IR's Song of the day

Movie: Illamai Oonjaladugirathu
Song : Ennadi Meenakshi
Singers: S.P Balasubramaniam
Year: 1978
Director : Sridhar
Composer : Illayaraja

Sorry for posting but i thought that i might want to share a insight view on this song.
1) This is a very underrated song as i dunnot see much people talking about this song( possibly because of its fast paced beats?)
2) If i am not wrong this is the first song where jazz has been implemented to accomodate indian raagams

About this song, i believe illayarajas orchestration and instrumentation particularly in the interludes is just brings out the best of jazz i have ever heard. The all-guns-blazing style of trumpets used in usual jazz songs by miles davis also comes out in the first interlude which makes it very nice to hear. In the case of only our indian koothu instruments plus western drums can make a song fast paced was disproved by full usage of jazz in this song.

SPB waves in and out of this song like he was born to sing it. His singing together with Illayaraja's orchestration just makes it out of this world. I seriously feel you hubbers should pay attention to illayaraja's fast paced numbers;his orchestration is more evident there than his melodies.

good pick hulks :-)

Date: April 17
Song: Kannan Oru Kai Kuzhandhai
Singers: Susheela P.,Yesudas.K.J
Movie: Badra Kali
Year of release: 1976
Lyrics: Vaali
Director: A C Thirulokachander

My Comments: Beautiful song by Yesudas and Susheela.I prefer listening to this song rather than watching. Thangarbachan used this song twice in the background in his movie Azhagi.

Nice one swathy...Kannan oru Kai Kuzhandai was a soft carnatic melody by Illayaraja. This was also the first song Vaali wrote lyrics for Illayaraja. My mom used to make me sleep with this song. There is also another song titled "Oduginraal" rendered by seerkazhi govindarajan which was also quite good and rarely talked about by fans.
The song has adrenaline rushing through you towards the last phase(It gave me goosebumps like KV Mahadevan devotional songs)

This song has that magical 70s feel to it, maybe because of the tune and Susila-Yesudas combo. Though it is a lullaby song, strangely I somehow like to hear this song on a loudspeaker in a gramathu enviorment :roll:

PS: swathy, since you moderate this thread oru chinna request. May I post the next SOTD ? Hope the others dont mind either.

sure narayanan but can u pls post on apr 19 . im expecting more feedback for this song from usha akka, renault ,rajasaranam. hope u dont mind. :-)

It seems this song was originally composed by Ilaiyaraja for a drama with Gangai amaran's lyrics. The song goes something like "chinna chinna kanmaniye' .

swathy, you might want to see the visuals. It contains an extra stanza not available in cd/cassete's. :P

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Originally Posted by tvsankar

Indha padal tune mudhalil malaiyalm film 'Oolangl" la vandhadhu. Song 'Thumbi vaa thumba kudathu"

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tvsankar,
In recent IR's concert he himself specified that Oolangal "Thumbi vaa" was derived from Sangathil Padatha Kavigal. Could somebody confirm this :roll: Balumahendra got very much attracted with Sangathil Padatha tune and wanted to re-use it in Oolangal. IR also stated that Oolangal was the best film which he likes out of Balu Mahendras creations.

Wasnt there a huge orchestration differences between these 2 songs. I never heard the Thambi Vaa version. Could somebody provide a link for this song?

Sriksp visit this page

http://www.raaga.com/channels/malayalam/movies.asp and look for Olangal. The song thumbi vaa is by S Janaki and it has a slight remodified tune of Sangathil Paadatha Kavithaigal. If im not wrong it was mentioned before that the bass guitar was used first in this song for malayalam.

Today's pick is a typical 70s Ilayaraja song with a soft melody. Probably the movie being one of Raja's earliest, he has successfully brought out his knowledge in Carnatic music through this song.

Yesudas's voice flows mellifluously in this song. This is one of such songs that one will never get tired of listening. Not much Raja songs in that category though !!!