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Come on guys let's NOT get into name calling. It's not right to throw personal attacks at anybody! As somone999 rightly said, Javed saab is such an eminent peronality and it will reflect badly on us if we use derogatory words for him...
Having said that, I don't agree with Javed saab's scores at all. He has considerably fewer musical credentials than teh other judges on the panel. Writing songs is a completely different art to singing or composing. Did he pick up on the scale changes, the rhythmical changes, the improvisations and the sur that the other, more musical, judges detected? Arguably not.
Of course everyone is entitled to an opinion. And Javed saab's opinion is valued by a number of people, which is why he was on the show. But unfortunately in this episode, I couldn't find myself agreeing with what he said. And I won't change my mind just because he is Javed Akhtar 'the Legendary Writer'. Yes, he is a great writer and a very good debater. But he is not a musical expert.
I'm not saying that I am a musical expert either - but he is not someone whose opinion on vocal music is the be-all and end-all in my eyes. If a real musician, who studies, understands and lives music, like the other judges, held an opinion different to mine, then I would definitely reconsider my POV...
If this was a mushayara or writing competition, then of course I would not dare to argue with Javed saab. But in a singing competition, his comment that 'Shadab was mimicking Sukhi's style' just does not cut it for me...
And I do think, with all due respect, that he was being quite rude to Shaan's team. For a man of his stature, he doesn't need to score petty points.
Having said that, I don't agree with Javed saab's scores at all. He has considerably fewer musical credentials than teh other judges on the panel. Writing songs is a completely different art to singing or composing. Did he pick up on the scale changes, the rhythmical changes, the improvisations and the sur that the other, more musical, judges detected? Arguably not.
Of course everyone is entitled to an opinion. And Javed saab's opinion is valued by a number of people, which is why he was on the show. But unfortunately in this episode, I couldn't find myself agreeing with what he said. And I won't change my mind just because he is Javed Akhtar 'the Legendary Writer'. Yes, he is a great writer and a very good debater. But he is not a musical expert.
I'm not saying that I am a musical expert either - but he is not someone whose opinion on vocal music is the be-all and end-all in my eyes. If a real musician, who studies, understands and lives music, like the other judges, held an opinion different to mine, then I would definitely reconsider my POV...
If this was a mushayara or writing competition, then of course I would not dare to argue with Javed saab. But in a singing competition, his comment that 'Shadab was mimicking Sukhi's style' just does not cut it for me...
And I do think, with all due respect, that he was being quite rude to Shaan's team. For a man of his stature, he doesn't need to score petty points.
- But when Shaan apologised for daring to argue with Javed saab in the first round, Javed saab's comment that 'you are only saying that now that you are 1 point ahead' was in bad taste. Must he have a sarcastic last word even after a sincere apology?
- And after Shaan's team had performed, his words that the medley was the 'lowest common denominator of entertainment' was extremely rude. This is a man whose job is to work with words, yet he couldn't find any more diplomatic, polite or considerate way of expressing his feelings? OK, he didn't like it - but at least have some respect for the hard work that went into conceptualising, rehearsing and performing the medley! How would he feel if people used such caustic words for his writing in 'Sholay' - wasn't that just a typically superficial, yet entertaining, potboiler?
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