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Why Ilayaraja's Music Does Not Appeal to the Younger Generation

Topic started by Gowri (@ 161.142.100.86) on Tue Mar 19 01:02:59 EST 2002.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

I have always wondered this.
If age factor is the issue, how is it that Deva who should be the in the same age group, is able to command quite a following?
Please do not insult the yonger generation by refering to deteriorating music taste.

Although there are some youngsters who prefer Ilayaraja, the number is very small.
Most youngsters prefer ARR, Deva, HJ, SAR, Vidhyasagar, etc.

Generally Ilayaraja's genre of music do not seem to hold the younger crowd. Why do you think this is?

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Responses:

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• From: Naughty by Nature (@ 62.199.220.2) on: Thu Dec 19 06:04:14 EST 2002
  
  Hey don't be tough on IR maybe he don't want to spoil his sons opportunities. Therefore he might come up with not so good songs but he is and will be one of the best BGM india ever had/has.
  
  
• From: purv (@ 205.231.25.15) on: Fri Dec 20 12:34:07 EST 2002
  
  LOL!!!!!!!!!
  
  
• From: MyView (@ 203.195.215.254) on: Fri Dec 27 09:26:54 EST 2002
  
  May be the "Young Generations" dont know what music is
  
  
• From: india the future (@ 152.163.189.230) on: Fri Dec 27 14:31:06 EST 2002
  
  The future of music is IR and only IR! The benchmark, the trend and the happenin all IR. In the new-age "world' outsourcing center" with all that money the young audience is going to dictate terms and standards. Only IR has met those standard and in the future composers will work from those standards, not the film music crap of vidyasagar, anu malik. Even rahman will be a thing of the past!
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 208.134.115.240) on: Fri Dec 27 15:10:21 EST 2002
  
  Anu Malik is an award winning music director. Vidya Sagar is crap.
  
  
• From: raghavendra (@ ) on: Sat Oct 9 07:54:46 EDT 2004
  
  very good
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Fredy (@ 164.164.13.100) on: Sat Oct 9 08:24:59 EDT 2004
  
  IR andrum indrum endrum endrendrum KING of music.IF u dive deep in music u will realize who is IR
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.37.68) on: Sat Oct 9 08:40:43 EDT 2004
  
  enakku swimming theriyaadhe :(
  
  
• From: cho (@ 209.47.143.226) on: Sat Oct 9 08:57:05 EDT 2004
  
  curses, that's exactly what Fredy meant :)
  
  
• From: poker (@ 61.11.56.47) on: Sat Oct 9 10:09:30 EDT 2004
  
  Monotony is the word associated with most of IR's music these days, why care to pay a dime for it?
  
  
• From: angry (@ 62.243.89.46) on: Sat Oct 9 10:28:45 EDT 2004
  
  the new generation haas been brought up with ARRs unique music....they like ...variation...ilayarajas songs simply too BOOORINGGGGG
  
  
  
• From: Ravi (@ 69.148.65.195) on: Sat Oct 9 18:01:18 EDT 2004
  
  I'm a youngster whose parents came to the US in the early 1980s, so I am not very familiar with IR's music of that period, but what I've heard from that era is often very good. In the 90s, until Roja, whenever we went to India I would get cassettes of IRs albums. Chinna Thambi, Chinna Gounder, Chembaruthi, Dalapathi, Anjali, etc. Nowadays ARR is my favorite composer, but I definitely have a great respect for IR. He has composed many beautiful songs, as you all know. I'm not a fan of IR's new stuff, but "Sundari" from Dalapathi, among other songs, still gives me a chill.
  
  
• From: MADDY (@ 203.94.234.48) on: Sat Oct 9 19:45:31 EDT 2004
  
  this statement is not entirely true.....i have many frnds who still irritate me with IR.....my frnds who are of my age(21-22) still disrespect ARR.....ARR is really a hit with those ppl. who are not hypocrites,who accept that both IR and ARR r gr8.....my dad is a 52 yr-old man and he listens to ARR and nobody else's songs these days......the bottom line is that if u wanna listen to ARR u shuld be open to changes......
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.37) on: Sat Oct 9 21:44:05 EDT 2004
  
  the things r different in my house,my dad is against ARR,he will alwayz say " ARR songs cant be heard after 10 years",well,thank God,now i have prooved him wrong,i just let him listen to Pudhiya Mugam Thiruda Thiruda,Duet,And i told him,these songs r over 10 years,what u gotta say now,he just kep quiet!u see how people can misjudge ARR,all u guys r against him becoz he brought an END to IR in the year 1992.i dun think its a thing to make u hate good music ! even im against HJ,but that doesnt me i say all his songs r SH*IT,i do have some collection from him which i do listen even now.thank god im not like some of those IR fanatics (extremist).U think IR will like u bashing ARR?u think that makes u a GREAT IR FAN???i think NO,go and bash ARR infront of IR ,u will get ur answer from ur king itself!!
  
  
• From: * (@ 209.142.209.161) on: Sat Oct 9 22:01:36 EDT 2004
  
  10 years? Dreaming is it? Baba, Kadhal Virus cant even survive 2 years HE HE HE
  
  
• From: T Muthu (@ 68.75.56.79) on: Sat Oct 9 23:44:47 EDT 2004
  
  everybody here, pls don't get "angry."
  
