Great work .... !!! I hope most of our group members would have had the same feelin which i had on readin this post .... and that cannot be described in words .... !!!
Regards .... Ashwath..... On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM, logesh kum-arr <[email protected]>wrote: > This one is somewhat which I can relate to so much ... > > "You love and respect Rahman, the human being and not just > Rahman, the composer " > > > I like Rahman not only becoz he is an internationally acclaimed Music > director .... > I liked the way he carries his success .. the emotions that he has for > other people .. and the seeing the > practicality of religion "Sufism" rather than the blind belief one has .... > I love him as a human being ... if anyone asks me who my role model is > my immediate reply wud only be Rahman .... > > Regards > Logesh A > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:18 AM, raju abc <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Well, Indeed true. I too have the same experiences. Thanks for the >> illustration. >> >> --- On *Tue, 2/12/08, ali ahad <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> From: ali ahad <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when........... >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 3:08 PM >> >> >> Well i guess i m a true A R RAHMAN's fan.... >> >> --- On *Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan <anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in>* wrote: >> >> From: Mathan <anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in> >> Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when........ ... >> To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com >> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 1:14 PM >> >> Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts.... >> >> - Mathan >> >> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, >> "Chord" <purev...@.. .> wrote: >> > >> > "You know you are a true Rahman fan when..." >> > 1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not >> > necessarily have to match the taste of the "masses". >> > >> > 2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good >> > music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it >> > comes from. >> > >> > 3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone >> > makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music. >> > >> > 4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for >> > more from Rahman. >> > >> > 5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected >> > with Rahman's music. >> > >> > 6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best >> > most of the other can churn out. >> > >> > 7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think >> > Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that >> > Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and >> > then magically delivers that to you. >> > >> > 8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection >> > is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's >> or >> > hard-disk space on computer or ipods. >> > >> > 9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are >> > in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music. >> > >> > 10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again, >> > you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single >> Rahman >> > song. >> > >> > 11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible >> > to describe in words, let alone explain it to others. >> > >> > 12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to >> > music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a >> > few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are >> > humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled >> > about you listening to it. >> > >> > 13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans >> > Community and visit it at least >> > once a day. >> > >> > 14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with >> > likes of >> > Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news. >> > >> > 15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring >> > about and referring to the fake "Ekyam Satyam". You too hope to >> > listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere. >> > 16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them >> > instantly. >> > >> > 17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know >> > deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true. >> > >> > 18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with >> > a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually >> > meet Rahman. >> > >> > 19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex >> > problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of >> > coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites. >> > >> > 20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because >> > most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of >> > Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him. >> > >> > 21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener >> > sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the >> > more recent and annoying Himesh). >> > >> > 22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend >> > to put an end to the conversation by saying... "No doubt, Illayaraja >> > is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better"... because it's >> > true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?) >> > >> > 23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with >> > obscure terms such as "BGM" or "Interlude" etc. And furthermore, you >> > are a rare breed of fans that actually collects and listens to >> > these "BGM" and "Musical bits" used in commercials. >> > >> > 24. You can listen to an hour of non-stop Rahman interludes and >> > guess over 80% of them right. >> > >> > 25. You eagerly wait for each and every Rahman release, you set >> > very high expectations for each album, a day after the release you >> > will bash the album as below-average, a few months later you will >> > hail the same album as a masterpiece and one of your personal >> > favorites. >> > >> > 26. You suffer from this rare condition where... you wake up from >> > your sleep, humming or singing a Rahman tune, involuntarily. You >> > realize the condition is severe when you randomly shout out a Rahman >> > tune you haven't heard in a long time. >> > >> > 27. You may forget to take your dose of medication but you can >> > not forget to get your daily dose of Rahman. >> > >> > 28. You set high expectations of Rahman, and are honored and >> > touched that he cares about you and works hard to satisfy you. >> > >> > 29. You know and realize that Rahman is potentially the most >> > creative composer to ever live in India, and may be even the World. >> > >> > 30. You love and respect Rahman, the human being and not just >> > Rahman, the composer. >> > >> > >> > Thoughts by Kaissiom (aka) Wasim from Orkut >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them >> now.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/> >> > > > > -- > best regrards > Logesh A > > >
