'Aye Bachchu'- Ghajini

Why I picked this song as the first one is because in the recent times this song I feel has incorporated a lot of genres into it and has a very 'uncharacteristic' Rehman touch to it if I may say. Since this is an analysis, I would want to start off with something technical and then move on to the general aspect of the song. The song starts off with a strum on the Distortion guitar which has a minor sound. When one hears a song start with a minor chord, the general feel that the listener gets is that either it is going to fall in the rock genre or it is not going to be a very happy song. Rehman breaks this myth and starts off with a minor chord and moves on to a very peppy chorus which goes on a major scale. Asin's character is very similar to Madhubala's character in Roja i.e, very bubbly,vivacious and sprightly. But look at the contrast in the music when we compare Aye Bachchu and Choti si Asha!! It is quite unimaginable how Rehman has evolved with times. One would never in the past have associated distortion guitar and heavy beats to go with the picturisation of a lively girl character. I have always associated this character with a great deal of grand piano and cello in between with a very sweet base line. But I was taken aback when I heard this song for the first time. Another evolution that one can observe in rehman's music nowadays is the way he blends female chorus into a lot of his songs. Earlier, he used to have a bunch of verry talented male singers for chorus in his arsenal but now, he incorporates female chorus and this gives a very different feel to this song in the chorus. Almost like a school choir...Another observation that I made is the use of the megaphone in this song..(Another example is the start of the title song in Delhi 6). 'Aye Bachchu...Tu Sunle...Mere Dilka...' and then there is a sudden pause in all the instruments and its the vocals in the megaphone which sings..'yeh order'....Its always like that line is heard only on the rear speakers. It definitely takes the listener by surprise. Thus I feel this song is a wonderful mix of lot of exotic elements in music and makes for good listening in the recent times as far as bollywood music is concerned.