You put it very well! My dad loves the classical old tamil & malayalam songs, whenever I play ANY say 'fast track' he doesn't seem to like it. He likes slow and soft music and doesn't care for whose music it is by. I was wondering how people could listen to and love say Himesh or even Anu Malik. But there is something about them which attracts people, and they love AR too, but are more into the former. So at the end of the day, its all about personal choices. And a majority of youngsters in my college love AR and seem to connect with his music instantly, but it varies with every album. They loved 'Jaane tu' more than JA, but for me it's vice-versa.
--- In [email protected], "Chord" <purev...@...> 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! >
