Technology has changed since the days of Roja, Kadhalan, Indian, Rangeela, Dil Se......
Those were the days when we used to buy a new A R Rahman cassette (yes, audio tape) and listen from start to finish with bated breath, taking in every change of note, every sound of breath, every new twist in the raga, or the odd beat out of sync done purposely so by the master. I wonder if THAT is what has changed... we no longer listen to an album from start to finish the way we used to. i-Pods and MP3s have made it too easy to get bored with a song and switch it even before we begin listening (yes, not hearing) to it. And since many DO NOT spend their hard earned (and saved up) money on these songs (nah... better download it, easier and I don't have move out of my chair!) lesser the motivation to find value in the songs. And hence, we have our wordly wise (sitting in the chair at all times) crowd bashing up and tearing apart every new soundtrack of the master, not nearly listening enough before speaking up professing the decline in standards of the great A R Rahman! How wrong or right am I? hmmmmm.
