Did any one notice this?
Pallavi of "Ninu vethiki" sounds kinda similar to "Oru naalum" from Yejaman.
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Did any one notice this?
Pallavi of "Ninu vethiki" sounds kinda similar to "Oru naalum" from Yejaman.
Yeaps teja...it is very similar...but i am surprised that IR is actually experimenting. Oru Naalum was more soulful and this one is used in a more peppy manner...one tune can be used in different musical formats...i guess IR has still not stopped experimenting and wants to prove that his old melodies can work in different formats..thus the rehashes....but Inimey Naangathaan songs were purely original....i guess he only reserves the rehashes for scripts he thinks that he has handled before :D
Guys do you notice that IR has used mild bass lines for atleast three songs in the album most notably rela rela. The charanam has a shifting tempo like bass line which is very attractive. Parts of kuilalo have some mild bass lines if you cant spot them. I guess IR is just addicted to bass guitar :D
My opinions are very similar to that of "irir123". Very good review of the album. ra gumma is THE fresh, innovative number in this album. If IR did create, soundscapes like this for romantic or fun numbers, current hot music directors would be out of work.
The album overall is good, but not excellent. Even though the songs are new compositions they have a tendency to remind you of previous songs. The 'phrases' for the instruments do not have any surprise/fresh element, even though care has been taken in the instrumentation so that always there is some vocal or instrument harmony or counterpoint in the background.
(BTW, Thanks to Hulkster for the link to a better encoding of these songs. I feel much better. Goes to show, how much recording quality can affect peoples perception of a song)
am not an expert in the knowledge of Telugu renditions, but I find Hariharan's Telugu pronounciation very funny!! kadichhu kadicchu padiyirukkaar!!
irir23,
Hariharan's telugu pronunciation is pretty pathetic and annoying.
One bad thing that happened to me in 1997 was I listened to this album called GURU which I started using as the benchmark to rank any Raja album...Needless to say, every single album after that has fallen short by a mile. This album is no different either. However, there are some interesting soundscapes created by Raja for this "ra...ra...ra...gumma" number which made me sit up and listen to the album a couple of more times. Raja has some interest for these situational songs (the mood reminds of dhevadai iLam dEvi)
A very different effort (all the more pronounced after listening to the ordinary numbers namely "kuyilaalo" & "mallello") and just as I was thinking that it was "yet another uninspired Raja album", comes this prathidinam. It was a pleasant surprise when this rehash of mayanginEn solla thayanginEn started playing. Those mridangam bits are the kind of stuff I'm expecting from the Master !! A cute little surprise it was !!! These things enhance the feel of even an oridinary tune.
Did the master decide "enuf of yuvan and D Imman's killing my work, let me rehash them, myself" ??...A very good effort.
A very interesting version of a great song which had some poignant feel to it. This version is devoid of that which is good. Shreya's improv towards the end is interesting. Donno if she did it on her own. The last song by bhava and tippu was ordinary.
As mentioned by someone here, Raja has gotten back his Bass guitar, and man, he rocks ! Superb bass lines, and I might buy a Raja filmscore CD after a long time, just to get the bass lines clearly.
His previous albums had very predictable melody moves, and there were hardly any surprises. This album, with, "ra...ra" & "prathidinam" has broken that.
In 1980s I would've dismissed this as yet another Raja album...now, in 2007, it sounds a bit interesting, and this is no compliment :-(
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Thanks Hulk! :)
For a more clear sounding link. now Iam more happy about the album than earlier.
BTW the song nenu vethiki song reminds me of 'Oru kaadhal raagamum" from IndranChandran in the style of orchestration and interludes especially the first half of the song. the trumpet that follows the singer in bits and pieces is also great.
The song 'Mallello Illesi' starts off with some nice african rhythms and moves on to symphonic style then to his usual melody.
Raa gumma shud be the eeriest song that he has composed so far.the silence that comes after the pallavi in the begginning makes my heart stop for a moment everytime i listen to it. Hope Vamsi has created good visuals to accompany this masterpiece.
The album moved on from good to better after this listening and hope when i hold the CD it will become the best in recent times.It definitely needs more listenings to understand the nuances :)
BTW the songs are better with headphones than wth normal speakers!