In another newsgroup, one member shared the following of his views about ARR's music. It is an interesting thought and was not discussed on this ml, hence posting it here hoping that it will raise a discussion on these parameters.
Now, I am sure that some members will be quick to respond that "arr's all songs and entire songs are good." Well, Such opinions are respectable, but are more of a summary judgment. I hope to get some analysis of ARR's song in which these observations are found present and absent. He is not a member of this list. His email-id is mentioned and anyone can cc the mails to him so that he gets the feedback and more info. some part of the mail is snipped. -- Rawat On 8/22/05 1:34 PM India Time, _Sunil Dandekar_ <sunnydandekar at yahoo dot com> wrote: > ARR in my most humblest opinionest is an occasionally > gifted composer, who raises himself above his > contemporaries by virtue of occasional beauties. Since I > do not listen to Tamil or Telugu songs my opinions are > formed based on his Hindi output alone. His work suffers > from his earlier occupation as a jingle maker. More often > than not he composes riveting mukhdas and then the song > freewheels into nothing. > > I became aware of this when I realized that for majority > of ARR's songs, I can remember the mukhdas very well, but > not the stanzas. For instance I remember "Rang de ha rang > de mujhe apane preet wich rang de" as a very catchy > beginning but do not remember how rest of the song goes. > I have the same difficulty with many others, even with > one as recent as "Mitwa sun mitwa". It is as if he is at > loss after a promising start(in songs and his career). > This selective memory can not be attributed to possible > lack of interest in a particular song. If one were not > interested in the song, one would tend to forget the > whole thing. I don't know whether I am fitting > observation to theories or theories to observation. > > AR Rahman is awe-inspiring when he sticks to tunes of > Indian origins. (I can not define Indian Origin.). Tu hi > re, Ghanan Ghanan, Pal pal hai bhaari, Chhalka chhalka > re, chupke se are some songs that I remember and like > effortlessly. Indian classical music conventions might be > helping him to structure and organize his creativity, as > they have for countless composers. Lately he seems to > have realized it himself. His songs in Lagaan, Saathiya > and Swades are more likely to be remembered in the next > decade as compared to his earlier output. > > regards, > > Sunil ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h9mbigt/M=362335.6886442.7839733.3022183/D=grplch/S=1705331874:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124803358/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/
