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DR,
It is a real pity that much of Raja's Malayalam output is not available on CDs. There was once a compilation of around 15 or so Raja songs which was probably released by HMV. I have been searching for that CD but no luck whatsoever. I have told everyone that if they get one of Raja's Malayalam CDs of the 80s or 90s they can buy one for me without hesitation. I will pay double the CD cost :D
Todays Pick:
Song: Vatta NIlavae
Film: Ilayavan
Singer: SPB and Swarnalatha
Year:2000
This song is good by the way the singers singing ..by listening I can observe that level are changing frequently.
IR doing gr8 job on the 2nd interlude.
another picks form this album is En Idhayam from unnikrishnan and Bhava
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00188.html
suresh,
I believe you are searching for notalogica collections of IR which was released by IR. pls search it internet..just 2 or 3 yrs back I have asked my friend to ordered from one site (they used to deliver only to US.).
I remember he was saying it was courier from koturpuram chennai :)
i could not able to recollect that site by googling it...it was something like indiandvd..something like this.
DR,
Thanks for the songs.
Friends - Thendram varum - Manjal poosum paatai vida
Thendral varum paatu - konjam adhigama pidikum.
Kallu kondoru pennu - arudhae - kaetadhu illai.
This is the first time. so no comments from me.
IR songs - Neraiya time kaetutu than sollanam.
Vatta Nilavae - indha paatai
Indha STOD thread la naanum solli iruken.
I love this song. very soft and sweet.
IR compositions and IR
Like - Coffee Bean - when it dissolves in the water,
it changes the water's quality.....
But it gives a fragmented water - we call it as Dikation..
Our IR is like a Coffee Bean...
Endha oru Composition lum - thannai karaithu,
pudhidhai - uru maatruvar....
indha paatum - andha madhiri dhan.
Hindustani type.. North touch.. anal apadi thondradhu.
IR touch il - adhu pudhiya piravi eduthu irukum.
Beautiful Soft Romantic Sivaranjani...
Thanks for the song DR...
For the first time trying to hear 'manjal poosum' after deliberately shutting off the Malayalam 'Friends' from my mind. 'manjal poosum' is a nice song and you can hear the Techno Baroque Raja that Ravi was talking about in his blog. Also in the 'thendral varum' song. My favourite in the album still remains 'poonkatre'.
Suresh,
Manjal poosum is my all time fav on that album as whenever I hear that song..I cannot hear other song after that for few hrs. :)
Todays Pick:
Song: Oor urangaum Nerathil
Film: Kanna Unnai Thedugiren
Singer: Ilaiyaraja
Year: 2000
Nice song even though it was sung by Hariharan..I am finding some lovely mood in IR version. Nice Percussion through out the song.
This album is another under rated album..it was difficult for me to pick one song from this album as songs were not in the kind of more dislike or more likely... but nice to hear all the songs.
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00265.html
KUT was a good album.
My pick is rAsathi rAsathi. Vanjikkodi is good, too.
manjaL poosum - best of tamil friends. The fact that it replaces shivamalli poovE which is unmatchable leads to a little neglect but it is a fine song, nevertheless.
Plum,
Very true about Malayalam 'Friends' and 'sivamallipoove'. It took me probably a couple of years to give 'manjal poosum' a good listen. The mere starting notes of 'sivamallipoove' is enough to get me into a state of ecstasy. One of the great synth works of Raja.
plum and suresh,
thanks for your comments.
Todays Pick:
Song: Oru Naal Oru Kanavu || Roja Poonthottam
Film: Kannukkul Nilavu
Singer: KJJ || Unni & Anuradha Sriram
Year: 2000
I am not able to choose one from the above two songs.
Oru Naal Oru Kanavu: simple tune, simple strings usage, simple beats but why this song is hitting to our heart with so forcefully? wonderful song.
Roja Poonthottam: Unni has done extensively good on this song. hell lot of instruments are doing magic through out the song in bits and pieces.(It reminds me the word of IR during the live prog of NBW "music should be fresh whenever you listen it")
Actually this album is one of the master piece of IR becasue all the songs are awesome, after huge gap I listened the songs and enjoyed every bit....
beautiful usage of synth and orchestration...on all the songs..
Its seems Raja and Fazil were in beautiful environment during the composition of these songs.
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00275.html
DR,
Thanks for the picks.
