--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Shwetha Signs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> This view of his songs being complexed is a very very old opinion &
well expressed immediately after the release of few of his films in
entry level like roja, iruvar, gentleman, jeans, kadhalan, kadhal
virus, en swasa katrae days which created waves among youngsters. By
that time itself popular local light music orchestra-bands openly
agreed in interviews as arr's songs are difficult to perform in their
light music shows & picking the better ones to play that does not need
much technical support or complicated instrumental arrangements.
>
> If common man can spend 2 hours in theatres screening hollywood
movies often... without much understanding actors' accented language
but just to see their way of picturisation, they can also enjoy
rahman's music absolutely. mr.Arr sees to that he satisfy all category
pple by giving variety in a movie album, classical, folk, melody,
rock, rap etc. what more one need. Experimental is his nature.
Uncommon is his approach. So his sounds sound bit complicated.
Otherwise he will be just one more MD in the list of music directors,
so that it wont make pple to compare him with other MDs. If some pple
could not digest his music & criticise one or other way thro reviews
to bring him down, for finding way to other MDs, then that spells his
GRAND SUCCESS ! he dares to dream in different perspective of music.
luck favours brave !
>
> rgds shwetha
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> avinash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I think Rahman is first MD in India, who truly given
justice to the word called O.S.T (Original Sound track). In foreign
films OST consist of BGMs and songs (songs from various artists) They
use old or fresh songs from various artists in background,say title
credits, or in situations like party, malls, in the car stereo etc.
etc. Exactly what Rahman is doing is, songs which you can relate to
the movie only. Most of the time he never think about the public, that
they should hum or recreate the song. He give importance to evoke the
situation and mood of films plot.
> Secondly Rahman is perfectionist and thoroughly professional. His
music is confident and moving without any flaws. This is what makes
common man his music indigestible. Most of people just love his beats
and sound, but never analyze the song thoroughly.
>
> -Avinash
>
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> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Ajit" <ajit_mundra@> wrote:
> >
> > For now, I'm speaking about his Hindi output. When I listen to songs
> > like Ay Hairathe, Tere Bina, Lukka Chuppi, Tu Bin Bataye, Yeh Rishta,
> > Yeh Jo Desh, Saawariya, Pal Pal Bhari, Desh Ki Mitti, Naina Neer, Piya
> > Ho, etc. etc. etc., there is no doubt in my mind that no other musical
> > director in recent times has created as powerful and moving melodies
> > as our Boss. Nevermind the arrangements, rhythm, sound, for which our
> > Boss is already king and known for it. There is an evergreen stamp to
> > many of his recent melodies. However, I don't hear the media or the
> > general public raving about his sense of melody too often. And I
> > think it's ignorant to say that Rahman should be known for his
> > technical skills rather than his tune skills. Without a doubt, the
> > man is a master tunesmith. I just don't see how people don't realize
> > that when listening to the examples above.
> >
> > One reason why his melodies may not be as appreciated as they should
> > is based on a comment that my parents made recently after listening to
> > some of Rahman's songs. They like Rahman a lot and know how brilliant
> > he is, etc. However, they keep mentioning how the songs of today in
> > general compared to the evergreen years lack powerful yet simple
> > melodies and moving lyrics. When I point to Rahman's songs, they
> > agree that his songs are melodious, but the THEY ARE HARD TO SING.
> > For them, that is the sticking point, that Rahman's songs are often
> > too difficult to sing (unless one is a trained and talented singer)
> > and one cannot hum them as easily. Seems like an overly simplistic
> > point, but perhaps to the commaon man, it's true. While Rahman's
> > songs are beautiful, full of melody, the melodic contours are often
> > full of twists and turns and tinged with a classical bent, making them
> > difficult for the average person to just listen with ease and to hum
> > along. I think this makes a difference with popularity. Many of
> > Rahman's most commercially successful numbers were ones that were not
> > only catchy, but easy to hum along and sing with.
> >
> > Maybe this is the reason why Nadeem Shravan were called "the melody
> > kings" (don't make me laugh too hard). Although their melodies were
> > often stale and cheesy, their songs were easy to sing along with,
> > light and easy music for the common man to digest. Not that Rahman
> > has to ever stoop as low as NS, but perhaps there is a point here.
> > One of the reasons why the song "Tere Bina" is so popular is perhaps
> > that along with being beautiful and brilliant, the melody itself is
> > fairly simple enough to understand and remember easily, esp. the dham
> > dhara dham part. Same goes for Ru Ba Ru from RDB.
> >
> > Anyway, agree or disagree, I think this will be interesting to
discuss.
> >
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>Yes , I agree with you swetha.It is a liitle bit hard to sing songs
of ARR that is because his songs has its own origin and he gives the
quality of music we expect.Also it requires lots of background
instruments too.The songs that he sings are even harder to sing for us
as they are being sung with high emotions.for e.g:Tere bina,anbe
aaruyire,santhosha kanneere,unthan desathin.He sings those songs with
high feelings which gives the songs the liveliness.
