Anand - I do agree that judging music is a subjective process. It is also not always true that the most popular music is the "best." So let everyone have their own opinion of Rahman's music.
But that is not my point. I can be a fan of Rahman's music and still say that some of Rahman's songs were poor. What's wrong with saying "poor quality music?" I'm not attacking Rahman personally .. I'm only criticising his music. Nothing wrong with that!! (unless we lived in a communist state). Even geniuses perform poorly at times, because they're human. Rahman is a performer ... he gets paid a lot of money for his movies, we spend a lot of money on CDs and cassettes, so he is infat *obliged* to make good music. I don't want to spend $14 on a Rahman CD only to like 1 or 2 songs. (Ofcourse, he rarely disappoints me ... so its ok) I also don't agree with the argument that the songs were situational. None of us has seen the movie yet, so how does anyone know whether they were situational? Right now, we are simply judging the songs as a separate entity. My main point was that some people here are unable to take criticism of Rahman. Thats not usually a healthy sign. Hope that makes sense. Cheers, - Aanand. --- In [email protected], "Anand Bharathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ----- > From: aanandk > To: [email protected] > 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. > > > > > 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 > > a.. Visit your group "arrahmanfans" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. 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