Better than the Original Comments

Hi guys. Hope you haven't forgotten me. I took a step away from this forum.

Anyways what do you guys have to say when judges tell the contestant that they sung better than the original? Honestly I feel that's utter nonsense. I think that in most songs you can't take the credit away from the original singers. There's always an exception like Mauli's Maiya Maiya was clearly better than the original singer. But still how do you feel about these comments? I don't think a contestant should be compared to the original singer in the first place. Everyone has their own unique voice. Neither should credit be taken away from the singers that have originally sung the song. Its an insult to the original singer when the judges say "you sang better than the original." I mean even if they did sing better, why do the judges need to air that on screen? Its a huge insult to the bigger names of the industry. And these music directors should know better! Just my two cents.

CPR dear totally agree with your post...

Ignore all comments by judges, and accept only those comments which matche your opinion.

Originally posted by: Summer3

Ah Rab Rakha

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Tum ne original se sahi kaha.

I think doing some thing first time has to be respected. You can always copy a painting but that does not mean you are better than the original artist. Even though singers get help from composers to compose a song but it is definitely different than singing the same song again.

I definitely agree with your whatever u said rani & even what music_masala said. Original singer sings the song first in the studio, & these singer donot have any ready made material in hand I mean they are given a fresh composition which they have sing whereas these reality show singers get everything ready made stuff I mean they already have the original song to refer to, they only have to copy paste (some of the singers do add some variations which is quite good) But I think the original singers do much more tougher job. Its okay if the original singer of the song says this to a contestant, but these MD's have no right to take away their credit & insult the original singer.

THERE IS NOTHING DISGUSTING.

worthy 2 cents. 👏

There are times when the cover done by a reality show contestant is better than the original but that is really rare. Furthermore, I think that it needs to be acknowledged that the singer is limited by the use of the song in the film, how it is picturised, the demands of the MD as well as the movie director and finally whom (the actor) the song is being sung for. On a reality show, the scale can be adjusted, the tempo can be adjusted, extra murkia can be added.... the possibilities are endless. I am particularly offended when someone who does not sing (like Salman Khan for example) says that the contestant should have sung it instead of the original singer. PLEASE -- if we know about the song at all, then it is because the original singer did a very good job on it and made it popular. Salman Khan has done this at least 3 times with Kavita K songs and it is silly to compare these up and coming singers to someone like Kavitaji. It is also not good for the contestants to be encouraged to indirectly disrespect elders -- is this the new parampara of India -- if so, I see a bleak future for Indian music.