Dear Dasun , Your write up speaks abt yourself.. The way you have experienced ARR 's music right from the beginning days till now. Very neatly written.
Fantastic piece . Hats off On 1/28/08, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fantastic writeup. Good choice of words and you are obviously very > educated and well read. I esp. like your last paragraph, about > sharing that unsaid silence with ARR and paying tribute to the harmony > and divinity around us. I can TOTALLY relate. You expressed yourself > very beautifully and poignantly. I'm going to save your writeup!!!! > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > Dasun Abeysekera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Aesthetic Judgment (Taste) > > > > I don't have to tell you that ARR's taste is of the highest possible > kind compared with composers of all time. I mean how many composers > the world-over has ever had the privilege of being compared to the > ideal of Mozart, let alone being called one? Not even the kings of > melody of the West – Richard Rogers (of The Sound of Music (59) fame) > Sir Francis Lai (Love Story (1970)), Maurice Jarr (Dr. Zhivago > (1965)), or even Ennio Morricone, who have written some of the most > soulful and moving music I have ever heard, have been told they are > like Mozart, at least not to my knowledge. Most music lovers, and all > great minds, Leo Tolstoy and Albert Einstein among them, have > acknowledged unanimously that Mozart's music is the most perfect and > the most universal imagined, no, let me use the word conjured, by any > human being; because imagination, to many, could still mean there's > some conscious involvement in that process of creation; perhaps, it is > still a conscious process, but it is a far superior sense of > consciousness that, by average human standards, it cannot be called > one. If anybody here has seen the Oscar-winning movie Amadeus (84) by > Milos Forman, you can see why it is so: Mozart's music, to use a > phrase Einstein once used, seems like have simply been `plucked out of > the universe'; the great scientist who adored Mozart and used to play > his Sonatas on his little violin when he wanted a break from his > scientific pursuits, says that compared to Mozart, Beethoven's music > feels `too personal, almost naked.' Tolstoy, in his polemical book > `What is Art?' destroys the kind of conscious creativity that he > believes Beethoven and the followers of the Romantic movement that he > charted, Richard Wagner, for example, brought about to Europe, > overthrowing the musical dominance of the spontaneous and universal > music of Mozart. > > > > In essence, Mozart's music and its perfection are not a result of > conscious processing, they come from a superior sense of natural > harmony and an extremely rare capability of letting go of one's self > and connecting with the universal spirit and listening to it in all > its infinite beauty. There cannot be a more fitting description of > ARR's music and how he has conjured his magical output over the years; > and it is no accident that the West would offer up their ideal for > comparison with the best the East has offered to date. That sort of > taste, a sincere kinship with the natural harmony and beauty of the > universe, with God, if you will, years in an industry cannot fade away > or dilute, and, if anything, I can confidently say that ARR's taste > has, over the years, been refined like fine old wine, and I have not > witnessed an instance where his aesthetic judgment, given the proper > opportunities, has faltered beyond identification. In his choice of > movies, directors, and lyrics, there maybe exceptions, but I will > address these in a later category. > > > > It is difficult to pin down one or two works from the 92-96 period > in which, like Rano said, beauty oozed out of every single phrase that > he weaved, but I will pick two of my favorite songs `Kannalane' from > Bombay (95) and `Uyirum Neeye' from Pavitra (94) in which I think ARR > achieves the highest form of perfection. Sometime back, I analyzed the > beauty of the song Uyirum Neeye from a conceptual viewpoint, so if > anybody is interested, let me know and I will send it to you or post > it on the forum. Kannalane (or Kehna Hai Kya), I hear, has entered the > music textbooks in certain parts of the world (Canada, if I recall > correctly)! Yes, these are songs of superior beauty that they have > that universal appeal that Tolstoy hailed as the finest ingredient of > the greatest of art. > > > > What about now? What are the ARR compositions within the past 5 > years which evoke the same feelings in me? Piya Ho from Water (2005) > and Do Kadam from Meenaxi (2004) for sure are my favorites from this > period with Tere Bina from Guru not too far off. When I refer to the > perfection of these songs, I mean that I don't feel that I need to > remove any part, any phrase, any instrument, sound or note, everything > is in the right place at the right time! If anybody felt differently > about these songs, I would be curious to know which parts destroy the > perfection of these songs. I can write an essay on the song Do Kadam > and will do soon so that I can back up my feelings just like I did > with Uyirum Neeye. Do Kadam is so personal for me that I don't want to > hold it up as universal! This song symbolizes what ARR and I share in > silence without speaking a single word with each-other, but by > connecting to the same universal spirit that we both trust > wholeheartedly and by whose mysterious ways we are awed day in and day > out. The highest taste, as Immanuel Kant defines it, is always > subjective, but universal, and it will always flow from God and only > God; Not only is ARR connected with Him, he can articulate His beauty > with such ease and finesse that it brings many a tear to my eye > thinking how much of my faith I owe to ARR; Even as I share this very > personal story with you, I can feel a warm tear roll down my cheek. > Now if that's not beauty, I don't know what is. > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, > we give. > > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join > > > > > -- regards, Vithur A.R.RAHMAN - MY BREATH & LIFE FORCE
