I completely disagree. Zindagi offers a lot of freshness in terms of melody and voice intonation. Musically it is subtle, which makes it unique.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Jahanzeb Farooq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeh jo zindagi hai from Earth 1947 is my heart-favorite too, best ever > from Srinivas. though I did not like Zindagi that much, for me it is > an okay song, nothing special. my biggest complain from it is that it > offers nothing new, ARR has given a number of these types of songs > before. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat <vsrawat@> wrote: > > > > 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 > .bollyclips.com/bollywoodvideos/video/OgBU75ApkSw/Kahin-Door-Jab-Din- > Anand- > Lyrics.html&iurl=http%3A//i4.ytimg.com/vi/OgBU75ApkSw/hqdefault.jpg&sk > =FyS51qccX0_TR5VHiVIZtGrjj2oCfCGKC&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 > > >
