Round 1: Alka Yagnik

EXCELLENT OUTSTANDING MINDBLOWING AMAZING SUPERB

HISTORYYY

1000/10

That's for you risingabove for doing such a wonderful job!
Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

Originally posted by: sidra2007

it was mostly a male voice dominated song -- but like her part at the end -- not sure if i shud...but i give her a 8

I think you got it backwards. 😆

She sang most of it, and Sonu sang a part at the end. Oh well, still a good score.




People make sure you listen to the song before you rate the performance

sorry was rating the mahalaxmi one -- dont know how i ended up here

Originally posted by: sidra2007

sorry was rating the mahalaxmi one -- dont know how i ended up here

oh. well even there, it was a nice long song where both took turns.

I had to start with Alkaji's song - the most experienced singer in this competition and choronologically the earliest song too.

NOT FAIR risingabove! You said you would save the best songs for last! And this is one of Alkaji's best renditions. This was recorded in her prime, when she RULED film music. (Then came a little girl named Shreya...)

Will take some time before I give a score because it'll take a couple of listenings for me to absorb this song.

Excellent game! Thanks for taking India Forums on a musical journey of the decade with you, risingabove!

Oh my God. Definitely a standing ovation from me for an amazing rendition.

Unfortunately, I cannot translate this ovation into full marks. My emotional response to this song is a result of the music (thank you Anu Malik - aapke sau guna maaf!), lyrics (by Javed Akhtar) and nostalgia as well as the singing. But we are here to be objective about singing.

Alkaji, more than any other singer in this competition, poses a difficulty for objective judges. She was without a doubt THE playback singer of the 1990s and early 2000's. As a result, most Hindi film music listeners are almost conditioned with Alkaji's voice. We all like her voice, because our favourite songs have been sung in this voice, our favourite stories have been told in this voice. For over a decade, this voice has been the voice of the heroine on screen, whether it is the sexy siren, the damsel in distress or the bride-to-be.

So what's the difficulty? Well, we all like her songs and her voice. But is that because we have grown to like her voice? Maybe we just like this voice because we are used to it. To outsiders who don't listen to much filmi music, as well as to many classical purists, Alkaji's voice is too thin. It is too squeaky. Her high notes seem sharp and piercing. Classical lovers remain unappreciative of her lack of Hindustani finesse, favouring Kavita Krishnamurty's highly trained voice.

In my judgement, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Yes, she is not the most comfortable with high notes and yes, her level of training is not up to par with Kavita Krishnamurty or Shreya Ghoshal. But hers is the voice of a generation.

In this song, she was in her prime and effortlessly conveys a young girl's feelings in her expression. There are a few high notes, which she reaches, but with considerable thinning in her voice. The few aakaars she has are OK - as expected from a film song. But since we are here to judge filmi music and not classical, I can let all of these things pass with just a small knocking of the marks.

So my score is 9 out of 10. It is a very, very harsh score. But we are separating amazing from amazing, so I can't give 10 to every song!

Originally posted by: xobile

I had to start with Alkaji's song - the most experienced singer in this competition and the choronologically the earliest song too.

NOT FAIR risingabove! You said you would save the best songs for last! And this is one of Alkaji's best renditions. This was recorded in her prime, when she RULED film music. (Then came a little girl named Shreya...)

Will take some time before I give a score because it'll take a couple of listenings for me to absorb this song.

Excellent game! Thanks for taking India Forums on a musical journey of the decade with you, risingabove!

well thats the song brahamabull wanted me to play so bad

but alka has a lot of good songs to come 😉

Originally posted by: xobile

Oh my God. Definitely a standing ovation from me for an amazing rendition.

Unfortunately, I cannot translate this ovation into full marks. My emotional response to this song is a result of the music (thank you Anu Malik - aapke sau guna maaf!), lyrics (by Javed Akhtar) and nostalgia as well as the singing. But we are here to be objective about singing.

Alkaji, more than any other singer in this competition, poses a difficulty for objective judges. She was without a doubt THE playback singer of the 1990s and early 2000's. As a result, most Hindi film music listeners are almost conditioned with Alkaji's voice. We all like her voice, because our favourite songs have been sung in this voice, our favourite stories have been told in this voice. For over a decade, this voice has been the voice of the heroine on screen, whether it is the sexy siren, the damsel in distress or the bride-to-be.

So what's the difficulty? Well, we all like her songs and her voice. But is that because we have grown to like her voice? Maybe we just like this voice because we are used to it. To outsiders who don't listen to much filmi music, as well as to many classical purists, Alkaji's voice is too thin. It is too squeaky. Her high notes seem sharp and piercing. Classical lovers remain unappreciative of her lack of Hindustani finesse, favouring Kavita Krishnamurty's highly trained voice.

In my judgement, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Yes, she is not the most comfortable with high notes and yes, her level of training is not up to par with Kavita Krishnamurty or Shreya Ghoshal. But hers is the voice of a generation.

In this song, she was in her prime and effortlessly conveys a young girl's feelings in her expression. There are a few high notes, which she reaches, but with considerable thinning in her voice. The few aakaars she has are OK - as expected from a film song. But since we are here to judge filmi music and not classical, I can let all of these things pass with just a small knocking of the marks.

So my score is 9 out of 10. It is a very, very harsh score. But we are separating amazing from amazing, so I can't give 10 to every song!

Thanks to risingabove for nominated this song. Even I sent the same song.

10 for me. This song is one of my personal favorite. An ideal song for two lovers.