tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307566522719245580.post905243411953879445..comments2024-02-07T22:05:47.090-08:00Comments on Chronicles of A Traveler With Interest In Gastronomy And Philosophy: A.R. Rahman : Phenomenon, Institution and The Legend!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438133391230821258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307566522719245580.post-5459486020592082902014-12-16T03:00:59.859-08:002014-12-16T03:00:59.859-08:00Saikat, thanks a lot for your comment. Oh well as ...Saikat, thanks a lot for your comment. Oh well as far jingles are concerned I was also fan of Garden Vareli and the title track of Spirit of Unity Concerts for National Integration and like you, I never knew if it was our genius ARR who composed them.<br /><br />Apologies for the late reply as I coudln't write anything for a long time and forgot to check Blogger. Would be happy to connect with you as a fellow Rahman fan. My Google Plus details are on my profile and I tweet at @amit_hiremath<br /><br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438133391230821258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307566522719245580.post-90599626527997251442014-08-28T10:22:06.229-07:002014-08-28T10:22:06.229-07:00I still fondly remember how aggressively I would d...I still fondly remember how aggressively I would defend A.R. Rahman against the naysayers in various magazines (so-called "music critics") and against white-supremacists on IMDb after his double Oscar win (who snubbed his music as "bombastic", "little more than creative wailing"). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737073527269459195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307566522719245580.post-6456767337603583102014-08-28T10:13:04.258-07:002014-08-28T10:13:04.258-07:00I too would boast of a complete collection of A.R....I too would boast of a complete collection of A.R.Rahman film scores / private albums back in the '90s. Except, I was a fan of his TV jingles since the mid '80s, back when I didn't even know who the man behind the music was! Most notably the jingles he composed for Garden Vareli Sarees, one of which was later appropriated for Sujatha Mohan's backing vocals in Roja Janeman/Kadhal Rojave song. My first familiarity with the name of A.R.Rahman was through the end credits of the Spirit of Unity Concerts segment which used to air on Doordarshan on Sunday mornings. Rahman had composed the amazing title tracks/interludes for that programme, you see. I had it on tape and would listen to it non-stop, way before the composer had become a household name! Then Roja happened and I wish I could say the rest was history. Lekin, sirf mujhko pata hai, kya kya papad belne padte they unn dino mein, A.R. Rahman ji ke Tamil/Telugu music cassettes collect karne ke liye (that too on a high school student's monthly allowance)! One would assume, the situation had improved with the opening of branded music stores like Music World, Landmark / Starmark, Planet M etc. in this part of the country. Initially yes, but come Y2K, those so-called megastores stopped stocking up on South Indian film music altogether due to poor sales. How I wish we had iTunes back then. Can't begin to describe how depressing it was for a Rahman-aficionado like me until 2004, when I bought my first computer. That's because, unlike you, I and other Rahmaniacs across the globe, the vast majority of casual listeners we must put up with, hadn't yet recognized the musical genius that is Allarakha Rahman. Some oversmart imbeciles would spot snatches of sample loops used in other international albums by Dr. Alban, Deep Forest, Gustavo Santaolalla etc. (actually stock sound effects/beats purchased from the same source - AKAI) and call A.R. Rahman a copycat. Don Quixote much? Even online piracy, torrents, mp3s hadn't upped their game until his Oscar and Grammy wins. Today I boast of not only all the A.R. Rahman soundtracks/albums, but of all the background scores and unreleased tracks as well. Long live ARR.<br /><br />- SaikatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737073527269459195noreply@blogger.com