The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

Aagaya Gangai...I think

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Originally Posted by app_engine

#156 நீலக்குயிலே உன்னோடு நான் பண்பாடுவேன்
(மகுடி, 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)

In my mind, there's some relation between this song and the PS-UR sweetie 'amuthE thamizhE azhagiya mozhiyE enadhuyirE' of kOvil puRA. (Those with rAgA knowledge please confirm if both these songs are of same rAgA or family of rAgAs). Equally sweet song in a slightly faster tempo and fantastic percussion arrangement.

This song was a radio hit and I don't think the movie made any impact at all when arrived. I heard the movie name on radio but didn't even have much knowledge about it. Googling gets the info that this was a Mohan / Nalini movie. A real rare gem of a song - possibly sERRil muLaiththa senthAmarai / kuppaiyil vairam kind, going by the un-known-ness of the movie.

The swaraprayOgams in the prelude are very much similar to the 'gama-gama-gama-gari-sari-sA' of amuthE thamizhE that triggered the connection in my mind. There are other construction similarites as well, such as "semi-classical" nature, flute / veeNA combo (difference being violin replacing nAdhaswaram sounds...nayanam was specially played by MPM Sethuraman / Ponnusamy brothers in all the kOvil puRA songs).

Both SPB & SJ relish the song, enjoying while singing as they didn't get that many opportunities to sing ICM semi-classicals in TFM together under IR's baton, though they had tons of light / WCM style songs. (My mind throws nAnoru ponnOvium instantly where these two were present but it also had PS).

A truly memorable number!

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http://www.itsdiff.com/

Listen to Jul 20, 2011 program by "Simulation Sundar" Part 1 between 27.00-36.00.

I was listening to this program yesterday and when I heard this part I remembered you mentioning about these 2 songs and their similarities. Great App!!

The same info is also available here: http://tfmpage.com/forum/15167.20880.03.21.22.html

nanRi genesis, for the links!

I'll listen to the audio link once I reach home. Looks like both songs have some "rasika ranjani" in them :-)

nanRi balaji!

Going by the songs posted so far for 1984, it was undoubtedly a predominantly duet year for SPB with relatively less solo hits. And >90% of those duets were with SJ :-)

#161 அடியே மனம் நில்லுன்னா நிக்காதடி
(நீங்கள் கேட்டவை, 1984 , ஜானகியுடன்)

What prompted Balu Mahendra to make this movie, I don't know. However, I very clearly remember reading about his trying to "please the mass" and giving the sarcastic title for the movie. (Though it politely tells that "I give you what you want", he perhaps meant "you get what you asked for" or worse, "what you deserve" :lol2:). Regardless of his intentions for the movie / title, the professional called rAsA had his priorities very clear. He gave a superb, fantastic, terrific, phenomenal soundtrack to the TFM audience!

Well, unfotunately, he also gave BM what he wanted -kanavu kANum vAzhkkai yAvum :wink: So, though both the mass public and BM were the winners, rAsA was the sole loser in the end :-( Despite getting thrilled over his colossal original output of 1000's of numbers over the years, it hurts all his admirers when someone points to that ditto of a Kalyanji-Anandji composed Hindi number. The very mention of that song gives a "soththakkadalai menRa" feel to me. Well, that song had KJY as singer and not relevant to this thread. Still, such small pulambal keeps coming up each time I talk about neengaL kEttavai.

Well, that movie was in a blatant commercial "song/dance/fight/piRappu ragasiyam" format - nothing like any other BM movie - with a ton of stars (Poornima Jayaram in ammA role, Banuchandar, Archana, Thiyagarajan, Silukku). As attempted, it had huge commercial success as well. It had 2 KJY solos (kanavu kANum & piLLai nilA), 1 SJ solo (piLLai nilA) and 3 duets by our celebrated pair. The classiest dappAnguththu ever in TFM (i.e. purely from a musical viewpoint and not based on what happens on screen) is getting featured in this post and the other two will follow for the next couple of days.

What a terrific start - one of the best ever in IFM!

I think I should refrain from writing about this song and spend all the superlatives to get myself exhausted. I should rather let the song leave its impact on readers / listeners as they get another dose of it :-)

Realized after a post in MV thread that the MV song in nallavanukku nallavan was a duet with SPB...don't want to leave that out for this thread and will feature that after the neengaL kEttavai numbers are done.

Also, asked V_S in the IR-duets thread for his detailed post on the classic 'O vasantha rAjA' :-)

Maalai Soodum is my favorite. Nice writeup App. Surprising to know that Ommele Oru Kannu was popular than Maalai Soodum and Kalyanam Vaibogham.

Podu Thanthaanatham & Adiye Manam are terrific especially for SPB & SJ singing. What a pair of singers... irreplaceable in TFM. The energy in Adiye Manam, I can't remember many songs that match or come close to it.

nanRi rajkumarc!

youtube of muththAduthE :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgNr4Jzf_ks

adiyE manam youtube (there's a slightly better video quality youtube but that misses the starting drum-beats. So, rejected) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k0rAZcUz4g&feature=related

Another very good quality video :
(kalyANam vaibOgam of NMA)...definitely not seen this movie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA_izaC_4zg