Hi There is a difference in comparing the sound of ARR and HJ. The reason why HJ's sound comes through well in most systems is his music is mostly pop with pop orchestrations. In that I must say that he has created a very good pop sound with catchy tunes that will sound good on most systems.
Now if you want to get the real depth of a heavy orchestration like say Jaage in Guru, I m afraid you need more than a Creative 5.1 and MP3 audio. Only a real pure amplifier can drive such a recording and bring out the nuances and depth of the orchestration. That is a simple fact. I dont believe the recording on the Guru CD has done enough justice to the compositions although I wont classify them as 'bad' in any way. Its just a desire to have a higher quality of output that matches the compositions, that perhaps at this point only a DVD Audio recording can bring, that too only if painstakingly mastered. HJ's tunes (I hate to call them 'compositions' as I always tend to find some copying done in every song) are simple pop sounds with a groove and a melody that are for easy listening and hence more appealing to most listeners. In that he has done and is doing a great job. ARR's music was never like that. Although from Roja, the compositions have all been popular, only some people really get the passion and the pain behind the compositions and expressions. Unfortunately, the recordings available in the market, though in a relative way are better, they have never done full justice to a lot of his compositions in their true intent. That Im afraid is the limitation of the market. Regards Sandeep --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Raghavendra KS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys I agree, but IMHO.. Music is not just the quality, the daimond-clear sound that comes out of 5.1 or even a 7.1 > > The strong lyrics, incredible tune, the use of lead voices, the limited-yet-appealing use of new instruments, a rythm that makes you go back to that song again and again , the mood the song echoes is what makes ARR a true MAESTRO. > > Is there anybody here who would negate this fact given an RD BURMAN song "O Maajire, apna kinaara" ? its decades old song, I could barely make out the song coming out just from one corner of my room when i play it on my system...but guys that song rocks ! > > Rahman has grown out of this HJ calibre now. As Rahman says in his own words in an interview during the BOSE-The forgotten HERO, music release : Its fairly easy for a person to do the kind of "urvasi urvasi" or "mukkaala mukkabala" with some 10 synthesizers. But its tough to come out with one song like "Desh ki mitti". > > Personally I just loved the way Rahman has grown ever-since Vande-Matarm. The kind of maturity and the tears his songs bring in films like Swades, Taal, Lagaan, Bose, RDB, are just profound, well why the hell should we care about just the ONE sound of an instrument not being heard properly ? I still feel Rahman came out brilliantly with quality-fast-numbers in YUVA, and RDB too.. > > So our Maestro has gone beyond HJ and the likes.... Rahman's offlate songs are more concentrated on the Rich-Orchestra, use of voices as much as 4-5 voices in a single song so aptly and brilliantly with the Indian-classical tunes softly blending with western orchestra. > > All I can say is ... if at all still someone thinks HJ quality rocks ... Well HJ ..all the very BEST and welcome to Music-direction world. > > Rahman is no longer a Music-director! He is a MAESTRO, a COMPOSER! > > cheers > -Rags > > > > > > > haja nawaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi frenz... > Yesterday evening my frend came to my house and listened to GURU songs..He heard the songs and said that the songs are nice and required time to grow on u..Then he moved to the next folder (THE NAME OF THE FOLDER IS "NEW FOLDER")and put a song (the song is "JUNE PONA" from > "UNNALE UNNALE" , A HJ musical) and atonce said " dei what a song! this is > from which film ?" ( he didnt know that it is a HJ musical) That > actually is a good song too... > > What i m trying to say here is that he was attracted by something in the HJ song that is lacking in ARR's one..Not much about the tune but the audio quality... > > I am not saying ARR has poor audio quality but somewhat less compared to HJ..With HJ's audio quality even the moderate songs are sounding great.. > > But logically , being a World Class Music Director ARR shud have the highest audio quality but thats not true here ... we shud accept this fact even as a ARR fan although it is harsh...I have already send a mail regarding this earlier.. > > From his first to his latest albums, all HJ songs sound louder and most importantly very clear..We wont lose even a single sound... > > Tunewise ARR is king..he is more than that..but qualitywise HJ is one or two steps far than our king.. > > I was heartbroken upon my frend's reaction..BUt i have to accept one fact that UNNALE sounds louder ,clearer and something fresh in my CREATIVE 5.1 speakers compared to GURU > > But i dont say GURU is of low quality..i love 5 songs very much in > guru but only 2 songs in UNNALE..But the latter sounds fresh qualitywise.. > > Why this is happening..He needs to surely look into this matter.. > > Guyz as a true fan we should not stop at only praising the merits in the tune but also to let him know about the flaws in the songs... > > Guys again i m saying that i dont say that ARR's songs have poor quality or less quality ... There is no doubt he is having one of the world's well equipped studio...but i cant understand y it happens though...Again i m stressing on > " comparatively with HJ" > > Ok guyz i m expecting ur comment on > this.. > > > > > > > > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
