Well and rightly said Gops. It is probably in our best of interests to keep the comparison going, while at the same time not indulge in unnecessary bashing of other music directors.
Like I tell some people, all other music and music directors would be just fine ..just perfectly fine in a world where there did not exist Rahman's music to measure or compare against. But that being said, listening to other music probably just helps us appreciate and probably feel even more proud to be able to understand the man's magic. As for Saawariya ....I liked it initially but then the interest waned ...thats probably the simplest difference between a Rahman album and others ...in Rahman's case, the effect is diametrically opposite :-) ...it grows and it grows and it grows ... Talking abt other music directors, for once SEL hv done a gud job (after a long time) in Johnny Gaddar. Its not a conventional album - mind u. For those who do not mind experimenting ....and for those who are tolerant of other music directors ....this wud be a recco -A --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ARR's music does not exist in vacuum. It is worthwhile to be aware of and compare it with other musical output. > > That having been said, Saawariya, IMHO, suffers from more than a small hangover of previous SLB movies and makes for a tedious listen beyond 2-3 songs. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:06:52 AM > Subject: Re: [arr] (non arr) Music of Saawariya is mindblowing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why does talking about non ARR music bother you? When I appreciate > > good music, whether from ARR or others, I like to share my thoughts > > with other music lovers in this group. It's one thing if someone > > talked about non ARR stuff all the time, but I just posted my > > opinions about a soundtrack that I think is quality, others agree or > > not. This is exactly what bothers me about this group of late...lack > > of tolerance for other MD music and bashing other MDs needlessly. Are > > some ARR fans that insecure? > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Brijram" <brig96m1214@ ...> > > wrote: > > > > > > Rahman has passed this phase ages ago. We do not need non arr in > > this > > > group!!! Restrict either to arr or semi arr. > > > > > > BA > > > > > > > > > > On 9/25/07, Chord <purevibz@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It ranks up there in the league of elite soundtracks. Very > > > soothing > > > > > and melodious soundtrack with lots of classical influences and > > > > > beautiful arrangements and instrumental ornaments. No heavy > > beats > > > or > > > > > real item numbers. The arrangements are not very thickly > > layered, > > > but > > > > > they are crafted extremely delicately and woven briliantly. I > > > think > > > > > ARR himself would like this soundtrack a lot. Only weakness to > > me > > > is > > > > > that a few songs are very similar to songs from SLBs previous > > > movies. > > > > > Lyrics are also quite simple by comparison. To me, however, it's > > > > > mostly a very refreshing and quite stylish and very > > > soothing/romantic > > > > > soundtrack. 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