i love this track.. i often listen to it.. infact it has got itself a very special place in my mind/heart.
________________________________ From: Vithur <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 10:50:50 AM Subject: Re: [arr] Recaptured by a song.......much more the seond time! Love your sermons..... Thanks... :) On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ichord <purev...@yahoo. com> wrote: >Another one of my "rambling, mundane sermons"........ :-)..... > >While I'm busy enjoying the music of VTV and a few other non Rahman >soundtracks of late, the song, "Bhoola Tujhe" from Blue has resurrected itself >in my playlist with great poise and salience. When "Blue" first released, I >liked the song and listened to it, but for a few months until recently, took a >break from it. I put this song in one of my compilation playlists recently and >heard it after a long time.....it totally captured me by surprise. I was very >surprised by how that song "hit" me in a different way this time around after >a break, triggering a flood of positive emotions and just being tranced by >it..something I did not expect. > >The song has got such a beautiful intro with the strings and opera, then >gradually melts into this acoustic guitar based ballad under the horns >backdrop and Rashid Ali's fine singing. There's some really nice electric >guitar layering in the second refrain and the song ends very gracefully with >the female choir and lush strings. The whole song just flows so beautifully >and gracefully with great lilt and sincerity. There is nothing too musically >fancy about the song....melody is straight forward, arrangements are not too >flashy, rhythm is steady, but still.....it's very heartfelt. > >Sound quality issues aside, which I know are present, this song to me is one >of AR's most impressive ballads of late. I know there are differing opinions >of this song, many having called it bland and uninteresting, but I wonder if >others have felt similarly about this song like I have. If not, that's >ok.....I don't mind being alone with my thoughts and feelings about this. > > -- regards, Vithur
