Another song that I was reminded of was "Yeh Dosti" from Sholay, esp. the beginning of the Antara after the first music interlude. Rich, full of melody.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Mahima Sengupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This comparision between 'kahin dur jab din dhal jaye" n 'zindagi' struck me on my first hearing of 'zindagi' and I fell in love with the song. > > --- On Tue, 12/2/08, V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: V S Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [arr] Yuvvraaj Zindagi revisited > To: "arrf" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 7:38 AM > > > > > > > If there is a downside of too many releases in a short duration, that is > - we jump between albums and songs and don't devote time to enjoy the > full beauty of each creation. > > I confess that I suffered from the above, and couldn't really enjoy ADA > till now, and other songs of other albums also. > > Now, that there is a lull till the next release by our man, I am getting > time to revisit them. > > I chanced to hear Yuvvraaj again, sad that the film is a flop, though > everyone is indeed commenting now that ARR's music is marvelous in this > and a sure shot plus side of the movie. I enjoyed the movie myself, and > the songs picturization. > > So, I took a break from Ghazini and SDM to listen to Yuvvraaj, and > further beauties got revealed. > > I am not very comfortable with using headphones. it sort of binds me to > my pc desk and degree of movement gets restricted so I avoid that. I had > not heard any of the recent releases through headphone, and heard them > only on average quality speakers. > > And, this time, while hearing to zindagi, I noticed that there is a > vocal echo of shrinivas' voice at places. I had totally missed out on > that till now. And then, after the louder volume of pc speaker didn't > clarify that much and loudness became irritating, I had to wear the > headphone. > > And wow. What a song. What a beauty. > > For last 10 years or so, Srinivas' 1947 Earth number "Ye jo Zindagi hai" > has been my all time ARR best. That was the last time, I had felt that > "walking two feet above the ground" effect, the song that had consumed > me, that had captivated me, I had felt like a teenager in first love. > > And here was another zindagi in the same voice by the same ARR. And what > a beauty it is. And I am again feeling those same above feelings even > though I have aged a decade in the meantime since previous zindagi. > > People had said that Water was subtle. I think this zindagi is the most > subtle song ever given by our man. > > What a contemplative voice. Sadness san melodrama. A guiltless, > confusionless quest and exploration. Putting deep feelings to words. > > The song nearest to yuvvraaj's zindagi genre that comes to my mind is > another Gulzar song from Anand (MD: Salil Chaudhary) - "kahin door jab > din dhal jaayein" though there is a lot of difference in the sadness > level of two. > > http://www.youtube. com/swf/l. swf?swf=http% 3A//s.ytimg. com/yt/swf/ cps-vfl66122. swf&video_ id=OgBU75ApkSw& rel=0&showsearch =1&eurl=http% 3A//www.bollycli ps.com/bollywood videos/video/ OgBU75ApkSw/ Kahin-Door- Jab-Din-Anand- Lyrics.html& iurl=http% 3A//i4.ytimg. com/vi/OgBU75Apk Sw/hqdefault. jpg&sk=FyS51qccX 0_TR5VHiVIZtGrjj 2oCfCGKC& use_get_video_ info=1&load_ modules=1& autoplay= 1&border= 0&onscreensearch =0 > > http://beemp3. com/download. php?file= 2056183&song= Kahin+Door+ Jab+Din+Dhal+ Jaye-ApnaMela. Com- > > --- > > The negative, I think, is this entire song got wasted on majority of > listeners - It is so subtle, it requires such a solitude, devotion, good > system, player, speakers/ headphone, stereo that such beauty would never > have become apparent to those who listened to it on common radio, > transistors, on vividh bharti/ fm channels, on TV, even worse for those > who listened to this in parts as TV/ fm often doesn't play full songs > and there is a lot of maddening blabbering on fm. > > The film didn't help this song much be bisecting it, showing in two parts. > > So, it is sad that this being one of ARR's best song go mostly waste. > -- > Rawat >