Topic started by Shibu TN (@ pppa42-springfldpa5-3r469.saturn.bbn.com) on Sun Apr 4 14:29:07 EDT 1999.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.
There was an interview with Maestro ILAIYARAAJA on ASIANET TV sometime back.
There have been many interviews announced here. But this one is with a difference. You can actually hear it.
Point your browser to http://music.acmecity.com/rave/20/collection.htm to listen.
-Shibu
Responses:
- From: Vels (@ alcor.concordia.ca)
on: Sun Apr 4 15:05:11 EDT 1999
Hi Shibu,
Kudos to you. But, only thing from this interview is not that justifyable is expression of unimportance to lyrics. IMO lyrics along with good music is the easy and long lasting method to reach common man. Kannadasan has been appreciated all through his life for writing concepts which were hard to understand from tough literature, into simple ones. Anyway, this is only My opinion.
- From: Raja Fan (@ spider-th031.proxy.aol.com)
on: Sun Apr 4 15:10:37 EDT 1999
Shibu: super. Let us get IR in and out. But, why did he not acknowledge greats like MSV, KVM and others, instead he talks of some unheard of composers?
- From: Vels (@ alcor.concordia.ca)
on: Sun Apr 4 15:17:31 EDT 1999
Continuation of my previous statement:
MSV could give nice songs during those days not only because of nice tunes but also due to Kannadasan's lyrics. It is well known that this issue of ignoring importance of lyrics in Tamil songs by IR was brought about by the breaking up with Vairamuthu. In fact, this interview content is well known to us.
May be ARR could withstand with his FUSION music, just because of respecting this issue. Any other opinion for or against?
- From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu)
on: Sun Apr 4 15:58:20 EDT 1999
shibu,
i couldn't access the interview. have the pages been removed by geocities? (error messageis "Requested
URL is not valid" :-( )
can you do something about it.
thanks.
- From: ShibuTN (@ pppa54-springfldpa5-3r469.saturn.bbn.com)
on: Sun Apr 4 17:42:27 EDT 1999
Hi Arularasan,
It is 5.37PM EST and I am able to listen to the file. I am not able to figure what problem you have experienced.
Note:- You have to have Java and Javascript enabled to listen.
- From: MS (@ 129.252.22.112)
on: Sun Apr 4 19:24:56 EDT 1999
Thanks Shibu for the great effort.
- From: kiru (@ surf0004.sybase.com)
on: Sun Apr 4 22:03:44 EDT 1999
IR is pointing out that the music is encoded in the words of the lyrics. So the lyricist should understand this aspect and deliver. (not just some interesting meaning or uvamai). Similarly, when the tune is set assuming it is good one, he/she should be able to come up with lyrics. Just lyrics or music alone will not work. I think this is his point.
I liked his answer about the bad quality of lyrics in recent movies. He wants the law of demand/supply to work for this.
Still IR comes out arrogant in the interview. But you have to respect him not for his character but for his creative output.
- From: buddy (@ proxy.krdl.org.sg)
on: Mon Apr 5 02:04:15 EDT 1999
IR sounds really arrogant in the interview.
Guys another pathetic news to hear is that, he did not attend Parthy Bhaskar's(IR's elder brother Bhaskar's son) + DEVA'S DAUGHTER'S wedding.
I thought he was quite rude while answering the question on Rajini.
- From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 02:23:16 EDT 1999
Buddy! Would we really want to comment on his attemding/not attending marriages? How do we know whether he was given a proper invitation etc.? Dont you think we are going too far discussing his personal traits ? Maybe, we can comment on his arrogance, whateevr that may be, w.r.t his comments on Rajni,whatever they were. But on his attending marriages???Come, Come...
- From: nesanp (@ 129.107.61.28)
on: Mon Apr 5 02:51:17 EDT 1999
Howcome then IR is not composing music for RAjini's films? WHy?
Nesan
- From: Shankar (@ webgate0.mot.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 04:33:20 EDT 1999
nesanp,
Rajni can't leave VM as he can only churn out some algo (can we call him Donald E Knuth of TFM Lyrics ??? ) praising him left ,right & center and propogate his political message to his followers. Raja won't work with VM and hence ....
- From: Venkataramanan Govindarajan (@ freeway.proxy.lucent.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 12:42:16 EDT 1999
Raja Fan,
Ur comment on list on MD's excluding MSV is very naive. MSV is/was a good MD but just bcoz u have not heard their name does not mean they are r not great. Those MD's ruled the Hindi file Industry during the golden age of Indian Cinema. Just go back few decades and pick up one of those audio songs you will be mesmerized. There are few songs that have been copied by MSV (I DONOT WANT TO GO FOR A AURGUMENT FOR THIS)composed be those MD. During those day's and today their songs are absolute delight. Do not think i am critizing u, next time u make a comment like that make sure you have all the facts to justify it.
- From: SitaRam (@ portal.ameritech.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 18:40:11 EDT 1999
I too agree. IR was a little arrogant in his remarks about Rajini and also about his virtuosity. Ir was sounding a little irritated than normal also
- From: R.Balaji (@ 129.130.140.143)
on: Mon Apr 5 22:20:12 EDT 1999
Hey guys ,
Its not working.Link improper?
Shibu please do correct it.
