That's my number for the day, will be posting later today :-) Listened to that song a few times since this morning!Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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That's my number for the day, will be posting later today :-) Listened to that song a few times since this morning!Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
I know I did, :) but it is going all over the place :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SoftSword
// digg
thats one song of VS which i dont like...
my most lovable of him would be Poo vaasam.
It looks like app covered well.. but here is my thought..Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
There were lot of other MDs in the field...
1. MSV - KB, Visu few some other houses stayed with him, KB first came to Raja in 1986 for Sindhu Bhairavi?
2. Shankar Ganesh - They were very far behind Raja and most of time the movies they worked on had other major attractions like Elephant, Snake or Baby Shalini.
3. Chandra Bose - I really do not know when he came to TFM scene, but he became quite know after becoming AVM's in-house MD.
4. T. Rajender - Probably he is the only MD that was able to get some attention away from Raja in the early-mid 80s. But unlike Raja he had lot of supporting elements in his favour like Success of his movies. To be honest lyrics in most of his songs are damn good. TR-SPB combo has produced some great numbers. I think TR once said in an interview, if SPB was a woman, he will marry him(er).
5. Gangai Amaran - Ok, most of the people thought and continue to think those songs were composed by IR.
I do not think I shall include Deva - by the time Deva arrived in 1988, some people in the industry were desparetly looking for an alternative to IR.
Thanks for that...Though very less in numbers,there were some wonderful compositions from this great man! Iam just listening to an album "Bhava Geethangal" composed by MBS in Malayalam...Actually a friend of mine recommended me thIs album...There are some amazing songs in that....Anyways Not to digress,,,carry on !Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
#18 நதியோரம்
(அன்னை ஓர் ஆலயம், 1979 )
Second song from the same movie, a flute / strings / tabla delight!
PS is such a sweet match for the flute and SPB gives happy company in this jolly ride of a tune.
"நானந்த ஆனந்தம் என் சொல்ல" "தேயிலைத்தோட்டம் நீ தேவதையாட்டம்" - simple, poetic lines that flow so freely and smoothly in a fast paced song. No word is felt as an odd one and the lyric nicely sits on the tune with nothing out of place. As the lines suggest, a song meant for running and dancing around in the banks of a river stream in a mountainous terrain :-) Well, I've not seen the movie and don't know how it's actually done on screen but the poet has let free his imagination and the music supports it very well to transport one to mooNAR kind of place instantly! Those who watched the movie please tell whether the story happens in Idukki area (elephant, hills, forest, tea estate, river side - the movie's setup and the song lines strongly suggests such an area).
PS was the only female singer used in this movie IIRC. SPB had three numbers while TMS was given the "ammA" number :wink:
:rotfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by genesis
They are so and so, but I hate their title scores. No matter which point they are, when the title card announces the director, they do a full blaring of winds and strings to announce the director. Very annoying.
App, they do exactly the lyrics suggest, ie, outdoorish duets.
Always confuse this with Kaathoodu poovurasa from Anbukku Naan Adimai. SPB's voice here sound like he's working for MSV...slightly muffled, rather than open when he sings for IR. Do I make sense here?
App, your reminiscences are really enjoyable. Thanks and keep it going!
BTW, RDB in TFM? I know he's done a couple of Kannada ones, but haven't heard of his work in TFM. Movie name? Any links?
" I think TR once said in an interview, if SPB was a woman,"
SPB, great the escape!
RDB - tamil movies
1. Poo Mazhai Pozhiyidhu * Nadhiya, Suresh, Vijayakant. As is usual with Nadia movies, there are two heroes and both try desparately to "sacrifice" their love for Nadia to the other. I briefly wrote about this phenomenon in Films section. Needs to be further analysed in full-groucho-mode
2. Ulagam Pirandhadhu SathyarajukkAga - or atleast Gouthami and Roobini in the movie
App annaQuote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
AFAIK, the song was picturised along river bank :)
Rakesh anna :notthatway:Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
SG was a very good MD, esp when it comes Melodies, few songs of SG + SPB chart busters
1) Aval oru menaghai - Natchathiram
2) Naa unna ninaichen nee enna ninaichE
3) Oru kadhal devathai boomiku vanthal - Some Karthik + Revathy Movie
4) All Neeya Songs ! (BTW, Was neeya songs inspired from the Hindi version???)
