Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
There are a number of ARR's songs which tend to take time to grown on you, but this one is an exception, at least for me. I just fell in love with the song the moment I first heard it. It has a great blend of carribean, western and Indian music. The increase of tempo was done gradually and tastefully, with the highest tempo saved for the last few seconds. It was absolutely delighful to hear the number! This brings me to the two questions that was running through my mind while reading the criritcms on the song. 1) Wasn't this song inspiring and passionate? I personally felt it was the right song for Commonwealth- in fact, I even feel like participating in the games after listening to the number. It has the right tempo, the right punch, the right feel that you would want to hear from a sports theme song, doesn't it? Someone once said that ARR would have composed a better song if only he was given more time. I disagree. I always believed that ARR gives his best regardless of how long/short the time given to him. And this time too, I believe that ARR has given his best-the song is superb! 2) Comparison with Waka Waka First of all let me confess, I love waka waka but I still don't understand why anyone wants to compare waka waka with CWG theme. In fact, I don't know why the topic of comparison only arise when ARR composes a number. I don't think anyone would have compared Shakira with Anastacia's "Boom" or Ricky Martin's "The Cup of Life" -and Martin's song was a huge hit when it was released! Personally, I don't know what people were expecting? Are they genuinely looking for ARR to pull of a Waka Waka? Or even a Maa Tujhe Salam? Someone here mentioned that they were hoping for a number in the lines of Maro Maro. I'm seriously glad ARR hasn't done any of that. CWG is wonderful and fresh as it is. Then again, I also don't think waka waka was cheesy or that Shakira would be "finished" if ARR had pulled a better number. In fact, I felt so offended when such comments are passed on Shakira and her song. When are we going to stop putting other artists down in order to praise ARR? Doesn't ARR's work speaks for themselves? --- On Tue, 8/31/10, Arr Fan wrote: From: Arr Fan Subject: Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!! To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 1:34 PM Slow poison it is... the song is really good. From: Gomzy™ To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 6:12:20 AM Subject: Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!! Did you guys observe the sound quality ? I mean the engineering. It has been better than endhiran and puli. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Suresh Jayakumar wrote: The song has all the ingredients of a slow poison, in a good sense.So far I am liking it. Ppl are comparing this one to waka waka which was more cheesey !ARR is beyond such cheesy stuff... I like to listen ARR music in my MEElectronics M6 earphone..it's really punchy and fun.. Especially endhiran songs.. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Thulasi Ram wrote: after trying various earphones, i finally narrowed down at Altec Lansing and started using it from puli. CWG song sounds exceptional. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using my Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals are very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was accompanied by very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with the claps and the killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the theme song...When he sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like "go-get-it with confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without altering the tempo of the song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that travels ear to ear...The ending is a perfect crowd-puller, more of a celebration with the funky drum beats; if you notice clearly, the pattern and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the ending, just perfect, and not like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before criticising, "Let's go" and listen to it again :-) -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! -- www.gomzyphotography.com
Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
Slow poison it is... the song is really good. From: Gomzy™ To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 6:12:20 AM Subject: Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!! Did you guys observe the sound quality ? I mean the engineering. It has been better than endhiran and puli. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Suresh Jayakumar wrote: >The song has all the ingredients of a slow poison, in a good sense. >So far I am liking it. > > >Ppl are comparing this one to waka waka which was more cheesey ! >ARR is beyond such cheesy stuff... > > >I like to listen ARR music in my MEElectronics M6 earphone..it's really punchy >and fun.. Especially endhiran songs.. > > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Aug 30, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Thulasi Ram wrote: > > > >>after trying various earphones, i finally narrowed down at Altec Lansing and >>started using it from puli. CWG song sounds exceptional. >> >> >>On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: >> >> >>>Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using my >>>Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap >>>speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals >>>are >>>very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was accompanied by >>>very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with the claps and >>>the >>>killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the theme song...When >>>he >>>sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like "go-get-it with >>>confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without altering the tempo of >>>the >>>song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that travels ear to ear...The ending >>>is a >>>perfect crowd-puller, more of a celebration with the funky drum beats; if >>>you >>>notice clearly, the pattern and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the >>>ending, just perfect, and not like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before >>>criticising, >>>"Let's go" and listen to it again :-) >>> >>>-- >>>Cheers, >>>Madhavan.R >>>Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! >>> >> -- www.gomzyphotography.com
Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
Did you guys observe the sound quality ? I mean the engineering. It has been better than endhiran and puli. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Suresh Jayakumar wrote: > > > The song has all the ingredients of a slow poison, in a good sense. > So far I am liking it. > > Ppl are comparing this one to waka waka which was more cheesey ! > ARR is beyond such cheesy stuff... > > I like to listen ARR music in my MEElectronics M6 earphone..it's really > punchy and fun.. Especially endhiran songs.. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Thulasi Ram wrote: > > > > after trying various earphones, i finally narrowed down at Altec Lansing > and started using it from puli. CWG song sounds exceptional. > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan < > rsamadhu2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using >> my Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap >> speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals >> are very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was >> accompanied by very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with >> the claps and the killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the >> theme song...When he sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like >> "go-get-it with confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without >> altering the tempo of the song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that >> travels ear to ear...The ending is a perfect crowd-puller, more of a >> celebration with the funky drum beats; if you notice clearly, the pattern >> and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the ending, just perfect, and not >> like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before criticising, "Let's go" and listen to >> it again :-) >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Madhavan.R >> Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! >> >> > > > -- www.gomzyphotography.com
Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
The song has all the ingredients of a slow poison, in a good sense. So far I am liking it. Ppl are comparing this one to waka waka which was more cheesey ! ARR is beyond such cheesy stuff... I like to listen ARR music in my MEElectronics M6 earphone..it's really punchy and fun.. Especially endhiran songs.. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Thulasi Ram wrote: after trying various earphones, i finally narrowed down at Altec Lansing and started using it from puli. CWG song sounds exceptional. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using my Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals are very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was accompanied by very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with the claps and the killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the theme song...When he sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like "go-get-it with confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without altering the tempo of the song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that travels ear to ear...The ending is a perfect crowd-puller, more of a celebration with the funky drum beats; if you notice clearly, the pattern and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the ending, just perfect, and not like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before criticising, "Let's go" and listen to it again :-) -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
after trying various earphones, i finally narrowed down at Altec Lansing and started using it from puli. CWG song sounds exceptional. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: > > > Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using > my Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap > speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals > are very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was > accompanied by very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with > the claps and the killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the > theme song...When he sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like > "go-get-it with confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without > altering the tempo of the song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that > travels ear to ear...The ending is a perfect crowd-puller, more of a > celebration with the funky drum beats; if you notice clearly, the pattern > and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the ending, just perfect, and not > like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before criticising, "Let's go" and listen to > it again :-) > > -- > Cheers, > Madhavan.R > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! > > >
Re: [arr] CWG Song is thumping and inspiring!!
well captured Madhavan... there's a variation in rhythms in the last part, some south indian folkish and bhangra beats... folk's listen again... this ... slow... poison... is... getting... into... my... blood... can't stop listening to it :-) On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Madhavan Rajan wrote: > > > Believe it or not!! I just got an opportunity to listen to the song using > my Bose headphones, though I listened to the song earlier in some cheap > speakers...I must say it gave me goosebumps throughout the song...The vocals > are very crisp and AR has rendered it perfectly...The pallavi was > accompanied by very pleasant humming...Now comes the strumming guitar with > the claps and the killer beat that is just too good to set the mood of the > theme song...When he sings the charanam parts, he sets the mood like > "go-get-it with confidence"...The rap bit suits the mood well without > altering the tempo of the song...Loved the Sitar and the Shakers that > travels ear to ear...The ending is a perfect crowd-puller, more of a > celebration with the funky drum beats; if you notice clearly, the pattern > and the tempo of the beats vary throughout the ending, just perfect, and not > like a regular "dabbankuthu"...Before criticising, "Let's go" and listen to > it again :-) > > -- > Cheers, > Madhavan.R > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! > > > -- www.berginroy.com
