Thank you, Vijay... that was very much needed...
" The search is more important than the destination " - a r rahman -
--- On Sun, 5/10/08, Vijay Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Vijay Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: After hearing a bit of the first Yuvraaj song.....
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 5 October, 2008, 9:34 PM
I think I can sum up and give a perspective of why Gopal reacted
the way he did.
When there are no releases, there are innumerable posts on this group asking
for release dates and superlatives going to the extent of saying "I cannot wait
for XYZ soundtrack and believe me its going to be the best" blah blah...
Simultenously, as people who manage www.arrahman. com, we keep trying to find
out the most authentic information and since we are also part of the group, it
is always the group which gets the information first hand. Also consider the
fact that A R R himself would have worked hard to complete the soundtrack.
And then at the end of it all, when after listening to 2-4 lines from a
promotional song, comments like "I cant believe Rahman did this" or "This is
really not Rahman of the 90s" blah blah start pouring, one doesn't know whether
to laugh it away (which I have learnt to do over the years) or say "Sigh! after
all the effort, this is really not warranted".
True, every album / soundtrack may have pluses and minuses - And i say this
for all musicians worldwide but a detailed review and thought sharing can
happen later.
Its only 2 days and only 2 lines from a song from a soundtrack which has 8
songs has been played and we are already debating.
By the same logic, please tell me why Enigma, Deep Forest, Michael Jackson,
Madonna, Nitin Sawhney, All the boy bands, Mark Snow, Jean Michel Jarre or even
S E L, Vishal Shekhar, LP, Salim Suleiman, Harris Jayraj, Ilayaraja cannot re
create the magic, popularity and the huge sales of their first few albums /
soundtracks ??!!.
I go by a logic and im urging you to go by it too which is that if we with our
limited knowledge of music and access to limited people and limited technology
know so much (in our opinion) surely an artist like A R R with the vast
knowledge, access to so many talented musicians , filmmakers and other creative
people and the latest technology will also know not only as much as we know but
surely 2 cents more.
So dear all - let us wait for Yuvvraaj which should release in the 3rd week of
this month.
ThanksVijay
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