Alka Yagnik Vs Shreya, who is better? - Page 6

Shreya Shreya Shreya Shreya ANYDAY.

Originally posted by: Summer3

Ah she sounds great to me. Certain Western and Chines classicals have some of the shrillest notes and I am used to it.

What (or who?) are these Western and Chinese classicals? Sorry, I didn't get the reference.

As for Alka, she isn't always shrill, and in a fundamental sense, even when she is, it isn't her fault. In fact, some may even consider it a feature. Because even such a magnificent singer as Lata has also been shrill on occasion, for precisely the same reasons. At some point in the 50's, Hindi Film Music evolved a "style" -- more accurately, an affectation -- according to which a heroine's "voice" had to be no lower in pitch than chirping birdsong. That is, at as high a register as could be humanly possible to sing (or even inhuman).

In that department, Lata could deliver where no one else could, and that set the stamp on the industry, and ever since, playback singing for leading ladies' songs has imposed unreasonable demands on the quality of female voices "needed" for them. It was and still is fundamentally a stylistic issue: composers found that Lata (in her prime) could go higher than anyone else, and so they started composing for her higher registers, entire generations of listeners got "trained" to expect precisely that, and entire generations of female singers didn't even consider playback singing unless they could get it up there without breaking into outright falsetto.

But singers like Lata, who could retain bell-like clarity in the upper reaches, are very rare. And yet, singers like Alka generally sing at a register higher than normal, simply because the industry (for basically stupid reasons) continues to demand it. A heroine having a voice like, say, Kesarbai Kerkar, remains "inconceivable" to this day. Which is a crying shame.

Shreya jis school me padh rahi hai , Alka waha ki headmistress hai..

Originally posted by: arayq2

As for Alka, she isn't always shrill, and in a fundamental sense, even when she is, it isn't her fault. In fact, some may even consider it a feature. Because even such a magnificent singer as Lata has also been shrill on occasion, for precisely the same reasons.

Apropos of which, a gooja search of RMIM found some interesting threads...

@ar

Naushad might have been ridiculed in this forum for many things including
some of the statements that he has made in the past but one thing that he
said about Asha rings true to me to this day. When asked my Raju Bharatan
is it that he finds fault with Asha's singing he said, "unki awaaz mein
abhi tak woh baazaarupan nahin gaya". Call it baazaarupan, natkatpan,
shokilapan or even nasheelapan, you see one or more of them in most Asha
songs.

again@ar

Reading tons of thread two pints are clear S-J has pushed Lata maimum to the upper register but all including Naushad, Salil and S D burman had their role. Was it because composers wanted this or Lata ji wanted to prove a point is unknown. This bell like clarity was lost later on as lata ji aged and composers stopped making these songs.

Alka ji being an old timer and from the same chool of thought carried on with this tradition. (hence sound shrill)

This is a vast topic and would need further discussion may be initiated by a higher expert like you.

Alka Yagnik has been outnumbered by the more versatile & honey voiced newcomer Shreya Ghoshal. Nowadays, Alka songs can be counted on finger tips, her usual numbers going to Shreya. In award functions also, one does not see a single Alka nomination, whereas for Shreya, we have to wait only for the number for which she is going to receieve the award. Fortunately, for Alka, her good looks & figure comes to her rescue. She has done a makeover & doing modelling to remain popular. Walking the ramp & appearing on magazine covers is certainly a positive way of utilizing free time.

Originally posted by: Summer3

Anita again you think out of the boxes and are now checking who should succeed these two aging singers, Alka and Shreya.😆 Excellent choice !

Himani to succeed Sudhini too.

shreya n aging. summerji plz check ur sources. has far as the king knows shreya is very young.

the royal vote goes to shreya. the king states tht shreya is betetr than alka but still has a long way 2 reach kavitaji n chitraji. both shreya n chitra have very feminine voices n suit almost all leading ladies all over india. this is one reason y shreya is popular in the south as compared 2 sunidhi although sunidhi is more versatile.

*king*

Alka -
pros-
warmth
originality
very sweet
almost uncopyable
technically great

cons-
not good anymore
UTTERLY shrill


Shreya -
pros-
original
very sweet
technically great

cons-
copiable


hmm.. right now shreya ..

but in their primes - Alka.

Originally posted by: oldblackjoe

Alka -
pros-
warmth
originality
very sweet
almost uncopyable
technically great

cons-
not good anymore
UTTERLY shrill


Shreya -
pros-
original
very sweet
technically great

cons-
copiable


hmm.. right now shreya ..

but in their primes - Alka.