I agree with his observation about "deja vu". Yup, I also note that feeling of "I have heard it somewhere", and, for me, that adds another plus point to the songs and the album that it is giving us glimpses of ARR's so many earlier compositions also.
He is absolutely write that such deja vu is "In content, not in form". No song is an outright copy obviously, it could be use of same instruments or something that some music techy might explain. I would like ARR to use same effect in future songs also that his new song do carry something from his older songs so that we revive our sweet memories of those earlier songs and get re-explore them. -- And I fully DISAGREE with his comments > "whether this is one of > ARR's best and whether it would receive the same acclaim if it > wasn't an ARR score" My view is: This one has all the ingredients and potential of turning out to be ARR's best. We all 18 years fans of ARR are loving it from the depth of our hearts. It is just that ARR has given so many great albums earlier that had stayed in our heart for a decade or more, that we fans are a tad cautious of replacing those favs by Raavan numbers in such a hurry, but I can feel that once we get more confident about raavan, that is what is going to happen. 2. And on his "whether it would receive the same acclaim if it wasn't an ARR score". That must be his personal joke because no one else has capability to come up with such a score, so the point drops dud. :-) -- ARR has done his deal in coming up with an stirring album. Now, the ball is in Mani's court to come up with a movie that measures up to the music. Hope it doesn't turn out like a D6 movie that didn't match up with the divine music by our man. -- Rawat On 5/1/2010 10:26 PM India Time, _AJ_ wrote: > Here's a comment I found on the net about Raavan's music: > > "Guys, without getting into the argument of whether this is one of > ARR's best and whether it would receive the same acclaim if it > wasn't an ARR score – didn't anyone else feel deja vu when > listening to this album – every song I felt like `This one's like > Kala Bandar', this one's like `Barso Re', this one's like `Rukmini' > (in content, not in form) – of course ARR has a distinct sound and > so some of it is to be expected but still, its getting a bit > repetitive, me thinks" > > I completely don't know where this guy is coming from. Huh? To > me, the music of Raavan is completely original and fresh, sounding > nothing (content wise) like his previous works. Yes, his strong > signatures are there and certain raagas have been used before as > always, but does anyone else feel "deja vu" when listening to > Raavan? None of the melodies in Raavan bear resemblance to > previous ARR songs and the song architecture and sound in each > track is very unique and distinct......something very new and > fresh. It does not sound repetitive at all to > me.....WHATSOEVER!!! >
