Dear Sir,
that was a lovely post..I thoroughly enjoyed reading after a long time in the
group..Do post more :)
csrao <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: Friends,
I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on
this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my
first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of
fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I
do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music.
Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and
instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing
and vibrant music.
That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew
that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a
musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He
elevated cine music to unattainable heights.
I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like
all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me,
keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat,
according to me,, lies in:
1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon.
2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4
minutes is possible only to him.
3. He is a
master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the
highlights of many songs.
4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments] ,
shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy
them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the
voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and
taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is
humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine.
5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR
eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or
Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by
our honored ARR.
I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood
I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I
am in good and high
spirit!
In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs
tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof
is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through
millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT
Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have.
The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks
to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes.
csrao
