Very Well said Emmanuel. Straight into the Bird's Eye. Kalyan K.
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:55 AM, myown_niche <myown_ni...@yahoo.co.in>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 > > >
