Good Thoughts Chord. I completely agree. However, I guess, I have been really lucky in this regard :)
The biggest ARR fan and the closest to me is my dad. He brought a Tape Recorder during the time Genteman was released. That was my first ever cassette. He bought it after he liked the songs. However, the next cassette we bought was Kizhaku Cheemayilae and it was on the day of the audio release. He brought it home with a lot of excitement I still clearly remember. With the song on side A starting "Athaiku piranthavalae", I remember the smiling approvals we gave each other :) We still treasure all those audio cassettes. Infact for most of them, I can recollect the day we had bought it and the initial feedback we shared. During my school days, it was always my dad who tracked the audio release dates and kept coming home with the 1st day release cassettes. After I moved to chennai, I slowly took over, thanks to the Internet and arrahmanfans.com:) He still listens to most of his music. He loved Chinnamma Chillakama(Meenaxi). He loved O Saya from Slumdog! No Surprise, the first person I called after ARR won the oscars was my Dad. He was at his school. He is a teacher. Luckily he was in a break so I didnt have to wait to share the news :) Sorry abt a long mail. Somehow, whatever Chord shared, made me nostalgic about all the good times :) Thanks for reading. Regards, Mugilan. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Chord <purev...@yahoo.com> wrote: > After reading Jagjit Singh's, Pyarelal's and Ali Khan's comments about > ARR and his music, it also struck me the big generational differences > in terms of attitudes and exposure towards music. Personally, I have > found that even with people I know, like my parents and their friends, > their appreciation for music is within a narrow range. Anything > outside that range is overlooked and not appreciated as much, and > sometimes ridiculed. I have found that amongst many elders, there is > a certain arrogance or haughtiness implying, "we know what's best". > This is a product of our culture revering elders and their wisdom by > tradition in contrast to many seniors and elders feeling left out and > disrespected by attitudinal changes in today's world reflecting less > respect and reverie towards seniors. > > For example, when I gave my parents a copy of the D6 CD, they only > liked the folk and semi-classical elements of the soundtrack. That's > it. When I asked them about Jaane Tu, they said that they didn't like > the music, although they love and appreciate ARR's other works that > are more in line with their taste. Of course, even within elders, > there will be a lot of variation in terms of taste and attitude, but > overall, I feel that they are more narrow minded about music than we > youngsters are OVERALL AS A GROUP, keeping in mind individual > differences. Because ARR's music is so diverse and touching upon so > many different genres, a large percentage of his work is not going to > be appreciated by those with more narrow minded definitions of good > music. > > Who knows, maybe when we reach that age, we too may reflect some of > that narrow mindedness in terms of our exposure compared to what the > youth may be listening to at that time. However, I have hope that > because we youngsters have been exposed to such an array of world > music through ARR and other artists, I think we will generally have a > broader appreciation for music than previous generations. > > ARR has gifted us with something very important: tolerance and open > mindedness for different types of music. Thank you ARR! > > >
