I honestly think that the perception of ARR's music has bounced back from a relative lull during the middle of this decade. People are understanding more how versatile he is and nobody is throwing around the word "repetitive" anymore. His music is as versatile as you can get under one composer! Sure, there are the haters, etc., but most progressive, open, and globally/worldy minded people have only appreciated his music more over time. Of course, Rahman broke down the Western barrier with Slumdog.
I think the older Indian generation has loved ARR more over time, esp. slower melodies along the likes of golden melodies of yesteryear from albums like Bose, Water, Guru, Jodha Akbar, Yuvvraaj. I know for a fact that my parents, who used to be very skeptical about Rahman, have now embraced him completely as a true genius and an amazing melody maker, since they would only focus on melodies as their criteria for a good song. When I talk about ARR in praise a lot, they don't look away anymore....they nod in agreement! --- In [email protected], Anil Nair <rhythmca...@...> wrote: > > Do you think the general perception of AR's music in the minds of people has > changed considerably over the past year or two? Maybe more so after (or > during) the "Jai Ho" storm? > I feel that more people have turned Rahmaniacs in the past couple of years > than in a long time - people understand his music better and the reviewers > don't just engage in AR bashing as they previously did - this give his music > some repeated listening before their reviews? > > Of course this excludes us Rahmaniacs who also have become more critical of > his work :-) > > -- > -A > http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com >
