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Thanks App. :smile: I was replying mainly to genesis's statement that 'IR always did average songs for Rajini'. I wasn't sure if he was making that statement based on that time when the movie and songs were released (as your post was talking mainly about those times), or it was a general comment. If it was former I can understand and agree, but if it was latter, I strongly disagree. That's why I compared our tastes from our youth days to today. It has a sea of difference.
#120 விழிகள் மீனோ மொழிகள் தேனோ
(ராகங்கள் மாறுவதில்லை, 1983)
TF has this Attu mandhai habit of blindly following significant successes. We know about the recent "madhurai" bloodshed films that follow a pattern of a hugely succesful film. Typically, after a few terrible flops (sometimes just one) such madness will stop and money bags will start looking for the next trend.
One such was this "illai-illai" title business in the 80's. Started with 'alaigaL Oyvathillai', there came 'payaNangaL mudivadhillai' and both were huge successes. So, there started 'gOpurangaL sAyvathillai' and may be a few more illais. Well, Sirumugai Ravi, who did this kuppai 'rAgangaL mARuvathillai' can be credited for killing that trend :-) pAvam Prabhu-Ambika, they got associated with this movie which was a waste of their time IMO.
Interestingly, rAsA, who used to encourage all such newcomers did a great job of giving a stunning album. Though there are a number of SPB songs, my most fav was the SJ solo 'vAn meedhilE adhikAlai nEra rAgam' with a terrific rhythm pattern and orchestration. If not for my love for this song and others, I wouldn't have ventured to the theater for that illai movie, only to come back so much irritated. (The only scene that was a little bit interesting was girls running away from Prabhu in the college).
In any case, the songs were hits and this semi-classical-sounding number was a regular on radio. (To my untrained ears, the 'vaishNava jayatO' of Hey Ram sounds very similar to vizhikaL meenO).
SPB is awesome as usual!
I located this reasonably good quality youtube of 'thalaiyai kuniyum thAmaraiyE'
(picturization - going by 80's standards - is reasonably acceptable, only uRuththals being a couple of dance movements & the unnecessary lip movements, something like a typical Malayalam song of those days, Raghuvaran isn't bad) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uatd7...eature=related
Adi mAsa kAththadikka youtube link :
(horrible, silukku and no Radha in this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfiRGMK2DxQ
App,
Thanks for the great pick. Romba Naal'aachu intha paatta kettu. SPB's Mozhigal Theno is terrific. Gorgeous Ist interlude with power packed veena, violin, mridangam and vibraphone. Two violins together. Surprisingly Maestro introduces one keyboard instrument/guitar along with mridangam, when SPB sings the kalpana swarm. Amazing! This is also classical, but how different/mature he sounds when he sings for Shankarabharanam that too some 4 years ago. A singer who completely adapts to the character, not just to the tunes and not just for Rajini and Kamal.
Another sober and haunting melody in Thendralo Theeyo, completely different from the above one.
PS: The link you gave is not for Vizhigal Meeno, both the links were for for vaan meethile :smile:
Thank you V_S for pointing out the error, fixed it :-)
There was some connection disturbance at the time of posting and the first time the url got missed and I added it during the edit, the later ctrl-c from the buffer possibly came in :oops:
#121 தென்றலோ தீயோ
(ராகங்கள் மாறுவதில்லை, 1983 )
Very sweet song (audio quality in this link is quite poor, please don't go by that - awesome really!) The KJY Malayalam song that I got introduced recently - 'rithu bEdha kalpana' - featuring Shanthi Krishna and her ex-hubby, 1984 - sounds very similar to this song. There are some string sections indicating the turmoil in the mind of the repentant "husband" but the sweeter sections are those lead guitar ones, IMO!
The rhythm arrangement is one of those IR-signature ones that I simply love! I will take any number of songs with this kind of orchestration and can never get tired of it! If I'm allowed to have a CD containing 15-20 songs of this kind, I can possibly survive years of prison sentence / banishment in a forbidden place etc :-) Unfortunately, this gem was given to an unworthy movie (Prabhu too got wasted there, possibly he thought he had some opportunity to do a negative role like what his dad had done in the past but the overall treatment was miserable...I don't know whether that movie was remake of some Malayalam movie as Mammootty used to do such roles quite often, ofcourse with consummate ease).
SPB is so sweet in this song, starting from the humming, keeping the mildly pathos tone without going too dramatic. Whenever I hear this song, I can't control my laughter when the phrase 'naLai malarum kAdhal makanAl nyAyam varumO' :lol: (For those who have neither seen the movie nor know the story, there was no "kAdhal" in that child-bearing)...
There were two more songs from this illai movie by SPB but don't deserve separate posts here as they were quite average and weren't that popular either. (Such songs typically get more air time if the movie becomes a big hit but with a poorly made one, they won't make it to the grades that this collection goes by). Those were "en kAdhal dEvi, nee ennil pAdhi" solo & "nALellAm nalla nALu ennai nee pArththadhAlE" duet with SPS. So, skip button for them in this compilation.
Actually, in our hostel, the cracking dappAnguththu Ey alangAri sung by SPS/MV had more play time. The mELam during the first interlude which also gets used as the background for the pallavi in the later part of the song simbly rocks!
I'm taking a small detour, to keep the 1983 classic as the last movie of the year - even though it came during the summer & alphabetically ahead of a few others as well.
So, a few more light-weight songs to continue.
#122 ஒன்னும் தெரியாத பாப்பா
(சூரக்கோட்டை சிங்கக்குட்டி, 1983 , ஜானகியுடன்)
Another Prabhu song, from a relatively more successful movie (regardless of any content, AVM masAlA IIRC). I haven't watched this movie - after seeing those "sets" on the posters, decided strongly against it. Despite the album featuring that sweet PJ-PS number, kALi dAsan, kaNNa dAsan, kavidhai nee . It seems that soft song was a Prabhu-Silukku number on screen. dhool guys made enough fun of this movie & kALi dAsan. Also, the director seems to be Rama Narayanan (another rare combo with IR, after kaNNE rAdhA, how many did they do together? Definitely less than 5 I think) which means avoidable, forgettable movie!
In any case, the SPB-SJ-Chorus number is quite peppy, with some nice drum work here and there. Poor man's "iLamai idhO idhO" I think. With horrible lyrics. The song was played on radio / buses / teakkadai etc, quite often those days, and can be considered a sumAr hit. This movie should have been after kOzhi koovudhu - where silukku got paired with Prabhu successfully. As I mentioned earlier, TF had this habit of blindly following successes in search of a formula, to torture people. One such torture was this movie perhaps.