My Dad is 50 and he loves ARR. He was a IR/MSV fan in his youth. But after lagaan he became a ARR fan.
Songs he loves. Guru -> tera bina. Lagaan -> full Swades -> yeh tara,aahista,yeh jo des. Rhythm,Sivaji,Lagaan,12ka4. However he hasnt developed an ear for smthng like Bose/Water. Would like to know wat the middle aged and older group feel abt ARR. Especially the people above 45 as their prime(15-30) would have been during RD Burman/Illyaraja/MS Vishwanathan. --- In [email protected], Leslie D <dorai...@...> wrote: > > 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 <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! > > > > > > >
