[arr] Re: Enthiran and its composer
Boy, you said it I agree completely!!! --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "jarshadnk" wrote: > > Dear All, > > You may love the music Enthiran or hate it (I love it myself), but if there's > one thing that you cannot deny it's the courage of Rahman bro. In fact, how > difficult would it have been for him to compose the kind of tunes that fans > think a Rajini movie requires? If I am required to answer that then there's > no use having fans group like this. > How many composers would have the, to put it crudely, balls to compose a > track like "Puthiya Manitha" for a Rajini movie? Every single one of them > would have opted for a song with hundreds of folk drums playing a crass tune > whose novelty wouldn't even last the movie's run in theatres. But no Sir! > Rahman is not from that stock, and that's why he is great. He will give what > the situation in the film requires without any fear of the repercussions. He > may have fallen many times while innovating, but he has the courage to pick > himself up and innovate some more. He is not a template. If most of the times > we are baffled at his tunes the first time we listen to it, it's because of > this. I wouldn't have been his fan if he gave me exactly what I wanted. I am > his fan because by his courage he is pushing the boundaries of my taste in > music. > Having said that I don't think anybody needs to like a piece of art just > because it's from someone. Like the quote from Evelyn Beatrice Hall often > wrongly attributed to Voltaire, "I will disapprove of what you say, but I > will defend to the death your right to say it." But please chose you words > carefully, as they have a tendency to have a life of their own. Sometimes > they can hurt, even when you don't intend to. > > > Jarshad NK >
[arr] Re: Enthiran and its composer
ya hats off rahman sir --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "jarshadnk" wrote: > > Dear All, > > You may love the music Enthiran or hate it (I love it myself), but if there's > one thing that you cannot deny it's the courage of Rahman bro. In fact, how > difficult would it have been for him to compose the kind of tunes that fans > think a Rajini movie requires? If I am required to answer that then there's > no use having fans group like this. > How many composers would have the, to put it crudely, balls to compose a > track like "Puthiya Manitha" for a Rajini movie? Every single one of them > would have opted for a song with hundreds of folk drums playing a crass tune > whose novelty wouldn't even last the movie's run in theatres. But no Sir! > Rahman is not from that stock, and that's why he is great. He will give what > the situation in the film requires without any fear of the repercussions. He > may have fallen many times while innovating, but he has the courage to pick > himself up and innovate some more. He is not a template. If most of the times > we are baffled at his tunes the first time we listen to it, it's because of > this. I wouldn't have been his fan if he gave me exactly what I wanted. I am > his fan because by his courage he is pushing the boundaries of my taste in > music. > Having said that I don't think anybody needs to like a piece of art just > because it's from someone. Like the quote from Evelyn Beatrice Hall often > wrongly attributed to Voltaire, "I will disapprove of what you say, but I > will defend to the death your right to say it." But please chose you words > carefully, as they have a tendency to have a life of their own. Sometimes > they can hurt, even when you don't intend to. > > > Jarshad NK >