Guys, Not sure if many of you know, Waka Waka by Shakira was not her original composition, It is an Old African song which she sang for the Football WorldCup,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkq70uMEq0 It is not fair to compare Waka Waka by Shakira to an original composition by ARR! Thx Satish ________________________________ From: Farzad Khaleel <farsad...@gmail.com> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 31 August, 2010 9:31:15 PM Subject: Re: [arr] CWG song & waka waka And also since Waka Waka was based on a football worldcup in Africa, it had a lot of african beats in it. How could he compose a song like waka waka for a games going to be held in India ! On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Gomzy™ <gomtesh.upad...@gmail.com> wrote: >A very sensible argument. I do not see ARR has lost it anywhere in this post. >Critics, are you reading ? > > > > >On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:32 AM, light4_u <light...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > > >>I will try to be very honest in my views. As been one of the biggest fans of >>ARR >>since years I m extremly disappointed with the song. Its not bad but its not >>even close to the capability of ARR n his name in the music world, he should, >>he >>could, he would have done much much better than this. >> >> >>The things went wrong in cwg song according to me r, >> >>1. When some media guy asked him "is it like waka waka ?" ARR responded to >>that >>"we tried to go beyond than waka waka" or some thing like that he replied. >>With >>this reply of ARR people started to expect the song better than chaiyyan >>chiyaan >>or maa tujhe salaam, he shouldn't have said that but insted he should have >>said >>"no its not like waka waka its different from that". He also said that i m >>working on it since 6 months. When he can deliver the whole sound track like >>slumdog millionaire within 21 days its but natural that people will expect >>him >>to give 100 times better a single song than the songs of sdm. >> >>2. I loved waka waka song. Waka waka's tune was simple but melodious. Song >>was >>catchy, peppy, groovy easy to sing, easy to tap one's feet on it, superb >>video n >>shakira's charm. >> >>3. ARR's music n compositions r difficult to understand for many people, it >>takes time to grow, though many people cant understand his music even afer >>100 >>times listen. >> >>4. ARR's movies n private albums not ment for whole india but for arr's fans >>n >>those people who can understand music very wel. Cwg song is for whole india n >>every1 wants to be it like their taste. We (arr fans) care a damn when others >>dont like his music for movies or private album's, but this time the case is >>different because he was suppose to give a song which can easily sung by >>every >>indian n loved by every1 (he tried to do so) but he couldn't reach his goal. >> >>5. This kind of phase which arr is going through is not first time it has >>happened before also when people tried to demoralise him n tried very hard to >>lower his popularity, but by the grace of Almighty he only climed higher n >>higher. This phase is worst. But whenever that happened when his work was >>critisized at the extreme level he came with a BANG and silented all his >>critics. First, at the time of Daud n other movies of his at that time, he >>came >>with Taal etc., second time at the time of Bose-the forgetton hero n movies >>of >>his at that time, he came with RDB. ARR n Sachin Tendulkar r alike, whenever >>people say sachin is finish now, he hits a century, whenever people stared >>saying arr is gonna be a history now he came with the best music anyone can >>give >>in the world. >> >>This is the same kind of phase from which arr is going through right now, but >>i >>m very much sure that sooner or later he will make every1 silent once again >>inshaAllah taala. >> >>with best regards, >>Shehzad. >> >> > > >-- >www.gomzyphotography.com > -- Farzad Khaleel www.rahmaniac.com
