Powerhouse of talent called Shankar - Page 2

Originally posted by: punjini

I have always regarded Shankar Mahadevan as the one to whom the torch was passed on after the Golden Era of Hindi film music.

Among all the songs I have liked in the past decade, those composed or sung by him form a big proportion. What's more I like that he ensures the lyrics are good too, which is again a hallmark of the Golden Era. I like the way S-E-L group blends music of the west with Indian, classical with rock, Carnatic with pop and so on.

In fact, it was only with Mission Kashmir (Rind Posh Maal, Dhuan Dhuan, Boomro) that I realised that today's music could be good too.

I hope every one is aware that music of Rock on is on top US music page (ranking 13 and now 7th). Following albums have been good one: but not very popular

I dont know if music of Jhonny Gaddar was noticed by many the song done by Yashita : title theme of Jhonny Gaddar has great chord combination and bassing (did you notice phaser and delay on lead guitar), some thing wrriten and done by Ehsaan in their troop, though Yashita missed lower notes it was great on energy. Also the famous doob ja mere pyar me is based on Lehraa which many though is copy of another song,

Originally posted by: April2007

Why Shankar doesn't sing his own compositions?

Singers in west write compose and sing their own compostions

Shankar doesn't need any male singer to sing his compositions, he is such a superb singer, he should sing his own compositions.

I just wonder why he uses male playback singers, when he can sing better than them.

Originally posted by: punjini

That's exactly what I like about him!! He is not obsessed with his own voice like you know who! He leaves us clamouring to hear more of him rather than less!

Of course, because he is not self-obsessed, he goes out to get voices like Shafqat Amanat Ali. I think he gets time to create because he uses other voices.

Originally posted by: punjini

Thanks Indradhanush, I will listen to the albums you have mentioned. Somehow missed them.

As I said, it was with Mission Kashmir that I took notice of S-E-L. Then I kept a look-out for their movies because I knew that at least one song would be good if not more. That's how I listened to Dil Chahta hain, Lakshya, Don, Bunty aur Babli and Taare Zameen Par.

Did you like the background music of "Main hoon Don"? Though I am not an instrumentation expert like you, I just loved the music in this song! And the guitar in "Agar main kahoon" in Lakshya? Wow!

One song sung by Shankar mahadevan but composed by AR Rahman which stands out for me is from the Tamil movie Kandukondein Kandukondein - "Yenna solla pogirai". There's magic in his voice!