No use ripping them apart....either they have not heard of the term orchestration or they are just plain ignorant :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by inetk
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No use ripping them apart....either they have not heard of the term orchestration or they are just plain ignorant :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by inetk
I wanted to write a flithy reply to Sonia, who has done the review in rediff, but finally ended up writing a more diluted version. Who the hell are these guys to comment on such a wonderful master piece. What pisses me off is the fact that these idiots who are completely void of any music knowledge, passing judegements on musical genius like IR. God save the world. Somebody please ban rediff, please
Enna Kodumai Sir Idhu :banghead:Quote:
the last two are melodies without lyrics, and have been curiously named Veg and Non-Veg melodies
Sonthamaga review panna mattangala :lol:
I think the rediff review is correct ..
"Of the other five, two songs have been repeated with minor variations. So you can imagine how repetitive this album sounds."
She has said that songs are nice but as an album ,one may not buy it as the number of songs are less - Fair enough !
'Baaten Hawa' has Amitabh dialogs and this song only will come in the movie. I guess Balki wanted to give the entire song without Amitabh disturbance (but hindiwalas is telling the dialog is interesting part, hmmm i don't know hindi) and hence the same song comes again
Regarding "Cheeni Kum" and "Sooni Sooni" song
Though it has same tune, i would say they are two differenet songs because different music (rthym, ludes, etc), different modulation, different mood
For the first time, I was happy to read the replies for a rediff review in their discussion board.
I guess she wanted Himesh Reshamaiyya to sing two songs instead of Shreya Ghoshal. Never read such an idiotic review. :banghead: :banghead:
Sonia in the rediff review wrote:
"The former is soothing to the ear and has an 'operatic' feel while the latter has got jazz influences with an interesting play of instruments, predominantly the trumpet."
OPERATIC..?????????Im sure you meant symphonic! right?
TRUMPET???????????? Oh You mean Saxophone madam?
This itself speaks volumes about Sonia's musical knowledge. Rediff is such a useless website
The best thing and the positive thing about that review are the feedbacks for the same :)
Good to see those feedbacks
Yet another positive review
http://indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12845/index.html
Rediff :
"Cheeni Kum : Not Ilaiyaraja's best"
Who said it was his best ? Or who asked whether it is his best ? or how many movies of IR do you know to judge which is the best and which is the worst ?
Last time it was "Mayakkannadi : Not Ilaiyaraja's best"
I think these guys have the head line ready
"-------- : Not Ilaiyaraja's best " . Then they fill up the movie name as soon as it is released.
Shameless people bitten by prejudice !
I have seen atleast 2 reviews with Sax melody and Theme melody mentioned as being named Non veg & Veg melody. Is it so named in the CDs marketed in North India? If so, it would be worse than Sonia's review :(
crvenky,
That could be Balki's idea to name it in restaurant style..He has already done it in the promo "1 tbsp Sugar", "two grams bitterness" etc etc..
one thing is sure - Balki is one hell of an admaker! whether the movie turns out to be a success or a dud, his promos are typical advt style! perhaps thats what is needed!
Rediff/Sonia's review of Cheeni Kum is just like a blind man's description of an elephant.
Bachchan's dialogues talk about how to impress a woman with orchestra, band, hot clothes, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanjeevi
And Rediff is full of bullshit anyways. Give them another celeb wed/affair and they'll dedicate a column for their nonsense.
But for the most part, they are right on some stuff (i.e absurdity of indian cinema, giraftaar.)
This is how a music review should be...
http://in.movies.yahoo.com/070514/128/6frgu.html
Fabulous write up!
Responses to rediff review :
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/15cheeni.htm
This is what we call "Dharma adi" in tamil :)
All are welcome !
Most of the people there dunt know that cheeni kum's revisited songs were requested by the director....:?
Hulkster,
They may not be "Vetti pasanga" like us who track IR very closely :)
hahaha :rotfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
75 responses within short period :shock:
reviewer can't forget these reply messages
Among all "Dharma adi"-s found this one interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
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I am a professional keyboard player and also know music theory and little bit of composition - take it from me - even the worst of Ilayaraja's albums/tracks will have something interesting from a musical point of view! his arrangements, placement of chords, use of points/counterpoints, are immaculate and flawless! while learning music, I (like many others in my walk of life) looked upto this man's scores as a benchmark for learning! my guitar teacher was simply blown away when my southie friends used to play some of his tracks - i vaguely recall one piece from a Kamal Hassan starrer which has an astounding bass line plus chord progression in the second interlude!
guys, music sans language - go get yourself Cheeni kum only for the interludes and the orchestral wonder
Thats a riot there @ rediff folks :lol:
Yeah sure we do know this is not Raaja's best but its the best in recent times for an hindi album :P
And what kind of boring lady sonia is!!! commenting upon using the same singer for all songs and telling that the album is repetitive :roll:
and we do know that right! just listen to 3 songs and 2 theme music it makes 5 completely different tracks wat more to ask from an album i dont understand. :?
