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Did the author study the cwg anthem so much that he compares it with a parachuteless skydive? Does it sound like Ramta jogi? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote: Ustad Autoxerox's Aria Perhaps it's apt that Rahman sold the scam-tainted CWG a lemon SADANAND MENONhttp://www.outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4224author=Sadanand+Menon PRINT http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?266982 SHAREhttp://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250username=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=facebookurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/1CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=myspaceurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/2CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=googleurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/3CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0 COMMENTS http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266982#comments Anthems are devised to make your spirit soar. When they crashland, they can also leave you sore. For some time now, A.R. Rahman has been on song. This time the song is on him. His anthem *`Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto*' takes all of four minutes and 16 seconds to expose you to the perils of skydiving without a parachute. But then, this is the anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and, like many other things connected with this year's CWG, it happens to be just another kind of cruel sport. The idea of an anthem for sporting events is, it could be argued, to foreground a consistent theme as a focal point of the event and to unify the audiences with the adhesive of a familiar, infectious rhythm. In the present context of a CWG mired in debilitating controversy and hint of sleaze, a rousing anthem could have been the talisman to unlock some positive energy. But the present offering of India's own Mozart, which was launched with much fanfare on August 23, has left even the Group of Ministers unhappy. That must be the ultimate ignominy for a composerthat aesthetic cynicism of such crass proportions can even affect the GoM, although one suspects it was not so much the notations on the music sheet but those on the bill that did the damage. Even as Oscar hero Rahman was concatenating, at super-speed, his CWG jingle that jangles with some of the most pedestrian verses in recent times, he also fed in the punchy figure of some Rs 1.37 crore per minute of the song. Total: Rs 5.50 crore. In 2006, for the inaugural functions of the Frankfurt Book Fair, at which India was the `Guest of Honour Country', a proposal by music composer Ilaiyaraja to present a Carnatic raga using a 120-piece Western philharmonic orchestra was summarily rejected because of the price tag of Rs 95 lakh. But times have changed. The funny thing about Rahman's *Swagatham* number this time is that, after its recitative first part, with lines as stiff and strangulating as `*Junoon se, kanoon se, maidaan maar lo*', the second performative segment breaks into a beat that sounds like a rip-off of his own composition `*Ramta Jogi*' in the film *Taal*. Obviously, Rahman is now famous enough to plagiarise himself and even charge us for it. But the obvious question that needs to be asked is: why did he even try? Why did he not simply offer back the same `*Ramta Jogi*' as the anthem for the CWG? The song has all the right foot-tapping ingredients, including oblique references to playful charlatans that would have blended well with the CWG. Of course, Rahman's anthem cannot be disconnected with the overall plan for inaugural and closing ceremonies of the CWG. The fancy committee for the inaugural events has for a few months now been grappling with the logistics of how to present India in this highly televised event. It is a committee in search of a spectacle. The spectacle of a fake, make-believe India populated with Bollywood dancers and swirling silks, crooning divas and simpering starlets. The last time around, they were thinking of making a sound-and-light show using the sacred `Om'. It is an India that has no specific location on this planet and is far removed from not just the lives, but even the fantasies, of its own people. This is an India that is the pet project of its numerous, prospering robber barons, who are enabled, time and again,
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where is this author hearing the Ramta Jogi in CWG? does anybody who has similar hearing ability like Menon? --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote: Ustad Autoxerox's Aria Perhaps it's apt that Rahman sold the scam-tainted CWG a lemon SADANAND MENONhttp://www.outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4224author=Sadanand+Menon PRINT http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?266982 SHAREhttp://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250username=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=facebookurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/1CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=myspaceurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/2CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=googleurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/3CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0 COMMENTS http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266982#comments Anthems are devised to make your spirit soar. When they crashland, they can also leave you sore. For some time now, A.R. Rahman has been on song. This time the song is on him. His anthem *`Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto*' takes all of four minutes and 16 seconds to expose you to the perils of skydiving without a parachute. But then, this is the anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and, like many other things connected with this year's CWG, it happens to be just another kind of cruel sport. The idea of an anthem for sporting events is, it could be argued, to foreground a consistent theme as a focal point of the event and to unify the audiences with the adhesive of a familiar, infectious rhythm. In the present context of a CWG mired in debilitating controversy and hint of sleaze, a rousing anthem could have been the talisman to unlock some positive energy. But the present offering of India's own Mozart, which was launched with much fanfare on August 23, has left even the Group of Ministers unhappy. That must be the ultimate ignominy for a composerthat aesthetic cynicism of such crass proportions can even affect the GoM, although one suspects it was not so much the notations on the music sheet but those on the bill that did the damage. Even as Oscar