Precisely! Jahanzeb is well within his rights to offer his opinion/criticism.
And considering that Vijay is affiliated to KM Musiq (the label?) it's irresponsible of him to respond in that fashion. If you're going to be in the music/PR business then you should learn to take honest criticism in the right spirit. My personal reaction is quite similar to what Jahanzeb stated. I thought Mausam & Escape was terrific and perhaps the best part of the concert! I also liked a lot of the stripped-down/simple versions like Udhaya/Tu Hi Re. ARR was good in Khwaja but it looked like he was out of breath in the other songs and I didn't like them as much. I'm not saying they were bad. It's just the nature of a lot of ARR songs being heavily produced with layers and effects that don't translate too well for me in a concert setting (a lot of the unplugged versions are exceptions though). For this same reason I haven't been keen on attending any of his concerts but it's very satisfying to see the production qualities continually improve. The stage, setting and display of artist names for the Sydney concert was very nicely done. Of course, all this is based on seeing the videos on Youtube and I do understand how the real experience is much better (but there's an upper-bound that's apparent too). RR ________________________________ From: avinaash.kapur <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 11:07:47 AM Subject: [arr] Re: Sydney Concert Full videos on Youtube Nothing wrong with posting a opinion. Do you want this group to be a bunch of YES MEN praising everything or do you want this group to be both critical and appreciative of our boss's output? Jahanzeb was not very harsh in his tone. He said good things about the concert too. Try to be objective and see if there is any validity in this argument. Check out the songs again and if you still things ALL songs had top notch singing then we have a issue.:-) I do realize live singing is extremely difficult and challenging but AR now has a reputation of a World Class performer and he needs to maintain the high standards he set for himself all the time. Price of success and acclaim if you ask me :-) :-) And good things can always come out of criticism. I salute the guys who had the courage to point out the "belmishes" in Blue. Thanks to them we are now enjoying the cleaner sound in VTV. I am sure AR will always ensure clean and crsip sound in his forthcoming albums. Thanks Jahanzeb for having the courage to stand up and speak out. We need more guys who can voice healthy ctiticism. P.S 1. For all those guys posting irrelavant you tube links trying to prove Aromale was a lift... If Aromale was copied from Pink Floyd/Other 70s Rock artists then all his quawwalis were copied from old hindi quawallis and all his dance numbers are inspired from countless techno songs. Just becoz two songs are in the same genre does not make the copied/inspired --- In [email protected], Vijay <vi...@...> wrote: > > Did somebody ask you for your expert opinion.... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 19:50, "Jahanzeb" <jahanzebti...@...> wrote: > > > thanks for sharing these wonderful videos. > > > > The best performance was Mausam & Escape hands down. Next come Jai > > Ho and Chandralikha. and oddly enough I liked Ringa Ringa too. > > Didn't like how they performed some songs without any lead singers, > > like Chaiya Chaiya, Barso Re etc. > > Boss was off-tune overall. Rashid Ali killed pronunciations and ate > > words out as always. > > Really like the idea of displaying artists' name on grand screen. > > Chandralikha performance was wonderful and appreciated the MJ part > > of it. > > Can only hope sometime they perform Jai Ho in its full glory i.e., > > with Sukhwinder. > > > > /Jahanzeb > > > > --- In [email protected], "s_girish2003" > > <s_girish2003@> wrote: > > > > > > Found this link in youtube....All parts of Sydney Concert > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/user/4topcats#p/u/21/HoFokPHlGBM > > > > > > Thanks to the original uplaoder.. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? <b> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [email protected] To Subscribe: [email protected] To Unsubscribe: [email protected]! Groups Links