I found this one too interesting !
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What a stupid review!
by leeza george on May 16, 2007 11:53 AM | Hide replies
Am no music expert n i did not even know cheeni kum music is by Ilayaraja. but i have been listening to the promos in the tv for last couple of days n i thought it sounds so refreshing n different n easy on ears unlike those unbearable nasal deliveries by this baseball cap monkey thrust on you every time u switch to a music channel. even my two yr old comes running to listen to cheeni kum promos!
after reading your stupid review and the tremendous negative responses to it from the message board i've decided to go n get a cd of cheeni kum.
thank u rediff!
Even 2 year kid appreciates Cheeni kum..
Rediff கெடக்கட்டும் விடுங்கப்பா...இதப்பாருங்க...
http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20070516/51959.htm
The source is some music shop in Delhi...some recognition up north...
Vow !! Thanks app_engine, keep posting the updates :)
Also see the latest ratings in planetbollywood !
http://www.planetbollywood.com/displ...dex.php?scid=6
Cheeni Kum far ahead !!
That rediff reviews is :banghead: :banghead:
People like HR are singing for many songs with the same voice and they won't point that one out ! :banghead:
Here is my review
The beauty of this album is : Even though Shreya had sung many songs, it is cool and unique !!
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/2243/
The same top ten list, but now in musicindiaonline !
an interesting response to the rediff review:
It almost looks like a crafty IR fan posing... still, IR is finally reaching out to the north.Quote:
Hmm - Pandoras box..
by Karl Emmanuel on May 16, 2007 09:50 PM | Hide replies
it is reallt weird that rediff is resorting to such cheap tactics for publicity!
having read the review and the comments from the readers, I actually went ahead and listened to the album! with an open mind - surprise, surprise, it is completely different from any other stuff i have listened to, so far in Bollywood!
curious to know further, I dug up some info on the composer to learn more - and I was taken aback at the kind of adulation this guy commands not just from people/mass, but from great artistes like classical singers/ musicians/even western classical music conductors like John Scott! surely there must be something about his music, that is beyond north-south distinctions!
I went ahead and read some of this guy's interviews: on one hand, he is very cryptic in his answers, on the other hand, his passion and knowledge of music seem to be pretty deep - he is from the south, but knows indepth about every other composer and their composing styles in India past and present!
i happened to listen to some of his tracks in his website www.raaja.com - and voila! it is mind-blowing - perhaps, had I been born and brought up in the south, I would be as passionate as most of those who have posted in this discussion, but guys, surely someone who composes "surmai" (SADMA) must be something special.
whatever be the case, in the world of money-making media manipulation, Rediff has ensured that it continues to get a substantial no of hits to its website everyday - so maybe this review was deliberate to provoke these kinds of responses from readers! we may never know
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/musi...bollywood/100/
Hidiwalas most requested songs :cool:
Another positive review:
http://www.kalingatimes.com/orissa_e...Cheeni_Kum.htm
and the same write up (ditto) in Andhracafe website too:
http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=23009
thanks,
Krishnan
Cheeni Kum is Rocking !!!
Almost in every FM radio here at NCR, "Cheeni Kum Hain" song is repetitive for the past severl days......
It seems Balki is marketing the Film very well...... Keep it up.
Baradwaj Rangan's CK review is the best I have read so far.
itsmuls,
What is NCR ?
National Capital Region (Delhi metropolitan)Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Another superb review
http://www.bollywoodvillage.com/musi...indi-movie.asp
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one of the best light composed soundtracks of this year so far
Sanjeevi,
Thanks.
itsmuls,
then you are the right person to update us how Cheeni Kum goes with the northies.. Otherwise we have to just rely on the reviews on the net..
Atleast in Bangalore, I could hear "Jane do naa" few times in FM..may be due to jotheyali fame ? I don't know.. :)
Sanjeevi,
That review is a ditto of earlier one in planetbollywood.
Oh yes :)Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
but see the rating in bollywoodvillage, they have given 5 stars