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Vennilavin Pera maatrava from Ramana: http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00558&lang=en
What an amazing composition! If you notice, all the pieces are actually the 80s Ilaiyaraaja ideas only, but executed on new instruments with absolute technical finesse that it sounds absolutely contemporary. The bass guitar (or slap bass) has such strong presence. I would rate this song and "Meetadha Oru Veenai" as two absolutely stunning fusion driven songs in his post 2000 works. Yes, there are many as well, but these two work largely within the "old wine in new bottle" construct! brilliant!
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What a coincidence suresh! was just writing it and as i post it, your post appears!
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raagas,
Thanks for Vennilavin. romba munnadi 3 time kaetu iruken.
Beautiful fusion...
enna enna ragam iruku indha paatula?
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IR had done some killing numbers...this is the one from this category..whenever you hear..you will be lost...
Nee Paartha Paarvaikku from Hey Ram...
as per app, even though its from old lady.... :)
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May be it's my "conditioning" problem, but the songs of HR, while decent, do not give me the kind of "total satisfaction" as in the case of regular IR numbers :-( I used to listen to them frequently when the CD came out but over the years, not much interest is left for them.
'nee pArththa pArvaikkoru nanRi' also falls in this category, though it's way better than 'rAman ANdAlum' or 'pollAtha madhana bANam'.
I'll rank it along with 'Ram Ram' (fantastic percussion work) and 'isaiyil thodanguthammA' (great singing) - good songs that can be compared with the best of any current MD but not with the good ones of IR (see, I'm not even comparing with his best / great works).
These lack possibly because of the circumstances (last minute fill-in and the songs were basically "BGM-like"). Sure it was a challenging situation musically to IR and he came out decently but the free-flowing creativity (like what one sees with even MMKR kind of album) is missing.
Any day I prefer 'annalakshmi kaiya vachchA' , 'kombula poova suththi' & 'onna vida' to 'nee pArththa / Ram Ram / isaiyil' - if we take IR-KH(direction) combo songs:-)
Ofcourse, I love pAtti singing than the pathetic HH in nee pArththa pArvai (actually, the best part is the BGM when the poem is being read out). Also, unlike many who go gA-gA over the piano score in this song, I'm not that impressed - quite average/underwhelming in comparison to what piano scores I regularly hear (mostly non-TFM).
If I compare HR with TIME (came out just about the same time period), it'll be like this:
Time - 7.5/10
HR - 5/10
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oops, sorry for the long blA-blA :-(
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App, I won't give rating to IR albums. as frequently I used to change the ratings from time to time....
I do not know its the problem with me or IR :)
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Some more songs...
This is a beautiful song...
Naanirukkuam Andha - Azhagiye Kanne
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00070
Terrific groove...
Pookal Sindhungal - Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00435
Superb song, amazing stanza negotiation...
Mangala Vaanam - Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00435
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Poothu Poothu Kulunguthadi Poovu from Kumbakkarai Thangayya - http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00311&lang=en
I got into listening to 90s village theme based songs. This is a decent album with lot of good songs. Nice to revisit after a while.
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app,
Asha - paati nu soladhenga.... :(
two more Gems of Asha
Unnai Naan parthadhum - kannukoru vannakili
wat a composiiton............
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00273&lang=en
Meera -
All are Sweeeet ....
Pazhaiya
Oh butterfly
Pani vizhum - I love this song toooooooooo much...........
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00363&lang=en
