Very good article Rawat..the analysis is wonderfull..BTW liked the line: "And that was the time when a new star has risen in music sky. His name is ARR."
and the name is still rulllllllllinnnnng and will rule forever ...... Regards -jiban "jai ho" --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 3/6/2009 7:21 AM India Time, _Nagaraj_ wrote: > > > My Dad is 50 and he loves ARR. > > > He was a IR/MSV fan in his youth. But after lagaan he became a ARR > > fan. > > > > Songs he loves. Guru -> tera bina. Lagaan -> full Swades -> yeh > > tara,aahista,yeh jo des. Rhythm,Sivaji,Lagaan,12ka4. > > > > However he hasnt developed an ear for smthng like Bose/Water. > > > > Would like to know wat the middle aged and older group feel abt ARR. > > Especially the people above 45 as their prime(15-30) would have been > > during RD Burman/Illyaraja/MS Vishwanathan. > > Before Anu Malik and Nadeem Sharavan, the last undisputed ruler of > bollywood music was Laxmikant Pyarelal and his era has ended by 1981 (Ek > Duje Ke Liye, Kranti, Naseeb, prem rog, hero). But, while LP mostly used > more Indian instruments (dholak, tabla, harmonium), RDB was the master > at western instruments so RDB was the obvious choice for producers who > were targeting youths in their movies. > > My impression is that though R D Burman was popular for quite a > long time (Kishna Shah took him for Shalimar, that was quite a credit in > those days), the signal-to-noise ratio in RDB's music was the worst > among all bollywood MDs, even worse than Anu malik. By that, I mean to > say that RDB had given many more junk songs than he had given good songs. > > Luckily, Junk songs disappeared without a trace and current generation > gets to hear only his surviving good songs, so they think he was all > around great. It was not so. I can say that while ARR has consistent > creativity and experimentation, RDB was a case of creativity and > experimentation gone haywire. His several songs lik Samandar Mein Naha > Ke Aur Bhi Namkeen Ho Gayi ho, and Dhoop Mein Nikla Na karo Roop Ki Rani > sounded a pain on the ears and head. He would give one good album and 4 > sickening albums. So, RDB was a big name for quite some, but I think he > was never a ruling no. 1 of bollywood like Anu Malik or Nadeem Sharavan > or LP or Shankaj Jaikishan or Naushad had been from time to time. > > I think Shaan, 1980 was one of their last big budget film of their era > that too flopped. After giving 10-15 films each year in 80-85, they went > single digit for a few years and were soon bygone by 1989. > > So, you can say that RDB's era ended by 1983-85. > > And then, first Anand Milind appeared with Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka and > then Nadeem Shravan had appeared with Aashiqi and both pairs ruled the > heart of music lovers for quite some time. Anu Malik was giving absolute > cacophony earning them pure hatred but then they discovered themselves > with telefilm Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi in 1993 and started winning the > hearts of listeners. > > And that was the time when a new star has risen in music sky. His name > is ARR. > -- > > Those who love several of RDB's albums are the ones who hate dozens of > his (RDB's) remaining albums. So, I think it was LP last, who had > consistent high quality across most of his albums and songs, and after > than it was/ is ARR who has consistent high quality across most of his > albums and songs. In between, all others had less signals and more > noise. We would listen to whatever rare good album/ song they produced > but didn't become there fans. > > With this rough indicative history, if RDB's era ended by 1985, those > who were 15-30 at that time would be around 39-54 now. Seeing the posts > in this list you might not realize, but I think there would be quite a > few members here in that age range or approaching that. And they are > here because they love ARR's music. > > -- > Rawat >
