Agree 100% with Chord. To add - The lyrics leave a lot to be desired.
Personally ...I feel in a sum total, a) the lyrics b) Alka Yagnik c) Too much use of keyboards and light rhythms have killed many of the songs. And Shanno-Shanno has to be one of the lows of ARR's repository. I miss the typical elaborate arrangements by ARR in this album. The music is too electronic and techno - I feel. Certainly on a first hearing - the album does sound rather weak. But defnitely ....will need to give it time. Lets see whether I will eat my words in a few days time (or by end of day today) -A On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize it's early and that Rahman's music grows: > > Pluses: > - Great use of symphonic elements like choir, strings with elaborate > arrangements and sounds. > - Fresh sounding overall. > - A bold effort by Rahman > - Strong mukhada (asthai, chorus) melodies > - Good singing and expressions > - Good lyrics > - Out of the box creativity shows strongly > - Good range and variety > - Zindagi is just amazing > - Great experimentation with novel fusion (Western musical with Indian > classical) > - Effort by Rahman shows a lot of courage and hard work in most songs. > > Minuses: > - Some songs with very weak melodies and with overall weak melodies in > Antaras (hard to remember the tune of Dil Ka Rishta and Mastam, low > hummability) > - Shano Shano and its remix to me are a complete waste. One of the > worst songs ever by Rahman IMO (many will strongly disagree witih me, I > I know). > - Some gimmicky elements with too much of Subhash Ghai influence at > times > - Weak rhythm sections with too much use of light keyboard hip hop > rhtyhsms and less of ethnic percussion. The punch is missing. > - Lack of any instrumentals > - Different genre of music that is thus far foreign to North Indian > tastes and may be met with resistance in the beginning. > - Large carnatic influence in the music, which is not a bad thing, but > again, which Northies may not be used to. > > That's it for now! > > > -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
