As discussed earlier, the Hindi lyrics have a mellow feel to it . So this seems to be a intentional collective decision. The Tamil version sounds forceful enough.
Kartik has done a wonderful job in both versions. Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayak http://www.flickr.com/photos/rightplacerighttime/ On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Gopal Anandan <agop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Yes Rawat - I tend to agree with your observation. This is happening lately > with quite a few ARR songs where the vocals aren't powerful and they seem to > be layered as one more track in the composition. Is it because of lack of > vocalists such as SPB, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Sukhi? All the > recently used male vocalists (Benny, Javed Ali (ok), Naresh, Vijay) don't > come close to any of the above. > > And interestingly, the female songs don't seem to have this issue. > > ARR used to use 'fit-for-purpose' vocalists for each of his songs - guess > that approach has become impractical considering the number of increasing > projects that needs to get completed. > > ciao / Gopal > --- On *Tue, 25/5/10, V S Rawat <vsra...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: V S Rawat <vsra...@gmail.com> > Subject: [arr] I feel Behne de singing didn't keep up with its music > To: "arrf" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 11:29 PM > > > > > Behne de is the first song of the album that I heard on FM radio, and > I am liking it ever since - for its music. I even said that it is in > the genre of enigma the way it engulfs us from all around filling > entire universe. > > However, i feel that the male voice could actually falls short in > keeping up with the greatness of its music. the voice does not add to > the effect, but is shy and contained that goes contrary to the feel > generated by the music. I feel some heavy voice, more vocal would have > done better justice to the song. > > It is in a way like JA where movie was louder and exhibitionist > whereas music was softer and personal. In behne de, it is music that > is louder and all encompassing whereas the male voice is softer and > personal, almost sounding as if the guy is thinking loudly, talking to > himself. > > I wonder why ARR brought such a contrast as I believe that it has to > be intentional. Anyone has any idea about it. > > I also wonder whether the movie visuals will clarify it. > > Thanks. > -- > Rawat > > > >
