Shapath song is as good as any chorus IR song (manidha manidha, magalir mattum, hey ram etc)
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Shapath song is as good as any chorus IR song (manidha manidha, magalir mattum, hey ram etc)
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Originally Posted by vem
Absolutely vem i had the same feeling listeneing saara yeh alam, and dheemi dheemi..
It brings tears of Joy! Whoa mesmerizing songs!
Long Live Maestro
pepeye11
i think it is partly because it takes us back to our good old melody days; infact the song takes me to the beautiful Panneer pushpangal locations :)
I just hope RGV has picturized these songs well !!!
Release of Shiva delayed to 25th of aug.
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/h...cle/24394.html
Can you upload the file ( as different names) in rapidshare.de ,so that we will have less problems for downloading?
I downloaded the rar file but I can't listen them even though I have Real Player. It requires plug-ins i think. Now i have to download the support files to play the rar.
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OMG, i misunderstood about rar file. It is a compressed format file like zip.
Yesterday night, I could finally start the download and go home. Today morning I found out that it had got aborted at 10MB. Now, again after 1/2 hour of struggle, I was able to start the download. The download is going on at a blazing speed of 5kb per second!. I am happy.
thanks,
Krishnan
krish and Ramki I sent you both a pm check that :)
About 120 downloads till now and the reviews are not coming that much :?
Rajasaranam,
Pls show me the link where u can download Shiva songs. Thanks...
actually unbelievable stuff. these days i dont expect much from IR's new albums. in current scene, i am expecting much from yuvan only. currently i m yuvan fan.
but what can i say?, it is simply amazing album. ippadi oru IR album kettu ethanai nal achu.
already i heared only 2 tunes. i didnt heared 2 telugu tunes.
so for me, 4 new songs. for northies 6 new songs.
guys one important thing, IR changed his style of music to adopt to northies taste.did u notice that? definitely it is diff from current tamil style.
all the 6 songs are pick of my album.
Saara Yeh Alaam
"saara yeh alam - brings tears of joy in my eyes !!!"
unbelievable. but true. yesterday night i also feel the same. even whenever i hear tamil version, i feel the same.
northies "anatha ragam ketkum" tunenai ketka koduthu vachirukkanum. etho nalluthu panniyirukkanga. superb selection. northies, please see this maestro's talent. (for northies, i have long list of IR songs. they choosed one of my list. some examples "mangai nee mangani" from "innisai mazhai", "kalyanamalai", "mannil intha kadhal". he can give these songs with hindustani BGM and humming.)
but uma ramanan voice is better than shreya for this song. IR keeps the preludes and interludes almost same.but in the first interlude, there is an extra solo violin joined with group of violins.
i feel the saranam part tune is slightly modified to satisfy the northies. definitely lot of changes in the second saranam tune. IR worked in the second saranam part.do u feel the same?
currently interesting thing is that at the same time rahman's Tamil album and raja's Hindi album is released.
ps: i m in office. so i m unable to review all the songs. i will post later.
Yesterday night at 10.15 PM I started to download the songs (more than 63 MB). It completed at Today 1.30 AM. :D
till now, i did not hear any song except the video clip (i am in office now). Today night i will hear and will give review.
Rajasaranam, got your message. Thanks very much! Fortunately, the transfer that I had started in the morning picked up speed and got completed soon.
I have listened to the songs and here is my take:
1) Police Police: The prelude music with minimal rythms patterns + Guitar sets the pace. The 1st interlude has some short but nice sax pieces. IR has tried something different with the interlude and it sounds nice. Both singers have sung quite well. This song is filled with innovative sounds and song is good.
2) Shapat: After the few intro (Shapat) lines, a nice and long prelude sets the tone. The prelude has a nice sax (??) + violin + guitar ending. I noticed that in some places of the song, the pronounciation of the words have been prolonged to fit the tune. Probably due to the pace of the tune. Excepting for few words like "Hai" (pronounces as "Hey"), "Tabahi" (...as "Tabagi"), "Faisla" (...as "Fesla") and others, IR has done quite a good job (being a first timer). Innovative sax intro to the interlude.
3) Kaise Kahen: The pallavi is quite nice & catchy. The violin piece in the first interlude is simple & good. I was wondering how IR is going to end the charanam to gel with the pallavi. He does it nicely. 2nd interlude is mostly harmonium (??) but ends nicely. Singers have done their job well. The song I was looking forward to and it turned out to be a nice song.
4) Josh Me: I was skeptical how Jesudas might sound (at this age), but he has done a good job. I admire his singing ability even at this age. Unique way to end 2nd interlude. Nice orchestration.
5) Saara Yeh: The effect of the prelude was amazing (are there trumpets aswell in the prelude?). The interludes as kept almost the same as the original (Aananda Raagam). I still prefer the 2nd interlude of the original for the effect it had on me. Charanam endings are nice. Although the tune is slightly varied (from the original), it still is more south indianish.
6) Dheemi Dheemi: A nice melody. Standalone violin pieces in prelude & first interlude that sounds quite different. Second interlude has trademark IR ending to it. The way the interludes ends with the flute piece & charanam starting with the same tune is just wonderful. My favourite song in this album. As usual shreya has done a good job.
