Hi Dorai Swamy,
I don't agree with you. The fact that you didn't find RDB that good when compared to Alaipayuthey or Kandokondain Kandokondain was may be because at that time the kind of music that ARR composed was new and fresh when compared to music composed at those times. But now this kind of music has become common with all other music director's copying AR Rahman's music or using similar beats.
But you must be proud that ARR is still trying do something new and innovative. In due course of time I am sure that you and all other listener's will find RDB exciting.
Bye,
-SUNIL
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 Doraiswamy S. wrote :
>I am an ARR fan but I dont find RDB all that good .. its ok in parts and he
>shows his briliance at some places .. but not very consistent though ..
>atleast to novice listeners like me. I think I have listened to Bluffmaster
>and Zinda more than RDB. I havent heard Kalyug.
>
>I dont find in RDB the kind of value I found in Alaipayuthey, Dil Se or
>Kandukodein. ARR himself is to blame for the high standards he set for
>himself in his intial years. Sadly I think he is not able to do that now.
>His golden period where everything he touched turned gold ..seemed to end
>after AlaiPayuthey and KK, 2 magnificient albums that released so close to
>each other. After that he did produce gems like Bose, Meenaxi .. but he
>couldnt strike chord with the general public. And that matters a lot.
>
>On 1/8/06, dsuday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > From what I understand from some of the posts which have been put across
> > by members, it seems that RDB Music is not a sales success which was a
> > shock to me as this seems to be one of the Best Music of 2000's....
> >
> > We do not have the Nielson soundscans or NPD surverys type thing in
> > India, hence it would be premature to assume that this hasnt sold well
> > till information confirming this is made available.
> >
> > That there is currently a kind of Bias or a movement with sole purpose
> > of undermining ARR's effort and ignore the variety of his creativity
> > with misinformation, half truths and pure ignorance.
> >
> > At one end we have the Music professionals who make comments which
> > strive to undermine his musical genius, while during his hey days
> > heaped praise on his abilities, ofcourse there were Old timers who had
> > criticised him from his early days but I am talking about the current
> > crop who are doing their best to discredit him now.
> >
> > At other end we have "music lovers" if you call them so (I know it
> > sound s pretty condescending as if I am being very biased...but it is
> > not so), who say that "his music is repetiive" "his creativity is
> > limited" "okay some songs were good but that doesnt mean he is great"
> > "he is not versatle...look at RD burman etc. The music loving
> > public who used to buy the album just by seeing his name in the late
> > 90's are not opening up and buying his music as they used to do so and
> > therby contributing to the decline.
> >
> > From what I understand from my experience and I am not any
> > professional just a layman who can feel and experience good music, and
> > judge what is a creation of greatness, what is mediocre, what is
> > ephemeral. Just like other members I just believe in my instincts to
> > judge music. Indian public has been fed on similar kind of popular
> > music since the LP records started selling here. All the songs confirm
> > to some Basic rules, have a defined structure and were inspired by
> > the Classical musics of different era...modified and downgraded so
> > that the general public can enjoy them. That is the only bit of
> > innovation they did, they made music in such a way that it appeals to
> > the common man and he came to expect all the songs to follow similar
> > standards, and in this limited setup many great music pieces have come
> > which have been of great artistic and commercial success. The only
> > musicians who tried to do some sort of innovation to this setup was RD
> > Burman and OP Nayyar and probably few others. Their music was hit and
> > apprecaited but nobody would have called them great musicians. From
> > what I have seen RD Burman's became recognized as a great Music
> > director since his death, as the industry found his output was of
> > remixable quality which can appeal to the current generations. This
> > infact grew his popularity and made people like me end up buying all
> > the available collection of his original song currently existing in
> > market. In this kind of setup ARR had set in and brought in an
> > entirely different musical experience to the music loving public. He
> > defined and created something called Individual style in which the
> > musician is recognized just by listening to the music. Though this
> > would be a bare minimum in other places as just by listening to a
> > small sample people were able to judge whether the song was by The
> > WHo, Pink Floyd, Queen, Led Zeppelin etc else, this ability became
> > something special here.
> >
> > ARR's popularity and his musical successes grew and he seemed to
> > garner all major awards and had excellent sales to show. He was by far
> > the greatest Music Director in India and had a star power no musician
> > ever enjoyed in India.
> >
> > And then came the "Going International" phase, during the time which
> > most of his Indian releases tanked. In the end it all turned to
> > success for his music which we of Blockbuster quality and the last
> > major hits turned out ot be Lagaan and Saathiya. His musically
> > superior albums which were released subsequently did not do as well as
> > they might have deserved, many of the movies didnt have the star power
> > and incase they had star power (Swades, Mangal Pandey) the music was
> > so true to the subject that it was not possible for them to be
> > immediately appeable in the current scenario of bubblegum remixes and
> > songs. Infact these have been stated as ARR' musical decline and loss
> > of commercial credibility.
> >
> > Today ARR is in a position where his music would be compared to his
> > peers (who are worthless except SEL)and his music would have to be of
> > Blockbusterish quality to sell. I had thought RDB had a very great
> > possibility of bringing back ARR on the league he once was in again,
> > but it seems to be not so. I hope that after the release of the movie
> > and if it becomes a success people understand and appreciate the music
> > better and give the man his due.
> >
> > Or he should completely be concentrating more on International Project
> > s and maybe he will reach the stature of John Williams or James
> > Horner. Atleast the collective worldwide audience would not expect
> > predictability once they acknowledge his genius.
> >
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