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C,mon Aanand. What is the benchmark or yardstick
to measure good music. This is not mathematics or science where the output is
defenite. As for a AM or NS, one can definitely say that our boss's music is way
ahead but comparing within ARR's work and saying maybe Lagaan was better, please
give him a break, man. It is like comparing Sachin Tendulkar with Sachin. The
movies, director, situations, time everything is different. I can accept when
you say that may be Rising is not Rahman's best work. That is your opinion and
you are entitled to it. But please do not say words like "poor quality music" or
"relatively poor performance" in relation to The Rising because I do not really
think it is. If he is making music for movies especially period ones he has got
to give situational music. He will definitely not have the flexibility of giving
any music he wants. Otherwise it will stink like AM's music for Asoka where the
music did not relate to the period at all. please do comment.
anand
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: [arr] Rising and criticism
I'm disappointed and sad that in general this yahoogroup
seems to be
unable to take any criticism of Rahman in its
stride.
Good fans will not accept poor quality music and still
convince
themselves that it is good. Good fans will also not berate people
who
make fair criticism of Rahman's music.
Its obvious that the
reviews for The Rising have been mixed on
indiafm, rediff and all the other
major websites. Despite that, the
moment someone sends a critique here,
people jump on him and berate him.
I'm a big fan of Rahman's music and
know almost all his songs by
heart. I don't even listen to any other
Hindi/Tamil music composer.
However, even I can sense a relatively poor
performance when I hear
one. Even Rahman will probably admit that The
Rising wasn't his best
work. Ofcourse, it might well be that the movie
demanded Rahman to
make such "situational" music. But on a purely musical
basis, its
obvious to me that the Rising doesn't quite cut it.
My
advice to some of the members here : Please remain fans, don't
become
fanatics.
- Aanand.
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and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in
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