The other day I saw the audio review of The Rising by Joginder Tuteja of India FM. Apparently, the reviewer was invited for the audio launch of The Rising and at this launch, visual clips of the songs were being played, based on which the review was done!!! Can you beat it? I mean.....when do you review an audio album? After listening to the songs on a good music system for at least a couple of times, analyse the nuances of all the songs, lyrics etc. And instead of doing this....here we have a reviewer who has already passed his verdict by listening/watching the audio visual clips at the audio launch!! Ridiculous it sounds to me!! All along I thought only Taran Adarsh was capable of ludicrous analysis but looks like his brethren at India FM are all capable of doing the same!! While I do not argue with the right of the reviewer to criticize the album...still to review and criticize the album just by a single listen and that too on the big screen at the audio launch is a bit too much for me to digest!!!!!!
Cheers Balaji --- In [email protected], Vijay Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I havent heard The Rising yet. I will go and get my copy today and its only been 2 or 3 days since its released so im sure more than half or atleast half of the listeners on this group or worldwide would not have had a chance to get the album yet - now with the weekend yes ! a lot more albums will be bought. > The other half who have already had a chance to listen to the album, I'm sure have not savoured it enough and 2 days is too less a time to give a verdict on the semantics of the album. > But what disappoints me - and this is a trend im seeing over the last few years is that the listeners keep harping and harping and flooding mails with queries about the next release and when it does happen, a whole flood of emails with ridiculous topics start to bombard your inbox. > Sample this "how would harris have done the rising?" "how would a r r have done anniyan?" "the rising is not good" "hes lost it, he produces shit tracks".....while im not denying anyone the right to criticise, all im saying is why wont you guys give it time ? An artiste like Michael Cretu (Enigma) releases an album every 4 years....to a layman most of his tracks might sound alike but if you give it time, you start realising the finer aspects and after years you still keep rediscovering something new - just like a r r's songs..Im sure most of the group has not even been done with Bose - there are just too many finer aspects in that album and 2 days is all it takes to 'complete' the last rites of 1857 and look forward to AAh AAh... > The funniest part is when he does commercial tracks, people want him to focus on something different and now when he does something different, they want AAh AAh commercial tracks !! Give me a break folks !! > Lastly, if all of you as just listeners know so much about music - as claimed and can give a verdict on the songs, arrangments, singers, lyrics etc, surely a r r with all his knowledge and genius and experience would know better. You think he would have worked day and night sitting at his console (siping Redbull !!!) to produce what you call 'CRAP' ?? You need to ponder...... > > Cheers > Vij > Apologies for the long mail ! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in Mangal Pandey - The Rising http://www.risingthefilm.com http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
