Raja Hasan - What makes him work? - Page 2

Hey guys! I found an analysis of Raja's songs by Dr.C.Vivek Lall 😛 . its really g8, so please have a look at it! 😊

the analysis 'I 've been following this saregamapa since the olden times.. even the 2005 performers were gr88 .. but no one even dared to enter this territory ..i mean …. changing the original song..in a better way..
here amanat …and aneek are at par with those …of the likes of vinit or may be hemachandra.. may be even better at times… but ..
I am a big fan of amanat's sur ,mussarrat's range , aneek's perfection, sumedha's tonal quality and mauli's confidence but still …
raja is in a class of his own…. nearly every song that he has sung.. he has done something different..you wont realize them until u listen to the original songs…

1.allah ke bande- added the alaap at the start of the song..not to mention the 'off beat' rendition of toota toota…in the end..

2. kacche dhage- he sang the last few lines with so many variations and reached a classy heart touching note in the ending words 'tujhe dhonde 'ye-e-ee' nazar' ….even the original singer would have been proud of that…

3.mahiya- just listen to the alaap after the mukhda .. mindblowing.. just nusrat fateh ali khan could have done that… some ppl criticized that he sang it wrong but again he muffled some words in the end of the sargam ..which is also a style..

4.naina thag lenge- man …. everyone has been appreciating this song since day one.. so no elaborations needed i feel.. but still i would say that the low note rendition of the words 'naina bawara-naina bawara' is so tough ..man just try it urself… Also the real sixer was after the once more call .. when he sung it again … great variations.

5.piya re -piya re- before forgetting the lyrics …the sargam part was too good to be forgotten.

6. meri zindagi ek pyaas- just recall it and it will start haunting u ..the pain in his voice.. mind blowing.

7.afoo khuda- perhaps the most underrated song that he has sung.. but just listen to the original song sung by mohd. rafi .. from the movie jab jab phool khile …well i'd say that he sung it at par with the original… if not better.

8.awarapan banjarapan- the scope of modifying the song is almost nil .. as it has many straight notes and is very simple and serene.. but still he did justice to this song..keeping it short and sweet without any mistakes… the song's beauty lies in its uncomplicated nature.

9.tare gin gin,chak de phatte,saara zamana- he kept his energy level very high althroughout these songs…(keeping aside the lyrics thing)

10. tu hi re- this song required immense precision as it is sung by hariharan..and raja's voice has a pretty different texture …but he sang it well… just listen to those notes .. in the words.. tere 'bina-a-a-a' main kaise jiyun .. in the end .. it feels like chords floating in the whole room.

9.rut aa gai re rut cha gai re.. was perhaps a song where he could have done better . Though he sang well enough …but still he pretty much limited himself as far as experimenting is concerned…i mean he should have taken the alaap in the end..

10. last but not the least - teri deewani -
a. the prestart he gave to the main alaap with a short alaap was not in the original..
b. the whole alaap in the beginning ..just listen to the last words of the lines..they were all different.
c.in the middle of he antra he took another short alaap .. which was mindblowing..
d.the off beat rendition of the mukhda again in the end.. was awesome..

GUYS …FOR ME A GR88 SINGER IS ONE WHO STANDS OUT IN THE CROWD…JUST TELL ME HOW MANY SONGS SUNG BY OTHER SINGERS ARE STILL HAUNTING U …?
MAY BE 1 ,2 ..OR THREE EACH.. LIKE AMANATS - YE HAUSLA ,KADIYA MIL SAWAN ..OR MAY BE MUSARRATS SAWARE…ETC .. BUT EVERYTHING THIS MAN SINGS …LINGERS ON U…HE HAS THAT AURA SORROUNDING HIM…
ITS RIGHTLY SAID THAT, HE HAS THAT DIVINE QUALITY IN HIS VOICE.I AM A DOCTOR…. HAVE AN EXAM TO TAKE IN 15 DAYS WHICH WILL DECIDE MY CAREER..BUT STILL JUST CANT STOP MYSELF FROM CRAVING TO SEE THE EPISODE ON FRIDAYS….AND THATS SINCE RAJA HAS COME INTO THE COMPETITION.
I KNOW THAT PPL FROM BIKANER ARE A FACTOR IN HIM GETTING MANY VOTES .. BUT WHEN U DESERVE IT ..ITS NOT AN ISSUE.
RAJA U ROCK…'. Hope you enjoyed! 😃

You said it all T. Raja is a winner, wish to see him in the final.

