Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Wow! Thank you so much sir for a wonderful post. I'm really touched! Hail ARR! Madhavan.R Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life. On 6/6/08, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you sir... Gentle and sweet words from a gentleman... On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:44 AM, csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Sir, It was a wonderful and meaningful post...You are a genuine music lover... We all want u in dis group an actively parrticipate in the forums... Please do post more Regards, Kishore (On behalf of all ARR Disciples).
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Hi Great words. Regards Cyril Thomas Varghese www.ceegraphics.com www.cyrilthomasvarghese.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Madhavan Rajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, 6 June, 2008 11:47:36 AM Subject: Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh Wow! Thank you so much sir for a wonderful post. I'm really touched! Hail ARR! Madhavan.R Love, Music, Peace...and AR Rahman for Life. On 6/6/08, Vithur [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: Thank you sir... Gentle and sweet words from a gentleman... On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:44 AM, csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments] , shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/
[arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Sir, You aptly put it 'Music' has no language. It doesn't matter whether or not u understand Hindi or Tamil or for that matter any language - to appreciate music and most of all ARR's music. Thank you for this post ...the first post and please do continue to post your thoughts. -A On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:14 PM, csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
And You have defined who a true Music Fan is. and also defined the meaning of a real ARR Fan :)) On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:14 PM, csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao -- Cheers, Pradeepan. All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Such a refreshing post..Amazing... We would like to hear more from you Sir... I really enjoyed your post.Thanks Again... csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Dear Sir, nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; that was a lovely post..I thoroughly enjoyed reading after a long time in the group..Do post more :) csrao lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED] comgt; wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction tonbsp; good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forevernbsp; and take us on a musicalnbsp; raid ofnbsp; un-scalable and unimaginable heights.nbsp; He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. nbsp;I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all.nbsp; Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments] ,nbsp; shehnai,nbsp; [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them],nbsp; flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, tonbsp; a solo crescendo and tapernbsp; off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song?nbsp; Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language.nbsp; Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao nbsp; nbsp;
Re: [arr] Rahaman defined music and instrumentation afresh
Thank you sir... Gentle and sweet words from a gentleman... On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:44 AM, csrao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friends, I do not know how much I am qualified or not qualified to say some thing on this knowledge forum. Though I am with the group for months on, this is my first posting. My favorites are almost all the songs of ARR. As a matter of fact I am, eminently placed to get disqualified from belonging to this Group. I do not know Hindi. I do not Know Tamil. I do not have any knowledge of Music. Above all this, I am aged all of 72 years. But I have a gut feeling about and instant reaction to good tunes, good instrumentation and calm, soothing and vibrant music. That day ages back when I first heard songs from Roja, I instinctively knew that this gentleman arrived to thrill us forever and take us on a musical raid of un-scalable and unimaginable heights. He elevated cine music to unattainable heights. I have a good collection of his Tamil songs which I love many, I like all. Daily, I listen to these songs for 2 to 4 hours. They refresh me, keep me fit and energetic. Arr's uniquness, according to me, I repeat, according to me,, lies in: 1. Treating voice [male or female] as yet another instrument, to be played upon. 2. Each of his song is a symphony. To reach those heights and lows in 3/4 minutes is possible only to him. 3. He is a master at creating heavenly interludes which are more often than not are the highlights of many songs. 4. I had never heard any one using drums [or allied instruments], shehnai, [I am not worried about exact names, as long as I enjoy them], flute to this advantage. How he introduces weaving them in to the voice, takes them, leaving the voice behind, to a solo crescendo and taper off, very effectively, yet all in a fraction of a minute, which is humanly impossible. He is Blessed, if not he himself is Divine. 5. I divide the Indian cine music era in to two segments. PreARR and PostARR eras. In the PreARR era we used to ask who sang that song? Rafi or Kishore. Now we ask who composed it? That is the power duly acquired and got by our honored ARR. I have my own two Play-lists of ARR's Tamil songs. One I play in whichever mood I am in. These songs are level-all gems. The second list I play when I feel I am in good and high spirit! In other words, what I am saying is that I adore those, around 70, Tamil songs tuned by ARR, even though I do not know the language. Proving, if proof is needed, music has no language. Rather It is ARR who proved it through millions like me. Let us not enter in to Lilliputian arguments over that GIANT Musician whose presence amongst us we are fortunate to have. The Beauty is I hear his songs even when I am not listening to them!!! Thanks to those haunting and teasing melodies and tunes. csrao -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
