And to Boss – all I can say is “Un isai mattum illayendral, naan endro endro irandiruppen”
Excellent words... Thanks Vinod.. On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfe...@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > > > Feeling so proud each `n every moment.. > > Thanks for this, Vinod! > > > Rahman fever > His Music ~ My Mother Tongue > <http://%20www.orkut.com/AlbumList.aspx?uid=7295035299513517297> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Vinod R Iyer <vinod.ramamoor...@gmail.com> > *To:* arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Saturday, 26 September, 2009 12:47:54 AM > *Subject:* [arr] Musings of a Rahmaniac! > > > > > Couldn't help but write this .. I know this is nothing new for everyone out > here .. But after CR , I just couldn't hold on to my fingers. It is not a > review of CR. I have given up reviewing Rahman's music! > http://myworldofmnm .wordpress. com/2009/ 09/25/musings- > of-a-rahmaniac/<http://myworldofmnm.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/musings-of-a-rahmaniac/> > > > Musings of a Rahmaniac > > I don’t know where to start. And I am sure there would be no ending. People > follow music religiously. And there are others who take up music as a > profession and/or as a hobby. They learn music in different forms. Perform > in various stages. Make a living out of it. And there are others who just > listen to music. People have different tastes when it comes to music. Some > like classical, some like rock, some like reggae and some like jazz. But > there are a set of people who would listen to anything that comes their way. > But when it comes to listening to a man’s composition, they would leave > aside everything else. These people would dedicate their lives for one cause > – being a Rahmaniac. There is only one religion that they follow – Rahman’s > music. They call him “Boss”. And no points for guessing who their God is. I > know, it is crazy calling a human being God. But craziness comes to them > naturally. > > The amount of pride these people take in being a Rahmaniac is bewildering. > They would have first hand information of his compositions. What movies he > has signed, what song is coming next, researching deep into each one of his > compositions – they take all this up as their duty. Following Rahman in his > concerts, buying original CDs on the first day of music release, posting > their thoughts in various groups are all part of their duties. They do it > blindly. Once you are a Rahmaniac, there is no looking back. You have to > catch up with every composition of his’. And defending every composition > of his too when people accuse that the songs are not up to Rahman’s > standard. It is mighty hard for them to accept that any Rahman composition > can be “ordinary”. Ask them what the one thing is that you want to do in > life”. The answer would be simple –Meet the Boss! > > One of the things you would notice about rahmaniacs is all of them would > have their status message reflecting his song names/movie names etc. It is > not to show off their craziness. They do not know any other way in which > they can express the happiness, bliss, eternal piece they feel while > listening to a his album. And the pleasure you get when you play the CD for > the first time, is unmatched. The CD would be played in loop. And on each > round of listening, the music grows on you. Slow nectar, they call it. There > are other songs/compositions too which would be like cocaine – would shoot > up to the brain straight. These people need no drugs to follow the music. > His music in itself would take the effect. > > So what is bringing out this huge outpour of emotions into words. The > Oscars ? The Golden Globe? I guess not. Something better has happened in the > year 2009. It started with a certain song called Arziyan. Life had a new > meaning to it. People say you have to die to go to heaven. I tell them I > have been their atleast a thousand times – each time I hear Arziyan. I > thought that had to be the best composition of the year. But along came > Passage. The moment I heard Tango, I was paralyzed. I could not understand > the emotion that I was going through. From happiness to fear to anger to > sorrow, I felt them all together at a single point. And by the time the > harmonica, violin and the keyboard had stopped playing, I was transported. I > did not want to open my eyes. I did not want to come back to the real world. > But then I had to. Since I knew that more was coming my way. A (re)treat was > coming my way. And today, the day on which “Couples Retreat” is unveiled, I > thank God, the real one, for having had me live in this era – The era in > which A.R.Rahman lived. > > And to Boss – all I can say is > > “Un isai mattum illayendral, naan endro endro irandiruppen” > > Signed > > A Rahmaniac > > > > - > Have Fun, > Vinod R Iyer > > http://the-other- side-of-mirror. blogspot. > com<http://the-other-side-of-mirror.blogspot.com/> > http://myworldofmnm .wordpress. com <http://myworldofmnm.wordpress.com/> > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak > peek<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_2/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew>. > > > > -- regards, Vithur
