Re: [arr] Rahman not winning Oscars is going to be hugely upsetting
Chord, Well said. Amen to that! On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Thulasi Ram karoke...@gmail.com wrote: well said. an Oscar will take ARR to the pinnacle of success atleast in the context of Indian musicians. west will then have different perspective for ARR.. an musician winning both golden globe and oscar is definitely not a fluke. people understand it and it will be really helpful for ARR for future projects. it may be easy to score a 95, but getting the last 5 is really painstaking... On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote: Some of you are saying that if Rahman does not win an Oscar, it won't really matter because we know how great he is, etc. etc. That's a nice psychological defense mechanism. While I agree that his greatness is not going to be denied or confirmed by an Oscar win or loss, I think we can safely say that most of us are going to be depressed come Monday morning if ARR doesn't win. Let's be real about it. The expectations are huge, and many people in the past few weeks are saying that it's almost a given that he will win. Again, IF he loses, it's not going to change my opinion about ARR and it's not going to take away what he has already achieved. I will have to console myself by saying that he is already a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner, which are facts. Let's hope and pray that he wins to make it a sweep!
[arr] Rahman not winning Oscars is going to be hugely upsetting
Some of you are saying that if Rahman does not win an Oscar, it won't really matter because we know how great he is, etc. etc. That's a nice psychological defense mechanism. While I agree that his greatness is not going to be denied or confirmed by an Oscar win or loss, I think we can safely say that most of us are going to be depressed come Monday morning if ARR doesn't win. Let's be real about it. The expectations are huge, and many people in the past few weeks are saying that it's almost a given that he will win. Again, IF he loses, it's not going to change my opinion about ARR and it's not going to take away what he has already achieved. I will have to console myself by saying that he is already a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner, which are facts. Let's hope and pray that he wins to make it a sweep!
Re: [arr] Rahman not winning Oscars is going to be hugely upsetting
well said. an Oscar will take ARR to the pinnacle of success atleast in the context of Indian musicians. west will then have different perspective for ARR.. an musician winning both golden globe and oscar is definitely not a fluke. people understand it and it will be really helpful for ARR for future projects. it may be easy to score a 95, but getting the last 5 is really painstaking... On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Chord purev...@yahoo.com wrote: Some of you are saying that if Rahman does not win an Oscar, it won't really matter because we know how great he is, etc. etc. That's a nice psychological defense mechanism. While I agree that his greatness is not going to be denied or confirmed by an Oscar win or loss, I think we can safely say that most of us are going to be depressed come Monday morning if ARR doesn't win. Let's be real about it. The expectations are huge, and many people in the past few weeks are saying that it's almost a given that he will win. Again, IF he loses, it's not going to change my opinion about ARR and it's not going to take away what he has already achieved. I will have to console myself by saying that he is already a Golden Globe and BAFTA winner, which are facts. Let's hope and pray that he wins to make it a sweep!
