True. Raavan will always be a masterpiece from AR. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, sreedhar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Well, it's a matter of preference. I mean, judging solely based on Komaram > Puli, you just have to look back at Aa Aah and Nani/ New. I don't know if H. > Sridhar was the engineer for those 2 albums, but the same complaints of > cachophony hold good for them also. Ditto Godfather. > > And I do love the so-called noisy Blue and Raavan soundtracks! For the > record, I think the only person who can have a massive impact on a Rahman > album is Rahman himself. The loss of one technician or musician, no matter > how good they are, does not adversely impact Rahman's output. For example, I > feel Chitra is the best female voice Rahman has worked with. But her not > collaborating with Rahman off-late has not hampered Rahman's output of > melodious songs. > > The problem, and I felt this on several occassions, is that Rahman has, to > put it across sensitively, a multi-tier approach. Directors like Kadhir, > Shankar or Gautham Menon get songs of one tier, whereas directors like S.J. > Suryah and K.S. Ravikumar get another tier. Then you have Mani who has a > tier to himself. And whether you feel Raavan isn't as good as Bombay, or AE > isn't as good as Roja, or Alai Paayuthey isn't as good as Thiruda Thiruda, > the comparison is always on the one tier. Maybe one song from Raavan isn't > as good as a certain song from VTV, but for my money, the best song in > Raavan will hands down beat the best song on VTV. > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Indmov Buff <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Raavan was no average flare, in my opinion. Was more appealing to me >> than VTV and VTV was a great album! Just my two cents. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Gopal Anandan <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sun, 25 July, 2010 3:17:52 >> *Subject:* Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? >> >> >> >> I was coming back from the B'lore airport last night and the playlist >> switched songs from an old composition (Sridhar times) to the most recent >> ones Blue, Pulli etc...and I felt exactly the same!! Many of the recent >> compositions are becoming noisy and needless extra techno-sounds - the >> balancing of instruments, layers is only visible in the melody oriented >> songs. That way Couples Retreat is far superior than some of the recent >> albums. >> >> I guess ARR is in a major experimenting mode these days - not just with >> his compositions but also with his entire team. But the gaps are well filled >> in by Amit, Anandh and Mithoon...! >> >> A neutral and unbiased view of bulk of the songs of films like Shivaji, >> Blue or Raavan (and would add Pulli as well) from any of us fans is really >> tough...by Rahman standards these are to say the least average compositions >> compared to Delhi 6, VTV, Pudhiya Mugam, Dil Se, Taal, Rangeela, Duet - the >> old time compositions! >> >> ciao / Gopal >> >> --- On *Sat, 24/7/10, kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com>*wrote: >> >> >> From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? >> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com >> Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 10:36 PM >> >> >> >> It's ok..that was understood bro.. >> >> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in>wrote: >> >> >> >> Sorry... I mean after Delhi 6. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in> >> *To:* arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com >> *Sent:* Sat, 24 July, 2010 12:55:29 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? >> >> >> >> Agreed. >> >> Actually I feel some tracks are noisy Delhi 6 (except VTV) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> >> *To:* arrahmanfans <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com> >> *Sent:* Fri, 23 July, 2010 6:15:23 PM >> *Subject:* [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums? >> >> >> >> Komaram Puli songs....esp. .peppy ones Maham Maye juz amazing >> But, the ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR is really hurting ARR soundtracks. .. >> See, the AMAZING intro piece in this song...Juz imagine, how it would have >> been if H Sridhar was there.... >> ARR's old film Tehzeeb, had a couple of songs, of this kind.. But , u can >> feel the amazing difference !!!!!! >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- www.gomzyphotography.com