Raghu, I look at the whole package, not one or two good songs. On the list, I like only Aval oru menagai. In fact, I like their work in the two MGR films they scored, though they sounded awful lot like MSV. They tend to absorb the best MD of the time and give their mediocre version. Their background score are noises. Massive noises, as per my mention of the title scenes.
Genesis,
Yes SPB + TRR combo produced some awsome songs indeed
1) Oru pon maanai naan kaana thagathimi thOm
2) Naanum unthan urvai naadi vantha paravai - Listen to the Mirudungam, uduku and veena towards the end , absolutley awsome, similar to IR's Kadhal oviyum's Sangeetha jaathi mulai song! SPB simple excels in both songs!
3) MoongilE paatisaithu
4) Ithu kuzhandhai paadum thaalatu
5) vasantham paadi vara
6) Vasamila malarithu
7) Indira logathu sundari rathiri - love this song, horrible pictuerisation though :banghead:
Plum thanks for the quick dope on RDB. I dont see the films on Thiraipaadal though.
Continuing the S-G digression, I’m with you on that assessment, Grouch. After I heard the Jagjit Singh original of Megame Megame, I pretty much lost faith in S-G’s originality.
My favorite of theirs is Rendu Kannam from Sivappu Malli. But then, I feel it would only be a matter of time before someone points to me its true source!
Just curious, what's TR's record like in this regard? Any blatant lifts in the handful of passable songs he has given?
add 2 more songs.. neraiya iruku.. SPB TRR combo...Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
1. Malai enai vaatudhae
2. Dhinam dhinam un mugam
Usha akka
Dhinum Dhinum un mugum, good song for dancing ! Amma soluvanga naa chinna paiyan irukumbothu intha paatu pota thaan naa sOru saapiduvanam :lol:
Just love the way SPB says hei hei :notworthy:
oh. Nice.. nalla paiyan pola irukae neenga.. hehehe..
SPB's singing style in this song. something Great.. TRR paatuku Uyir kodutha SPB.....
KV, I am not the person to go to for online links. Have no idea where you can find those albums.
And TR was said to be ghosted by L Vaidyanathan for many of his ventures. I guess TR used to come up with melodies, and polishing, tinkering, orchestration etc were taken care of by assistants. Infact, there was a dispute with AA Raj for Oru Thalai Ragam itself on who is to be credited for the music.
While on that, SPB himself has said that his music making process was to hum the tune and let assistants take care of the ludes and BGM
டி.ஆரை பற்றி சமீபத்தில் கேள்விப்பட்டது. இசை உருவாக்கத்தில் Plum சொன்னமாதிரி L.V, சிவமணி என நிறைய இளைஞர்கள்.இதில் சிறுவர் ரஹ்மானும் உண்டு. வெவ்வேறு விதமான இசைகளை டி.ஆருக்கு வாசித்தால் "அந்த ரெண்டாவதா ஒண்ணு வாசிச்சிங்களே! அதையே வச்சிக்கலாம்"ம்ம்பாரம். எப்படி எல்லோரும் சிரிப்பைக் கட்டுப்படுத்திக் கொண்டு கவனமா இசையமைச்சாங்க என்பதே ஆச்சர்யமான விஷயம்.
Yes, he said on his TV show , 'enodu paatu paadungal' !Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
Venki - எப்படி எல்லோரும் சிரிப்பைக் கட்டுப்படுத்திக் கொண்டு கவனமா இசையமைச்சாங்க என்பதே ஆச்சர்யமான விஷயம்.
:lol:
Plum, venki, that's some gyan! ARR also part of the group? Whoa! (so, all the wild drumming and african ideas, ellam kaatuvaasi karadi effecto?)
I find Vaasamilla Malaridhu to be strangely funny. TR maybe hummed two lines and then suddenly had a 'creative block' (what else can one expect with that jungly mane and ruffian beard?) and they ended up repeating just the two lines throughout the song!
