exactly bro...just what i feel..
--- On Mon, 7/26/10, sreedhar <tri...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: sreedhar <tri...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 4:25 PM
Well, it's a matter of preference. I mean, judging solely based on
Komaram Puli, you just have to look back at Aa Aah and Nani/ New. I don't know
if H. Sridhar was the engineer for those 2 albums, but the same complaints of
cachophony hold good for them also. Ditto Godfather.
And I do love the so-called noisy Blue and Raavan soundtracks! For the record,
I think the only person who can have a massive impact on a Rahman album is
Rahman himself. The loss of one technician or musician, no matter how good they
are, does not adversely impact Rahman's output. For example, I feel Chitra is
the best female voice Rahman has worked with. But her not collaborating with
Rahman off-late has not hampered Rahman's output of melodious songs.
The problem, and I felt this on several occassions, is that Rahman has, to put
it across sensitively, a multi-tier approach. Directors like Kadhir, Shankar or
Gautham Menon get songs of one tier, whereas directors like S.J. Suryah and
K.S. Ravikumar get another tier. Then you have Mani who has a tier to himself.
And whether you feel Raavan isn't as good as Bombay, or AE isn't as good as
Roja, or Alai Paayuthey isn't as good as Thiruda Thiruda, the comparison is
always on the one tier. Maybe one song from Raavan isn't as good as a certain
song from VTV, but for my money, the best song in Raavan will hands down beat
the best song on VTV.
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Indmov Buff <indmovb...@yahoo. com> wrote:
Raavan was no average flare, in my opinion. Was more appealing to me than VTV
and VTV was a great album! Just my two cents.
From: Gopal Anandan <agop...@yahoo. com>
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sun, 25 July, 2010 3:17:52
Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
I was coming back from the B'lore airport last night and the playlist switched
songs from an old composition (Sridhar times) to the most recent ones Blue,
Pulli etc...and I felt exactly the same!! Many of the recent compositions are
becoming noisy and needless extra techno-sounds - the balancing of instruments,
layers is only visible in the melody oriented songs. That way Couples Retreat
is far superior than some of the recent albums.
I guess ARR is in a major experimenting mode these days - not just with his
compositions but also with his entire team. But the gaps are well filled in by
Amit, Anandh and Mithoon...!
A neutral and unbiased view of bulk of the songs of films like Shivaji, Blue or
Raavan (and would add Pulli as well) from any of us fans is really tough...by
Rahman standards these are to say the least average compositions compared to
Delhi 6, VTV, Pudhiya Mugam, Dil Se, Taal, Rangeela, Duet - the old time
compositions!
ciao / Gopal
--- On Sat, 24/7/10, kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com> wrote:
From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 10:36 PM
It's ok..that was understood bro..
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in> wrote:
Sorry... I mean after Delhi 6.
From: Jafar K <gentlej...@yahoo. co.in>
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sat, 24 July, 2010 12:55:29 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
Agreed.
Actually I feel some tracks are noisy Delhi 6 (except VTV)
From: kishore parayath <kishore.parayath@ gmail.com>
To: arrahmanfans <arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Fri, 23 July, 2010 6:15:23 PM
Subject: [arr] ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR hurting ARR albums?
Komaram Puli songs....esp. .peppy ones Maham Maye juz amazing
But, the ABSENCE of H SRIDHAR is really hurting ARR soundtracks. ..
See, the AMAZING intro piece in this song...Juz imagine, how it would have been
if H Sridhar was there....
ARR's old film Tehzeeb, had a couple of songs, of this kind.. But , u can feel
the amazing difference !!!!!!