Overall the album sounds fresh. Orchestration ability is prominent in many of the above songs. Many of North Indian composers should take a note of the talent & energy level that IR has even at this age. Nice picturisation & apt promos should make some of the above songs reach a wider audience, especially "Dheemi Dheemi" & "Kaise Kahen". Lets see.
A nice album to start a fresh thread. This thread has already grown to four pages :)
thanks,
Krishnan
I am sure this album will be very fresh & different for the northies to review!
thanks,
Krishnan
the picturiation of kaise kahen sounds promising .. i am hoping that RGV picturises the other songs well too.Quote:
Originally Posted by vem
This album remeinded me of my school days.. I am so glad that the songs came out well which in turn increases the anxiety to hear Cheeni Kum..
Well i am sure that IR will make wonders with that album..
Sanjeevi its time you go for BroadBand :) It took less than 1 hour for me to download all songs :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
Like I posted in another thread, dheemi dheemi is a winner and I think the song is fresh as well as Rajaish! The other songs are sweet as well though failed to generate much enthu in me for hearing again & again...
But dheemi, dheemi...is on a "repeat" mode... beautiful song! Thanks rs for the `rar'...
A hindi album by IR ....after such a long time.. Here is my look at the album after limited hearings...
Josh Me: ... I dont know why he opted to use this song and Jesudas ..... other than the orchestration .. this is crap with capital C...
This is "smoke" time in theatres....
The point is IR should think different....I cant imagine after so many years of experience.. he feels that this song will hit the bull's eye.. could have experimented a lot with this song... a deviation from what we are all used to ... when somebody is angry .. there is a fast song with volins dominating.... definitely will miss the mark...
Police Police......
Now we have come to expect a song like this is all RGV movies when its about an underworld.. mafia.. (i think he only makes those movies) ... can this hit the bull's eye like "Kallu Mama" ... maybe .. maybe not... I feel that the raw energy of Kallu Mama.. isnt there.... the problem is being the genius he is with the orchestration.... he makes this looks classy .... but this song is with a chance....
Sapat ....:- This song is gonna come in bits and peices in the movie.. or when there is a sad situation .. will fit the movie well.... great song.... could have avoided singing this one...
Other aspects ......
choice of singers is a concern... including the one song he sung himself..
The complex interludes... - does the north care - who cares?
the comples tunes.... --- defintely IR hasnt changed the song to the taste of north .. he has just delivered his self....
"Kaise Kahan ...... Dheemi Dheemi ... Saara Yeh Alam " - I dont care what the north is going to think about these songs.... these are musical lessons.... in orchestration,composing and energy .... simply breathtaking stuff.... which still enforces faith in me.. even though IR has become more "tehnical ..synth based" .. the soul is still there.. if he needs to .. then he defintely willl deliver.... these songs ..(also the other songs) ... instill a new lease of life in me .. that IR -the maestro is still there ...
I only wish the tamil directors can bring out the "guru" in him.....
After a long time.. I am going to cherish this album.... though song of the songs are known to me... this is still special to me.. IR is still alive and kicking... ...
I bow to thee genius....
Sloshed,
Though I agree on the 'josh mein' Song that he has done it over and over again here. But its a WCM lesson for the northies. He was probably the first MD in Indian Cinema to use Such complex WCM orchestration for a revolutionary song with 'Manidha Manidha'
RS...
I dont think the north audience noticed the WCM in BGM's for Lajja.... and I certainly dont think .. the WCM part will be noticed while watching this song in the movie (maybe thats perhaps the strength of IR) .... and also the pace of this song.. have you heard a hindi song with this pace recently ...
All I am saying is if You need the audience sit up and take notice of the WCM ... gives us a song like "Deva sangeetham" from Guru.... you are just compelled and dazzled... not for a song like this which is already mundane and least compelling...
If IR can come up with a song like "Kattu Vazhi" .. whether we like it or not.. you are just spellbound at the sheer freshness..and creativity ... he could have certainly conjured up something for this situation....
To me .. it was like
" Whats the situation?"
"Single man rising against the corrupt society"
"Er ... okie take this .. next ? "
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/hindi/4830/
MIO says:
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...takes you by surprise with his outstanding modern implementation of music here. The songs are composed such that they will just leave you breathless and wanting for more. Catch up with the spirit through the music, and take off with the amazing musical flight.
Reload your life with the new songs and reinvent some astounding music.
shiva moves into Top 20 requested songs of MIO
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/ut/s/17/20/
Hope it gets into top 10 soon :)
Wov great it is going to wakeup northies :D
I am listening the songs. I can't stop listening. And even I forget to come here.
Hope the album will be hit commercially in north india. It is the correct time to IR to succeed in Hindi.
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Originally Posted by teja
dheemi-dheemi's anupallavi is definite goose-pimple stuff! Watch out for the superb bass score there...
guys did u notice that the overall pace of SAARA YEH AALAM has been reduced to suit a wider audience! the beginning baroque style rush of violins in the original song, has been slightly slowed down to give a 'less-hurried' effect - in the original, it was an awesome effect to showcase the outburst of joy - here with the slightly slowing down to make it a proper duet!! and even the way the violins have been used completely camoulflages the effect in the original! and the aalap style additions to the charanam is intended to give the elite in the north a lift of their eyebrows!
the only thing that puzzles me is the choice of singers! why didnt IR opt for SONU NIGAM ? Rook Kumar Rathod struggles in the higher octaves and hardly sounds youthful!!
