I think it shows that the fields of commercial and memorable music are diverging.
In today's world where music is judged by people based on the music videos, the actors and how much skin actresses show, and reviews of people who don't understand even the basic of music --- it is not at all surprising that this should happen. When people complain that yester years music was far better, they cannot be far from being hypocritical. Was the old music subjected to the same treatement by reviewers or did everyone just sit back to cherish and understand the melodies? Was the old music just a piece of junk to be hip-hopped to in a car or was it something you heard over and over in radio and understood what the tune and lyrics are speaking? I bet, 90% of old music would be flop, if released today. So, its not surprising that gems like Meenaxi, Swades, Rising, TLOBS, etc..flop commercially in the age of one-time wonders like Kaal Dhamal! -Ricky --- In [email protected], "Swaminathan Sivaramakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If Mangal Pandey flops, it would be Rahman's 9th consecutive flop in Hindi... Coming in the line of Bose, Kisna, Swades, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha, Yuva, Meenaxi, Lakeer and Tehzeeb. In the same time Baba, Udhaya, Parasuram, Kangalal Kaidhu Sei, E20U18 and Aayitha Ezhuthu have flopped in Tamil. Only Boys, in between, was a mild success and New, a moderate success. > > Mere coincidence or.... ? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hnkgtqp/M=362335.6886442.7839733.3022183/D=grplch/S=1705331874:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124416894/A=2894366/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
