Vithur Subject line should read Rahman and not Rehman. ARR himself confirmed this ! just kidding :)
On 2/29/08, Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why I chose him ahead of so many legendary music directors like R.DBurman, > Illayaraja, or singers like Kishore Kumar, Mohd. Rafi and others is > primarily because according to me, he has been instrumental in taking the > Indian Music to an international level. I have never heard before of any > Indian music being directly incorporated into Hollywood movies, and in one > case even the language was not changed. This guy has just been revelation to > the Indian movie industry. He has found so many new talents and is still > continuously on the hunt for more new singers which I guess Illayaraja > missed out. I have started to like Rehman's albums now on par with Pink > Floyd, and Metallica. I have always thought it is very difficult to come up > with songs like Comfortably Numb or Nothing else Matters, but now I feel it > is equally challenging to come up with brilliant tunes and to convert them > into great hits album after album for over 15 years and that too primarily > in two different languages. Although, they say that music has no language > bounds but still I feel one must have a proper understanding of the kind of > music a particular set of people would like and according to me this differs > a whole lot in Hindi and Tamil and this guy leaves me spellbound in both > Sivaji and Rang-de-Basanti. Hopefully he will come up with more great music > and will venture out into different languages. I still feel numb when I > listen to the Bombay tune whether it is in Bombay or it is in Lord of the > War. > http://prorevolutions.blogspot.com/2008/02/music-r-rehman.html > -- > regards, > Vithur > > AIMING TO BE A TRUE RAHMANIAC > > >
