I don't think their characters are a topic of discussion here.
--- On Mon, 7/6/09, mohammed sajin <mnsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: mohammed sajin <mnsa...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [arr] Similarities between Michael Jackson and AR Rahman
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 12:54 AM
May be in musicwise they have lot of similiarities.
But in the sense of Characterwise, they were opposite extremes.
From: rayrai2k <ravis...@gmail. com>
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:07:02 AM
Subject: Re: [arr] Similarities between Michael Jackson and AR Rahman
Both were child prodigy and during their childhood their seniors were
well confident that they will achive something very big in music.
--- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Chord" <purev...@.. .> wrote:
>
> Interesting points. Thanks.
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Pradeepan R <pradeepanisonline@ >
> wrote:
> >
> > Agreed. but if MJ didnt have to worry so much about the commercial success
> > of his album each time,
> > he might have probably experimented with more genre / incorporated more
> > global influences in his music.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Chord <purevibz@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > With the news of MJ's death, I have taken a re-interest in MJ and his
> > > music. It's interesting the psychology of why someone's work of art
> > > becomes
> > > popular again when that person dies, supported by recent stats showing
> > > that
> > > MJ's music is topping charts worldwide again.
> > >
> > > As I downloaded some of his most famous and influential songs from Itunes
> > > recently and listened carefully, I could not help draw up some comparisons
> > > between his music and ARR's. Here are some parallels that I thought of:
> > >
> > > 1) MJ and ARR are both perfectionists. There is a quality to both their
> > > bodies of work that define high achievement and perfectionism, a certain
> > > drive and ambition and motivation to be the best they can possibly be,
> > > often
> > > working ridiculous hours to achieve this.
> > >
> > > 2) Tightness and crispness of arrangements. Both MJ and ARR boast of
> > > extremely high quality arrangements in their music and a very tight and
> > > planned set of arrangements that are line with their perfectionistic work
> > > ethics.
> > >
> > > 3) Both masters of rhythm: ARR and MJ both boast of extremely high quality
> > > rhythmic concepts and super-intelligent rhythmic patterns in their songs.
> > > Again, consistent with tightness.
> > >
> > > 4) Both are trend setters: MJ and ARR were both trend setters in their own
> > > ways. Both revolutionized music in their own respective spheres and had a
> > > huge following among artists of their kind.
> > >
> > > 5) Both are passionate about unity, diversity, and charity: MJ and ARR
> > > share a very similar type of compassion towards the world, towards the
> > > less
> > > fortunate, and both believe in transcending artificial boundaries to help
> > > unify cultures and races and highlight bonds that tie us all together,
> > > irrespective race, culture, etc. Through their music, they were able to
> > > transcend and go beyond hard set boundaries that were not able to be
> > > transcended before (ARR with regional and international reaches and MJ
> > > with
> > > racial and ethnic reaches).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Pradeepan.
> >
> > "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you
> > !"
> >
>
