Gayathri, Thanks for the most coherent, concise, apt posting in a long time. - Jayram
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Gayathri" <gayathri_c...@...> wrote: > > Quote:- "I'm just writing this because recently (since 2007, when I > joined), with every new releases someone will post a negative review and > the rest start bashing that person. Let's have some healthy interactions > here..." > > I agree that we need healthy interactions in this forum but it has to > work both ways here, I believe. > > Not only you, but quite a few members have been complaining that their > negative comments and criticisms were shot down by members. > > But then again, what about members who praise ARR's music? We are named > as fools, ingenuine fans, hesitant, afraid to point out our true > feelings, etc. If you're saying that negative comments should not be > shot down, then calling members who enjoy ARR's music as fools and > faking their opinions should not be allowed as well, am I right? > > I've said this before and I would say it again, Endhiran as an album, is > not my cup of tea. Given a choice, I would prefer to listen to Raavanan > and Jodha Akhbar than Enthiran. The reason- I don't like trance or > techno music. On the other hand, my friends like techno music and they > found Enthiran to be awesome. Now, if I were to call Enthiran as > soul-less and horrible, wouldn't I be insulting my friends' taste of > music? I would and that's not right! But that's exactly what happens > here. > > One of our members here mentioned that he felt like laughing while > reading the posts on how others seems to enjoy Enthiran. I thought that > was insulting. Just because we don't like an album, we shouldn't be > expecting others to dismiss the same as well. And what we regard as > wonderful, amazing or true gems of ARR's need not be true for others. > > A small example- A lot of people here like Thee Thee from Thiruda > Thiruda (and I don't mean only Kishore) but it's not my favourite song > in the album. I thought Caroline's pronunciation was really bad and the > music seems to overshadow the strength of her voice, making it even more > inaudible. But I don't consider it a bad song. It's just not to my > liking. And knowing that many liked the song, the least I could do is > respect the interest of others and voice out my comments in a respectful > way. I mean, how would you react if I were to pass the following > comments on the song and it's fans? :- > > "if you think this song is good, you haven't heard to ARR's true gems" > or > "I'm can't help laughing when I hear that you guys actually like this > song" or > "This song is soul-less, wonder how you guys can praise it otherwise?" > > Wouldn't you feel bad? Wouldn't you get angry? Wouldn't you retaliate? > Or are you going to call me as whole hearted, eloquent or dynamic for > the simple reason that I was "brave" enough to pass such comments on the > song? It's sound preposterous even to myself. > > My point is, there should always be room for criticisms in this forum > nevertheless, the right usage of words and expressions should also be > given due importance in order not to hurt or disregard other members' > feelings. A fan group such as this is not a place to shower pointless > praises on ARR, I agree, but it's also not a place to make hateful > remarks. Respect is a dying virtue today. Why not try to uphold them at > least in this forum? > > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, pratap <pratap_elensar@> wrote: > > > > Nowadays it's kinda scary to post anything negative here. In my > opinion, A.R. doesn't need people to just praise him. A little bit of > criticism is needed. Mistakes needs to be pointed out. Any bad review > posted should not be automatically be shot down. > > > > Negative reviews are important. But of course, I'm talking about > sensible ones, not the typical music missing in soul, absence of vintage > Rahman (I personally do not recognize this term), no Taal or Dil Se and > Khawaja Mere Khawaja... The list is never ending. Write sensible > negative review if you have to. Those who do not agree, give proper > argument (or ignore it). Don't just get all defensive. Don't keep > replying: "Oh yeah, you know better than AR". As we all know, AR reads > our posts. If there is anything to be improved (if there is), this would > be helpful. Instead of him going through all the unnecessary hate mails. > > > > I'm just writing this because recently (since 2007, when I joined), > with every new releases someone will post a negative review and the rest > start bashing that person. Let's have some healthy interactions here... > > > > > > So, peace guys. Sorry about the lecture. Nobody likes free advices :) > > > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indian-Movie-BGMS/146146955399503 > > http://indian-music-bgm.blogspot.com/ Please do not add me in YM. I > only use this account for the group... > > >