Vithur, Is this your blog?
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know, I know - this is a pretty blasphemous statement coming from me. > The two readers of my blog might be greatly upset. But that still does not > prevent me from venting my feelings. > > A.R. Rahman is a genius when it comes to music. There is no way around > that. He has produced some of the best music in recent times (like the last > 15 years). He has also inspired a number of clones to try and produce the > similar kind of music. Imitation is definitely the best form of flattery. Of > course, we all know that these guys regularly fail or start producing > repetitive music. I should also add that 3 out of every 4 songs I listen to > is made by Rahman (it could be even 3 of every 3 :)). > > But recently, Rahman has started remixing his own music especially in > Tamil. His recent one - Sakkaratti is a prime example. 3 of his songs are > original and mostly range from good to awesome (Taxi anyone). Unfortunately > the other 3 songs are a direct copy from Meenaxi, a Hindi film. Don't get me > wrong - the music is awesome. But sometimes it sucks to hear the songs in a > different language. They were made for Hindi words and now they are supposed > to sound good with Tamil. Really? I know all his fans will say that the song > sounds good - sure. Meenaxi was an awesome album and the songs were > brilliant as usual. But you need to ask yourself this - does it sound better > in Hindi or in Tamil? Can you shake the original words out of your head? If > you can, you are way better than me :). Shame on you ARR. For all your > talent, are you telling me you cannot produce 6 songs in each movie. Do you > have to actually take something from your hindi version and put it in Tamil > (or the other way round)? > > I have started to just forward these songs after I listened to them a > couple of times. Please note that this is not a very easy task when I am > running. So they probably will get kicked out pretty soon. > http://stridewrite.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/disillusioned-with-rahman/ > > regards, > Vithur > > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always > >
