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: [email protected]
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 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
>