  After 10 yrs, we still have Rahman, Thank God for that. No complains no more, but i don't think ARR fans can still suffer from delusions.
  
  We are still enjoying IR' magic even after 28 yrs & no one yet to beat this magician's illusion's buddy, don't see that happenin for long time to come.
  
  
• From: angry (@ 62.243.89.46) on: Sun Oct 10 07:12:37 EDT 2004
  
  IRs music still too BOOORING and monotonous..
  
  Thank GOD there are innovative music directors in tamilnadu to make the tamil film songs interesting
  
  
• From: i_am_not_fan_of_any (@ 219.65.112.250) on: Sun Oct 10 08:43:38 EDT 2004
  
  Ok let me say this,most films today or in future doesn't deserve IR music,yes most of them are utter crap crap!,one of the reasons IR doesn't wish to do the magic of 80's.saying ir is old for young is just sh!t.what abt music from Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai or last 2min in Kavidhai Kelungal from Punnagai Mannanan or all songs from anjali.
  
  Get it clear mates,he is gem who does'nt like publicity like others do now.he is selective(reason are above).
  
  
• From: ashwin (@ 210.211.179.47) on: Sun Oct 10 08:54:47 EDT 2004
  
  ARR songs may touch ur heart, but it is IR who touches ur soul.
  
  
• From: dinesh (@ 210.186.42.4) on: Sun Oct 10 09:54:40 EDT 2004
  
  as long IR songs dont touch ur private area its fine :P
  
  
• From: virus (@ 80.125.68.115) on: Sun Oct 10 12:52:42 EDT 2004
  
  Yesterday i saw the movie Mouna ragam, the music is very booringggggg, i can't see this movie, anyway we was all realise 15 augest 1992 from IR Music
  
  
• From: Misguided Soul (@ 66.26.48.41) on: Sun Oct 10 23:07:31 EDT 2004
  
  virus,
  if that music is booring go and put any of finger in ur ass? or suck somebody's ass...........
  
  
• From: suresh (@ 61.94.32.62) on: Mon Oct 11 03:00:55 EDT 2004
  
  ir gives music, ever melodius and can hear it any number of times. timeless, matchless.. greatest ever and the greatest you will ever get to hear!
  Arr gives and keeps coming out with good sound thru sound engineering.Sound is shortlived.
  
  There is a lot of difference between good music and good sound.
  youngsters beware!!!
  
  
• From: x (@ 156.153.255.212) on: Mon Oct 11 04:46:21 EDT 2004
  
  The difference will be always there , a music composed by a composer and a sound engineer.
  
  
• From: Kiran (@ 202.73.40.66) on: Mon Oct 11 05:34:25 EDT 2004
  
  FAST FOOD IS VERY TASTY ...
  BUT CAN NEVER BECOME STAPLE FOOD......
  
  FAST FOOD - AR
  STAPLE FOOD - IR
  
  
• From: Kiran (@ 202.73.40.66) on: Mon Oct 11 06:59:07 EDT 2004
  
  HEE HEE
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.109) on: Mon Oct 11 08:49:08 EDT 2004
  
  tondaile yetachum mattikicha?
  sirippai pathile nirutitinge?...yen?
  
  need me to do hemlich manuver (or however it is to be spelled!1??1)
  
  
• From: Speaker (@ 203.124.0.245) on: Mon Oct 11 10:29:16 EDT 2004
  
  ethu IR thAPPEALngo!
  
  
• From: T Muthu (@ 68.75.56.79) on: Mon Oct 11 10:43:55 EDT 2004
  
  columbus, columbus yaye yaye yaye
  columbus, columbus todayaye yaye yaye
  columbus, columbus dayaye yaye dayaye
  
  virus sir, go for it!
  
  
  
• From: hari (@ 155.69.5.223) on: Wed Oct 13 04:36:00 EDT 2004
  
  Ilayaraja's music doesn't appeal to the younger generation because they have deteriorated music taste which is reflected in their likes for the western trends (except pops). Infact, they doesn't deserve it!.IR's music is eternal and these youngsters doesn't have the brain to interpret it..they just nead hard beats to dance upon..whatever crappy numbers with screechy voices comes with beats are welcomed a lot by them. Great musicians like ARR and VS are forced to do crappy numbers(Eg. BOYS) to satisfy these people. This situation has reached the pinnacle in Tamil.
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.33.26) on: Wed Oct 13 11:08:47 EDT 2004
  
  Music can survive only thru evolution. People always want innovative stuff and not rehash or repeated tunes. The main problem of IR is that eventhough he didnt rehash/re-use his tunes much, he didnt evolve with time. That doesnt mean he should change his trademark style. But he should modify his style to suit all kinds of audience.
  
  After all music is for anyone. It is not good to compose music for older/younger generation alone. In this context, ARR is a total success. He makes music for any age group of listeners.
  
  
• From: Prashanth (@ 207.46.50.71) on: Thu Oct 14 01:39:50 EDT 2004
  
  Hari (@ 155.69.5.223),
  
  You have a made a very good point, Sir...
  Yougsters need to TUNE their minds for the eternal music of IR.
  I am happy that there is a GREAT majority of IR music lovers like me who were born with minds set and tuned for the divine, soulful Music of IR and thank God for the boon!!!
  
  

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