IR New Albums - Old responses (5 Aug 2006)

Digression.

Another ludicrous part of his (KR's) interview was his complaint regarding dearth of male singers in Tamil :)

Asked about old singers, he somehow gave an impression as if he wanted them to stop singing :)))

A very contradictory and contraversial person I suppose.

IR-Vamsy's film launched...
http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/vamsijuly0406.php

I wonder if Unnimenon, Unnikrishnan, Mano, Hariharan, etc lack singing fundamentals of KR:-) I think there are enough singers in the playback scenario. As it is, I personally can't even name most of the female singers now.

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Originally Posted by aruvi

....Musical knowledge-wise, KR beats both YSR and BTharani. It has surprised me greatly that he fell back in the field while his brother slowly emerged to become very popular(although, I admit that YSR's music is liked principally by youngsters). KR's lack of success in the 11 years that he has been in the field surprises me, especially with the background and camp that is always there for him.
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I have the same opinion here. His tunes sound like that of a much more mature MD ..very good flow and continuity (I fault even ARR in this sometimes) with all the nuances of a good indian melody (eg. YSR lacks in this). So why is he not successful. Here are my theories -
1. He focusses so much on the tune/melody, that he is falling behind on the harmony/chords. I have seen many songs with an instrument totally following the main tune or he doubles the voice. Maybe somebody more knowledgeable can critique this aspect and throw some light.
2. Inability to create fun songs for the youth. This is very important to be a popular MD. Even IR did many popular songs which dont fare that great on the technical complexity.
3. KR probably tries to overreach himself, in getting a whole composition that is on the same level as IR. This probably is reducing his speed and flow. Both ARR and YSR start out with a simple framework/tempo and build out the layers (in ARR's case to a very high standard,).

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I recently bought a bumper CD in Chennai with the movies "kizhakkE pOgum rayil", "niram maaradha pookkaL", "nizhalgaL" and "kallukkuL eeram"... I was surprised that most songs were by GA!! And one of the songs was written by "Sirpy". Does anyone know if this is the same "Sirpy" the MD??

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Can anybody tell the list of IR's upcoming projects

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Originally Posted by Sanjeevi

Wov Federer in the first set

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Yov Sanjeevi

Enna aachupa unakku ? this is not a sports thread :lol:

Namma Isainyani threaduppa :twisted:

Vem,
Thanks for the link on " KR's interview. I browsed around to see few more interviews also.
On the contraty to ur impression, I found his interview more interesting of all his interviews.
He was pretty much very straight forward,
About singers, I thought he mentioned more about limited range among male singers, than dearth of male singers, personally i think many will agree, the versatality like SPB is not evident among any male singers , although most of them are good on their own, Thipu probably may be the one who may come close.

About fav. songs, it is likely that he chose or asked to chose from non IR compositions
About using old or senior singers, I think he gave very reasonable answer, he just didn't want to use those who have achieved a lot already so he and others ( new singers) can try to achieve just like the senior singers
About dad's advice, I think that was the best confident answer one can expect from a guy born to a genious , he never sounded or even hinted that his dad's advice was unnecessary or bad, it was really a more mature way that he simply answered, he would rather learn from his own mistakes than other's advice.
About praising other MD's, once again he clearly answered in a very matured way with no traces of any ego ( an altered "gene" from IR perhaps), he mentioned about dedication of ARR on every song or project he is involved with, just like how also praised YSR's workholism, dedication. He added another statement saying that's why their songs are liked by people a lot.
About Cassette/CD sales,
again very opt answer, he even mentions about Itunes and the way music business should benefit everyone not just one or two individuals, very true which is why piracy plagues.
And my impression about KR's recent 2 albums, absolutely fabulous, it's just sad he hasn't gotten the due recognition, about BGM as ramki mentioned, P geethai, ullasam, DDD, Kudaikkul Mazhai and recently the dud Mercury pookkal ( some astonishing BGM) have great scores to educate the entire current crop of MDs .
Sila kuraigal....
I think he is just plain simple Lazy or not very market savvy , but I see him liked by a select set of people , like the " Mac" lovers
I hope he turns around to bounce back like how Steve Jobs did with "IPOD"

Sudhakarg:

Sirpi wrote the song "Malagale Nadhaswarnagal" in Kizhakka pogum Rail. He is a poet and he wrote several kaidhai thogoppu. His full name is Sirpi Balasubramaiam. He is a Tamil professor in Pollachi college.
Thanks.

Just one correction ..Mercury PokkaL BGM was done by Balabharathy ..
I forgot to emntion KudaikkuL Mazhai - Amazing !!!!