wow... Hats off Suresh.. Mind blowing review.. I felt tears in my eyes when I read your review, especially during your school days.
I too had kind of same experience during my school days & college days. I don't know what is music before ARR comes into picture. I never listened to any songs except Nagoor Hanifa & other Islamic Devotional Songs. ARR, who made me to go crazy in his music. God bless you, ARR. -Siraj On 8/22/07, Prashanth Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Gopal > > Though many would have similar experiences, Suresh has > written it very well ...I think we should share this > with Rahman and I cannot imagine how happy he would > be. > > Cheers. > > --- Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <catchgops%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > > > http://ursmusically.blogspot.com/2007/08/rahman-and-me-on-nostalgic-trip.html > > > > > > > > > > Rahman and Me on a Nostalgic Trip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What > > was the first musical note of Rahman that hit my > > senses? What was the > > first rhythm of Rahman that shook my body? These are > > the questions I > > often ask myself, for which I never had a proper > > answer. I could > > vaguely recollect watching a song from 'Roja' in DD > > and that's it. > > Unlike others, who have many a times exclaimed and > > explained, how they > > were stunned by that new sound of Rahman, I don't > > remember me, thinking > > anything of that sort about Rahman's music in Roja. > > The answer for my > > no immediate reaction is simple, because at that > > time, I didn't have > > enough exposure to either film music or Illayaraja's > > music to compare > > with. I didn't know anything about the kind of music > > being made for > > movies before Rahman came. Both Rahman and I entered > > into film music at > > the same time, only difference was that he had > > started to compose and I > > had started to listen. I was just 8 years old. > > > > I was born and > > brought up in a small town, in a lower middle class > > family. We couldn't > > afford to buy a Tape recorder or cassettes then. We > > had a big old radio > > in which I don't have any memory of listening to > > film songs. We didn't > > have a TV either. We use to go to our neighbors > > house to watch TV. I > > think, after Roja, Rahman did 'Pudhiya Mugam', > > because I remember > > liking 'Kannukku Mai Azhaghu' so much to an extent > > that I wrote my own > > lyrics for the song, a few insane lines of which I > > still remember. It > > goes like, 'Vetrikku Mei Azhaghu, Tholvikku Poi > > Azhaghu'. I don't know > > where I listened to that song first. More than the > > songs, the > > background score of Pudhiya Mugam (which was earlier > > used as title > > music for a teleserial 'Revathi') drew my attention. > > > > > > I was > > going for a private tuition every evening to my > > class teacher's house > > where they had a good audio system. They use to > > listen to the songs > > even when we study. I remember seeing the lyrics > > booklet (a first time > > for a Tamil soundtrack) that came with a well > > designed 'Thiruda > > Thiruda' cassette. One day, instead of reading my > > lessons, I started > > reading that lyrics book while they were listening > > to the songs. The > > song that hit me like a hammer blow was 'Veerapandi > > Kottaiyilae'. I > > couldn't believe what I was listening to. I couldn't > > understand > > anything in musical terms but I was wonderstruck by > > the energy of the > > beats and the unexpected variations in its tempo. > > The freshness, the > > energy, the innovation and the experimentation in > > 'Thiruda Thiruda' > > music is still an unparalleled achievement. The > > lunacy of Rahman's > > music making style in that soundtrack is still > > unbelievable. > > > > One > > fine evening, one of my school mates asked me > > whether I heard newly > > released 'Arabic kadaloram' song. He said that it > > was going to be the > > song of the year. I didn't understand what he meant > > by saying song of > > the year. I just forgot about it. By that time, we > > had bought a small > > black and white Onida TV. In DD, they use to air a > > count down program > > called 'Ek se Badkar Ek' in which I saw > > 'Kannaalanae' song for the > > first time. We were then a big joint family with 15 > > members. My uncle > > (my father's brother) had bought a small tape > > recorder. He often played > > Bombay songs. Since, my father had a fight with him, > > I was not allowed > > inside his room to listen to the songs. I still > > remember how I would > > plead my grandpa to ask my uncle to increase the > > volume so that I can > > listen to the songs from the hall itself. That was > > the amount of > > interest in music Rahman kindled in me. I use to beg > > him to play the > > songs again and again. > > > > It was at that time I started buying > > lyrics book. A lyrics book is a small book made of > > low quality paper of > > grey in colour, which will have lyrics of all the > > songs from a movie, > > printed in it. In the front cover, it will contain a > > picture of the > > hero and heroine of the movie. Inside, the song > > lyrics would be printed > > along with the name of the lyricist and the singers > > at the right hand > > top corner. They use to sell it outside our school. > > I bought it for 25 > > or 30 paisa. I use to listen to the song with lyrics > > book in my hand > > and sing along with it. 'Bombay' was the first > > soundtrack for which I > > bought this lyrics book and use to keep it in secret > > between my school > > books. From then on, I bought the lyrics for all > > Rahman soundtracks > > that I got a chance to listen to. I use to steal > > money from my Dad's > > purse for buying these books. > > > > 'Kaathu Kaathu ena Kaathu' from > > 'Uzhavan' brings me the memory of those days when I > > was in a crush with > > a girl called Sheela, who is 4 years elder than me. > > I use to sit on her > > laps while commuting in an auto rickshaw to school > > everyday. She > > performed for this 'Kaathu kaathu ena kaathu' song > > on annual day > > function and the way she danced graciously for the > > song is still fresh > > in my memory. I listened to the song mostly when she > > was practicing for > > that performance in the school. In those times, Sun > > TV was telecast > > only in the evenings, so for the rest of the time > > they use to play > > audio songs with a blank screen and that is when I > > often heard and > > liked 'Raakkoli rendum mulichirukku' song. > > > > One day, my uncle > > brought the original cassette of Kaadhalan. For the > > first time, he > > brought the tape recorder to the hall and played the > > songs of > > Kaadhalan. We were around five to six kids there at > > home at that time > > and we all liked the songs instantly. I could still > > remember how we > > group of kids couldn't stop dancing for the tunes of > > Kaadhalan, > > because, song after song the rhythm pumped up our > > energy levels (we > > fast forwarded the 'ennavalae' song, we thought it > > was so boring). We > > played the whole soundtrack over 5 times on the very > > first day until we > > all got totally exhausted. > > > > So far then Rahman had only reached > > my ears and my body but it was the music of 'Minsara > > Kanavu' which > > pierced my body and went deep into my soul. It was a > > kind of experience > > which gives me goose bumps, when I think about it > > even now. In our > > town, in every street, during July-august of every > > year, we celebrate a > > festival called 'Maariyamman' festival in which we > > pray to a goddess > > called 'Maariyamma' for the well-being of the > > families in that street. > > At this time, they use to hang big speakers in every > > electric > === message truncated === > > __________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! 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