There you go. . My dad still listens only to 70's and 80's
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala
acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . <
sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> You put it very well! My dad loves the classical old tamil & malayalam
> songs, whenever I play ANY say 'fast track' he doesn't seem to like
> it. He likes slow and soft music and doesn't care for whose music it
> is by. I was wondering how people could listen to and love say Himesh
> or even Anu Malik. But there is something about them which attracts
> people, and they love AR too, but are more into the former. So at the
> end of the day, its all about personal choices. And a majority of
> youngsters in my college love AR and seem to connect with his music
> instantly, but it varies with every album. They loved 'Jaane tu' more
> than JA, but for me it's vice-versa.
>
>
> --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Chord" wrote:
> >
> > After reading Jagjit Singh's, Pyarelal's and Ali Khan's comments
> about
> > ARR and his music, it also struck me the big generational
> differences
> > in terms of attitudes and exposure towards music. Personally, I
> have
> > found that even with people I know, like my parents and their
> friends,
> > their appreciation for music is within a narrow range. Anything
> > outside that range is overlooked and not appreciated as much, and
> > sometimes ridiculed. I have found that amongst many elders, there
> is
> > a certain arrogance or haughtiness implying, "we know what's best".
> > This is a product of our culture revering elders and their wisdom by
> > tradition in contrast to many seniors and elders feeling left out
> and
> > disrespected by attitudinal changes in today's world reflecting less
> > respect and reverie towards seniors.
> >
> > For example, when I gave my parents a copy of the D6 CD, they only
> > liked the folk and semi-classical elements of the soundtrack.
> That's
> > it. When I asked them about Jaane Tu, they said that they didn't
> like
> > the music, although they love and appreciate ARR's other works that
> > are more in line with their taste. Of course, even within elders,
> > there will be a lot of variation in terms of taste and attitude, but
> > overall, I feel that they are more narrow minded about music than we
> > youngsters are OVERALL AS A GROUP, keeping in mind individual
> > differences. Because ARR's music is so diverse and touching upon so
> > many different genres, a large percentage of his work is not going
> to
> > be appreciated by those with more narrow minded definitions of good
> > music.
> >
> > Who knows, maybe when we reach that age, we too may reflect some of
> > that narrow mindedness in terms of our exposure compared to what the
> > youth may be listening to at that time. However, I have hope that
> > because we youngsters have been exposed to such an array of world
> > music through ARR and other artists, I think we will generally have
> a
> > broader appreciation for music than previous generations.
> >
> > ARR has gifted us with something very important: tolerance and open
> > mindedness for different types of music. Thank you ARR!
> >
>
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