alias, your taste of music (cm, sachin and bose) is pretty amazing.
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alias, your taste of music (cm, sachin and bose) is pretty amazing.
Jacky
If you feel "Diana" was better than "Poo Poothadhu", I've precious little to add. To each his own.
The ME album is perhaps not for you. It's probably an audience like you and a reaction like yours that Kamal wants to pre-empt, hence the calibrated charade about the music, the audio company, advance sales, etc. I think you ought to give someone who has 4 decades of industry experience the benefit of some business sense, atleast marginally higher than us outsiders. This is another gamble; if it fails, he gets on with life, ready for the next. Bravado? Foolhardiness? Ignorance? Senility? Take your pick.
I'm curious to know, which MD would not heed Kamal's call? Not even ARR at this time. Why would he then still seek IR for all his important productions if there were neither market returns nor an intrinsic quality benefit? Can you picture anyone else scoring for Virumandi or Hey Raam? I cannot, maybe you know something all of us should learn from.
I also don't buy the constant carping about IR's market position today. If I were him and I was the first choice MD for the likes of Kamal, Balu Mahendra, Fazil, Sathyan Anthikkadu, Bala, Lohithadas, Thangar Bachan, I would be one very happy man indeed.
F.Y.I Sachien received a U/A certificate due to the "steamy song" with BB and Vijay.
So chances are if will be in No.4 Position is very high
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Mumbai Xpress has sold worldwide to distributors everywhere! Whereas Chandramukhi has sold to various places except- - Japan, where the great Muthu was played and won appreciation, but later all his movies were flops, yep even the "Mega Hit" Padiyappa!
So who wins-- I'd say Mumbai Xpress. In laments terms
Maestro Ilayaraja > "beginner" Vidyasagar
Singeethen Srinivasa Rao > P.Vasu
Nayantara < Manisha
Kamal > Rajni
Enough said- - - NOW LIVE WITH IT!
Suresh,
I quoted Diana song cuz the feel is something similar, not by any other criteria. And don't worry am ready for any good music :)
Why should we talk about Virumandi or Heyram here? They are finished business. HeyRam must one of IR's personal best btw.
What I see is a reflexive response, you will hear/accept the perspective of a common listener only if you detach from this mode then this conversation would go forward, otherwise it is always eternal defense from one side!
I hope IR recreates the magic he has done so often for Kamal in their future endeavor.
"Though I wish the tunes could have been little trendier. Tunes did remind you his previous work, but the interludes are great. "
e.hari, idhe dhaan naanum sonnen..aana... "
I guess, we are in the same wave length here.
I agree that very few of IR albums really made impact in the last few years and he can afford to be choosy, Sadly he is not doing it. I mentioned it couple of times before that one of the long standing problem with IR is not knowing, when to say no.
Vijayr the great wrote:
I like MumbaiXpress songs.Quote:
Jaiganesh, if you like ME say so and leave. You dont have to worry about my opinions or anyone else's on ME, if you feel secure about your taste.
I dont worry/give a damn about vijayr's opinions.(anyone else's I will wait and see)
But I can't leave..
he he he he :rotfl:
Enjoyed reading the bouquets, brickbats and missiles! Good to see rajasaranam :wink: and Cacaphonix back :P
First, let me express my appreciation for the well written prose of Suresh. I envy his communication skills. He said much of what I wanted to say. This album is surely a daring attempt by both Kamal and IR.
People have mentioned that IR does not stand to lose much. Apart from this being a little insensitive or rude statement, I think, it denies what is involved in a composing songs like in ME.
IR has mainly operated in three idioms -
* Indian style (carnatic/folk)
* Western classical (like in guru and some choral arrangements)
* Rock idiom (rhythm/bass guitar/drums)
And combinations of the above.
In Mumbai Express I see the idiom is totally Jazz. Even though there are many 'versions/styles' in Jazz, the idiom is definitely identifiable as Jazz - Poo poothadhu to me seems completely Jazz, while the other songs have some different elements (for eg. nee ettippO has synth rock guitar). In this song, even the way the tune is laid out is made specifically for a Jazz style (specifically, the first part of each charanams).
Note, IR when he does something, he does everything from scratch. It is like making cake from flour, eggs etc. not from a cakemix. So I think, IR has done quite a bit of work to accomplish what he did in ME. Though there were references to Jazz style in his previous work, they were isolated to interludes (w/ sax) or for just flavor (for eg. with brushes). Recent album that comes to my mind is sEthu.
In the process of composing purely in the Jazz idiom, I think, there might be some credence to when people say the tune is not fresh. This probably happened with IR concentrating on the idiom and probably borrowing some musical phrases from his library :-)
I really enjoy the poo poothadhu song, nee yettipo and kurangu kaiyil poo malai in that order. The nee yettipo song seems like a commercial compromise, with some drum programming in the body. I wish, it had the same acoustic drums like in the prelude, throughout. If anybody cared to listen to the lyricis (kamal ?) it has some current TIS politics referenced in it (7 swara symphony, who needs an agent etc). The kurangu kaiyil poo maalai is a victim of its own lyrics. But then again, the screen play probably needs it. The singer also puts on an artificially styled accent in the beginning which he seems not to stick to later on.
The recording is very good with acoustical instruments for most of the songs.
And now to the disclaimer, all above are my opinions and opinions only. Every sentence should have a "I think" prefix of suffix, which have been left out to save RR some disk space on the tfmpage's ISP account :-)
Suresh
:thumbsup:
Jai :rotfl:
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13712918
The 'Inba','Sitrinba' song cut from the Tamil version.
Cinefan!
I guess that we have to wait for the release of the movie to hear the songs. BTW Ram has been released in Bangalore only now. How abt this weekend?