Some notable members also bring in a TON of negativity to this group beyond just criticizing or not liking an album....constantly telling us how he doesn't like ARR's music post a certain year and after each ARR album, completely writing it off saying how disappointed he is and once again, how he has not been impressed with an ARR song since a certain year, how things went wrong after a certain year....etc. etc.....
Give it up.....if ARR is that disappointing to you these days, why keep posting here? Please let the rest of us enjoy his work today and stop distracting our appreciation with your constant negativity! As someone else posted.....your silence is sweetness! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > Bravo! Awesome post, Ram! Keep em coming! Totally agree! > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Ram Motipally <mramvinayak@> wrote: > > > > Friends, > > > > I have been seeing some of the mails since Endhiran music has been > > released. > > There have been good, bad as well as outright ugly emails. This had me > > thinking, > > who are we as fans, what role do we have and since we are in a group, is > > there a > > decorum we need to follow ? Do we just allow all opinions or do we try to > > always > > be appreciative. I do not know all the answers, but this set me across a > > thought > > process which I wanted to pen down here. > > > > Since this is a AR fna group, what is the dictionary definition of a fan ? > > (reproduced from m-w.com) > > > > Main Entry: 3fan > > Function: noun > > Etymology: probably short for fanatic > > Date: 1682 > > 1 : an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as > > a > > spectator > > 2 : an ardent admirer or enthusiast (as of a celebrity or a > > pursuit) <science-fiction fans> > > > > If we take this definition, we are more or less (most of us) enthusiastic > > devotees/admirers or enthusiasts of AR, right ? And to enlarge this, we > > should > > be admirers of his entire body of work or his body of work over the total > > duration. Now, this does not mean we have to admire every song or album > > that he > > has ever churned out. At the very least this means that we need to have a > > context of the man, his music and his entire body of work. We need to be > > sensitive to the fact that the music is an input of many people like the > > director of the movie, producer, context of the movie, scene, emotion etc. > > > > Are we really fans of AR or his music, if we just react to every song and > > album > > as a standalone piece of work ? Isnt that primarily a function of our like > > or > > dislike ? What has AR and his music got to do with our like or dislike ? > > Let me > > give the example of food - I love avakai (kind of pickle in andhra). If I > > feed > > it to my american friend, telling him it is the best thing in the world, he > > will > > run away ! Now, most of my american friends enjoy steaks (beef), I can > > never > > ever eat one ! Does this mean avakai or beef is good or bad ? Absolutely > > no, it > > is just a function of my like/dislike, my upbringing, my culture etc. > > > > Now, what does one do if you dont enjoy a certain AR album or song ? If we > > are > > just reacting to our like/dislike at that point in time, then we will > > praise the > > song we like and rip the song we dont like. Infact what is happening is the > > individual is just reacting to his/her like/dislike, AR or the song has > > nothing > > to do with it. This will happen for any song or any musician they will > > hear. But > > if you are really a fan, you will go with a positive intent to enjoy the > > song, > > because you know the musician and his large body of work and know that you > > can > > expect quality stuff. You are patient, you invest more energy as you are a > > fan > > and take all possible efforts to not miss the quality music, you have > > experienced in the past. It is possible that you might still not like the > > music. > > I have not liked many of AR's songs or albums. Many times it is also a > > function > > of how I am feeling at the time. I might be neck deep in work issues and > > not > > find the effort to enjoy the music. Or I might be going through some > > personal > > issues and not be in the right frame of mind to enjoy AR's music at that > > point > > in time. Sometimes when I revisit the song after many years, I start to > > like it. > > Sometimes being in a forum like this and listening to others opinions helps > > me > > enjoy the music even more and discover other nuances, that I think is the > > best > > part of my being part of this fan group. > > > > So, what is a good responsibility to have as a fan ? If one is really a > > fan, I > > think the following should apply: > > > > 1) The fan will take reasonable efforts and invest energy to enjoy each new > > piece of work. This is owed by the fan to himself/herself for having known > > AR > > and his music for a long duration. > > 2) Please be generous with praise. But be a little understated with > > criticism. > > Never be blatantly nasty with criticism, if that is what you want, please > > go to > > some other group. > > 3) If you dont like the song/album please use decency in expressing it. > > 4) And finally AR does not owe anything to anyone. So any opinions of what > > he is > > doing, what he should do and how he should do anything are totally uncalled > > for. > > At best suggestions/recommendations can be made. > > > > To summarize, if you really believe you are a fan, please act responsibly > > as > > one. If you are not a fan, but just like to listen to some work or AR and > > rip > > some, then please do so with decency. If you are outright malicious and > > only > > intent is to criticize AR or his music (there are some here) please stay > > away > > from this group. > > > > I hope atleast some of you will agree with these views and that too after > > Gopal > > allows this post. > > > > Cheers ! > > Ram > > >
