COMPLETELY agree with ALL your points AJ...he is the ONLY MD who can compose all those albums...let alone is succession!...well I guess us fans who have more enlightened music senses can enjoy them!....our gain and the others' loss!
--- In [email protected], "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > "Of course, after the disasters that were Blue, Yuvvraaj and Couple's > Retreat, anything that sounds remotely fresh will be welcome" > > Yeah.......whatever........ Tell me which other MD can span a range of music > and show that versatility that is between the music of Blue, Yuvvraaj and CR > within a span of a year or 2? Nobody, except AR. > > Oh, and suddenly, people forget about Delhi 6, which everyone raved about > last year....... > > --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> wrote: > > > > Back where he belongs > > -A <http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > *+A<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > * > > Font > > *Pooja Pillai <http://www.screenindia.com/columnist/poojapillai/>*Posted: > > May 07, 2010 at 1725 hrs IST > > Print > > <http://www.screenindia.com/story.php?id=614962&pg=-1>Email<http://www.screenindia.com/static/story-email/> > > Newsletter > > <http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/>Post > > Comments<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#postcomm> > > RSS <http://www.expressindia.com/fesyndication/screen.xml> > > [image: Karthik]** > > We're glad Beera is the > > song<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > with > > which the music album of Raavan opens. No other song on the > > album<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > declares > > more joyously that the master, A R Rahman, is back where he belongsin the > > company of Mani > > Ratnam<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > and > > Gulzar, where he's once again churned out a thumpingly good album. Of > > course, after the disasters that were Blue, Yuvvraaj and Couple's Retreat, > > anything that sounds remotely fresh will be welcome. But in this case, we > > would say that the relief is well-deserved. > > > > There's no doubt that the songs follow certain trademark Rahman-isms. From > > the lively percussion in Beera, to the angry rock riffs of Behene de to the > > saccharine sweet female voice on Khili re, there's much that old Rahman > > hands will find familiar. Thok de killi, performed by Sukhwinder Singh, > > especially, triggers nostalgia for songs like Dhakka laga from Yuva and > > Paathshala from Rang > > DeBasanti<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>, > > with a similarly energetic chorus line and upbeat > > melody<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > . > > Beera, performed by Vijay Prakash, is by far the best track on the album, a > > paean to the Raavan-like character portrayed by Abhishek > > Bachchan<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>. > > Karthik does a splendid job singing Behne de, which has a haunting quality > > that Rahman has not tapped since Roja's Yeh haseen wadiyaan. Just like the > > latter had echoes of the mountains and valleys of the Himalayas, Behne de > > mimics the turbulent flow of a river that can't be controlledonly > > appropriate given that the song compares love to a river that engulfs all > > that venture into it (Behene de ghanghor ghataa/behene de paani ki tarah). > > > > Love seems to be a bit of a villain in Raavan. Ranjha Ranjha, by > > Rekha<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#> > > Bharadwaj > > and Javed Ali, also expounds on the helplessness a lover feels (Ranjha > > Ranjha na kar Heere/Jag badnami hoye/patti patti jhad jaawe/ Par khushboo > > chup na hoye), while Kata Kataby Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi and Kunal > > Ganjawalaopens with a raucous shehnai. It compares a new bridegroom to a > > lamb being led to slaughter. Khili re is a rather conventional love songit > > has a strong classical base, but Reena Bhardwaj's breathy vocals and clichéd > > lyrical motifs of blooming flowers turn it into a bore. > > > > The album (priced at Rs 160) will sound comfortingly familiar to fans who > > were dismayed by Rahman's outputs last year. On the flipside, though, Rahman > > does not break new ground. We like that he's not let a single voice > > dominate, even his favourite Sukhwinder; this is perfectly in keeping with > > the folk vibes of the > > music<http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/#>. > > But we wish he would've got at least one soaring, pitch-defying number for > > us to marvel. > > > > > > http://www.screenindia.com/news/back-where-he-belongs/614962/ > > >