Kannukul Nilavu.........
Indha IR ai patri - Neraiya sollanam........
Vijay - IR - combo enaku romba piidkum....
En paiyanuku IR ai pidika arambichadhae - Vijay nala dhan.
He is Vijay Fan........
Indha pada paatai - first time kaetadhai - ennala maraka mudiyadhu...
Fazil and IR matum ilai. Nanum - Nalla oru circumstanc il
dhan firt time kaeten.
Mysure trip - November il.............
Beautiful Scenes. Greenaries...... Rivers...... Chamundi Hilllllll......
Naan nenaithu konden - Cool climate il kaetadhal, paatu
enaku romba pidithadho enru...........
kaNNukkul nilavu is actually better than the more succesful kaadhalukku mariyaadhai.
100% agree plum. in KM, I liked the chorus version of ennai thalatta (sangeetha Thirunaalo)
DR,
Nice selections both.
My another request. Movies like 'Kannukul Nilavu' had a decent airing. So I guess many people would have heard these songs. Can you dig up some rare movies like 'kanna unnai tedugiren' (which is rare for me :) ) That way lot of us would benefit from your post. You are doing a great job here. Hope you don't mind my request.
suresh,
I thought the same before posting but I felt most of the films are known to everyone..but let me try to post the rare ones..as we have only around 70 albums during this 10 yrs.
I am skipping the following albums from 2000
1. Hey ram (known to everyone)
2. karisakattu poovae (already posted the songs in SOTD)
3. karuvelam pookkal (already posted the songs in SOTD)
4. thirunelveli (already posted the songs in SOTD)
Suresh, not that way. I caught up with kaNnukkul nilavu after a long time. Sometimes, you need the trigger
Todays Pick:
Song: kaun Dagar
Film: lajja
Singer: latha mangeshkar
Year: 2001
Song take you to pain to the core..veena, violin, flute are playing the role and singing along with latha...
actually IR's resp on this movie is re recording and during RR, IR added this song..its IR's spl.
DR,
Superb pick, 'kaun dagar'. My only problem with the song is Lata. Don't get me wrong. I love Lata to death but not this Lata!! The tune is complex and the orchestration is lovely.
Plum,
I agree with you. Sometimes you need the trigger. My request to DR was my own 'nappasai' that I will get something new from his efforts. Since DR is covering other languages as well, I am sure we will get some good songs from Kannada / Telugu / Malayalam as well.
suresh,Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
I am with you. I felt latha is outstanding :) on this song due to her age...very good singer before hum aapke hain koun.
My opinion might be biased (from all the music that i had been listening to since i was a kid), but for me, the best of Lata stopped in early 80s. Her voice changed a lot in 80s (it did change in 70s too, compared to 50s, but composers did still used it to advantage since compositions have also changed). But once mid 80s arrived, the magnitude of change was enormous that I felt, she should have retired at that time itself (with due & humble respects to her phenomenal talent). My personal opinion though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devaraagam
And somehow I feel IR couldnt ever give a jewel of song to Lata. He did give few. I thoroughly enjoyed "Vazha Osai" or "Engirundho" or "Inge pon" etc. But..there hasnt been any GIGANTIC, out of the world composition that would befit her talent. He composed exceptional numbers for Asha Bhonsle though that makes you go "Wow!".. but somehow, he couldnt come up with equally phenomenal numbers for Lata. Vazha Osai comes close, but even thats a duet, where beauty of the song is co-shared by his orchestration, SPB etc. But there hasnt been a "This song must be heard for Lata Alone" kind of song... where the singer leaves an imprint more or atleast as much as composer. Asha did leave an imprint in songs like "Dilwale" (Mahadev) or "Mazhai Megham" (Sakkara Panthal) - a song as beautiful as dew drops on a winter morning.
Again My personal opinion though. :-)
Why go as far as LM, that too for South Indian languages ? Even for P.Susheela who is a legend, somehow I feel IR could not come up with an everlasting song like "oraayiram naadagam" from "sumathi en sundhari" which MSV gave. Vani Jayaram was fortunate to get a master piece of a song "en uLLil engo" from IR .
suresh,
I am finding only following movies in 2001 and most of the songs are we had discussed and posted already.
malayalam - kochu kochu santhoshangal
tamil - aandaan adimai (rajiyathil..which already posted in SOTD)
tamil - bharathi
tamil- Kaatrukku enna veli (no songs)
tamil - Kutti (already posted in SOTD.).
