5 Paise worth at 5 AM (Panch).am about Pancham

Not 5 am out here in India, but must be somewhere out there in the wide world. Maybe at Seattle. This post inspired by a musical soiree on RD attended by self along with my blogging Guru Ramanand and the venerable Niranjan, had a nice time, alternately appreciating and making some irreverent comments, like RD would have been a good platform independent coder in Java , as he could so effortlessly migrate a song from one language to another ,to some bawdy comments on the Maadal players, which reminded one of some choicest Hindi expletives. To Bhupi's(Bhupinder) seemly inebriated state and faux pas on the stage and Gulzar's impeccably starched Kurta ,that made him look as stiff as a Army Seargent .
It was organized by a RD Burman fan-club called Panchammagic. The guys really went ballistic in his praise and his greatness , but that was what expected of them. They obviously didnt form a fan-club for critical appreciation or objective evaluation with other composers. Celebrity adulation, is generally irrational.
In my opinion I feel RD was most versatile among all composers, and was innovative , risk-taking, good visualizer. The popularity , also had to do a lot with the melody of the Bhonsle sisters and The Greatest of them all KishorDa . They were at their prime and contributed immensely to his success.
The current spate of Remixes, do bastardize his songs, especially for the teens of today, who scarcely get to hear the originals, but it in no way takes away any of Pancham's songs lustre or respect, infact obliquely also make them more visible, making something other also visible (see the videos), but Gulzar was quite virulent in his attack on the Remixes, along with their skin-show, but a lot of virile young people would not mind it a bit I guess.
Overall it was quite entertaining and informative, with Gulzar and Bhupender in a candid mood.