Chord, Ayudha Ezuthu was a major hit as a musical in the South. Khuda Afiz/Goodbye Nanba was essentially a 'Jazz' number by ARR (as mentioned by ARR himself) brilliantly mixed with Techno. If you leave out the high-pitch notes sung by the Male, you can identify the simple & neat Jazz tune of the song. There lies Rahman's genius. Another song where Rahman made a complete makeover is "Saathiya/ Pachai Nirame" from Saathiya. He mentioned that he was trying very hard to make the song a bit more fast paced & energetic. thus came up the high pitched ,beat filled "Saathiyaaaa../ Sakiyaeee" piece in the song. in fact he has said that this song had one of his hardest works put in :)
btw, there is no "final" verdict for any ARR composition :) On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How did this album eventually go down? I remember that when it first > came out, it was not well received by reviewers, claiming it lacked > soul, etc. I personally was a bit taken aback by the heavy techno > nature of the music but I can say with confidence now that it was a > bold effort by Mani and Rahman with new ground treaded. My favorite > song of that album is Khuda Hafiz/Goodbye Nanba and it remains one of > my all time favorite Rahman songs for many reasons. It's sheer genius > with panache, punch, style, hooks, melody, you name it. I'm still > blown away by the middle jazz interlude......it's so genius I just > burst out laughing at what a crazy and brilliant idea that was to put > a jazz interlude within a techno song! Wow! > > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
