My dad's a big fan of Rahman... Its accept he does relish the youthful
- JTYJN kinda music..
- I remember when Duet released, he off the blue went and got a Sony
Hi Fi system by himself and said Rahman's music deserves to be
listened to in a high quality system (well, thats the best we could
afford & manage in short time).
- To this day - he loves listening to Guru in shuffle mode and his
ringtone is from ATM.
- When Sangamam released, he used to tell me that the MSV rendition
of 'Mazhai thuli' song was written by MSV himself and he wanted to
praise Rahman through the song.. His views :)
- He was the first to call me and wish me when AR won the oscars.
- Last saturday, when the CNN IBN interview was going on, he called me
over phone to remind me and said, 'Rahman is a Genius!' and signed off
with 'Jai HO'.. it gave me goosebumps.
Cheers,
Srini
On Mar 2, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Mugilan Jeyaraman wrote:
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!
