Hi Ajit, Just like I said at the end of my email "So, at the risk of not being highly regarded with this group..." and it was a self-fulfilling prophecy!! Yes, of course, every fan has his own set mind and feels that his favourite should follow his advice, cos he knows the best. But, like you said, this guy really is funny cos he demands ARR follow is advice. And to everyone I offended by putting down the Shankar movies music, it was my mistake I didn't add IMHO before the sentence!! Of course, I cant convince you that Indian is a bad album and you cant convince me that it is a good album. And I prefer Minnalae and Khaaka Khaaka and Ulam Ketkumae to Aniyan. I realised Aniyan was HJ's worst when I was making a playlist of my favourite HJ songs and I couldn't bring myself to include even one song from Aniyan, but that is a whole different story.
Coming back to Rahman, yes, Hum Hai Is Pal Yahan was a masterpiece and I love the song. My mistake if I overlooked it. But to make the point that a couple of what this guy said was right, I was talking about what I felt was wrong. I said the lyrics of Paatshaala sound like bad Prabhu Deva era dubs. I still feel that's true. Not the music, the lyrics. So many Rahman masterpieces lost so much in translation during that phase. And that was the same cringe I felt when I heard Paatshaala. Of course, coming to the music of Paatshaala, it isn't definately that great either.IMHO!! And I'm surprised no one has attacked me attacking "Tum Bin Bataye"!! I forgot to mention that for the first time ever, when listening to a Rahman song for the first time, I could almost hum the next line's tune. That was how generic the song felt. It never happened to a Rahman song ever. I cant think of anyone who could guess the next line's tune for any Rahman track when hearing it for the first time. But this one, I could. All in all, my gripes are with RDB. Maybe the title song is difficult to hum, but that doesn't necessarily make it good. Maybe it's catchy, but Rahman has made better bhangra with TLoBS. Do a check of Rahman's releases in 2005. You had Anbae Aayuyire, Bose, Kisna(?), The Rising, Water and RDB. My point, that is contempary music is suffering is cos AA and RDB were not up to par whereas Bose, Kisna (his tracks), The Rising and Water were special, very special. Sorry to ramble on and on, but I was listening to an REM interview yesterday and they asked Michael Stipe why it was that they are now not as popular in the USA as they were before. To this he said that from the beginning they have followed their own trajectory, with respect to the music they made and that the popular music in USA was on a different orbit. Every once in a while the two paths meet and that is when they have a surge of popularity. I feel this is true for Rahman as well. For me, I always seemed to like the songs that weren't the most popular. When Tanha Tanha was the most popular song in Rangeela, I preferred Kya Kahe Kya Na Kahe and Mangta Hai Kya. When Humma Humma was the most popular song from Bombay, I preferred Poovukenna Pootu. I guess every once in a while there will be a Rahman album and song I like that becomes massive too, but RDB isn't that album. --- Ajit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your points are well taken and I too am not a fan of > rap in Hindi > songs, esp. with this Blaaze fellow. But, this guy > asserts that his > 4 points are the reasons that ARR's soundtracks are > not selling well, > which is a very narrow minded, arrogant, and > limiting view. This I > found ridiculous. Whether you agree with his points > or not is one > thing, but to for him to say that ARR should follow > his advice, which > is what he mentioned afterwards, is pretty > hilarious. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - 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/
