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I really don't know where the "limited range" criticism comes from. It's just ludicrous. Rahman to me is the most versatile musician everyes, ever. I didn't say he was the best ever, but most versatile. I agreethese crticisms are so outdated and in reality, dis-proven.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 || 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 > 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
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> 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.. > > > I second it. It's not worth a read. It's been the same since 1995! We need some fresh accusations. If someone talks about how Amit Trivedi, Ram Sampath or Salim-Suleiman are better than Rahman, then there is something interesting to read! Saying Rahman isn't as good as yesteryears' composers is so passe.
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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 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.
