Interesting observation. I was speaking to a friend the other day who said a lot of ARR's songs these days were too "complex" for him. The simplicity of the old songs possibly was one reason for their lasting popularity (songs that immediately come to my mind are Mustafa Mustafa, Urvasi Urvasi, Chinna chinna aasai etc). Even such a gargantuan hit like Mukkala Muqabla had a lot of "openness" to it. In fact, coming to think of it, how many songs these days (not just ARR but the music in general) can one really categorise as simple, hummable songs?
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > Someone from another ARR site wrote this comment which has validated some of > my thoughts about ARR's music recently: > > "What I've noticed from JTYJN and the Cry Cry track is that the Tyrewala-ARR > songs aren't buried under an avalanche of sound. There's an airiness and > simplicity to them that makes them very pleasant to listen to." > > Would love to hear some discussion about this. Is it constructive criticism > to say that some of ARR's songs today are often too cluttered and under an > "avalanche" of sound? I posted something about this a little while back > about how ARR"s songs of yesterday had more "space" and more "breathing > room". Do these factors help to make an ARR album more appealing in general? > > Please don't get into an ARR yesterday vs. ARR today war. I just want to > bring up some points about ARR's music today that we can discuss in e healthy > and constructive way, and maybe, ARR can catch some wind of this. >
