RE:Why do only has beens come to India?
by Viswajit S on Feb 23, 2007 09:25 AM
Hi Manoj,
We can expect more groups to come in if we manage to do 2 things -
1. Make it a good value proposition for these artistes by reducing / exempting taxes to boost ticket sales and hence enhance revenues
2. Ensure that our politician / moral brigade filled with people like Sriram (who has given his 'views' below) are made to shut up and mind their own business!
RE:Why do only has beens come to India?
by RaisingSmartKids on Feb 23, 2007 12:56 PM
Aerosmith are not 'has been'...they are still rocking and will continue to do so...they have been doing it for decades now unlike jlo, etc.
Dear Friends, These people come to India and we people watch them with awe. Think about it. We spend so much to hear their music. Their music is no where in comparison to the music culture and tradition we have. We spend in thousands to hear them, but we are unable to hear the cry of our neighbors and dear one. These people pocket all the collection and they go to next city. While India has been under centuries of western and mughal periods, we have never lost our music tradition. It is because of the quality of our music and people who sung it. Now, we are going after western music wanting to shake our body and head for few hours and we say we are feeling relaxed.
RE:India and West
by Rohan Kaikini on Feb 22, 2007 07:04 PM
Sriram, You sound like a cheap politician with your armchair patriotism. I'm not much into Aerosmith these days but I hope more bands visit India. I'd love to see metal bands like Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth, etc. but it seems a far cry right now. But I hope they'll come some day.
RE:India and West
by sachin sony on Feb 22, 2007 03:25 PM
Your Logic is sad, Love your own culture and learn to appretiate other cultures too. Dont be an Indian Fanatic, be a universal soldier.
RE:India and West
by approximate boy on Feb 22, 2007 09:09 PM
Dear Sriram,
Even Indian artists perform outside India and they are appreciated by non Indians. Guess whats the difference?. No one there goes to forums and whines like you just did asking 'why are we listening to Indians when we have lots of musicians around". Learn to appreciate and respect other cultures. What is music to one might be just loud noise to another. If you say "Their music is no where in comparison to the music culture and tradition we have", that is just your opinion.
btb this is also western music -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo
Tell me ..do you feel like shaking your body after hearing it?
RE:India and West
by Vijayanand A K on Feb 23, 2007 08:19 AM
Think you are a bit oversmart or trying to create a hype by responding to this article. You should learn to aprreciate diferent types of Musci or have respect to others preferences....Pls. SHUT UP !
RE:India and West
by samrat raychaudhuri on Feb 22, 2007 05:04 PM
Dude!From which rat hole did you spring from? We are Indians and we have absorbed everything that the world has to offer. Inspite of the richness of our culture we still can absorb good music from other parts of the world. Who do think gave a grammy to Ravi Shankar?You?If they can listen to us why cant we enjoy good music from them? Its not about whats good or bad it about what is enjoyable. I love Aerosmith so i listen to it and I love Kishore too and i listen to that too. My advice to you is not to read articles which you cant digest and pass bad air(gas)! SHOOOO! Go back to the rat hole!Or i will set the cat on you!!
RE:India and West
by jovita fernandez on Feb 23, 2007 03:56 AM
im from the states and have seen sonu nigam and other indian artists perform here, but thank god people here appreciate other cultures. I enjoyed the show. What if someone from another part of the world were to talk about indian artists like this? Is this what being a patriot is about?
RE:India and West
by on Feb 22, 2007 04:10 PM
Dear Sriram, This is a free country. Let people who enjoy Rock make use of this oppurtunity. Music does not have boudaries.
RE:India and West
by niyati Shukla on Mar 02, 2007 01:57 PM
k sriram, wats up wit u man?? hu ever said they're relaxed? at least the type we're hearing in concerts nowadays... it's not meant to soothe its supposed to let us have some fun! wat's so bad with that? nobody's forgetting indian music, they're still a lot of oldies and im sure a lotta young people who still love our music, and as long as there are people listening, that music's not gonna go anywhere! so loosen up a little buddy!
RE:India and West
by Viswajit S on Feb 22, 2007 03:16 PM
I can just feel sorry for you - you miserable soul...If you do not like western music..then I would love to know why you even opened an article which said "Aerosmith". Dont tell me that you thought this was Lata Mangeshkar's distant cousin!
And heyy if you are concerned bout people crying and the misery around you...I would like to know what have you done about it? Have you in your capacity even tried to spend an hour with a street kid to educate? Have you ever spent a day with a cancer patient or at a home for elderly and tried to make them feel better?
Stop making senseless useless remarks you loser! If you are not interested or cant afford to go for the show stop crying you wretch!
RE:RE:India and West
by Anand Srinivasan on Feb 23, 2007 03:02 AM
There is nothing wrong listening to Western music. Anything that is soothing to the ears and touches your heart and soul is good music.Listening to western music does not make you any less Indian or less compassionate and caring. In fact,music is enriched by cross-cultural exchanges.
RE:RE:India and West
by raj gupta on Feb 22, 2007 03:27 PM
well said viswajit! hypocrites at the first order..we copy the music of them and then make them bollywood's masala mix..no sense of appreciation for quality stuffs
RE:India and West
by Jay V on Feb 23, 2007 10:34 AM
Poor sriram...would be thinking why did he make such a comment...can't pity on you also but, because you make no sense when you write like that... just learn to acknowledge music without boundaries if not appreciate... i am no great shake fan of english music but songs like country road really hits me where even a pankaj udhas or jagjith singh can't take us.... it is good to love your own music but it is better to appreciate others too... grow up sriram...
RE:
by on Mar 23, 2007 04:26 PM
More on a rationalnote. The no. of shows foreign artists have made in India is not more than 10 for the last 15 months. big ticket Indian artists have made more than 100 performances outside India. This brings in much more FOREX. Also movies like Swades, KANK, KHNH, DDLJ, Laggan etc. would have made equivalent money in foreign. So overall it is a big profit game. Now about culture and tradition: Please do not use internet and mobile if you think culture can be washed out by meer shows. Culture is a dharovar of 1000s of year and it cannot be washed out. I still leave with my parents after getting married respect them and do not smoke near them. So get your fundamentals right about culture. We all need deeper reading
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Half my life is in books' written pages Lived and learned from fools and from sages You know it's true All the things come back to you
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RE:bunch of jokers
by manish singh on Feb 22, 2007 02:20 PM
donkeys always find donkey 'surila'..kekek..man wake up Aerosmith coming to india...its 'DREAM ON'
RE:RE:bunch of jokers
by Deepak Gopal on Feb 22, 2007 02:23 PM
Mr. Mayank,
India is a place where performing arts have reached culminating points. We have such great musicians who have spend their entire life practising music and rendering soulful music. Compared to that this is not music it is juct loud noise. Give a test for yourself. Visit both performances. Take up a check up. You will find that this loud blare of nonsense would have made your heart abnormal, your ears deaf, and you would end up tensed. Where you find Hindustani or carnatic music helps you attain a relaxed state of mind.
RE:bunch of jokers
by arindam majumdar on Feb 22, 2007 02:20 PM
Hi Indianpatriot, I think u r a bit mistaken..... I think that in this case u r the joker and the donkey is surely having a better voice than u... I think we should arrange for having a concert for ur donkey.
