I really don't know where the "limited range" criticism comes from. It's just ludicrous. Rahman to me is the most versatile musician ever....yes, ever. I didn't say he was the best ever, but most versatile.
I agree....these crticisms are so outdated and in reality, dis-proven. To me, this kind of article is just noise and not worth reacting to and not worth posting here. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, || V i s h w e s h || <vishws...@...> wrote: > > Big Yawn! Pls avoid posting these kinda of dud articles.. they are saying > pretty much same senseless things again n again.. so it's kinda getting > repetitive & very boring.. > > > > > " The search is more important than the destination " > - a r rahman - > > > > > ________________________________ > From: yeshrao81 <yeshra...@...> > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thu, 9 September, 2010 3:07:34 PM > Subject: [arr] One more pointless blog article - > > > http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2010/09/08/rehmans-cwg-score-lacks-spunk/ > > > Accusations - Rahman's range is limited, Vande Mataram album by ARR was not > good, he has limited calibre, Rahman is worse singer in the country than most > blah blah blah... > > He says "Rehman must realize his limitations and accordingly take up future > projects." > > This guy does not even know its Rahman and not Rehman!!! Sick... > > I dont know of any other composer in the world who has a range better than > ARRs. > He can compose almost all genres or music with equal brilliance. > > Some people are really ignorant and dont let their ego die when it comes to > accepting AR Rahman's success!!! > > I have always maintained that AR Rehman is a greatly overrated composer and > even > though he has won an Oscar for the Slumdog Millionaire score, his > compositions > are more or less similar or have a very limited range. In any case, he is not > in > the same class as some of great maestros of yesteryears whose melodies > continue > to rule even now. Rehman in his limited range has achieved excellence and has > thrived because there are not too many composers of his limited caliber who > are > also around. It would have been interesting to have observed Rehman had he > lived > and competed with the likes of Naushad, Shankar Jaikishen, SD Burman, Hemant > Kumar, Roshan, Madan Mohan, OP Nayyar, Sajjad, Khayyam, Ravi, Salil > Chaudhury, C > Ramchandra, Anil Biswas, Hansraj Behal, SN Tripathi and even Lakshmikant > Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji and RD Burman. > It is no wonder that his theme song for the Commonwealth Games has not gone > down > too well with the people and he is being accused of giving a mediocre number > after charging Rs five crores for his troupe. CWG Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi > clarified that Rehman had not accepted any money for himself and the amount > was > meant for the total performance carried out by the musical troupe > accompanying > him. Even though Kalmadi has liked the song, most people I know have been > extremely critical of the whole composition. Their view is that the music is > not > catchy, it lacks Indian ness, it has poor lyrics and Rehman is perhaps a > worse > singer than most in this country. Without being rude, I share the view that > any > composition, which is meant for mass audiences and is going to be the theme > song > for an event like the Commonwealth Games must catch the imagination of all. > One > cannot certainly say that the composer's freedom to compose anything gives > him a > license to create a sub standard tune, which is for mass consumption. If > Rehman > and his troupe alone were to hear it, the justification of composer's freedom > would have been okay. But here it will be sung and played out before an > international audience of millions all around the world. If the song lacks > the > spunk and fails to generate enthusiasm, it is a failing of the composer. He > should have played it before an objective audience before pushing it as the > CWG > theme song. > I do acknowledge that he has given good scores in many movies in his limited > range but he has failed to be convincing when he has gone in for mass > numbers. > Nearly a decade ago, he had done a new version of Vande Matram. But than one > could not help making comparisons with Hemant Kumar's evergreen Vande Matram > number for Anandmath, which was picturised on Geeta Bali and sung by Lata > Mangeshkar. Hemant Da's number scores in every sense of the word and till > date > no version of the national song has come any where near it. > I do not know what the CWG organizers can do at this late stage but people > are > already unfairly comparing Shakira's livelier Waka Waka at this year's Soccer > World Cup to Rehman's composition. It is for Rehman to figure out how best he > can make amends. Otherwise the song could have generated enthusiasm to lift > up > the sagging spirits due to the pathetic preparations in the run up to the > Games. > What it has achieved is that it has spoilt the mood of music lovers further. > Rehman must realize his limitations and accordingly take up future projects. >
