If you just leave the lyrics element out of for a while and compare the 2 versions of Behne De - the sound quality and the way it has been sung and its rendition - its sounds much better in the tamil version. I do strongly believe that this has to do with the singer selection for the specific language. Sonu Nigam or Sukhi could've done justice to the Hindi version.
Similarly in Ranjha-Ranjha - the hindi version sounds better than the tamil one. Shankar M is overdoing a bit in the Tamil version. Khilli Re - definitely better in Tam (classic case of how 2 songs - one sung by a pro like Shreya and the other one by Reena can sound entirely different and better ). IMO - some excellent examples of 'fit-for-purpose' singer songs are: - Dil Gira Dafatan - Raasathi - Maula, Maula - Dil Se songs - Songs in Keezhakk Cheemayile and Uzhavan Eagerly awaiting for the Japanese collab. music. ciao / Gopal --- On Wed, 26/5/10, Vinayakam Murugan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Vinayakam Murugan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] I feel Behne de singing didn't keep up with its music To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010, 9:51 AM As discussed earlier, the Hindi lyrics have a mellow feel to it . So this seems to be a intentional collective decision. The Tamil version sounds forceful enough. Kartik has done a wonderful job in both versions. Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr. com/photos/ rightplacerightt ime/ On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Gopal Anandan <agop...@yahoo. com> wrote: Yes Rawat - I tend to agree with your observation. This is happening lately with quite a few ARR songs where the vocals aren't powerful and they seem to be layered as one more track in the composition. Is it because of lack of vocalists such as SPB, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Sukhi? All the recently used male vocalists (Benny, Javed Ali (ok), Naresh, Vijay) don't come close to any of the above. And interestingly, the female songs don't seem to have this issue. ARR used to use 'fit-for-purpose' vocalists for each of his songs - guess that approach has become impractical considering the number of increasing projects that needs to get completed. ciao / Gopal --- On Tue, 25/5/10, V S Rawat <vsra...@gmail. com> wrote: From: V S Rawat <vsra...@gmail. com> Subject: [arr] I feel Behne de singing didn't keep up with its music To: "arrf" <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com> Date: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 11:29 PM Behne de is the first song of the album that I heard on FM radio, and I am liking it ever since - for its music. I even said that it is in the genre of enigma the way it engulfs us from all around filling entire universe. However, i feel that the male voice could actually falls short in keeping up with the greatness of its music. the voice does not add to the effect, but is shy and contained that goes contrary to the feel generated by the music. I feel some heavy voice, more vocal would have done better justice to the song. It is in a way like JA where movie was louder and exhibitionist whereas music was softer and personal. In behne de, it is music that is louder and all encompassing whereas the male voice is softer and personal, almost sounding as if the guy is thinking loudly, talking to himself. I wonder why ARR brought such a contrast as I believe that it has to be intentional. Anyone has any idea about it. I also wonder whether the movie visuals will clarify it. Thanks. -- Rawat
