Well, Indeed true. I too have the same experiences. Thanks for the illustration.
--- On Tue, 2/12/08, ali ahad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: ali ahad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when........... To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 3:08 PM Well i guess i m a true A R RAHMAN's fan.... --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Mathan <anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in> wrote: From: Mathan <anniyan_nan@ yahoo.co. in> Subject: [arr] Re: You know you are a true Rahman fan when........ ... To: arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com 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 > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
