May be in musicwise they have lot of similiarities. But in the sense of Characterwise, they were opposite extremes.
________________________________ ________________________________ From: rayrai2k <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:07:02 AM Subject: Re: [arr] Similarities between Michael Jackson and AR Rahman Both were child prodigy and during their childhood their seniors were well confident that they will achive something very big in music. --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Chord" <purev...@.. .> wrote: > > Interesting points. Thanks. > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Pradeepan R <pradeepanisonline@ > > wrote: > > > > Agreed. but if MJ didnt have to worry so much about the commercial success > > of his album each time, > > he might have probably experimented with more genre / incorporated more > > global influences in his music. > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Chord <purevibz@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > With the news of MJ's death, I have taken a re-interest in MJ and his > > > music. It's interesting the psychology of why someone's work of art > > > becomes > > > popular again when that person dies, supported by recent stats showing > > > that > > > MJ's music is topping charts worldwide again. > > > > > > As I downloaded some of his most famous and influential songs from Itunes > > > recently and listened carefully, I could not help draw up some comparisons > > > between his music and ARR's. Here are some parallels that I thought of: > > > > > > 1) MJ and ARR are both perfectionists. There is a quality to both their > > > bodies of work that define high achievement and perfectionism, a certain > > > drive and ambition and motivation to be the best they can possibly be, > > > often > > > working ridiculous hours to achieve this. > > > > > > 2) Tightness and crispness of arrangements. Both MJ and ARR boast of > > > extremely high quality arrangements in their music and a very tight and > > > planned set of arrangements that are line with their perfectionistic work > > > ethics. > > > > > > 3) Both masters of rhythm: ARR and MJ both boast of extremely high quality > > > rhythmic concepts and super-intelligent rhythmic patterns in their songs. > > > Again, consistent with tightness. > > > > > > 4) Both are trend setters: MJ and ARR were both trend setters in their own > > > ways. Both revolutionized music in their own respective spheres and had a > > > huge following among artists of their kind. > > > > > > 5) Both are passionate about unity, diversity, and charity: MJ and ARR > > > share a very similar type of compassion towards the world, towards the > > > less > > > fortunate, and both believe in transcending artificial boundaries to help > > > unify cultures and races and highlight bonds that tie us all together, > > > irrespective race, culture, etc. Through their music, they were able to > > > transcend and go beyond hard set boundaries that were not able to be > > > transcended before (ARR with regional and international reaches and MJ > > > with > > > racial and ethnic reaches). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Pradeepan. > > > > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you > > !" > > >