Really great analysis by T. ..As jaadoogar , I also understood what the analysis is saying.

All the points that T. counted is what I would call 'The Magic of Raja.'

Originally posted by: Jaadoogar

Great article written by T. I understood the article completely. I also understood what do you want to say in this article....

My comment:
All these extra curricular things which are in favor of Raja mentioned in article will not take him long enough, so I want to talk about his performance and versatilty here.
First of all he is not clone of Kailash Kher or Sukwinder Singh. He may be strong in their genre but his voice is different and has a khanak which even KK and SS do not have. Listen all these three for higher notes you will see the difference how high can Raja go and other. KK and SS definitely avoid going that much high note. Otherwise people will never like him. If he is clone then he will never be succeeded. We have seen 100 of Rafi clones being failed.
As far as Raja's performance is concerned till now, he sang all kind of song with exception of soft melody songs. He sang songs of different singers at least 10 singers. He brought his own touch to each and every song and tried to improve the song and most of the time was successful. He has the basic requirement of a singer which is his voice. He can easily be distinguished from mass. He sang all song in his own voice that make imprssion he is singing in one genre and same style... How can we say Maan tujhe Salam and Affoo khuda was of same style... Did we ever see Mukesh singing like Rafi and vice versa or Mukesh singing like Kishore and vice versa or Kishore singing like Rafi and vice versa... Raja is highly trained, and has a classical touch... He is really going to be a singing sensation if he has his foot planted on earth and keep doing what is required. To be successful he needs to be eliminated before grand finale otherwise Zee will use him like cash cow. And will end up doing concert everywhere at the expense of training...

Yes, Jaadoogar, I agree that the points that I mentioned will not help him in the long run. My analysis was restricted to the competition only as to why Raja is working right now.

The clone comments have left me confused as well. 😕 But, eventually he will need to branch out like Sunidhi did to survive in the long run.

He's the kind of artist who can make better money releasing private albums than venturing into playback. The playback market is highly saturated and hundreds of singers are failing to get an entry into it.

Yes, you have a good point...Zee tends to treat its winners like dirt.

UNLESS, his album via Zee is immensely successful...then he can fire Zee's agent and hire a new one (like Kelly Clarkson, the 1st American Idol did...she is immensely successful now)

Thanks for your comments Butter, Adi, Arsh, Qwest ji, singer.sa, Pradarshak and samera!

@ aarjoo - Yes, I've read the analysis by Dr. Lall (Lalbullet) before...its well done 👏

Great analysis done..I also agree with things mentioned by T as well as Jadoogar.

I think that he made the biggest impact when he was eliminated. Instead of any drama, he took it in such a spirit and sung a song..It felt like he is only interested in singing and nothing else. He is not bothered by win/loss, he just want a chance to sing...That impression is such a big thing because if someone truly renounces something it starts following the man in return and so is the case here. He showed that he doesn't desire the title so now the title is after him..

I agree.he is a phenomenal singer...btw did u write all that? wow 😛

T Ji, a really wonderful analysis.. 👏 👏 👏
Though I am not a Raja fan, I do appreciate ur thoughts and analysis of what goes behind Raja being a crowd puller.
And the same factors which u've listed will led him to be the winner. (I know this for sure though personally I want Amanat to win)

Originally posted by: aniline

Great analysis done..I also agree with things mentioned by T as well as Jadoogar.

I think that he made the biggest impact when he was eliminated. Instead of any drama, he took it in such a spirit and sung a song..It felt like he is only interested in singing and nothing else. He is not bothered by win/loss, he just want a chance to sing...That impression is such a big thing because if someone truly renounces something it starts following the man in return and so is the case here. He showed that he doesn't desire the title so now the title is after him..

Very true, aniline. He showed great sporting spirit during elimination! 👏

Originally posted by: live_life

I agree.he is a phenomenal singer...btw did u write all that? wow 😛

Thanks. Yes, I wrote all of that. 😊