Shamitabh | Maestro | Amitabh | Dhanush | Balki | P. C. Sreeram

[JamesDap]

I am not making those comments specific to anything said on this thread but a general observation on how listeners seem to react to IR's music. It was said even of NEPV that it was just 80s IR dressed up in modern production. And yet Kumki was widely hailed as the album of the year, even though Aiyayo evokes 80s IR more blatantly than any track on NEPV. Perplexing to say the least. I think people need to step back and ponder whether it is really all the accumulated baggage of memories of past IR classics, more than anything, that gets in the way of appreciating what he does these days. Sure, production may at times be an issue as also the singer selection but I don't seem to remember either of these getting in the way of hailing a composition like En Vaaniley or Deiviga Raagam, any number of Jency tracks really. Malaysia is hailed as 'unique' or 'inimitable' instead of simply calling it like it is but hey, it's the 80s factor at work again. People may rave about a track like Thendral Vanthu Theendum Pothu now but the reception it received at the time of its release was far more mixed. History repeats.