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நல்வரவு, baroque :-)
Continuing with 1984 SPB, I need to make a minor adjustment in the alpha order now.
To push one of my most fav albums to the end of the year and feature the 'paLLi ezhuchchi song' of my cousin (i.e. at the time of arrival for many months) as the last song of the year.
So NPP gets pushed to the "end of the year" and the "thavil thadAladi unmaththam" number gets a small advancement :-)
#159 போடு தந்தானத்தம்
(நல்ல நாள், 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)
SJ sings in the first saraNam as "மேலே பாரு பாதாளம், கீழே பாரு ஆகாயம்" :lol2: and that's the way I used to feel when listening to this song at the time of arrival. What an "unmaththam" feel! The thavil adi-thadi, excellent flute, sweet guitar sounds and SPB-SJ in full form! IMG, there are some situations that make IR feel in an extreme kushi mood that results in him calling the 'Asaiya kAththula thoothu vittu' kind of adi-thadi.
Ofcourse, he did it the first time in Johny. Then this. Then in some stage concerts where 'Asaya kAththula' got featured (was it in Italy?). And then in an Ajantha song that was supposed to be made in multiple languages simultaneously. So, my calculated guess is somebody made him in an extreme kushi mood in such cases and he responded with the thavil (or thavilish) adi-dhadi. There could have been other songs and occasions as well (mAsi mAsam ALana poNNu?) but these are the ones quickly recalled.
As we have been tracking in this thread, this year seemed to be a big SPB-SJ combo year and this is another addition. What an addition - showcasing some of their exclusive tricks in providing a variety of feel to the listeners. What makes me really dumbfounded is the effortless way they seem to have delivered such singing. (Seeing them on videos possibly contribute to this awe as both don't show any kind of alattal at all while delivering terrific variations in the final output :shock: All the processing appear to happen just like that in that "passage of air from lungs to throat to outside world" with rest of the body hardly getting stretched!)
Should listen to this song in powerful woofers to get the total impact! Had that experience with some recording centers / tea shops those days and one cannot explain that thrill in words!
All the processing appear to happen just like that in that "passage of air from lungs to throat to outside world" with rest of the body hardly getting stretched!)
Exactly, App, well put. Awesome singing by the magical duo! I don't exactly remember listening to this song before (though vetta veli from the same film is one of my favo SJ solos); been looping this song since morning today. Gawd, what top-notch quality prelude and interludes... the caressing saxophone, the springy flute, the jubilant rhythms (especially when the acoustic drums join in, wow!), a violin solo here, a guitar lead there … AdavanE, too much ra! :bow:
KV,
I'm glad you liked this number. One of my top favourties when it arrived!
IIRC, nalla nAL was another "Devar films" production (I see R Thiyagarajan as the director for this movie) with Vijayakanth as hero.
Sureshji posted about this song sometime back...
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Originally Posted by Sureshs65
There are a couple of SPB numbers in the SP Muthuraman directed 'nalla thambi' in which Karthik starred. (Was it an AVM movie by any chance? And how many nalla thambees have been made in TF? I remember another one that had N S Krishnan doing a fantastic song against madhu arakkan - 'kudichchuppazhakaNum' - script was by aNNA aka CNA)
Well, this Karthik as nalla thambi must have been a terrible flop as these songs don't seem to be in my memory at all :shock:
In any case, we'll have a Karthik song for today :-) Though he was playing the 'abbAs' role and not the lead role in that movie :wink:
#160 முத்தாடுதே முத்தாடுதே (நல்லவனுக்கு நல்லவன், 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)
Though a big hit for Rajini and rAsA, not that much memorable for our thread nAyak as KJY did all three songs for Rajini (the tremendous trio - chittukku, unnaiththAnE, vachchukkavA) while the sole number given to SPB was for the villainish Karthik. And a relatively weak song as well from a melody / singer POV but terrific on orchestration, esp drum work! IMO, there's some kind of disinterest in SPB and this song didn't get his 100%, despite being a hit. SJ did a "day-in-the-office" kind of job, perhaps singing exactly as rAsA spec'ed.
I clearly remember the "ship-like-setting" extravaganza by AVM for this song. Karthik romancing "ThuLasi" (that young boy of Sankarabharanam who later did Kamal's raped sis role in SKV) wasn't a big thrilling thing anyways, especially when one had Rajini in that movie. Well, the song was "hip" by the standards of those days and very listenable & enjoyable even now - the prelude and interludes are terrific.
In the college days, when SPB was the top favourite among most wingmates (i.e. more than KJY), this album wasn't as appreciated as, say, SKV. However, the songs were big favourites for me and to this day I listen to chittukku & unnaiththAnE very frequently. muththAduthE and vachchukkavA occasionally. 'namma modhalALi'? Not in years :-)
The movie was a big hit and possibly the point at which my neighbor in the hostel, who used to be a big KBR fan, starting to lean towards the Rajini side. He used to describe with so much thrill the "flash-back-dress-change-of-aged-Rajini-with-leather-jacket-kind-like-old-rowdy" :lol:
App
Thanks for the Podu Thanthanaththam song. One of the beautiful songs by the duo (every one in the last several days were excellent)
This one is special, reminds me of the "Khullam Khullam,," song from RDB's Khel Khel Mein. Our IR song is better in my opinion.
"muthadudhe" is a great song, I loved it when the song came out, better than the other songs. Ofcourse the KJY's songs became a bigger hit, though
bala
Wow , hearing Podu Thanthanam for the 1st time , jeez what a song , what singing by the celebrated duo ..Brilliance personified ..
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There was a Karthik film, which had suhasini as the heroine :frightened: , Karthik had similar looks of Alaigal Oivathillai, the MD was IR and it had few songs by SPB, name of the movie pls ?
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Thanks