The most accessible song of the NEPV album is on loop in my car for the last two days :
என்னோடு வா வா என்று சொல்லமாட்டேன்
உன்னை விட்டு வேறு எங்கும் போக மாட்டேன்
செல்லச்சண்டை போடுகின்றாய்
தள்ளி நின்று தேடுகின்றாய்
அஹ்ஹஹ்ஹா அன்பே என்னை தண்டிக்கவும்
புன்னகையில் மன்னிக்கவும் உனக்கு உரிமை இல்லையா?
I had to really dig deep to get my kudimakan post, as there had been a deluge of posts on this album after that, both in TF section and here :-)
That way, even though that post is only 3 days old, it looks like I posted ages before!
Let me quote the relevant portion again :
After umpteen more listens of the song, I still feel the same and I'm happy that my musical antenna / filters are intact! This song is a wonderful 'easy-listen' number in my case and I can enjoy it even during chaotic day-time rides.Quote:
ennOdu vA vA enRu solla mAttEn - michelob beer (or that green bottle Royal Challenge in India), sweet, goes in smoothly and effortlessly, especially lovable on a hot / dry day, with ultra chillness...need to take a few bottles before getting intoxicated (means listen a few times to get a high aka "pOdhum" feel)!
rAsA songs are typically strong doses, taxing one's mind / physical / emotions etc and do a lot good during long night drives, keeping me extra alert. OTOH, during rush-hour or 'really-weary-after-work' kind of drives, I find them draining me, even making me impatient and so tend to switch to easy-listens (some justification for my 'kuchchu kuchchu' kai sooppals).
Now, ennOdu vA vA perfectly fits that slot! Make no mistake - I don't endorse Karthik as my replacement for Udit or anything like that here, he may have a reasonably sweet (well, gifted by genetics -may be toned by training) voice but is capable of only average singing by way of getting the right emotions. Or, may be I'm too old to understand the current gen romance where there're only attenuated emotions :wink: (I consciously keep SPB/KJY away when listening to this song, to not lose enjoyment). inthappaiyanukku 'kuRumbu' appadeenna ennennE theriyAthA? :sigh:
rAsA is on a kuRumbu mode, thru out the song - short and sweet bursts of instrumental responses to the singer in the pallavi and first saraNam are typical of him. And the dramatic synth turn during 2nd interlude / synth bass in saraNam could be situational for the movie (as speculated by Srikanth D in Srini's FB). Like Sureshji mentioned during the teaser time, it has some retro feel but I strongly object to any reference to "80's". Simply because, there had been no such prominent numbers in 80's - may be 60's feel. There's a song in 'entE manasiloru' from 'thEnmAvin kombaththu' that was deliberately done in retro mode for stage dance, creating a 60's feel. Remember rAsA resorted to similar comical references to yesteryears in some songs during 80's (2nd interlude of rAjA kaiya vachchA references 'eNNi eNNippArththu manam inbam koNdAduthE').
Bottom line, I don't agree to this 'eightees feel' claim. Tell me sixtees feel for EVV song and let's talk.
ok, I'm blabbering without posting why I really picked this song to post about today! Simply because it's a Friday!
During the SPB-IR series, I used to pick a 'maRRa' song and often explained what the slang usage of that means in youththu-Malayalam. If one cannot recall, let me just say, 'maRRa paribAdi', that literally means 'the other program' is a slang for pAluRavu. That way, in this song, Na.Muthukumar has suddenly won over me with his kuRumbu and I'm doing a big vAbas on all the comments about him being so-so etc. ALu rombakkuRumbunga :wink:
I won't go into details (Plum will come and remind me family forum - family man). So, I'll just post the relevant lines of the poet and it's up to you to imagine things :
கன்னத்தில் அடிக்கும் அடி முத்தத்தாலே வேணுமடி
மற்றதெல்லாம் உன்னுடைய இதழ்களின் இஷ்டப்படி
:mrgreen:
