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TO BLUE; FORGET YOUR BLUES!!! |
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| By
Behindwoods Visitor Jagannath
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Finally,
its here…The Indian Oscar-hero’s
first offering after the crowning-
BLUE. Having set his foot firmly
on the western soil after the
stupendous success of Slumdog
Millionaire, it is quite natural
that Rahman has decided to give
a full throttle to the smaller
western influences we used to
hear in his previous albums.
BLUE has an extravagant techno
feel to it; to this add a track
with famous Australian Pop star
Kylie Minogue lending her voice
and what you get is an Indian
Album with a westernized flavor.
BLUE Theme
(Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar,
Jaspreet Singh, Neha Kakkar,
Dilshad): A western-Punjabi
fusion blast from Rahman. The
most notable aspect of this
theme is that Blaaze’s
voice is almost unrecognizable
in the midst of the pool of
new voices. If it wasn’t
for the energetic chant of “BLLUEE”
we wouldn’t even know
he is singing. The chant of
“BLLUEE”, by the
way reminds one of the chant
“NEWW” in one of
Rahman’s previous Tamil
albums. But the similarity ends
there. Of course, Neha Kakkar
seems to be the new Tanvi. She
brings the singsong feel to
her voice with ease. The song
grows on you when you hear it
more than once…and it
ought to do full justice to
the visuals.
FIQRAANA (Vijay Prakash,
Shreya Ghoshal): You would be
tempted to dust this song aside
as a run of the mill type when
you hear its start, but wait
for the chorus blast of “fiqr
hai, mitr hai”. Its an
instant attention catcher. And
Vijay Prakash simply walks away
with all the accolades for this
one, reaching high notes with
ease and providing boundless
energy to the number. Shreya’s
voice is the perfect low note
foil for Prakash. All in all
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REHNUMA (Sonu Nigam, Shreya
Ghoshal): The start reminds you of “hey
Goodbye nanba”, from “Aayutha
Ezhuthu” but the track takes a different
path after that. Guitar notes in between
add to the western feel of the number and
interestingly Shreya has sung in a totally
‘unheard before’ dimension of
her voice- a la Sunitha Sarathy. Western
feel in her voice is palpable. She carries
it off beautifully with good support from
Sonu Nigam. Another high point of the song
is the way the violin blends with the guitar
after the Rehnuma chant.
AAJ DIL GUSTAKH (Sukhwinder,
Shreya Ghoshal): Shreya rocks once again!
Brilliant voice modulation and easy flow
of rendition! Sukhwinder is not far behind
either, though the song must have been a
cakewalk for him. The background guitar
is easy on the ears and maintains the tempo
of the song. The chorus “Ohyasa…Mayaasa…”
perfectly blends with the number and gives
it the ‘encore’ touch.
BHOOLA TUJHE (Rashid Ali):
A mellow melody with the dreamy voice of
Rashid Ali has become somewhat a constant
in Rahman’s albums these days. This
number is no different. The only melody
in the album and Rashid does justice to
it. Soothing to the ears and the mind!
YAAR MILA THAA SAYYA (Udit Narayan,
Madhushree): Now this is something we haven’t
heard from Rahman since the “Ah Aah”
days. The number is full of mischievous
masala music with the lead singers bringing
a nice flirtatious feel to their voice.
Watch out for Udit in the first stanza,
he is simply awesome. Madhushree is at ease
as she doesn’t have to bother with
pronunciation unlike her Tamil renditions.
And Rahman once again scores with the chorus
chant…”dha ah teena teen teen
teena…” which is sure to make
you nod your head for it like a duck.
CHIGGY WIGGY (Kylie Minogue,
Sonu Nigam): We have heard many Westernized
Indian songs, but what about an Indianized
Western song?? As the sensuous voice of
Kylie Minogue goes “I wanna Chiggy
Wiggy with you…Boy!!” you obviously
sit back expecting a course of proper English
meal. But believe me, all you get is the
appetizer. When Sonu Nigam’s full-throated
voice takes over with “Kar chiggy
wiggy mere sang soniye”, you know
that you are in for a treat of Asli Punjabi
Khaana!! Even Minogue is made to “Chiggy
Wiggy” with some earthy Bhangra Beats
in the background…Jai Ho Rahman!!!
The song personifies the freedom and spirit
with which Rahman has composed this album.
Verdict: Rahman’s
long standing belief that music has no geographical
boundaries is exemplified in this album.
The album is Pure, Unrestricted Fun to listen
to. Rahman has let himself loose transcending
boundaries. The album may not impress critics;
it may even come in for their wrath. But
one thing is sure from it, Rahman no longer
cares about critics. He now has only one
Critic- Himself.
Regards,
Jagannath J
jagannath.87j@gmail.com
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