but roshan u said that "we need clown in the group or something like that" really made me upset...but now i have forgotten it bro thanks to ur post....no hard feelings ...apologise if my post disturbed some or hurt ur feelings guys...see archives for my old posts u will know that i m not a bad person
aah don't worry. you don't have to apologize to anyone. we all are fed up of the same old disappointment mails and it needs a little bit of blow below the belt to make them realize that. I am glad you have started to realize it. No body is a bad person. cheers. Roshan On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:51 PM, shai <nbk4...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > good explanations from you...thats very true ....but still i hope that > rahman could or should come out with something like pudhu vellai malai from > roja if any of his future movies allowed him....another example will be mann > chandre from connections which i really love to see it feature in some movie > rather than going unnknown in an album.....i agree that many of his 90's > songs bring out my memories at the time that particular song got > realeased.... > > and i strongly believe that those songs that we didnt like much now ,we > will love after few years from now which will bring out some memories that > we had experienced now rather than really liking the songs now itself..... > > i rarely post msgs here...but for the past one week i know and realized > that i got a bit emotianal in expressing my oppinions here...i dont want to > say that i regret about it but at the same time i m not proud of > though....to be honest i was very disturbed when i heard(maybe its just a > rumours) that shankar is going to remake 3 idiots in tamil and that is with > harris jeyaraj...that made me upset terribly the whole week even till > now....now maybe u guys will understand why my posts are like that... > > but i m proud of u guys who really defended rahman well..thats how a rahman > fan should be....some of u really explained to me very well...thanks to u > guys....but roshan u said that "we need clown in the group or something > like that" really made me upset...but now i have forgotten it bro thanks to > ur post....no hard feelings ...apologise if my post disturbed some or hurt > ur feelings guys...see archives for my old posts u will know that i m not > a bad person > > thanks again.. > > --- On *Sun, 8/22/10, Roshan <c.pix...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Roshan <c.pix...@gmail.com> > Subject: [arr] Why the past songs are better > To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 5:00 PM > > > A lot of our members have expressed their feelings that AR Rahman was > better in his 90s. Though I don't agree with them I have my favorites from > the past. Not just from Rahman. From all the composers, musicians and > singers. > > But the fact is that it is not because the songs were better in the past. > it is because we always hold on to our past. be it songs, incidents, falling > in love, breakups, marraige functions, first job, college graduation, a > great friend.. the whole life. We always think that past was somehow > better. We are always worried about the future. don't we cherish memories > from our childhood and teenage ? It is the same with songs. when we hear > an old song, it triggers memories of incidents, people, happiness or sadness > that we related to that particular song. > > Beatles' Yesterday is an absolute favorite of mine. there are plenty of > great songs even better than that one. but it brings me back the memory of a > great time had in Brunei when I got my first job there in 2003. That is when > I started listening to international artistes often and on top of that I was > in love. And, when I hear it now, it gives makes me feel like I have lost > something but, in reality I haven't. > > I love Tanha Tanha from rangeela a lot. it is a great song, musically. But > the reason I love it the most is because that is when I got my first > portable cassette player (Videocon Walkman) along with a cassette of > rangeela as a gift. I did my schooling in a hostel, and I became a popular > kid because I had a walkman. lots of kids would come to our dormitory to > listen to the songs. So, we put some money together and bought a speaker and > placed it on top of a cardboard box with a hole in it, so the rest of the > kids can hear it. I was so excited. because not only I got more friends, I > was doing something with electronics stuff.. cutting the earphones and > connecting the wires to the speaker, making the sound go louder with just > one cardboard box with a hole! I felt like I was Einstein! > > now, when I hear that song.. it brings back memories of my friends, that > cardboard box, that videocon walkman, and my great school and teachers. > > We all talk about how great the classics were. we regard RD Burman, > Noushad, Ilaya Raja and the whole lot of great musicians as the best and > some people even compare them with today's musicians and talk about how > music has lost its soul. It hasn't lost any soul. it is because those > people related to their most cherished memories when they hear their > favorites. give today's music another 20 to 30 years and we will be > talking about how great the 2010's music were. > > It is same for AR Rahman. the reason why some of you think that ar rahman > created better music in 90s is because you were probably teenagers or > children during that time and probably were having the greatest times of > your life. there were lots of things happening, experiencing new things.. > and probably ar rahman's music even helped you a lot at that time. and when > you hear it now, you are taken back to that golden era of your life. > > > try to understand that fact before saying ar rahman's music lost the > soul. it only means that you have grown up, you have become more > experienced, aged and wiser ( and probably grayer and fatter - no offense, > just for fun.). get into the mindset of a teenager again and see if you all > can enjoy the Kala Bandar and Jai Ho and Fiqraana and even Enthiran. I bet > you will. > > sorry about the long post :) > > > ----------------------------------- > http://roshanravi.com > http://ramblingsoul.com > http://cssheaven.org > > > > -- ----------------------------------- http://roshanravi.com http://ramblingsoul.com http://cssheaven.org
