My gf would always ask me " After ARR, its only me that you love right? "... ;)
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Pradeepan R <[email protected]>wrote: > > > well said, u saved my time :)) > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Arijit Debnath <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Since I love Rahman... always listen to his music.... some of my >> friends for some strange reason can't digest that... it's not the fact that >> they are having attitude, or musically brilliant, or something.... but they >> are the easy gores... they would ask... >> >> Why ur 'orkut' name starts with Rahman? >> Why Rahman poster is hanging in ur bedroom? >> Why Rahman wall paper is there in ur laptop? >> Why u always listens to Rahman there are so many..... >> On this last point if I start any of the following from my >> collection they again got upset...it's not their kind of Music :(, they will >> hv below comments: >> Pink Floyd (whats going on! r u mad??) >> Metalica (earbuds will burst) >> Evanescence (tooo loud) >> Alicia Keys (never heard this kind of sound ever) >> George Michael (less complaints) >> Santana (don't know the language) >> Yanni (instrumental...ooops) >> Rabindranath Tagore songs (pls stop his boring songs in 21st >> century) >> Lusiano Pavoratti (cat crying) >> Andrea Bocelli (cat crying) >> ShivKumar Sharma/Rano majumdar/Navin/Zakir/Rashid Khan/Ajay >> Chakraborty/Sultan Ahamed/Amjad Ali/Ravi Shankar (when time will move?) >> Celene Dion (liked 'my heart will go on' .... that's all) >> The list goes on...... However who asks me the above set of >> questions.... they never enjoy any of the above musicians....for them Kumar >> Shanu is a living legend, Nadim-Shravan created best ever melody in history >> of Indian Music, Abhijeet is one of the best singers of the nation, Pritam >> is the most talented composer in current time...... and their list goes >> on....... >> >> So I treat them as Musically illiterate and vice versa. Also I try not to >> waste my valuable time with fighting with these guys... I tell them... pls >> forgive me.... I hv my own likings.... >> >> On the better side...I hv few friends who are professional Indian >> Classical instrumentalists..... sometime they come to our vicinity for >> concerts.... and whenever we meet I provide them Rahman's gems... and in >> return they provide their valuable time in discussing music (mostly Rahman's >> music). >> >> I generally don't type so much.... but happened today... >> >> Arijit >> >> 2009/9/2 ichord <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> .....because you're so passionate about ARR? I love to talk about ARR, >>> his music, his life, and some people think that I go overboard...think that >>> he's all that I listen to and that I have no other musical interests besides >>> him, which is not true. I get sarcastic comments sometimes or people having >>> the attitude, "there he goes again with his ARR thing.......implying that >>> I'm totally obsessed with him. I think there is a difference between passion >>> and obsession. >>> >>> I love lots of musical artists from different genres of music, but of >>> course, ARR represents a very heavy part of my rotation. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Pradeepan. > > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to > you !" > >
