > Shehzad. >