#19 நந்தவனத்தில் வந்த குயிலே
(அன்னை ஓர் ஆலயம், 1979 )
A true wild-life song :lol:
Towards the end of the song, SPB changes his voice to sound like a wild beast also (the sound which supposedly created trouble for his throat in Kamal's Indiran-Chandiran). Raja does his part to add the elephant trumpet and some other wild sounds in the interludes to bring the forest ambience. However, there're also delectable string portions in the first interlude that one can enjoy.
This solo song has SPB in his youthful, thuLLal elements and must have matched the fast-paced Rajini very well. In addition, it has a few catchy phrases in the flow of the tune too, to make the youngsters happy like "ஏண்டி சிவந்தது பூவிழி" :-)
I remember this song having decent air-time and also bus-time during my school days, though not as frequently as the other two (appanE appanE & nadhiyOram). Still, it was a song tailor-made for SPB and reminds one of early days of SPB!
App anna
Thanks for reminding me the song, I have totally forgotten it as I have watched it long time ago :)
One of SPB+IR +AB Gem !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyA2...layer_embedded
#20 ஹே மஸ்தானா
(அழகே உன்னை ஆராதிக்கிறேன், 1979 )
While the VJ solo "nAnE nAnA" is the biggest hit from IR-Sridhar combo's second movie (and perhaps well-known to everyone who visits our hub), the three songs by SPB weren't much behind when the musical arrived and created a sensation in TN. Picking relatively less popular actors (Vijayakumar / Jaiganesh and some youngsters) wasn't unusual for Sridhar who intro'd / popularised some famous ones in TF. What was unusual about this movie was the MGR heroine (Latha).
The songs were a rage everywhere - tea stalls, radio, functions, buses - wherever one goes he'll be treated with 'nAnE nAnA' or the short-sweet 'azhagE unnai ArAdhanai seigiREn' or the SPB numbers. Interestingly, this was the time period when tea stalls were migrating from HMV players to cassette players, in my observation. Well, some of them had fancy amplifiers & huge box speakers too :lol2:
I have written before in some thread about the 'minor Ilayaraja maNamigu coffee bar' in the Virudhunagar bazaar. Every evening during summer hols, during our walk from "Muthuraman patti" to "Vellaichamy nAdAr library" near bus stand, we'll stop by this stall in the bazaar - their main products (tea / coffee) were not the main attraction but the huge speakers were and ofcourse the IR songs! That was the year of the original "Oram pO" that got blasted out from those speakers. I remember hearing the AUA songs in that shop as well.
By that time, my cousin had the fancy Panasonic 2-in-1 :-) There were two portable models by Panasonic that were so much sought after those days (available not on regular radio shops but Burma bazaar kind of places only). One simple cassette player with no radio for around Rs 900 and this 2-in-1 mono (that had a small tweeter in the corner of the woofer). This had a large play button and a red color record button in the middle of that. (For recording, you press both). This "system" costed a huge price of Rs 2000. Just FYI, even in 1986, 2000 was a big amount (my first monthly salary was that and it was the 3rd highest in the campus interview, 2700 being top-most).
So, one can understand how much "valuable" that cassette player was in 1979 / 80 :-) Since recording centers haven't started flourishing yet, most songs we had were the ones "recorded" from radio broadcasts! AUA songs were here and there in many cassettes and always sought after.
'hEy mastAnA' was one of the most sought after by us as it was really hip! IR followed up the prior Sridhar movie's 'kiNNaththil thEn vadiththu' in this song by giving a similar middle eastern feel. SPB / PJ / VJ / Jency - one rare combo - sang this song.
One in the long list of IR innovations and SPB adds so much value by his youthful singing!
PS,Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
It's not Asha Bhosle, it is Lata Mangeshkar.
Yes sorry :oops: there was another Song by SPB + AB called 'Athi kalai neram kanavil unnai parthen' I was thinking of that ! :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
BTW, there was another gem called 'Devadai vanthathu mana .....' by SPB + AB, do you know the name of the film ?
thanks
Interesting reminiscence of the tape recorders, app. Were the 8 tracks sold, in transition from LPs to cassettes? You know what I mean,
http://pslc.ws/macrogcss/images/eight.jpg
My cousin had a 8-track player, and bunch of those tapes, but never Tamizh songs.