hero Rahman was concatenating, at super-speed, his CWG jingle that jangles with some of the most pedestrian verses in recent times, he also fed in the punchy figure of some Rs 1.37 crore per minute of the song. Total: Rs 5.50 crore. In 2006, for the inaugural functions of the Frankfurt Book Fair, at which India was the `Guest of Honour Country', a proposal by music composer Ilaiyaraja to present a Carnatic raga using a 120-piece Western philharmonic orchestra was summarily rejected because of the price tag of Rs 95 lakh. But times have changed. The funny thing about Rahman's *Swagatham* number this time is that, after its recitative first part, with lines as stiff and strangulating as `*Junoon se, kanoon se, maidaan maar lo*', the second performative segment breaks into a beat that sounds like a rip-off of his own composition `*Ramta Jogi*' in the film *Taal*. Obviously, Rahman is now famous enough to plagiarise himself and even charge us for it. But the obvious question that needs to be asked is: why did he even try? Why did he not simply offer back the same `*Ramta Jogi*' as the anthem for the CWG? The song has all the right foot-tapping ingredients, including oblique references to playful charlatans that would have blended well with the CWG. Of course, Rahman's anthem cannot be disconnected with the overall plan for inaugural and closing ceremonies of the CWG. The fancy committee for the inaugural events has for a few months now been grappling with the logistics of how to present India in this highly televised event. It is a committee in search of a spectacle. The spectacle of a fake, make-believe India populated with Bollywood dancers and swirling silks, crooning divas and simpering starlets. The last time around, they were thinking of making a sound-and-light show using the sacred `Om'. It is an India that has no specific location on this planet and is far removed from not just the lives, but even the fantasies, of its own people. This is an India that is the pet project of its numerous, prospering robber barons, who are enabled, time and again, to whisk away
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Mujre pasand karnewalon ko kya khabar AR Rahman kya cheez hain. English: What would a person who likes Mujra understand how genius is AR Rahman --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan catchg...@... wrote: Ustad Autoxerox's Aria Perhaps it's apt that Rahman sold the scam-tainted CWG a lemon SADANAND MENONhttp://www.outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4224author=Sadanand+Menon PRINT http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?266982 SHAREhttp://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250username=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=facebookurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/1CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=myspaceurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/2CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250winname=addthispub=xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856source=tbx-250lng=en-USs=googleurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.outlookindia.com%2Farticle.aspx%3F266982title=www.outlookindia.com%20%7C%20Ustad%20Autoxerox%E2%80%99s%20Ariaate=AT-xa-4bc6d6f20cb62856/-/pz-1/4c85c58d6d2cee1a/3CXNID=201.5215456080540439074NXCtt=0 COMMENTS http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266982#comments Anthems are devised to make your spirit soar. When they crashland, they can also leave you sore. For some time now, A.R. Rahman has been on song. This time the song is on him. His anthem *`Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeeto*' takes all of four minutes and 16 seconds to expose you to the perils of skydiving without a parachute. But then, this is the anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and, like many other things connected with this year's CWG, it happens to be just another kind of cruel sport. The idea of an anthem for sporting events is, it could be argued, to foreground a consistent theme as a focal point of the event and to unify the audiences with the adhesive of a familiar, infectious rhythm. In the present context of a CWG mired in debilitating controversy and hint of sleaze, a rousing anthem could have been the talisman to unlock some positive energy. But the present offering of India's own Mozart, which was launched with much fanfare on August 23, has left even the Group of Ministers unhappy. That must be the ultimate ignominy for a composerthat aesthetic cynicism of such crass proportions can even affect the GoM, although one suspects it was not so much the notations on the music sheet but those on the bill that did the damage. Even as Oscar hero Rahman was concatenating, at super-speed, his CWG jingle that jangles with some of the most pedestrian verses in recent times, he also fed in the punchy figure of some Rs 1.37 crore per minute of the song. Total: Rs 5.50 crore. In 2006, for the inaugural functions of the Frankfurt Book Fair, at which India was the `Guest of Honour Country', a proposal by music composer Ilaiyaraja to present a Carnatic raga using a 120-piece Western philharmonic orchestra was summarily rejected because of the price tag of Rs 95 lakh. But times have changed. The funny thing about Rahman's *Swagatham* number this time is that, after its recitative first part, with lines as stiff and strangulating as `*Junoon se, kanoon se, maidaan maar lo*', the second performative segment breaks into a beat that sounds like a rip-off of his own composition `*Ramta Jogi*' in the film *Taal*. Obviously, Rahman is now famous enough to plagiarise himself and even charge us for it. But the obvious question that needs to be asked is: why did he even try? Why did he not simply offer back the same `*Ramta Jogi*' as the anthem for the CWG? The song has all the right foot-tapping ingredients, including oblique references to playful charlatans that would have blended well with the CWG. Of course, Rahman's anthem cannot be disconnected with the overall plan for inaugural and closing ceremonies of the CWG. The fancy committee for the inaugural events has for a few months now been grappling with the logistics of how to present India in this highly televised event. It is a committee in search of a spectacle. The spectacle of a fake, make-believe India populated with Bollywood dancers and swirling silks, crooning divas and simpering starlets. The last time around, they were thinking of making a sound-and-light show using the sacred `Om'. It is an India that has no specific location on this planet and is far removed from not just the lives, but even the fantasies, of its own people. This is an India that is the pet project of its numerous, prospering robber barons, who are
