agree with u totally on that. another point i wud like to make here is people combine their nostalgia and memories of their personal life where for example the point of time they were enjoying TAAL and that adds to the quality of the album and probably they are having a bad time now when yuvvraaj released.
i remember Rahman once said in an interview that when he did Roja he started from zero and again when he did his next he again started from zero and he does it for every work of his to date. similarly the fans also should start from zero while listening to a new album but this is difficult because our mind is always conditioned to the previous experiences and thats the difference between ordinary and extraordinary people. On 10/18/08, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it only by consensus that we can say one album is superior to > another? There are many opinions out there that go against consensus. > Are they wrong? Perception of art is subjective. It's amazing how > opinions differ so widely for one piece of art, although again, there > is the consensus factor. > > I keep hearing from people everywhere that Yuvvraaj is nowhere near > ARR's best, Taal is much better, etc. I feel disappointed by these > comments. I feel we should try to enjoy new art without retroactive > interference. My motto is: Enjoy a new album for what it is, not > what you think it should be. It doesn't mean you have to like it. If > you don't like it, you don't like it. But, it bothers me that some > people don't like a new album BECAUSE it doesn't live up to a > subjective standard of theirs for a previous album like Taal, Dil Se, > etc. I guess part of this is just human nature. > > What makes Rahman so legendary is the fact each of his albums have a > completely different sound and identity, yet keeping his signature > standards. Let's celebrate that. If Rahman kept Taal in mind when he > created Yuvvraaj, people would immediately say he is repetitive. But, > when he does something totally different, people immediately say it's > not as good as X or Y. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. > Anyway, I don't think Rahman cares too much those comments. It's his > creative satisfaction that's most important to him and I think that > when we hear a new album, we should judge it also from a creative > standpoint, innovativeness, freshness. > >
