Music is meant to sooth your soul and not disturb it. In the first place I do not consider Maiyya maiyaa a melodious song. It is mostly prosaic and requires person to shout and scream. AR Rehman has given music to so many beautiful songs. This one in my opinion is not a good song. Yes Mauli made it popular mostly because of the reactions shown by the young and old mentors. I wonder if they were appreciating the song or Mauli herself. As far as singing ability is concerned, Mauli in my opinion is not even fit to sing in a club let alone in an event for search of playback singing voice. We all sing in our bathrooms but do not have guts to come out and sing in public. From that perspespective, it is admirable of her, that inspite of her deficiencies in the voice quality, she is on the stage performing and making learned people like us discuss about her.
Good voice is good voice. If some one sings like Lata, whether, people are clamouring for it or not does not matter, is a good voice. Nihira Joshi is definitely a voice to listen to. If you really want to listen to a good voice go and hear Mohd. Irfan on ASVOI auditions in Jaipur. I just close my eyes and get absorbed in that song. It is pure music that will mesmerize you.
I have tried to attend one of the concert of Manual Santana in USA once. He seems to be very popular among the westerners. I went with an American couple on their insistance. Before going in the auditorium, they had a peg or two of taquilaa (I do not drink or smoke) and some thing and then put ear plugs. I wondered why they were doing that. When the concert started, every one except me (I almost hid under the chairs to avoide the noise) were standing, dancing on the chairs and swaying. I really wonder if they were swaying to Santana music or because of the effect of what they had before. For 8 days I could not hear any thing. Do you consider this as music? Not me. I definitely do not support Mauli from musical standpoint howevere original she might be. You seem to be a totally convinced fan of her. I just wish you and her good luck.
Edited by corvallisi - 18 years ago