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>>>Mumbai Xpress can happen, which WAS/IS a pathbreaking album in Indian cinema for the use of LIVE JAZZ
Pardon my ignorance, but who says so that it is path breaking?
The main problem with fans like these is that you live in heaven of your own and expect every one to be there and those who do not see your vision you accuse them as blind.
zz, whats wrong with him expecting god songs from IR or claiming that MX was path breaking ? Whats ur problem here ?Quote:
Originally Posted by zz
You very well say MX was crap and dhanam was crappier , but u cant say that irir123 can't expect !
Many of us are closely related to raaja to an extent that his success has become one of our reasons to be happy , more than enjoying music as it is ! right or bad , this is how it is .
After the decent output for UO, dhanam is a saRukkal. Totally unimpressive, IMO. Expected at least a couple of numbers as in the case of 'azhagi' that are emotional but...KB gives this movie 65 marks, to wait and see for the response of public.
zz is correct, MX was dismal. jazz or x or y, if something is not interesting to listen - who cares?
In any case, as there are already tons of songs of IR that one can explore for a lifetime, who cares for the dhanams here and there:-)
Looks like IR's unaffected territories yet are WCM & ICM. Let me wait for pazhassi rAjA.
Ada da da daa !!
Nanbargale..solluvadhai kelungal..Aditthu kollaadheergal !
MX is not IR's best and Dhanam is not his worst !
IR has always been like this. Even when he was at his musical peak, not all the songs in all his movies were hits :)
So set your expectations according to the film..For Dhanam as some one said, idhuve adhigam.
I will be happy even if two songs of this film were picturized well and make rounds for few weeks in channels :)
Pardon my ignorance, but who says so that it is path breaking?
To a large extent, guitar prasanna has appreciated the jazz of Mx
Dhanam has lovely orchestration and lovely interludes, two features that made what IR he is over a long time. It is thoroughly enjoyable if you just forget about other things, stop comparing, and just listen to it for what it is. Its surely not going to turn up as a hidden gem like EVK 20 years from its release date, but it is certainly an enjoyable fare.
Dhanam mp3:
http://freetamilsongdownload.blogspot.com/
its torrent, but downloads quite fast.
claims HQ mp3... sounds better than online versions, but if this is really the CD quality then IR needs a new sound engineer.
Whether MX was path-breaking or not, that was a class act IMO. It was not the first or last time jazz has been used in IFM but thats immaterial. The point is, how it was used and how the net result was. To me, personally, MX was Raaja in prime form
Dhanam album - Ayyo!!! Producers are going to feel a terrible pinch if the movie also flops as audio has already shown where it will be.
Probably I shouldn't have complained about 'Azhagi vara..' in UO.
app-e - dhanam is not only an ordinary sarukal - it slid down to the center of the earth.
Review of MUMBAI XPRESS album by SEAOFTRANQUILITY:
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/revi...ontent&id=4824
"........led to us receiving a review copy of another, very different Ilayaraja piece, Where Crime Meets Confusion, a far more approachable but nevertheless very Indian album. Very different from the previous record we reviewed - this one is the soundtrack to a Bollywood movie made by Kamal Hassan"
"Where Crime Meets Confusion contains a bit of everything. There's a very jazzy section in "Monkey Chatter" with a synth-pop rhythm and staccato piano style, that could have been at home on any continent. There are pure movie sound-track atmospheric sections, "Bander Ki Dug Dugi" is an interesting vocals-oriented piece with a lilting rhythm carried by upbeat singing in a not-quite-western style - that isn't quite Indian either. There are plenty of spoken-voice sections, but not knowing the language, and because the CD comes with the bare minimum of artwork, and no booklet, we don't have a clue about the storyline.
One of the highlights of the album are the very pretty female vocals in a soft, midrange soubrette-like style. Some of the female spoken-voice sections are quite attractive as well, with an accentuated and unusual (to Western ears) sing-song lilt often associated with the Gujarati languages.
The album ends with 9-minute piece with three minutes of what sounds like an unskilled child actor in dialog with older actors, and develops into a soft ballad with barely a hint of the Indian vocal style - a sort of 50/50 fusion of Indian and Western styles.
You just might get a kick out of it. Not progressive, and certainly not rock, but the compositions are solid, the performances are very professional, it's more Western-oriented than most Indian music, and you might find it enjoyable."
Added: March 1st 2007
Reviewer: Duncan Glenday
Score: 3 stars out of 5