- From: Rex Sagayam Arul (@ pppa23-resalegainesvillefl1-3r1052.saturn.bbn.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 23:10:03 EDT 1999
Shibu:
I am also having serious problems with the links on the interviews. Also when the interview is recorded from TV, I would suggest that you encode it under voice format. that would result in smaller size files and would accelerate buffering. IMO, stereo mode encoding can be done for high quality recording like CD songs, etc.
I am still trying for the links to work.
- From: ShibuTN (@ pppa55-springfldpa4-2r469.saturn.bbn.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 23:17:10 EDT 1999
Balaji:
Link is working for me. Have you enabled Java and Javascript?
REX:
I will re-encode in voice mode. Since my connection is generally 50Kbps, I always am able to listen to it. Recording in voice mode will surely help easy buffering.
Thanks
- From: Rex (@ abd3e238.ipt.aol.com)
on: Mon Apr 5 23:33:53 EDT 1999
Shibu:
Finally I listened to the interview. I used AOL ISP this time and it worked fine. Also try this:
Put all the 5 .ram files into one .ram file so that the interview would play continuously.
IR is at his arrogance best(??). Little bit disappointed....but that is his character....
Also when was this interview broadcast? Do you have any info? Also who was the interviewer??
For those fans who have asked the question why Raaja has mentioned about other MDs names when he could have very easily mentioned about MSV..... --Guys, I have listened to many interviews given by SPB, ARR.....In none of the interviews either SPB or ARR have even mentioned the name of IR. At least for ARR it is OK...But I strongly feel that SPB should have mentioned IR's name...but he casually mentioned other people's names like Naushad, RD Burman....etc.
Isai Ulagil ithuvellam sagajam appa (???)
- From: Shankar (@ webgate0.mot.com)
on: Tue Apr 6 00:36:28 EDT 1999
Rex,
u r mistaken . SPB has never missed an oppurtunity to praise Raja.
- From: eden (@ 202.54.71.148)
on: Tue Apr 6 01:02:51 EDT 1999
Shankar!
I think Rex is right 'cause I read one SPB interview in a CA newspaper during the visit of SPB to states (in '95). Fellow mentions even ARR but no IR! While IR, SPB and such popular ones are great in their talents, their personal ethics leave a lot to be desired.
- From: Rajesh (@ pdxss902.pdx.intel.com)
on: Tue Apr 6 01:25:01 EDT 1999
I dont have troble accessing the sites. Could someone post the main Q&A from the interview
- From: MSK (@ ra5399-port3.qualcomm.com)
on: Tue Apr 6 01:34:18 EDT 1999
Shibu,
Thanks for your efforts.. Yes.. He sounds a bit restless and irritated.
Also couls u pls send me an email - msk@qualcomm.com
Thanks
MSK
- From: Ram (@ 206.103.12.118)
on: Tue Apr 6 12:55:07 EDT 1999
Raja not mentioning about MSV....
Recently (Last Week afternoon) there was a repeat telecast of one recent IR Interview in DD. He started with MKT, GR, SVe , KVM, etc and finally he mentioned about MSV and kept on praising him with not less than 3-4 songs of MSV. Particularly a song from a Movie Baghyalakshmi - a P.Suseela solo.
And he finally mentioned that with the given time he was able to mention only handful of MDs and there are many more!!
- From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com)
on: Tue Apr 6 12:59:09 EDT 1999
That should clear things...And that solo would be
"Maalai Pozhudhin mayakkathil"..Divine melody, and PS is simply amazing in expression.
(Karthi,are u listening?:)))
- From: Senthil (@ machine133.intellipost.com)
on: Tue Apr 6 20:07:21 EDT 1999
Guys (and girls if any),
Thanks to Sibu for contributing the IR interview.
I saw a number of responses commenting on IR's arrogance. No doubt he comes across that way (strange for someone who professes intense sprirituality) but it is a fact that most geniuses (hope there is no argument that IR is one) are arrogant,unpredictable and eccentric. Especially the ones on the artistic side of human experience.
(For example Beethoven said about his lifelong patron/friend 'I have no use for the likes of them and they remain to be exploited' or something similar.)
Hence his failure to mention MSV and KVM in the interview and the loose talk on Rajini. IMHO that is.
- From: R.Balaji (@ 129.130.140.143)
on: Tue Apr 6 21:27:07 EDT 1999
hi shibu,
I think you have done a bit of editing in your IR interviews.Have you removed any more of IR's acidic comments?
Please let me know.Moreover the interview finishes abruptly.Are there any more parts to it?
I am not surprised by this arrogrant behaviour of IR.I have seen in some of his earlier interviews.Infact I think he wouldn't have been this arrogant during the 70's when he was coming up.
But in my personal opinion I feel whatever IR says is absolute truth but he could say or express
his opinions in a more congenial way.
Hope IR changes this attitude.
- From: NaNbaN (@ nyor1ts1.ny.us.ibm.net)
on: Tue Apr 6 21:34:04 EDT 1999
Hey! BUDDY Poster: What the HELL with you?. Who cares IR Perosnal diary. Discuss Music mon!. But you know, its surely a funny postin mon!.
You know what? I didn't attend my parents wedding.
Pathetic Isn't?.
BUDDY did you attend to ur parents wedding?.
Okay okay Don't post it here. Coz everybody will know its pathetic. Mail me BUDDY
BUDdy when you will BLOSSOM. Will it be in this JENMMA?.
MADly, BUDDLIGHTly, BEERingly
NaNbaN
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