I had wished that that was the surprise, now I hope it's not.
-- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bipin Shenoy <shenoy_bip...@...> wrote: > > Sorry if this has been discussed earlier, but could ARR's collaboration with > MJ have been the surprise that ARR spoke about during the recent CNN talk > Asia interview? > > > > --- On Tue, 30/6/09, yogesh2783 <yogesh2...@...> wrote: > > From: yogesh2783 <yogesh2...@...> > Subject: [arr] Re: Jackson was reading Tagore, planned work with Rahman > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 10:57 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thats news!!..Jackson was on right rack finally it seems. > > Reading Tagore and working with ARR would have certainly > > brought MJ out of his troubles and frustration. .but I think his body > > did not respond to any creative work.! > > > > Our man's music and Tagore'works are great Healers! > > But destiny had different plans..collaboratio n with AR > > surely would have been Magical Music Moments!! > > May his Soul RIP.. > > > > Regards > > Yogesh > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "shani.tresa" <shani.tresa@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > Mon, Jun 29 10:30 PM > > > London, June 29 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson, who died Saturday, was > > reading poetry by Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore during the last > > days of his life, and had commissioned Oscar-winning music maestro A.R.. > > Rahman to create a unity anthem for his new album. > > > > > > Rahman got the job after his Academy Award success courtesy Danny Boyle's > > multiple Oscar winning underdog drama 'Slumdog Millionaire' early this year. > > > > > > Jackson's last brushes with Tagore suggest he was developing a special bond > > with India, reports contactmusic. com. > > > > > > 'A.R. Rahman met Michael Jackson after the Oscars in Los Angeles and > > Michael asked him to compose a unity anthem for him...Michael' s planned > > new album would have had a huge Indian feel to it...Michael was reportedly > > working with Adnan Sami, which was to include Indian musical instruments > > like the sarangi, tabla, and dholak,' said an insider close to Rahman. > > > > > > The unity anthem wasn't the first time the pair would have worked together, > > as they collaborated earlier on a track titled 'Ekam satyam'. > > > > > > A source suggested Jackson's brother Jermaine encouraged the King of Pop to > > explore Indian music, as 'Jermaine's wife Halima reportedly lived in > > Chandigarh in India for some time'. > > > > > > Jackson was secretly also studying Hinduism in the last years. > > > > > > 'Michael reportedly learned how to meditate and he was a vegetarian. When > > he was presented statues of Hindu deities Ganesha and Nataraja, Michael > > knew who they were. He was also very anxious to meet Mother Teresa before > > her death. He had a great interest in all things India for some time,' said > > Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism. > > > > > > Indo Asian News Service > > > > > > http://in.news. yahoo.com/ 43/20090629/ 908/ten-jackson- was-reading- > > tagore-planned- w.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check > out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ >
