Dont you think its like experience a travel between extremes. You got to read mails saying "divine", "heavenly".. and all of a sudden "lost touch", "not showing interest", "done by assistants", "concentrating on concerts", "reused".. Well I laugh at those mails which has too much of exaggeration in praises and learning to ignore the negative. Its my mind which has to decide. If I go by others' view I may miss an opportunity of a good thing. At times I would remember the Fox & grapes story, so would occasionally read those posts for entertainment. Bcs if I have to enjoy music its personal for me and my opinion is though I like it or dont like it I cant force others to be the same.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > Gayathri, > > I couldn't have expressed what you expressed better! Please post more! We > need more like you in here! > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Gayathri" <gayathri_ck17@> wrote: > > > > Quote:- "I'm just writing this because recently (since 2007, when I > > joined), with every new releases someone will post a negative review and > > the rest start bashing that person. Let's have some healthy interactions > > here..." > > > > I agree that we need healthy interactions in this forum but it has to > > work both ways here, I believe. > > > > Not only you, but quite a few members have been complaining that their > > negative comments and criticisms were shot down by members. > > > > But then again, what about members who praise ARR's music? We are named > > as fools, ingenuine fans, hesitant, afraid to point out our true > > feelings, etc. If you're saying that negative comments should not be > > shot down, then calling members who enjoy ARR's music as fools and > > faking their opinions should not be allowed as well, am I right? > > > > I've said this before and I would say it again, Endhiran as an album, is > > not my cup of tea. Given a choice, I would prefer to listen to Raavanan > > and Jodha Akhbar than Enthiran. The reason- I don't like trance or > > techno music. On the other hand, my friends like techno music and they > > found Enthiran to be awesome. Now, if I were to call Enthiran as > > soul-less and horrible, wouldn't I be insulting my friends' taste of > > music? I would and that's not right! But that's exactly what happens > > here. > > > > One of our members here mentioned that he felt like laughing while > > reading the posts on how others seems to enjoy Enthiran. I thought that > > was insulting. Just because we don't like an album, we shouldn't be > > expecting others to dismiss the same as well. And what we regard as > > wonderful, amazing or true gems of ARR's need not be true for others. > > > > A small example- A lot of people here like Thee Thee from Thiruda > > Thiruda (and I don't mean only Kishore) but it's not my favourite song > > in the album. I thought Caroline's pronunciation was really bad and the > > music seems to overshadow the strength of her voice, making it even more > > inaudible. But I don't consider it a bad song. It's just not to my > > liking. And knowing that many liked the song, the least I could do is > > respect the interest of others and voice out my comments in a respectful > > way. I mean, how would you react if I were to pass the following > > comments on the song and it's fans? :- > > > > "if you think this song is good, you haven't heard to ARR's true gems" > > or > > "I'm can't help laughing when I hear that you guys actually like this > > song" or > > "This song is soul-less, wonder how you guys can praise it otherwise?" > > > > Wouldn't you feel bad? Wouldn't you get angry? Wouldn't you retaliate? > > Or are you going to call me as whole hearted, eloquent or dynamic for > > the simple reason that I was "brave" enough to pass such comments on the > > song? It's sound preposterous even to myself. > > > > My point is, there should always be room for criticisms in this forum > > nevertheless, the right usage of words and expressions should also be > > given due importance in order not to hurt or disregard other members' > > feelings. A fan group such as this is not a place to shower pointless > > praises on ARR, I agree, but it's also not a place to make hateful > > remarks. Respect is a dying virtue today. Why not try to uphold them at > > least in this forum? > > > > > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap <pratap_elensar@> wrote: > > > > > > Nowadays it's kinda scary to post anything negative here. In my > > opinion, A.R. doesn't need people to just praise him. A little bit of > > criticism is needed. Mistakes needs to be pointed out. Any bad review > > posted should not be automatically be shot down. > > > > > > Negative reviews are important. But of course, I'm talking about > > sensible ones, not the typical music missing in soul, absence of vintage > > Rahman (I personally do not recognize this term), no Taal or Dil Se and > > Khawaja Mere Khawaja... The list is never ending. Write sensible > > negative review if you have to. Those who do not agree, give proper > > argument (or ignore it). Don't just get all defensive. Don't keep > > replying: "Oh yeah, you know better than AR". As we all know, AR reads > > our posts. If there is anything to be improved (if there is), this would > > be helpful. Instead of him going through all the unnecessary hate mails. > > > > > > I'm just writing this because recently (since 2007, when I joined), > > with every new releases someone will post a negative review and the rest > > start bashing that person. Let's have some healthy interactions here... > > > > > > > > > So, peace guys. Sorry about the lecture. Nobody likes free advices :) > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indian-Movie-BGMS/146146955399503 > > > http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I > > only use this account for the group... > > > > > >