Hi, I think you are referring to a song titled "Oru devathai vanthathu, Mana chirai koondai tiranthu sendrathu'' from Naan Solvathey Sattam. The album consists songs sung by SPB,Asha Bhonsle, KSC, and IR. Athikaalai Neram is from the same album,,Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00396&lang=en
Yes that is the One!!! Many thanks for the info, BTW who acted in that film ? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine22
Never heard of it groucho, I don't think many in TN are even aware of the existence of such. As for as TFM is concerned, it was from 78 RPM arakku records to 45 RPM "small size" records and then LP records (33 RPM, big ones). There were some who had "spool cassette" players but compact cassette players were the most popular ones I've seen from late 70's to late 90's!Quote:
Originally Posted by groucho070
# 21 குறிஞ்சி மலரில் வழிந்த ரசத்தை
(அழகே உன்னை ஆராதிக்கிறேன், 1979 )
A beauty from the beauty-worship movie. I had the misfortune of watching this on youtube sometime back :-( Strongly recommended NOT to try! (Such a soft, melodious song is torn apart on screen by a bell-bottom-step-cutting-guy's wild dappAnguththu dance on beach). As in the case of IO, Sridhar had a few VJ numbers and she was in her usual loud (well, kinda) mode in this one (unlike orE nAL which was far more subdued). However, she made amends with the absolutely stunning nAnE nAnA :-) All-in-all, her TFM singing career can be summarized as the female equivalent of Seerkazhi G :wink:
SPB maintains his boyish singing through out. Though the tune appears simple, it's literally "breath-taking" when one tries to sing in the bath room. Nice, flowing (rather running) melody accompanied by all kinds of IR-fav instruments (violin, guitar, either veeNai itself of guitar sounding like veeNai, one of organ / harmonium / accordian...) Typical 70's style tablA rhythm which wasn't a big differentiator for IR (means sounding like every other MD of that time period including MSV).
I'd say an evergreen category song! (And was a big hit with radio)
I had the misfortune of watching it :|Quote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
Esp the bit where Drags 'Athuvariyil naaan aahhh athuvariyil naan' ! One of my fav evergreen hitQuote:
Originally Posted by app_engine
BTW App anna, Who is acting in this film? Don't tell me it is sudhakar :shaking:
I don't know the name, new comer who didn't last long. From old posts, IIRC, it may be Latha's brother...Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
I believe the hero is Charanraj , unsure who is the heroine.,The name Charan raj is enough to make me run away frantically, saving myself from the onscreen horror of watching him & his heroism! IR giving such melodious treat to this kinda' ''horror'' movies.. such karunai... ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Heroine, I learned here, was Jeyasudha's sister.
App, 8Tracks actually appeared in the US in the 60s itself. Developing nations like us then sort of missed out on many of the "technologies". It was in Malaysia for few years, and was quickly disappeared when cassettes came. In fact, cassettes were more popular in the beginning of 80s, and those with 8Track players had to get a adapter that shaped like 8track, but with the centre to fit the cassettes. Like this:
http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/...pter-520px.jpg
But seriously, they were frickin annoying, you got to keep switching the tracks to find the song you want to. The records were so easy with that regards, and with CDs. These tapes were really bothersome.
Please continue app, really enjoying your posts.
Grouch,
Never heard 8Track system so far. Thanks a lot for sharing such a rare information along with that rare picture.
Those in US or UK in the 60s/70s should be able to share more. Considering you guys have not heard of it, I am now not surprised to note that our Tamizh songs were absent in those tapes. There were either the LP/EPs or cassettes.
Sorry for another digression, but I wonder if there is a thread on early use of stereo sound in TFM. Anyone?
App,
'Hey Mastana' is such a great song and glad that you picked up this song. Beautiful!. Compared to the start, when SPB sings how the song gets softer. Very interesting to read your nostalgic trip down memory lane. Through you I was there with your trip from Muthuraman Patti to Vellaichamy nAdAr library!