Agree. Jaage hain is my favourite track from Guru. Outstanding number! On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:13 PM, AJ <purev...@yahoo.com> 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 <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Anish Gupte <musimax2...@...> 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. > > > > >
