Kishore this time i agree with you 200% . the most fascinating thing about A R RAHMAN is his sheer originality . thats the thing i love the most in him.
and i humbly wanted to ask a question from you kishore long before , you listed Dil se very low in ARR-MANI combo , didnt the world dominating music of DIL SE impressed you , i would really like to know the reason . we both share similar thoughts in almost every sphere of A R RAHMAN music , but want to know your opinion on it because i feel dil se is an extra ordinary , will be waiting for your answer. regards, taimur --- On Thu, 7/1/10, kishore parayath <[email protected]> wrote: From: kishore parayath <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] VTV Title song and Emmerson Lake and Palmer To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 3:42 AM The speciality of Rahman unlike other artists is that, he maintains 100% originality! There is never a compromise on that! In his 18 year long career, he had always maintained that. Oflately, Rahman has been very busy with lots of projects, and did not have time to concentrate on some films. Even then, he never took this as an excuse and copied tunes, like even, many legends had done in the past. Maybe, some of his tunes were criticized for not reaching his standards... But eventhen, all of them were completely original. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM, AJ <purev...@yahoo. com> wrote: Does anyone think that the VTV title song sung by Karthik is reminiscent of some of the music by the 1970s era rock group Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer? An American friend of mine heard VTV title song and "Emmerson Lake and Palmer" just came out of him. There's a song or 2 by ELP that is kind of in the same mould ("From the Beginning" is the name I think) as the VTV title song...nothing copied at all, just along the same lines in terms of ambiance and acoustic flavor and style, perhaps similar to how Aaromale takes a page out of Pink Floyd. I think there are other songs too kind of like this one. I love Rahman that he takes us back to classic stuff from the 70s and 80s so tastefully, but never at all lifting material, but using similar sound and style templates from that era of great music (Kabhi Aditi is another example of a late 1970s and early 80s Western pop sound). VTV title song always reminded me of a classic, soft rock acoustic number from the 70s, but I could never figure out who until my friend heard it and reminded me of ELP's music.
