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I managed to download most of Sreeram's performances in MP3 format over the weekend. Listened to them a few times already and I guess will do many more times in the future.
Something struck me about his O re piya song (the first time I heard this song was when he performed in II). So, I went and heard the original song on youtube, the version without any visual distractions (barring the great MD's picture with a beautiful landscape in the background). That helped me focus on the song and not get distracted.
Two things popped up:
First thing, Sreeram's version was fantastic and flawless. He matched the great RFK in the range and Sree's voice texture added a slightly different feel to the song.
Second and the most important, the thing that struck me is that the lyrics of the song doesn't suit the mood of the song at all!!
I was not paying much attention to lyrics earlier, but once I heard properly I realised that the lyrics actually are very uplifting and the mood of the music was leaning more towards that of a sad song. It is how RFK sang the song too! The composition is beautiful but it doesn't match the lyrics. Strange!!! The problem is with either the composer or the lyricist depending on who you want to blame for this mix up.
Ofcourse, sunidhi is totally way off the mark when she said "ek cheez bahut buri tarah se missing hai - feeling". Maybe she is not sentient enough (how can someone say buri tarah se),!! Salim tried to cover up for her by saying thoda feeling ki kami thi (if he had gone first, he wouldn't even have said that after all it was sung beautifully for a live performance). Sunidhi and her feelings, I can never get my head around it, nor my heart!! Wahan kuch tho daal mein kala hai!
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