I sound like Jackson, says Rahman
Posted Friday , December 22, 2006 at 19:16Updated Friday , December 22, 2006 at 21:18New Delhi: If you think A R Rahman sounds like pop king Michael Jackson, then you are not the only one. Even Rahman thinks they sound alike.
"My voice and Michael Jackson's have the same range, which is higher than the normal male voice, hence the impression," Rahman said at the launch of his first ever English album Pray for Me, Brother.
Even the new video has shades of Jackson's hit Earth Song.
The album has been shot on the 'mobile cinemascope format' by Bharatbala of Vande Mataram fame, and will be available exclusively on Nokia 'N' series music phones before being released for television.
The song was originally composed as an 'anti-poverty anthem' for UN's Millenium Development Goals.
"We thought that the song deserved a great album and Nokia came forward to fund and also release on its phones," said Rahman, who has both composed the song and even given voice to it.
The funds generated from Rehman's new English album will go to Rahman's charity The AR Rahman Foundation.
(With inputs from PTI)
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