I happen to listen to the song "All the time" From Naadodi Thendral after a very long time. Sung by Malgudi Subha(Her first?).
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00389.html
Can this be consider as today's SOTD?
DR,
I think you can take the starting point around 1998 and continue with the SOTD. That way you may get some late 90s songs as well.
raagas and thumburu,
You are both right. My feeling is that it has to do with the way the song is tuned by a particular music director. Somehow I cannot think of P Susheela singing some of the gems sung by Janaki or Chitra. Or for that matter TMS singing the songs sung by SPB and KJY. I think Raja's tuning more suited his favorite singers, SPB, KJY, MV, SJ and Chitra. The one absolute gem for Susheela was 'vata patra sayiki'. Remember this was tuned for the lyrics and not the other way around. I think it is the same with Lata as well. Raja's tunes probably needed SJ and Asha more than Lata.
DR,
Suresh sonnadhai than nanum solla vandhen.
90- 2000 - idhai kaetal dhan 2000 2010 IR ai Unara mudiyum.......
so - 90s layum paadal sorleengala... Pl.............
I thought 'Karpoora bommai' ondru from keladi kanmani was a P suseela special that could sit easily into her top 50 songs.Quote:
Originally Posted by thumburu
Thinking of IR - PSuseela combo - one easily gets an impression that IR couldnt get the monstrous versatility and 'voice acting' that he got out of SJ. Psuseela did mostly what was required without much fuss but played it safe when it came to 'acting' in between singing.
DR,
Have we scared you away by our constant requests?!! Please do continue the series by highlighting whichever song catches your fancy. We need not worry too much about the time period
It not like it. I got stuck with my work :(
Todays Pick:
Song: Thookkam Engey
Film: Mahanathi
Singers: SPB and SJ
Year; 1993
Vocal portion of this song has little happiness with pain but music and its structure will give you the mood of complete joyfulness.
beautiful Rendition by two S and 2nd interlude.
as per my knowledge this song was not there in the movie but song gives the feeling that its the imagination of kamal and suganya when they meet in jail as song starts and ends with the conversations of crowd.
when we have list of albums where only audio is released, this is another category either song was not picuturised or removed due to film length :(
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00331.html
regarding time line. I will consider from 1991 as..i have lot of choice for me to go here and there. moreover earlier 90's Raja used to compose around 50 films per year and due to this lot of good albums/songs were gone as unnoticed.
Todays Pick:
Song; Vaanam Vaazhthida
Film: Chinna Maapillai
Singers: SPB and SJ
Year:1993
This is another song which was not available in the movie.
Songs starts with rain drops and slowly the drops will change to thalam and flute helps this transition is beautiful. blissful voice of SPB which is not dominating music and completely under the control of music arrangements.
I feel IR used the same structure of saranam in some other song which I am not able to recollect immediately.
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00092.html
Todays Pick
Song; Ghana kuiley
Film: Pooncholai
Singers:
Version 1: IR
version 2: Unnikrishnan & Bhava
Version 3: SPB & Bhava
Year:1997
This is a good melody with less music arrangement but the IR keeps the melody through out the song.
This is a change to get to know how different singers are singing the same song and who bring the feeling.
This is another album made only for IR fans
(Movie was not released). I believe it was produced by Gangai Amaran and Venkat prabhu as Hero.
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00507.html
Additional Picks; Un Perai Kettaley from Bhava and yugendran and Chinna Thambi from SPB
DR,
as u told. "This is another album made only for IR fans "
Release agadha film ku unga coments - really nice.
'gaana kuyile' is an excellent song. This is the song I keep pointing to people who say that Raja should not sing. Of all the versions, Raja's is the best and he brings in the required emotion effortlessly in his singing. His singing has that 'kattupaadu' which gives great shape to the song.
Nice selection DR. This is one song which every IR fan must know.
Todays Pick:
Song:Kaattu Vazhi
Film: Athu Oru Kanakkalam
Singer: IR
Year:2005
Good Interludes even though its been reproduced for Paa, when you hear this along with percussion arrangements and strings used..it gives good feeling.
Lyrics is very good and the way IR singing is different in terms of its modulation.
http://thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBIRR00062.html