Gayathri, You hit it spot on! Exactly my thoughts too. ARR moves forward, not backwards. It's ok to have your favorites, but we must not confuse nostalgia with quality either.
--- In [email protected], Gayathri Chandrakasan <gayathri_c...@...> wrote: > > I remember watching an interview of ARR with actor Vivek...it was just after > the Oscars. ARR in answering one of the questions posed to him, said that he > loves to compose songs using a particular raaga but the problem he faces is > that the particular song ends up sounding similar to a song composed > earlier. To avoid that, he began to use ragas that are not usually used to > compose for a particular situation...he gave Hai Raama of Rangeela as an > example by which a seductive song was composed using a classical carnatic > raaga. > > Probably for the same reasons, ARR has decided to opt for hindustani and > ghazal in tamil songs as opposed to the carnatic raagas used by most MDs > here. In fact, I feel that this quality of ARR's i.e bringing in different > flavour to his songs and thinking out of the box is what sets him apart from > others. > > But whatever said and done, the usage of Northern classical does not mean > that ARR has lost his 90's touches. He never lost his touches...he has only > developed his music to a new level. When most MDs sit and compose a song in a > customary manner, ARR doesn't even stick to what he created. He keeps > creating new genres in music and moves forward. > > But the problem here is that some listeners (his fans included) only tend to > think his 90's songs as magical and amazing...hence the uses of words such as > "he lost his touch", "there's no longer soul in his songs" etc. But come to > think of it, how long do you want him to sit and compose songs like Kadhal > rojave and Minnale? Don't get me wrong, I love these songs. I truly believe > these songs are amazing and stunning numbers, but so do songs like Munbe Vaa > and Newyork Nagaram. > > It's kinda distressing that after all the development and changes ARR has > painfully brought to the Indian music, there are still some who want him to > stay to where he was 17 years ago. > > > > --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Din, D, Nesh <dinesh.theb...@...> wrote: > > > From: Din, D, Nesh <dinesh.theb...@...> > Subject: [arr] Re: Blue and some recent albums of ARR lacking soul > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 10:21 PM > > > > > > > lately, in the hub i chat often, i had an opportunity to chat this gentleman > who knows carnatic music. i always had a doubt that these days A.R.Rahman > doesnt use carnatic raag and such like those days during 90s annd he too > confirmed it. He said nowdays ARR hardly uses carnatic tunes/raagams and > such. It could be this that nowdays some fans say he has lost his 90s touch > coz he hardly uses carnatic tunes. He used to use carnatic flavors for his > Hindi tracks as well. He said Marudhani and Sahana had heavy North flavors. > Maybe some music experts here like swaps can double confirm with us? I guess > thats why some fans here say his songs doenst have soul becoz of this? > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "sriramvr_in" <sriramvr_in@ ...> wrote: > > > > must be due to less time available to him. > > >
