[arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...

2009-10-15 Thread niyant_dalal
You nailed it Wasim!
The post turned out to be much much better than I had expected when I
read the title - expecting something cheesy at best. But instead I kept
saying yes, yes, yes ... and yes for most of points here. Esp. #5, 8,
10, 11, 12, 20, 25, 30.
Adding a few here: * You AR will always outshine himself and that the
best is yet to come* You wish AR does a private (instrumental) album --
where he doesn't need to conform to a film's / scene's boundaries. Where
he is free to experiment, where he can improvise as much as he desires,
where track lengths are not necessarily 5min long, and where genres fuse
and merge so well that you've virtually gone-around-the-world yet been
shaken, right there! * You wish he did more 'unplugged' concerts where
we could see the ace musician in his best form at the grand piano.
(Thanks for sharing, Anil)

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anil Wadghule anildigi...@...
wrote:


http://www.anilwadghule.com/2008/12/07/you-know-you-are-a-true-rahman-fa\
n-when.html

 --
 Anil




Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-14 Thread Aswath Narayanan
Great work  !!!
I hope most of our group members would have had the same feelin which i had
on readin this post  and that cannot be described in words  !!!

Regards 

Ashwath.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM, logesh kum-arr arrmusik4...@gmail.comwrote:

   This one is somewhat which I can relate to so much ...

 You love and respect Rahman, the human being and not just
 Rahman, the composer  


 I like Rahman not only becoz he is an internationally acclaimed  Music
 director 
 I liked the way he carries his success .. the emotions that he has for
 other people .. and the seeing the
 practicality of religion Sufism rather than the blind belief one has 
 I love him as a human being ... if anyone asks me who my role model is
 my immediate reply wud only be Rahman 

 Regards
 Logesh A





 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:18 AM, raju abc coolguy_re...@yahoo.co.inwrote:

 Well, Indeed true. I too have the same experiences. Thanks for the
 illustration.

 --- On *Tue, 2/12/08, ali ahad mindblower2...@yahoo.com* wrote:

 From: ali ahad mindblower2...@yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 3:08 PM


Well i guess i m a true  A R RAHMAN's fan

 --- On *Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in* wrote:

 From: Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in
 Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when ...
 To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
 Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 1:14 PM

   Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts

 - Mathan

 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 Chord purev...@.. . wrote:
 
  You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
  1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
  necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
 
  2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
  music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
  comes from.
 
  3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
  makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
 
  4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
  more from Rahman.
 
  5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
  with Rahman's music.
 
  6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
  most of the other can churn out.
 
  7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
  Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
  Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
  then magically delivers that to you.
 
  8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
  is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's
 or
  hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
 
  9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
  in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
 
  10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
  you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single
 Rahman
  song.
 
  11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
  to describe in words, let alone explain it to others.
 
  12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
  music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
  few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
  humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
  about you listening to it.
 
  13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
  Community and visit it at least
  once a day.
 
  14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
  likes of
  Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
 
  15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
  about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
  listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
  16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them
  instantly.
 
  17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
  deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
 
  18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
  a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
  meet Rahman.
 
  19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
  problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
  coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
 
  20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
  most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
  Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
 
  21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
  sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the
  more recent and annoying Himesh).
 
  22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you

Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-04 Thread logesh kum-arr
This one is somewhat which I can relate to so much ...

You love and respect Rahman, the human being and not just
Rahman, the composer  


I like Rahman not only becoz he is an internationally acclaimed  Music
director 
I liked the way he carries his success .. the emotions that he has for other
people .. and the seeing the
practicality of religion Sufism rather than the blind belief one has 
I love him as a human being ... if anyone asks me who my role model is
my immediate reply wud only be Rahman 

Regards
Logesh A





On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:18 AM, raju abc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Well, Indeed true. I too have the same experiences. Thanks for the
 illustration.

