Music Review : Speed

Music Review : Speed

By IndiaFM News Bureau

Is Pritam going the Himesh Reshammiya way? No, we are not talking about the quality of their music. But the manner in which man-with-the-cap had stepped up the number game in the second half of last year has been matched by Pritam in the first half of 2007. Now, he is a fine composer (no we are not commenting on his plagiaristic ways) but overwork stifles creativity. And that's exactly what's happening in Pritam's case. The music of Speed is a testimony to that. Why? Read on to find out.

If Upen Patel made his mobile number famous in 36 China Town, then Hello is an open invitation for some news-breaking moments on tabloid friendly news channels. For a 982 .something number forms the hookline of this adrenaline pumping number that has been sung with a fantastic energy by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan. Breathlessly fast rhythm designing, techno fillers, drums rolls at strategic places, disco bass and keyboard fillers make for the music arrangements. A coquettish female voice sounds bothered on the phone (though she may well be enjoying all the attention) making for interesting listening. Hello is a number that is perfect for a fun-night-out with friends in the neighbourhood disc or for a Red Bull ride in a convertible car on the monsoon roads of excitement. Any comparisons with Lionel Richie's Hello Well don't bother.

I wanna wanna wanna take you home with me right now somehow This cute little desperate cry has been showcased with the right kind of fun-sprinkled-energy in the foot-tapping rhythm designing, innocent flute sections and playful keyboard fillers. Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan's reeking-with-sensuousness vocals gravitate between high and middle-lower octave. Wanna Wanna is a party number that sounds good till it lasts. Nothing extraordinary. Sometimes fun has limited dimensions .

A grungy sound begins the proceedings in Tikhi Tikhi. Oho Oho O Dil Janiya An unknown Joy Uhm lemme clarify Joy is the name of the singer. And no he isn't all that joy to listen to. The hookline Tikhi Tikhi Tikhi is somewhat catchy but the rappin-n-groovin fails to bind your attention. O Humdum want you by my side .oho Mere Soniya .O dil janiya Also the experimentation with Hinglish isn't spicy enough either for you to check out this number again and again. In other words it's nothing but a rehashed version of many other Pritam numbers that thump dime-a-dozen radio stations. It seems he is running out of ideas (or is 'inspiration' the word). Uhm .

O yeah Swingin side by side .come on DJ .come on side by side Another occasion when the remix version (remixed by Sachin Gupta) outdoes the original in Tikhi Tikhi Stomp Mix (whatever that means). Now, before you start jumping in excitement, this remix version is better than the original but it doesn't have the thunder power to last the fun-n-games on the dance floor. An add-on rhythm, DJ spin and techno fillers don't really create an impact if the singing is off key and you get the feeling that the sound mixing leaves something to be desired for. Strangely, Tikhi Tikhi Stomp Mix is repeated twice in the album.

Sonu Nigam is such a fantastic singer that he can make an average song sound special. That's exactly the case in Loving You that carries an oft-heard-before feel yet Sonu's versatile singing makes it better than what it is. A fast paced trendy beat, slick fillers, the cushioning effect of strings at-a-distance, cool backing vocals, a guitar melody and theek-thaak vocals of Antara Mitra forms the gist of this number. Loving You may give you a few tender moments. But that's about it. Enjoy it till it lasts.

So, as we mentioned in the beginning, a good composer (someone who churns out hit stuff on a regular basis) doesn't lose his touch even though he is producing assembly line products. But, the captivity-quotient is missing in almost all the songs after a point of time. Speed is a perfect example of that. It's a fifty-fifty album. Dial for Hello on a radio ga ga rather than buying an expensive CD.

