Completely agreeing with myown_niche. Actually the logic is simple. Bringing in Western sound to India and at the same time rendering Indian Sound to West.
And I do strongly think, if GM does complete justice to the songs this album will be taken by the mass. Just taking the fact that I hated the music of 3 idiots first and when same song where used at the prompt scene, I started loving it. "Aaromalae in Loop !" On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:44 AM, myown_niche <myown_ni...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > > > I'm not going to sing praises for ARR. I don't know the scientific nuances > of the music. But I believe (which may be proved wrong!)that I have good > ears for good music. > > After hearing VTV 3-4 times, I'm still intrigued. I know that something > different is happening there; I'm clueless but something pulls me into it. > > Now, considering the sensibilities that ARR's previous albums had, it all > had an Indian touch. So if he is going beyond the boundaries with a Tamil > album, this sound and musical touch may disappoint even a core ARR fan who > loves to hear pure Indianness in the album. I think ARR is taking a small > step towards unifying some global aspects where the Indian melody meets the > Western instruments, rooted completely on sound textures that appeal to both > Indian and Rest-of-the-world ears. And the main problem may be that we are > not ready for it. We don't know it yet. We are ignorant about it. > > So I believe this album will take more time to sink in because we have to > develop our ears and heart and mind to get ready for such a stuff!! > > Now coming to reviews. I know what ARR has done starting from 1990s. I have > read reviews praising and ridiculing ARR. But I hear the songs for myself > and not for any reviewer who writes for or against his works. No offense > meant. I have fun reading the pieces. But the music is still rated by me on > my hearing. And I have found no one influencing me in that matter. So I have > a humble request to everyone to hear the music for yourself and judge it > accordingly. At the end of the day, the reviewer also is airing a personal > opinion (may be a bit influence because of commercial aspects)! > > And about ARR. I give no other MD the hearing time and space I give for ARR > because it's something that captured my attention way back in 1992 when I > was just 7. And since then, no one ever attracted me into music like him. > Not even the great Pink Floyd and the likes. Not even the Pop music. Not > even any music in my mother tongue, Malayalam. > > So still I'm giving myself time to understand VTV. And I don't care what > any reviewer says about it. You may give from 1/10 to 10/10. I'll read them > too. But let me go back to hear the tracks. > > Cheers! > > > -- Farzad Khaleel www.rahmaniac.com
