Finally, I heard Rahman's latest. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya. Why would Rahman pick up a few choicest notes n beats from a typical reggae and get them sprinkled with tamizh lyrics? And then make some more potpourri of all western genres. Oscar influence? Even the lyrics sound disjointed. But the album's a big hit and that is all the makers would want.
The music definitely sounds good. Groovy. Aaromale sounds exactly like how Bryan Adams would render a malayalam number. And yes, Omana penne & Hosanna refuse to stop playing in my cranial jukebox.But, that's about it. If I manage to stop it playing, am sure it wouldn't start again. Unlike the original Rahman scores which tingle the senses, years after you've actually heard them play. To name a very few albums - Roja, Iruvar, Tiruda tiruda, Kadalar Dinam, Kadalan, Mudalvan, Bombay, Uyire/Dil Se, Rhythm, Kandu Kondein, Jodha Akbar...
Hoping that Rahman will recover from the Oscar-induced-western-stupor and give us more of his original compositions, which will satiate the cerebral-jukeboxes and linger on for decades...
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