By Satyajit, Bollywood Trade News Network

Hollywood's CELLULAR or Bollywood's SPEED! The slapstick trend and formulation of Hollywood's DVD rip-off's shows its "jagged" edge again with Vikram Bhatt's SPEED after the dismal show of under-scripted and dismantled THE TRAIN (poor lift from DERAILED). After impressive and melodic ANKAHEE, the combo of Pritam and Vikram Bhatt delivers another noteworthy offering in SPEED. It's no great deal but an innovative feel as "stomp" genre head-straights with its loud percussive thump in the marquee. The "stomp" distinctiveness lies in its non standard instrumental work and making itself accessible through modes of "performing art". Its cyclical rhythmical patterns with similar percussive feel might be tedious but adds itself as sub-genre to hip-hop, jazz and pop. Like all Pritam's trendy albums, SPEED primarily caters to urban pop genre and enthralls with its brief packaging of six original soundtracks.

"Hello" works exclusively for gizmo friendly teenyboppers (as inspired theme suggests) who parades their flashy mobile gadgets with their bubbly quips and cranks. Shaan's rhetorically youthful vocals creates a hullabaloo of congeniality in chirpy chatting as Mayur Puri's impressively garrulous lyrics shows the volubility of emotions in jumbled mobile digits cluttered with frolicking passions. Sunidhi's voguish and feminine rendition complements it pertinently at smoldering seductive pace with added sensual oomph's, whimpers and moans. Pritam's modern musical gadgetry infuses zooming keyboard notes with racing synthesizer's tunes making the fun-loving track tuneful with the situation.

The romantic mood gets into vintage melodic textures with Sonu Nigam recreating his subtly crooned "Falak Dekhun" (GARAM MASALA) with contemporary lyrical flow in vociferously delivered soundtrack "Loving You". Despite its soft tuneful textures, Pritam prefers to modernize it with trendy westernized beats where Sonu's modulating vocals forms affability with rhythmical variations and groovy beats in its orchestration. New talent Antara Mitra's shrill paced voice makes subtle and brief appearance with minimal impact as technically synthesized beats and rhythms rules the show. Lyricist Mayur Puri lyrical flow works mechanically while its moderately pitched orchestration restricts it to a resounding situational feel.

Shaan's gregariously pitched demonstrative romantic vibes strikes bouncy chemistry with gruffly voluble Sunidhi Chauhan's in catchy and impulsive "Wanna Wanna". The Punjabi "dhol" beat structure has shades from "Chori Chori" (GARAM MASALA) while Latino styled woodwinds and flute rendition gives it an imposing prelude. The aggressively grinded beat patterns mixed and matched with feverishly delivered techno-generated impulse gives it a beguiling appeal. It promises frothy and lively exuberance on silver screen (if choreographed aesthetically) and a bright factor in album's promising sales prospects.

"Tikhi Tikhi", the principle feature of this teenybopper's delight album strikes with full venom and bang as Afro-American styled emceeing (similar to Akon, Jay-Z, 50 Cent etc hip-hop tracks) makes striking and notable presence with lethargically punched rhythmic beat structure. After uproarious "Deewana Teri Aankhon Ka" (KYA LOVE STORY HAI), Joy hits high on tempo with racy high-voltage musical arrangements that will excite party animals. "Tikhi Tikhi (stomp mix)" works with comparatively lesser musical thump mixed excessively with loud percussions and frolicsome hip-hop to give it a "theatrical" appeal. Sachin Gupta's enthralled DJ skills deliver a groovy impact that catalyzes acrobatic choreographic skills on the floors with rhythmical flow. "Tikhi Tikhi (stomp mix-2)" flourishes with energized prelude followed by repetitive loud drumming and noisy percussive sounds that is complemented deliriously with racy hip-hop work. Both "stomp" versions are straddled with dissimilar beat patterns but works intrinsically with same formulations of rhythms, tones in the backdrop.

SPEED entertains with the frolicsome and playful musical antics delivered through "good-humored" chirpy lyrics and hip-shaking thrusting musical impact. Pritam strikes gold again but the album sounds stumpy in terms of delivering a worthy chartbusting soundtrack in its upbeat offerings. The soundtracks "Tikhi Tikhi" and "Wanna Wanna" holds loads of promise in coming weeks while "Hello", a telecom friendly number amuses with its racy flow.

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ok just listened to the songs and they weren't great👎🏼
i had to skip around during some of the songs cuz they were boring