I didnt write the review, merely posted it Gopal.
--- Ravi d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes Gops. U r right. If this was done around 8 years back it would have made > a mark. But now ARR is know for composing music which will appeal to the > music critics. For me all the songs sound too much electronic. > Mayilirage song had good tabla and other instrumet but mixing was not that > great. Though I dont understand a pure tamil but I could make out how the > words were misspelt. probably this album would top the charts but after > hearing Lagaan, Yuva, Boys, TLOB, MP, BOSE, though many movies in this list > bombed but it brought great recognition to ARR. this would not claim him > genius in critics. So has ARR made up his mind that the extraordinary kind > of composition will not fetch him anything. will he return to the mid 90 > kind of tracks? or is there no good directors to extract him. or is the > movie of such a kind to attract masses. > I was listening MP thru out the I started reading reviews on A AA and many > claimed it to be more good than MP. For that reason I made myself clear to A > AA. but now I am switching back to MP. > I agree this might be because of the taste. But one thing is for sure i am > growing interest on my 15 listening but I miss ARR's musical genious magical > touch. > I will wait for GF bcos it seems to be a serious movie. But not sure how > tamil directors will bring the movie. > I urge to the group GF (If its a remake of english GF) pls dont expect more > on songs but U will hear wonders in BGM. here once again it depends on > Ravikumar (RGV failed to get good BGM in SARKAR). > > Thanks, > Ravi > > On 7/26/05, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > à® à® [Aa Aah ] Music Review. > > > > à® à®, Music: A.R.Rahman Frankly I don't think so. > > > > Every new album of Rahman excites me a lot. Reason being, there would be > > at least one new idea > > in the album that I can learn. Hoping this, I happened to hear the new > > Album - SJ Suriya's > > à® à®. It is true that Rahman songs get on to you slowly. The melody and > > arrangement > > will grow in you slowly. However as soon I started to hear the tracks, I > > felt this album has > > the least chance to get into my system. I own every CD from A. R. Rahman > > including Baba. May be > > it is time for me to miss one in the collection. > > > > The first song I heard was Mayilirage sung by 2 news voices; I really do > > not want to discourage > > new singers. But at the same I feel if someone cannot pronounce common > > Tamil words, it is > > better to send them to learn the dam language basics then fulfill their > > quest to sing Tamil > > songs. Let me warn heads up, I am not a language fanatic; after hearing > > the track I felt Tamil > > language has compromised in various places. The major stock holder in a > > song is the lyrics; > > lyrics have to be communicated across using clean pronunciation. A good > > lyric can be thrown to > > doll drums due to awkward pronunciations. With due respect to her singing > > talent, my patience > > ran out for the lady vocals in this track. A. R Rahman has introduced many > > Tamil singers who > > are good in Tamil pronunciations. Hence I feel there is no need for him to > > stick with non Tamil > > speaking singers. Apart from that, another nose dive was the violin parts, > > cliché strings all > > over the song. The string placements made the song close to a stage > > devotional song. > > > > This was followed by a song sung by Chitra and Hariharan, The track > > sounded too techno and > > mechanical. But songs gets litter save mint from the melody lines and > > vocals Drum pattern was > > robotic especially in the charam. The bass parts were non-Rahmanish and > > sounded programmed via > > plug-in. Next track, Thigu Thigu opens with a Radio/Phone EQ setting, but > > soon it becomes > > cluttered with random VST synths and their beat patterns. Sadhana Sargam's > > voice is as sweet as > > it gets. Her pronunciation is manageable. Blaaze does backing vocals and > > tries to sing hard > > Tamil words. Blaze needs to work more on "ல௠ல ள௠ள" > > sounds,he has done enough songs in tamil to understand the difference. > > Mixing a Techno groove > > and a Tabla seems too dragging to me. > > > > Maramkothiye sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Shalini, Vasundara Das, Blaaze has > > some color. But once > > again beats are kind of sliced and totally electronic. Mr. Harmony Where > > are you? This might > > work for Euro clubs but not to me; Finally, Thazhuvudu : Spb Shreya Goyal > > "à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > தழà¯à®µà¯à®¤à¯ > > நழà¯à®µà¯à®¤à¯.. > > à® à®±à¯à®±à¯à®±à¯à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯ > > à® à®±à¯à®à¯à®à¯à®¤à¯". Vocoder usage and other > > special effects seemed novel. However track becomes really boring after > > the 39th second. > > > > The only song that has some face is the song sung by Rahman - en-anbe, > > Rahman struggles to sing > > in high pitches. To me it sounded like song over an Xphraze [VST] pattern. > > What happened to the > > feel, flow, color, structure and the strength? > > > > I am a very biased Rahman fan. Till date I have never heard such a weak > > album under the name A. > > R .Rahman. Over the years my ears are clearly trained to identify Rahman; > > I assume that this > > was not orchestrated or recorded by Rahman. > > > > 1. The width and the punch we often find in Rahman's compositions are > > missing. > > 2. The recording is so pathetic I hear too much mid range in the mix, > > Rahman never ever sets so > > much mid range. > > 3. There seems to be a timing lag all thorough. Meaning Musical parts and > > loops are not > > coherent > > > > The Bongos loops and Tabla, don't you see it? Spectrosonic Stylus? VST? > > Come on! > > > > தலà¯à®µà®¾! What's up with you? > > > > http://srikanthd.blogspot.com/2005/07/aa-aah-music-review.html (now > > deleted!) > > > > "We neglect our cities at our peril. For, in neglecting them, we neglect > > the nation." > > -John F. Kennedy > > > > > > > > > > This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence > > and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in > > Mangal Pandey - The Rising > > http://www.risingthefilm.com > > http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com > > Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > > Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "We neglect our cities at our peril. For, in neglecting them, we neglect the nation." -John F. 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