 --- On *Tue, 2/12/08, ali ahad [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:

 From: ali ahad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
 To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 3:08 PM


  Well i guess i m a true  A R RAHMAN's fan

 --- On *Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in* wrote:

 From: Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in
 Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when ...
 To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
 Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 1:14 PM

 Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts

 - Mathan

 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 Chord [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote:
 
  You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
  1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
  necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
 
  2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
  music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
  comes from.
 
  3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
  makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
 
  4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
  more from Rahman.
 
  5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
  with Rahman's music.
 
  6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
  most of the other can churn out.
 
  7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
  Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
  Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
  then magically delivers that to you.
 
  8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
  is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's
 or
  hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
 
  9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
  in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
 
  10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
  you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single
 Rahman
  song.
 
  11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
  to describe in words, let alone explain it to others.
 
  12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
  music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
  few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
  humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
  about you listening to it.
 
  13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
  Community and visit it at least
  once a day.
 
  14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
  likes of
  Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
 
  15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
  about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
  listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
  16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them
  instantly.
 
  17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
  deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
 
  18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
  a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
  meet Rahman.
 
  19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
  problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
  coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
 
  20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
  most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
  Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
 
  21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
  sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the
  more recent and annoying Himesh).
 
  22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend
  to put an end to the conversation by saying... No doubt, Illayaraja
  is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better... because it's
  true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
 
  23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with
  obscure terms such as BGM or Interlude etc. And furthermore, you

Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-02 Thread ali ahad
Well i guess i m a true  A R RAHMAN's fan

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 1:14 PM

Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts 

 - Mathan

 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Chord [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote:
 
  You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
  1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
  necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
  
  2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
  music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
  comes from.
  
  3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
  makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
  
  4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
  more from Rahman.
  
  5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
  with Rahman's music.
  
  6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
  most of the other can churn out.
  
  7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
  Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
  Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
  then magically delivers that to you.
  
  8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
  is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's 
 or
  hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
  
  9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
  in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
  
  10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
  you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single 
 Rahman
  song. 
  
  11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
  to describe in words, let alone explain it to others.
  
  12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
  music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
  few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
  humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
  about you listening to it.
  
  13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
  Community and visit it at least
  once a day.
  
  14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
  likes of
  Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
  
  15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
  about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
  listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
  16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them
  instantly.
  
  17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
  deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
  
  18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
  a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
  meet Rahman.
  
  19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
  problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
  coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
  
  20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
  most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
  Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
  
  21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
  sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the
  more recent and annoying Himesh).
  
  22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend
  to put an end to the conversation by saying... No doubt, Illayaraja
  is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better... because it's
  true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
  
  23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with
  obscure terms such as BGM or Interlude etc. And furthermore, you
  are a rare breed of fans that actually collects and listens to
  these BGM and Musical bits used in commercials.
  
  24. You can listen to an hour of non-stop Rahman interludes and
  guess over 80% of them right.
  
  25. You eagerly wait for each and every Rahman release, you set
  very high expectations for each album, a day after the release you
  will bash the album as below-average, a few months later you will
  hail the same album as a masterpiece and one of your personal
  favorites.
  
  26. You suffer from this rare condition where... you wake up from
  your sleep, humming or singing a Rahman tune, involuntarily. You
  realize the condition is severe when you randomly shout out a Rahman
  tune you haven't heard in a long time.
  
  27. You may forget to take your dose of medication but you can
  not forget to get your daily dose of Rahman.
  
  28. You set high expectations of Rahman, and are honored and
  touched that he cares about you and works

[arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-02 Thread Mathan
Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts 

- Mathan



--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
 1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
 necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
 
 2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
 music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
 comes from.
 
 3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
 makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
 
 4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
 more from Rahman.
 
 5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
 with Rahman's music.
 
 6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
 most of the other can churn out.
 
 7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
 Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
 Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
 then magically delivers that to you.
 
 8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
 is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's 
or
 hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
 
 9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
 in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
 
 10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
 you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single 
Rahman
 song. 
 
 11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
 to describe in words, let alone explain it to others.
 
 12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
 music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
 few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
 humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
 about you listening to it.
 
 13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
 Community and visit it at least
 once a day.
 
