Pray for me brother ....by A R Rahman

An Indian singing an English song typically sends a eerie feeling a.k.a a chill down my spine :-) and what I typically end up doing is changing the channel or hitting the forward button. Though occasionally an Indus Creed or a Parikrama did catch my attention, I have never quite come to accept it ....then there was the Great Indian Rock (an annual event in Delhi) that caught my attention but there again except for a band or two everything seemed so unnatural ....and unacceptable .... :-)

But then Rahman also is unnatural ...but ....he is acceptable ...and not just that ...he absolutely rocks and he absoutely kicks a## !!!!!
Bought 'Pray for me Brother' recently- and thats the reason for this post .... This is a single in English by Rahman - heard it ..absorbed it ...and got blown away by it ...the verdict is clear

Rahman ...whatever he does ...stands out and he simply stands tall ...and there is no doubt that it.....

A little about the song itself...Rahmans voice as always is magical and he blends it in so well with the flow of the song that you for a moment might not notice where the music begins and where his voice starts .....and it almost merges with the music ...such is the beauty of this man ...his voice..the music ..and the way he has mixed everything ...the rap by Blaze ..and the stanza towards the end .....ah ......thats Divine .....

Then ..there is the video of this song .....shot in b&w and in the vertical format (for cellphones they say) which is equally good....

I believe that the song is available in UK Itunes and is shortly going to be available in US too (will buy it again so that I can put it onto my iPod ..) ...

-A