yeah what a lame picturization. it is hard to distinguish between this and thousands of other songs picturized in same fashion. such a great song deserved much more. also i think it should have been picturized in outdoors.
- Jahanzeb --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "ichord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > I hope so, but unfortunately, from what I've seen, I didn't like the way they > picturized Fiqrana. > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Niven" <nivensrn@> wrote: > > > > > > Trust me , wait for the film to go on screens and watch as BLUE dominates > > all charts.. even Chiggy wiggy. > > > > Niven > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, mohammed sajin <mnsajin@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > Who told Chiggy Wiggy is not a hit??? > > > Actually this track is the biggest hit from this album. > > > > > > In UAE, whenever I turned on any radio channels, I can hear the song. > > > And even those peoples who are not aware of ARR songs knows it. > > > > > > I have one colleague, who always used to hear old songs. > > > but now most of the time he hums Chiggy Wiggy. > > > > > > Please don't call it as mediocre. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: V S Rawat <vsrawat@> > > > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:34:12 PM > > > Subject: Re: [arr] Why Chiggy Wiggy is not a hit ?? - Read on my opinion > > > > > > > > > Well written, Vinod. All praises for your efforts. > > > > > > On the content of your review, I think Sonu might have got "scared" of > > > the "big budget" and "an international star" so he might have decided to > > > play it safe so that the burden of if the song flops doesn't come on his > > > shoulder, so he didn't experiment, didn't stretch him limits, and gave a > > > time tested often heard sound, as you said "artificial and make-believe" > > > that became his undoing in this song. > > > > > > I think the overall predictable progression of the song itself is > > > responsible for lackluster-ness of this song. So many songs like this > > > have been heard across decades that this entire concept of a > > > culture-clash culminating in local culture defeat the intruder, doesn't > > > excite the imagination any more. > > > > > > The concept itself doesn't gel with anything that ARR is known for. He > > > should not have got for a culture defeating another culture, but should > > > have gone for it to culminate in a synergy of the two cultures. > > > > > > -- > > > Rawat > > > > > > On 9/29/2009 12:49 PM India Time, _vinod sagar_ wrote: > > > > > > > Everyone here, including me, had some great expectations from Kylie & > > > > Rahman's collaboration and expected the song to be a hit. > > > > > > > > Though its unfair to expect a repeat of Chaiyya Chaiyya, which revived > > > > the career of Sukhvinder, still I expected something new.... > > > > > > > > I dared not to write any comment earlier, bcos I wanted ample time to > > > > get this song to grow on me, before I write anything... > > > > > > > > After all these days of listening , I have this opinion... just an > > > > opinion mind you... > > > > > > > > I think that the real culprit is Sonu Nigam !! His voice is so > > > > artificial and make-believe. .. yes I am using word artificial and > > > > make-believe. .. because listen to chiggy wiggy from 3:27 onwards > > > > you'll > > > > know what i mean... > > > > > > > > I found his voice more original in Satrangi re from 01:03 onwards... > > > > > > > > I strongly feel Daler Mehndi or Sukhvinder singh would have been a > > > > better choice.. maybe even KK... but not Sonu, his voice doesn't suit > > > > for this song !! > > > > > > > > The other reason is the rhythm (I dont know what they call it, beat, > > > > rhythm whatever) that Rahman has used, the one which has already been > > > > popular. Right from the beginning, whenever I listen to this song I > > > > feel > > > > like listening to Pritam's Zara Zara.. > > > > > > > > Chiggy Wiggy would have been a super-hit if it had been done before > > > > Zara > > > > Zara... Cos Zara Zara caught peoples imagination with the sensuous > > > > swaying of Katrina Kaif to the music of Pritam.. > > > > > > > > The next culprit is the sound quality, I think the recording engineer > > > > wanted the listener to hear all the sounds of the song at the same > > > > time... I feel that the sounds that were supposed to be in the > > > > background were brought forward along with all the percussions and the > > > > lead voices (This is the case with all the songs of Blue, H.Sridhar's > > > > loss is very evident here) .. it feels really horrible when listened on > > > > a high end sound system.. its even more horrible on small time audio > > > > systems, especially in office cabs !! > > > > > > > > Donno why, but after sonu's voice takes over the song, I couldnt help > > > > but wanted the song to end quickly !!! And when the song ends, it felt > > > > very peaceful, as if after the storm... > > > > > > > > I feel let down, when my colleagues at office talk abt chiggy wiggy and > > > > compare it with Zara Zara... I realised that everyone feels that chiggy > > > > wiggy is an extension of zara zara > > > > > > > > As for the sound quality of the songs in Blue... I have a high end > > > > audio > > > > system in my car, with blaupunkt woofer(its awesome !) pioneer 2 din > > > > head unit, blaupunkt 800 watt amplifier, jbl speakers... I expected the > > > > songs of blue to blow me over with the sound... but it was too jarry... > > > > > > > > Fanaa from Yuva is the benchmark that i use in my car.. the beats in > > > > Fanaa are simply superb and it puts the woofer to its ultimate test, > > > > literally... I play this song at volume level of 8 with A/c on (my > > > > system supports 30 i think). Believe me, U have to listen to Fanaa in > > > > my > > > > car and experience the quality !!! > > > > > > > > But with Blue I feel that the recording quality is so horrible that I > > > > cant play any song beyond the volume level of 3 !!! Blue Theme and > > > > Fiqraana are exceptional and have a awesome beat, but the "Bass > > > > recording" is too bad (I am a novice at the technical terms used in the > > > > music production, so pls excuse me) > > > > > > > > That's it for now.. will write more later > > > > > > > > bye !! > > > > > > > > Vinod > > > > > > > > > >
