You nailed it. My father is now in his early 60s. I have always known him as a big music lover. He can recognize almost all Rafi, Kishore, Manna Dey, Lata and old Malayalam songs. I gifted him an iPod loaded with lots of songs. Mostly he still listens to old songs. Yes one of new songs gets him really excited. The ones that he liked recently are 1.O Sathiya - From a John Abraham moview - Anu Malik composition 2. Instrumental from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom 3. Suraj Hua Madham - KKKG 4. Teri Ore from Singh is King
For a big ARR fan that I am, I would have loved to see him fall in love with an ARR song. But somehow he doesnt seem to appreciate. But that doesnt mean I dislike his choice of music. I just wonder what the songs mentioned above clicked big time with him but all ARR songs failed to do do. His appreciation is no certification of Anu Maliks talent either. Sometimes you just cant understand why somebody loves something. Respect every persons individuality. Like Pyarelalji my dad doesnt think ARR is any great shakes but he is happy that ARR has won an Oscar. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Chord <[email protected]> wrote: > After reading Jagjit Singh's, Pyarelal's and Ali Khan's comments about > ARR and his music, it also struck me the big generational differences > in terms of attitudes and exposure towards music. Personally, I have > found that even with people I know, like my parents and their friends, > their appreciation for music is within a narrow range. Anything > outside that range is overlooked and not appreciated as much, and > sometimes ridiculed. I have found that amongst many elders, there is > a certain arrogance or haughtiness implying, "we know what's best". > This is a product of our culture revering elders and their wisdom by > tradition in contrast to many seniors and elders feeling left out and > disrespected by attitudinal changes in today's world reflecting less > respect and reverie towards seniors. > > For example, when I gave my parents a copy of the D6 CD, they only > liked the folk and semi-classical elements of the soundtrack. That's > it. When I asked them about Jaane Tu, they said that they didn't like > the music, although they love and appreciate ARR's other works that > are more in line with their taste. Of course, even within elders, > there will be a lot of variation in terms of taste and attitude, but > overall, I feel that they are more narrow minded about music than we > youngsters are OVERALL AS A GROUP, keeping in mind individual > differences. Because ARR's music is so diverse and touching upon so > many different genres, a large percentage of his work is not going to > be appreciated by those with more narrow minded definitions of good > music. > > Who knows, maybe when we reach that age, we too may reflect some of > that narrow mindedness in terms of our exposure compared to what the > youth may be listening to at that time. However, I have hope that > because we youngsters have been exposed to such an array of world > music through ARR and other artists, I think we will generally have a > broader appreciation for music than previous generations. > > ARR has gifted us with something very important: tolerance and open > mindedness for different types of music. Thank you ARR! > > >
