Guru was an awesome album with FOUR masterpieces: Barso Re, Aye Hairathe, Tere Bina, and above all....Jaage Hain
actually..i think Barso Re became the most popular...esp since its fast and catchy i didn't like the song choreography in Guru (not bad, but very routine)..but that's not ARR's fault...also...wish Aye Hairathe was used in its entirety (first time and ARR song wasn't fully used in a Mani movie) anyways..an album with 4 masterpieces is no doubt a masterpiece album....also...Guru deserved all the music awards it won that year --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > I agree about Tere Bina and Ay Hairathe as one of ARR's best, but Jaage Hain > is right up there too, man! What an exceptional track..so symphonic and > operatic with great feeling sung by ARR...how his voice soars! The melody is > so beautiful! > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anish Gupte <musimax2000@> wrote: > > > > Hey ppl, > > > > There is so much talk about 'Raavan' nowadays. It almost seems like a > > prolonged , infinitely extended review session, which is slowly dissolving > > into a rather pointless war of words and opinions, and which doesn't seem to > > end ever. Comparisons, criticisms, praises, anger, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu > > ,hatred, pleasure..etc etc. We've been witness to so many different emotions > > in the last few weeks, all due to a bunch of 6 songs.! isnt it > > remarkable??... > > > > Well..talking about comparisons, let me go back to Guru. I was just > > listening to some songs of Guru, and i thot ill add something here. I would > > like to say at the start that I am NOT COMPARING anything to > > anything..(LOL)...as u will find out on reading. > > > > Guru, in a manner of speaking, is a very difficult album to rank amongst > > Rahman's great plethora of work over the years. 'Tere Bina' and 'Ay > > Hairathe' outshine the other songs in the album by a long long way. They > > emerge as clear cut winners, and in my book rank as not just the best songs > > in the album, but 2 of the finest songs ever composed by Rahman. They have > > all the qualities which you would want in matured, romantic duets. > > > > However, none of the other songs are remembered as fondly as these two, and > > they don't even deserve to be. Barso re enjoyed little acclaim and some > > attention at the time of the movie's release, and for a few months after, > > and this was also due to the picturization (which was very good), but thats > > about it. I don't really care about Mayya Mayya (yeah u can talk about the > > raag used and all of that..but bah..id never really wanna hear that if im > > sitting alone in my balcony chilling or if i just wanna listen to some good > > Rahmanic stuff), Jaage hai or the 'Guru Bhai Guru bhai' song . These were > > more like theme songs, and hardly for casual hearing. In fact, I had > > completely forgotten abt them until the mention of Guru came up in some > > recent posts. > > > > So today when I think of Guru, all I remember are the 2 fabulous songs which > > I mentioned at the start, and I dont even care about the others. On the > > whole, Guru, for me, will be remembered just as a 2 song album , rather > > than 'Rahmans Finest' or 'Greatest Ever' etc. These, i'm afraid, are terms > > which should be used very sparingly and carefully, and certainly do not > > apply for 'Guru'. > > > > Peace !! > > > > > > Anish. > > >
