Tag: music
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-18-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Objective Fans – An Oxymoron
In the last couple of days, our blog got a nice spike in traffic. A quick peek at Google Analytics showed that most of the new hits were for a recent post regarding A.R. Rahman. Almost all the hits for this post came from a Yahoo Group and good ol’ Google helped me figure out…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-11-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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People – Please Get Off A.R. Rahman’s Back
For some reason, a Facebook status update from me about 127 Hours elicited some negative comments against A.R. Rahman. This is not the first time I have heard such comments. I am intrigued by generalizations that A.R. Rahman is overrated. Why would people say something like that despite the brilliant work he has produced over…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Feb-03-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Bollywood Melodies – Book Review
Passion and enthusiasm are uplifting and contagious traits. And it is the warmth of these qualities that you bask in as you read Bollywood Melodies by Ganesh Anantharaman. In the introduction to the book, the author confesses that he set out to write a book about the Bollywood music he truly loved – the music…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-28-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Rare Songs Should Remain Rare?!
Of late, I have been following a Google group called rec.music.indian.misc (popularly referred to as RMIM). Although the platform is dated, it is a very good forum for Indian (specially Hindi film) music lovers. I think it should move to Facebook, but that’s not the reason I write this post. The reason for this post…
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The Making Of A Fan
We like a song because of the feelings it creates in us. But does one song alone endear us to the artist? It may, but in rare cases. What if the artist creates many amazing songs over a few years – would we become fans? Possible, but not necessarily. After analyzing my own “fanhood”, I…
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Freaky Friday Playlist Jan-21-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.