Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I just wrote this impromptu to add some levity and self group observation. Glad you all enjoyed reading it.
--- In [email protected], Anil Kumar <anil_2...@...> wrote: > > Stupendous dude..i know the CD is not going to release on 24th, not this > month for sure... > > --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Vijay <vi...@...> wrote: > > > From: Vijay <vi...@...> > Subject: Re: [arr] Usual sequence of events just prior to a new ARR release > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 12:45 AM > > > Â > > > > > "The journey is more important than the destination " > > > Well captured.... > > > V > Sent from my iPhone > > On 14-Apr-2010, at 23:54, "AJ" <purev...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > > > > Â > > I think this is the order of things before a new ARR album: > > 1) Tentative date of music release appears online in the media..... everyone > is excited, yippee, hooray, can't wait....etc. etc. > > 2) First promo is released. ARR fans download the audio portion everywhere.. > play it in their ipods, their cars, their super stereos, even if the clip is > 20 seconds in bad sound......but it's new ARR music... Discussions > abound.....is it good? ARR skeptics and naysayers chime in......"I'm very > disappointed. ...album will be bad....what is ARR thinking???? " > > 3) Some funny person named Gopal in this group releases a fake track list and > half of all ARR fans everywhere believe it. > > 4) Music release date comes.....people go to the stores to ask about the > CD...but no CD.... and store people give them funny looks....even claiming > never having heard of the film.....disappoint ing trip back home. Where's the > CD? I thought it was going to release today! Huh? What's going on??????? > Chaos, questions, uncertainty. ..... > > 5) New music date announced in media! Is it true? What's the source? Can we > trust it??? Yes, this time it's for real! > > 4) THE REAL track listing is provided by Gopal and posted on the official AR > website....exciteme nt builds, tensions mount....AR fans starting to > drool...... > > 5) New music release date comes.....people flock to stores, wait anxiously on > the computers searching download sites....... but.....where' s the music? > Where's the CD? What's going on? ARREY YAAR...KYA HORA HAI????????? ?????? > "Music was supposed to release today!!!!" Realization sets in that the launch > function was set for the day, but CDs will take time to come out, another 2 > weeks, due to T-series screwing up something. > > 6) Another music release date comes out by T-series.... .AR fans everywhere > very apprehensive. ......but willing to wait......wait. ..wait... ..wait... > .the waiting gets harder everyday.... .. Will T series deliver? > > 7)Another promo is released.... a new song....something to chew on while we > wait for the feast....... more discussions, more analyses, more downloads... > ..more doubts....." this doesn't sound like ARR...album will flop......I > don't have a good feeling about this...etc. etc." People on this group tell > these people to shut up and not judge a whole album just by the clips (but > inside, they're worried) > > 8) T series release date is changed again the day before the expected release > date due to problems in packaging and distribution. ....AR fans everywhere > curse T series, calling it bad names, asking why AR albums releases are > always botched up and why always with T series... Notable AR fans start to > make calls to T series people demanding an explanation and a true release > date. Multiple release dates are subsequently announced and mass confusion, > frustration, chaos among AR fans develops.... which is the real date? Huh? > Should I go to the music store that morning or not????????? ????? > > 9) Out of the blue, the album releases unexpectedly while people are > frustrated and confused. Downloading begins everywhere while AR fans urge > other AR fans to not download and wait to buy the CD. > > 10) Discussions, reviews, analyses, opinions all come flooding out after > hearing the album with at least one person saying the music is a complete > disappointment. .... > > .....and a whole other chapter within the AR Rahman journey begins...... .. >