 14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
 likes of
 Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
 
 15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
 about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
 listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
 16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them
 instantly.
 
 17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
 deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
 
 18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
 a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
 meet Rahman.
 
 19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
 problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
 coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
 
 20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
 most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
 Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
 
 21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
 sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the
 more recent and annoying Himesh).
 
 22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend
 to put an end to the conversation by saying... No doubt, Illayaraja
 is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better... because it's
 true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
 
 23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with
 obscure terms such as BGM or Interlude etc. And furthermore, you
 are a rare breed of fans that actually collects and listens to
 these BGM and Musical bits used in commercials.
 
 24. You can listen to an hour of non-stop Rahman interludes and
 guess over 80% of them right.
 
 25. You eagerly wait for each and every Rahman release, you set
 very high expectations for each album, a day after the release you
 will bash the album as below-average, a few months later you will
 hail the same album as a masterpiece and one of your personal
 favorites.
 
 26. You suffer from this rare condition where... you wake up from
 your sleep, humming or singing a Rahman tune, involuntarily. You
 realize the condition is severe when you randomly shout out a Rahman
 tune you haven't heard in a long time.
 
 27. You may forget to take your dose of medication but you can
 not forget to get your daily dose of Rahman.
 
 28. You set high expectations of Rahman, and are honored and
 touched that he cares about you and works hard to satisfy you.
 
 29. You know and realize that Rahman is potentially the most
 creative composer to ever live in India, and may be even the World.
 
 30. You love and respect Rahman, the human being and not just
 Rahman, the composer.
 
 
 Thoughts by Kaissiom (aka) Wasim from Orkut





Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-02 Thread ar imtiaz
From my View

When A.R.Rahman become The most loving personality for you than other else
in the entire world

When you find spirtulity in his music

And you will be proved A true Lover and Fan of Rahman Sab

When you strat to learn and compose music whetever your profession and
religion  and your music says i-e
I'm Creavity of A true Rahmanian

I Proud to be a Rahmanian!


On 12/2/08, Mathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

   Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts

 - Mathan

 --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com,
 Chord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
  1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
  necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
 
  2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
  music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
  comes from.
 
  3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
  makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
 
  4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
  more from Rahman.
 
  5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
  with Rahman's music.
 
  6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
  most of the other can churn out.
 
  7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
  Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
  Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
  then magically delivers that to you.
 
  8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
  is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's
 or
  hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
 
  9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
  in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
 
  10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
  you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single
 Rahman
  song.
 
  11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
  to describe in words, let alone explain it to others.
 
  12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
  music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
  few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
  humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
  about you listening to it.
 
  13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
  Community and visit it at least
  once a day.
 
  14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
  likes of
  Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
 
  15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
  about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
  listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
  16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan and connect with them
  instantly.
 
  17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
  deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
 
  18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
  a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
  meet Rahman.
 
  19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
  problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
  coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
 
  20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
  most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
  Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
 
  21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
  sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and the
  more recent and annoying Himesh).
 
  22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend
  to put an end to the conversation by saying... No doubt, Illayaraja
  is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better... because it's
  true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
 
  23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with
  obscure terms such as BGM or Interlude etc. And furthermore, you
  are a rare breed of fans that actually collects and listens to
  these BGM and Musical bits used in commercials.
 
  24. You can listen to an hour of non-stop Rahman interludes and
  guess over 80% of them right.
 
  25. You eagerly wait for each and every Rahman release, you set
  very high expectations for each album, a day after the release you
  will bash the album as below-average, a few months later you will
  hail the same album as a masterpiece and one of your personal
  favorites.
 
  26. You suffer from this rare condition where... you wake up from
  your sleep, humming or singing a Rahman tune, involuntarily. You
  realize the condition is severe when you randomly shout out a Rahman
  tune you haven't heard in a long time.
 
  27. You may forget to take your dose of medication but you can
  not forget 

Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...........

2008-12-02 Thread raju abc
Well, Indeed true. I too have the same experiences. Thanks for the illustration.

