Well written Aditya. I have learnt long back that a Rahman album is difficult to judge after the first few times you hear it. Thereafter, every time you hear it, you discover a new sound or a nuance you had missed. The music grows on you. I am waiting anxiously to get my hands on a CD , listen to it multiple times, before I can decide "for myself" if I love it a little more than some other ARR albums :)
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Aditya YVS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry for the horrible subject line........It translates( In Telugu) to > Whats stopping you from listening. Vinadaniki means "to listen" karuvu is > "famine/Shortage"..... > > I'm an Self proclaimed Rahmaniac and i'm blinded sometime from the truth. > There is a saying in telugu " Kaki Pilla kaki ki muddu"....translating to > the mother crow likes its sibling like its the most beautiful thing. That > said, I guess its different as Rahman has earned my respect and fervor by > giving one treatise in music followed by other. > > The point like so many of you have already mentioned is the auditory > inertia and immediate auditory gratification. > > Million lines to defend the perceivable change in his music are all > fine............but why defend. Music is a personal thing..........very > personal. When someone says he/she likes a song we generally do not disagree > with him as disagreeing to it might offend him/her personally, not like cars > or movies. It goes much deeper.People like/dislike music and its directly > related to the way you've been bought up and your general ethos, your > friends, their ethos. > > Reviews are for few reasons: > 1.For the general Buzz for the album. > 2.For the pleasure of the reviewer. > 3.For others to discuss it. > > So if you agree or disgree with a particular review, its because you are > two different people. If you both agree that the songs are bad then you are > different from the composer. The diatribe is uncalled for and personally a > waste of time, compared to the fact that the time can be spent to give the > music a second chance to grow( Assuming rahmans music grows). > > If australians reacted with a quick review then shane warne would be having > figures of 1/150 or something all his life.Time is at a premium agreed, but > is that how you solved your quant question papers? in CAT.....you read the > question twice if you didnt understand or you marked the wrong answer.Some > things in life ask for patience-the Idea is in being able to guess which > ones need time and which dont.Here again you could argue the people > differ..........but heck as i've already told you that i'm a hardcore > rahmaniac. I'm going to argue that for the genius to emerge, you need to > engage with him in the song and persist. If you dont have time.........you > would not have read this mail till here :). > > > VTVAT the F!......this is a great Album! period. Going into the songs is > not the agenda here.There are better people here to do that..(Ichord > :)...loved your review.) > > God Bless! > Aditya. > > > > > >
