What a great post! Very balanced and very logical. I appreciate it!
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "myown_niche" <myown_ni...@...> wrote:
>
> There have been instances where many said they hated "Sivaji", loved
> "Azhagiya Tamizh Magan", "Jai ho" not his best, "Blue" didn't have soul,
> "Raavan" is too technical and all that. An many had various other opinions
> too. These all indicate just one thing.
>
> Appreciating music is personal. Very personal. For me, I never claim
> which one is best from ARR. Such a discussion is very much futile. For a
> person with a western music inclination, he would like scores which falls
> into that template. He/she may not be able to appreciate a soundtrack like
> "Vandicholai Chinnarasu" or a "Kizhakku Cheemayile". So if one loves to
> listen to some earthy Indian songs, one may get disappointed if he/she hears
> a soundtrack such as "Boys".
>
> So my conclusion is just this. The palette of ARR's music is so vast, which
> could be captured only if it's a person who knows all, ok may be many,
> varieties an nuances of music. Else, I'm just a commoner who will dislike a
> different tune and an excellent song, if it doesn't fall into the category of
> "what I want to hear". I'm just a listener. A pretty ordinary listener. The
> only thing I can do is I can play with words to sound the review excellent.
>
> I can't listen to Roja and Raavan with similar state of mind and so there's
> no point in comparing them. But, the results are always enriching for me when
> I hear some thing unusual from every album of his, that makes me keep
> interested in music to know about different genres, instruments, singing
> styles etc in the world of music.
>
> So a music review by a person, just represents his/her taste and his state of
> mind when he/she listens to the track. And I just don't care about what
> he/she writes. And nobody should care about my take too.
>
> - Emmanuel
>