KJY rocks in "josh mein"! Especially his typical punch when he repeats a word...is it `Ah..jAho' or something like that in the pallavi...
Choice of Rook Kumar - may be to suit the hero (or the voice of hero)...In any case, except KJY / IR, the choice of other singers is probably a RGV decision and may not be IR's...
On high pitched saraNams like this (which can test the aging singer), KJY scores off winners with flying colors...this is especially heartening to listen, after his voice was a bit shaky / strained in some other songs post 2000...
Overall, orchestration is excellent in this album. IR didn't compromise much where natural sounds are needed all the while seamlessly adding synth sounds which does not irritate ears...
Esp `josh mein' orchestration / chorus is one of very high order...reminds in parts kAlApAni / Guru (both of which had Budapest orchestra and this is good considering that the artists are local)...
Sarah yeh alam....
Somebody mentioned.. that it gives them tears... very true....Gawd.. where is this IR? .. I wish he can retune/resync... all this melodies before he becomes mortal...
Dheemi-Dheemi is mind boggling !!! AWESOME work.. i have it on repeat for over an hour now..
Cheers
MSK
I was listening the songs...Raja's orchestration and instrumentation is at a all time best. Dheemi Dheemi(hope no tune is reused here) is certainly Raja's melodic masterpiece but the song that impressed me most is sharath sharath. The chorus is extremely soulful and if the orchestration had been more adrenaline like adadada from pithamagan it would have rounded off the album well.
If this album is not accepted in hindi i dunnot know what else will..looking forward to Cheeni Kum..:2thumbsup:
just a question folks... i try to download the .rar file.. its says its size is 65MB.. but then it dowloads only about 2 mb and says it completed download....
and then when i try to extract it .. it gives me an error...
I also tried to download other files from the site.. it gives me the same problem...
any help??
Guys...keep those reviews coming..we all needed something to cheer us all up really after somewhat a long dry spell, right ? :-)
dheemi ..dheemi..looks like IR probably felt insulted they were using his old songs and come up with a high-energy song that just listening to it..you will be gasping for breath (kudos to Shreya on the singing). If anybody is mistaken that this is one of those soft , melodious 'little girl tunes' by the pallavi they are woken up by the anupallavi and by the charanam time.. they will be in a daze..
In times, when MDs are happy to craft a catchy pallavi and stuff the rest of it with some fluff and pass the whole thing as a song.. IR delivers value for money with a weighty complex pallavi.. the song might be fast ..but it is no fast food..a full banquet. I think this song could be a popular hit as well along with the Kaise song which remind me of 'Maine Pyar Kiya/Aashiqui' times (in the sense that the hindi audience might find it familiar).
Saara ye Alaam..thanks to the director for picking this song..No MD alive right now (probably even IR :-)) could do a composition like this. The audience should consider themselves fortunate to hear this..A WCM prelude and a very good indian tune. The song is played with electronic bass, some bell like ostinato, vocals and strings for the most part. All those people used to dancing to hiphop beats may have to pull their hair out listening to the various threads of melodies (counterpoints). But in the north people may still not like this and might feel it is 'south indianish'. Oh well..
Yes, Josh Mein is cliched (with the pithamagan prelude )..because of the brass instruments..even Rahman whose success is based on avoiding cliches used brass instruments in similar situations I think).
I grudgingly agree with some of you :-) ..IR is not good in that shapath song. He definitely can sound better..maybe could have gone for another take. It also seems his singing is a litte measured/slow to get the pronounciation right.
Overall, IR has maintained his style, except for letting the drums to be recorded at a higher level. The recording showcases all the orchestration tricks/techniques of IR very well . You will notice every note has a purpose. This is not layers of tinkling sounds . This one of the most acoustic albums I have heard in recent times (after M. Express). Nobody would have heard this much of drum work (especially Josh Mein) in recent times (was drums Sivamani involved ?).
Like some of you .. I am eagerly looking forward to cheeni kum.
(Thanks to rs for the song upload)
No wonder RGV called it a very contemporary album!
Can somebody upload the installer for WInrar in rapishare.de? I can't download .exe in my office.
SO ,when uploading the installable ,please rename it as .abc and then upload.
Thanks for ur help !!!
Rajasaranam,
Thanks.
Im heard the songs .On the first hear ,atleast 3/6 of the songs will get good attention among the northees..
The sound is quite contemporary and the recording is quite good...THe bass lines are quite prominent in all songs ..FRESH :)
Very Good Album !
Lyrics seem to be too nice, especially "Dheemi Dheemi" portion goes well with the tune.
The guitar portion in this song reminds of "Kajuraho.." song in ONOK.
Its strange that no northy site has posted a review yet...IndiaFM is usually prompt (but I dont necessarily like their reviews) but Shiva is not up yet!