well said. they all have a notion that a theme song should sound like a Bhangra.. even without having fast paced tune, you can create energetic music.
the day they realize such things, they will start appreciating better music. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Sriram Iyer <sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > > > What I don't understand is why people compare the theme song to 'Waka > Waka', which in my humble opinion was quite mediocre. A theme song needn't > be all upbeat and sing-along-ish. A theme song needn't have enthusiastic > beats. A theme song can be like any other song, all that matter is that it > represents the theme of the games. > > The theme of CWG and their tagline says is 'Come out and play' and I > believe AR's song resonates well with that theme. > > This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKikKRPiaXE] was the theme song for > the Asiad that was held in Delhi, 1982. Now tell me if it has anything > upbeat about it. It captures the essence of the Asiad quite well, nothing > up-beat about it, but a very good song. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, live > for arr Live <livefor...@...> wrote: > > > > New Delhi: A R Rahman's Commonwealth Games theme song has failed to > impress the > > CWG Organising Committee's Executive Board member V K Malhotra, who feels > the > > composition has "fallen short of expectations". > > > > "Oh yaaro, yeh India bula liya", which was launched amid much fanfare by > the > > Oscar-winning composer yesterday has been given a thumbs down by > Malhotra, who > > has suggested that the song be reworked. > > > > "This song has fallen short of expectations. We had a expected a better > anthem > > for the Games from a composer of Rahman's status," Malhotra, also the > > vice-president of the Indian Olympic Association, said. > > > > "He has given some very good songs like 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' but this song > is not > > that impressive. We hope that the song is made better because there is > still > > some time for the Games," he added. > > > > * Share on Twitter > > * Share on Social > > * Gmail Buzz > > * Print > > Rahman sang it in front of a gathering which included Delhi Chief > Minister > > Sheila Dikshit, her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and CWG > Organising > > Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi yesterday. > > > > "I feel honoured to get the opportunity to compose the theme song for the > > > mega-event. It was not an easy task. I had started composing it six > months ago > > and finished just last night," Rahman said after the launch. > > > > The launch of the theme song had been delayed after the Group of > Ministers > > overseeing the quadrennial sporting extravaganza asked Rahman to change > it a > > little bit. > > > > Read more at: > > > http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/v-k-malhotra-not-impressed-with-rahman-s-cwg-theme-song-47974?cp > > > > > -- ----------------------------------- http://roshanravi.com http://ramblingsoul.com http://cssheaven.org