--- On Tue, 2/12/08, ali ahad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: ali ahad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 3:08 PM











Well i guess i m a true  A R RAHMAN's fan

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in wrote:
From: Mathan anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in
Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when ...
To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 1:14 PM

Sounds like MIND READING of an ARR's fan. Good thoughts 

 - Mathan

 --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, Chord [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote:
 
  You know you are a true Rahman fan when...
  1. You have a peculiar taste in music, which does not
  necessarily have to match the taste of the masses.
  
  2. You have a good sense of melody and rhythm and can tell good
  music from average. You appreciate good music, regardless of who it
  comes from.
  
  3. You can go on for hours talking about Rahman when someone
  makes a mistake of asking you about your favorite music.
  
  4. You are never content and are always hungry and thirsty for
  more from Rahman.
  
  5. You have had many euphoric moments in your life.. connected
  with Rahman's music.
  
  6. You agree that an average Rahman song is better than the best
  most
 of the other can churn out.
  
  7. Regardless of how the World finds Rahman music, you think
  Rahman makes music just for your ears. You genuinely believe that
  Rahman somehow knows what kind of music you unconsciously crave and
  then magically delivers that to you.
  
  8. Your most prized collection in your entire music collection
  is your Rahman collection, whether it's in form of cassettes, CD's 
 or
  hard-disk space on computer or ipods.
  
  9. You sometimes feel this bliss, a kind of feeling that you are
  in heaven, when listening to Rahman's music.
  
  10. If the World was to go back to using the barter system again,
  you wouldn't mind trading a 1000 non-Rahman songs for a single 
 Rahman
  song. 
  
  11. You share this special bond with Rahman which is impossible
  to describe in words, let alone
 explain it to others.
  
  12. Your friends/family fail to understand why you listen to
  music in a language that makes no sense to you, whatsoever. But, a
  few weeks later, you totally understand why your friends/family are
  humming/singing the very song they don't understand and were puzzled
  about you listening to it.
  
  13. You are part of the Rahman Yahoo! Group or Orkut A R Rahman fans
  Community and visit it at least
  once a day.
  
  14. You take pleasure in new group (community) members arguing with
  likes of
  Gops and Vijay, when they come out with some Rahman info/news.
  
  15. You are tired of new member joining the group and inquiring
  about and referring to the fake Ekyam Satyam. You too hope to
  listen to the real one someday, if it exists somewhere.
  16. You can talk to any other Rahman fan
 and connect with them
  instantly.
  
  17. You have a deep desire to meet Rahman in person, and know
  deep in your heart that one day your dream will come true.
  
  18. You have thought of it many a times and tried to come up with
  a plan of what you would do? How would you react? when you actually
  meet Rahman.
  
  19. You can find the challenging task of solving a complex
  problem rather easy compared to the daunting and difficult task of
  coming up with your absolute top-10 Rahman favorites.
  
  20. Any criticism of Rahman is hard for you to digest, because
  most of the time it comes from people that haven't heard enough of
  Rahman and yet have no problem talking about him.
  
  21. Your blood pressure tends to rise when an average listener
  sings praises for other MDs(especially Anu Malik, Harris J, and
 the
  more recent and annoying Himesh).
  
  22. When it comes to R.D. Burman or may be Illayaraja, you tend
  to put an end to the conversation by saying... No doubt, Illayaraja
  is the greatest, but I think Rahman is even better... because it's
  true. (Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
  
  23. You are a select few in the country that are familiar with
  obscure terms such as BGM or Interlude etc. And furthermore, you
  are a rare breed of fans that actually collects and listens to
  these BGM and Musical bits used in commercials.
  
  24. You can listen to an hour of non-stop Rahman interludes and
  guess over 80% of them right.
  
  25. You eagerly wait for each and every Rahman release, you set
  very high expectations for each album, a day after the release you
  will bash the album as below-average, a few months later
 you will
  hail the same album as a masterpiece and one of your personal
  favorites.
  
  26. You suffer from this rare condition where... you wake up from
  your sleep, humming or singing