Hema's most difficult song - Page 2

Originally posted by: ab_srgmp

Yes, that is true. And I am confident that two years of extra riyaz will easily get Hema singing as effortlessly as Karunya. I agree Hema made even moderately hard songs look easy, but I still don't think Aadesh made him sing songs as complicated as Karunya's (atleast the last three songs).

Maybe if AS trusted in him more Hema could have shown what he was made of, and won over more votes.

On second thought, Nihira proved her technical superiority and that did not count for anything when it came to public votes. So AS played the game vey smartly.

Karunya and Hema are totally different singers and its like comparing apples and oranges. For a 17 year old, Hema's voice quality is MUCH better and more heavier than Karunya., For a proof of this, listen to their telugu songs in Vamsham where both sang 2 songs each. Karunya's voice is like Sonu's, has a feminine touch to it (which is a good thing, it means that you can sing a lot of songs at a really good pitch, Sonu supposed to have inherited the feminine part of Rafi's voice. Sonu can't be imagined singing for Jacky Shoroff or Sunny Deol. In NO way do I mean that they are feminine! So PLEASE don't get me wrong). It is definitely a fresh voice and he brings complete freshness to the song. His Palle Palle from Vamsam was just really good.

Hema on the other hand has a super manly voice that can suit a lot of actors today. Can you imagine Karunya singin to John Abraham? I can't ! Hema's voice suits John Abraham, Abhishek, Emraan Hashmi etc.. Hema's speciality as said by a lot of other people was to make a hard song sound relatively easy.. For analysis sake

- Mitwa - This song has some crazyyyy beats, it goes from high to low to high to low and then high. He sang it to perfection. His strength of a singer was visible when he sang the female part of the song too, which is harder coz Alka ji goes really high in this and higher than Udit ji as well.

- Woh Lamhe - He had an off throat and he sang this song to nothing short of perfection, the alaap he takes in the end.. I dont think it is easy becasue u r going woo woo and suddenly there is a smooth transition to an aaaaa..

- Ramta Jogi - His first proof of super breath control when he says that Jogi Jogi part in almost one breath and he sang it with so much of feeling

- Nahin Saamne - To comment about this would be absolutely redundant because the audience's reaction said everything..

- Tanhayee - To pull of one of Sonu's best songs without sounding like sonu is a great thing and he did it! I could feel the pain when he was singing this song.

- Hay Rama - Again another masterpiece, with pitch variations, he brought out hte beauty in this song and as AS said, sirf ek seekha hua gayak ye gaa sakta hain.

His Vande Mataram, Ae Ajnabi, Saathiya, Right Here Right Now, Chori Chori were all works of class and even his smaller performances like Mundiya to Bach ke Rahe were very good. To pull of A R Rahman's songs is VERY hard because Rahman sahab not only composes the songs with crazy variations, they are with passion and he ensures that his singers sing them with the same passion he expects. HEma sang these songs with the required zeal and passion. He also sang songs of a variety of singers - Udit Narayan, A R Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Hari Haran, SPB, Kishore Kumar, Abhishek Bachan, Atif Aslam, Kumar Sanu, Sukhwinder.. and he sang all these songs in his own voice..

Karunya on the other hand has given best performances when he sings a Sukhwinder or a NFAK Sahab's song. His Chak De and Saanson mein were not that good.. and his Zohar Jabeen was also just ok.. I really liked what the top 4 had done in SRGMP so I kept comparin..

Karunya hasnt sung a single A R Rahman song yet. Let him do that and do it with the same honesty as Hemu and then we can say.

But nonetheless, they both are brilliant singers and I really wish to see Karunya and Amey in the finals..htye are the only deserving ones..

Good points Madhavir!

I'll take your word for it on Karunya's ealier performances, because I only started following from the "Kawa Kawa" performance.

I agree, the 'Saanson mein' song was not one of his strengths. His Piya Re, Lagan Lagi, and yesterday's song caught my attention...I thought they were flawless. I don't prefer his voice quality though. His higher pitch makes it easier to hit the higher notes. Hema was able to do the lower notes without having to bat an eyelid.

They are both excellent. But Hema's singing touched me more.

Somehow I didn't think the Vamsham songs did justice to Hema's voice.

i think ramta jogi was the most difficult song for hemu....and he did so well on that song..... 👏

Agree with you on most points, as usual. But, I think for Hema, "Tumse Milke Dekha" was his most difficult song. He had some breath control issues and didn't have his usual smoothness, IMO.

Someone mentioned Arijit's effortless singing. I compared his and Hema's versions of Vande Mataram. No contest. Except for some coarseness in the the very high note of "Maaaa...", and a diction issue in the "meri mohabbat hai" line, Hema was excellent. Arijit on the other hand started decently aided by some synth in the background, but he fell apart woefully in the latter part of the song.

That showed to me how difficult that song was to sing from end-to-end.

Originally posted by: ab_srgmp

Yes, that is true. And I am confident that two years of extra riyaz will easily get Hema singing as effortlessly as Karunya. I agree Hema made even moderately hard songs look easy, but I still don't think Aadesh made him sing songs as complicated as Karunya's (atleast the last three songs).

Maybe if AS trusted in him more Hema could have shown what he was made of, and won over more votes.

Excellent analysis Madhavi. i agree with that . I have a feeling also that you are carnatic trained? Is that right
I agree Karunya is technically good. But I cannot imagine him singing Nahi Samne or Tanhayee. But I still commend him for choosing good songs, as compared to other II2 contestants. But I am also sure justlike Hema he will be out soon.
Also wanted to add, IwishSonu was the judge inSRGMP. very unbiased and passionate about good singing. I think the so called mentors should take a lessonor two fromhim. I also feel that people who werent voting before for Karunya for regionalistic feelings at least arelistening to Sonu's comments and making an effort tolisten to good music

Thanks autmother.. I have learnt classical music just for a few years and then had to stop because I had to concentrate on my studies. Wish I can get back to learning it again!

realmusic, I agree with you on Tumse Milke.. but I didnt include it because I think Karunya could have sung that song really well too.. But his tumse milke was fantastic..

In FG I thought arijit was the best singer.. but his Vande Mataram was B A D.. compared to his previous performances... it just fell flat..it sounded technically right..but there was absolutely no feeling..

personally, bhaav is as important as sur or taal.. you can be techincally correct..but if the singing isn't from the heart and u dont feel what u r singing.. the song sounds very very bad..

Good to see you Realmusic. Where have you been? Yeah I heard Arjit's Vande Mataram too, becuase someone said it was better, and I was like 😕

I thought Hema's was sooooo smooth, and well done. I completely forgot to mention his Ramta jogi and Mitwa, those were hard too. Ramta jogi was very well done. Do you rememeber how Sandee from II2 messed up Mitwa... 😆

Sandeep was just AWFUL.. i had to listen to Hema's like 4 times to get rid of the bad taste sandeep left in my ear !!!!!!

Originally posted by: madhavir108

Sandeep was just AWFUL.. i had to listen to Hema's like 4 times to get rid of the bad taste sandeep left in my ear !!!!!!

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Same for me and my husband.