Roshan, That was wonderful! You took me back to my childhood days!! Thoroughly enjoyed reading every bit of your experience...
On 8/23/10, Roshan <c.pix...@gmail.com> wrote: > A lot of our members have expressed their feelings that AR Rahman was better > in his 90s. Though I don't agree with them I have my favorites from the > past. Not just from Rahman. From all the composers, musicians and singers. > > > But the fact is that it is not because the songs were better in the past. it > is because we always hold on to our past. be it songs, incidents, falling in > love, breakups, marraige functions, first job, college graduation, a great > friend.. the whole life. We always think that past was somehow better. We > are always worried about the future. don't we cherish memories from our > childhood and teenage ? It is the same with songs. when we hear an old > song, it triggers memories of incidents, people, happiness or sadness that > we related to that particular song. > > Beatles' Yesterday is an absolute favorite of mine. there are plenty of > great songs even better than that one. but it brings me back the memory of a > great time had in Brunei when I got my first job there in 2003. That is when > I started listening to international artistes often and on top of that I was > in love. And, when I hear it now, it gives makes me feel like I have lost > something but, in reality I haven't. > > I love Tanha Tanha from rangeela a lot. it is a great song, musically. But > the reason I love it the most is because that is when I got my first > portable cassette player (Videocon Walkman) along with a cassette of > rangeela as a gift. I did my schooling in a hostel, and I became a popular > kid because I had a walkman. lots of kids would come to our dormitory to > listen to the songs. So, we put some money together and bought a speaker and > placed it on top of a cardboard box with a hole in it, so the rest of the > kids can hear it. I was so excited. because not only I got more friends, I > was doing something with electronics stuff.. cutting the earphones and > connecting the wires to the speaker, making the sound go louder with just > one cardboard box with a hole! I felt like I was Einstein! > > now, when I hear that song.. it brings back memories of my friends, that > cardboard box, that videocon walkman, and my great school and teachers. > > We all talk about how great the classics were. we regard RD Burman, > Noushad, Ilaya Raja and the whole lot of great musicians as the best and > some people even compare them with today's musicians and talk about how > music has lost its soul. It hasn't lost any soul. it is because those > people related to their most cherished memories when they hear their > favorites. give today's music another 20 to 30 years and we will be > talking about how great the 2010's music were. > > It is same for AR Rahman. the reason why some of you think that ar rahman > created better music in 90s is because you were probably teenagers or > children during that time and probably were having the greatest times of > your life. there were lots of things happening, experiencing new things.. > and probably ar rahman's music even helped you a lot at that time. and when > you hear it now, you are taken back to that golden era of your life. > > > try to understand that fact before saying ar rahman's music lost the soul. > it only means that you have grown up, you have become more experienced, > aged and wiser ( and probably grayer and fatter - no offense, just for > fun.). get into the mindset of a teenager again and see if you all can enjoy > the Kala Bandar and Jai Ho and Fiqraana and even Enthiran. I bet you will. > > > sorry about the long post :) > > > ----------------------------------- > http://roshanravi.com > http://ramblingsoul.com > http://cssheaven.org > -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
