Just listened to the "katha idhu vara" samples on the web -
THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE!
Just listened to the "katha idhu vara" samples on the web -
THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE!
"Almost north african"
AdinnA? :lol:
Central african?
Just near north africa in the indian ocean
Just above north africa in south europe?
Pacific ocean?
Ascribing date and place to music - and making it sound like a big deal - a modern disease for tn music fans
Gounderspeak:
North african drum north african papdthula use pannikkayenda. Inga vandhu enga thalaiyila endA adikkaringa andha ooru melatha?
Plum, enna seyya, ungala maadhiri disease-free location'la naan illai. North African music incidentally is characterized by Algerian music, though it's unfair to attribute it to that country alone. For starters, try these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_North_Africa
Putumayo's North African Groove collection: http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_i...p?album_id=200
Cherishing "Aaro" song. The way "Aaro" word is tuned is fantabulous. The entire song tune structure is very melodious. Initial humming of Chitra took me to back to humming of (Janaki??) in the song "Vaanuyarndha Solaiyile" song of Mohan movie.
Music in his recent Jazzy style is extremely pleasing. Loved both the interludes.
thanks,
Krishnan
Aaro paadunnu dhoore is superb , just what we expect from raaja - melodious and yet fresh and yet vintage ;)
Aaro paadunnu dhoore is bring fresh feeling and going to be yet another golden song from satyan and IR combo, ksc starts the humming beautifully and in the 1st interlude, as rajaaltheway said touching mudi mudi but I felt its for very short and immediately coming back from mudi mudi to aaro paadunnu pattern. I like the way song is ending....
Hari and KSC are sensible singer to understand rajas expectation.
Mazha Megam is another melody and IR is done very good job in the 1st and 2nd interludes. sweta is rendering beautifully.
Kizhakkumala is remind me thira thallipoyalum from bagyadevata. I do not know why....
Wish i knew a bit more of the nuances and technical aspects of Raajas'music :( a la Sureshji...Iam taking 80% of my words back,after 3 days of listening AARO is numer one in my playlist.. thiss 3 decade mature Domaine Romanée-Conti served in Swarowski crystal glass.. Sureshji...:notworthy:
rajaalltheway,Quote:
Originally Posted by rajaalltheway
Wish I knew more about Romanee-Conti :) but I get what you are saying. I was more than convinced that for a person as deeply seeped in Raja's music as you, it was only a matter of time before 'aaro' became your favourite. You described it well. Vintage wine in a modern container. What freshness, what fragrance, what a taste. So, can someone blame us if we get intoxicated by this high brew? !!!
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Originally Posted by Sureshs65
திரு சுரேஷ்,Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
தனி ஆல்பம் என வரும்போது ராஜா இப்படியெல்லாம் முயற்சி எடுக்கட்டும் என நான் எனது எண்ணங்களை பதிவுசெய்த போது நீங்கள் ஒருவிதமாக எனக்கு பதில் அளித்துவிட்டு, இப்போ உங்கள் எண்ணங்களை வசதியாக முன் வைப்பது முரணாகத் தெரியவில்லையா? என்னமோ போங்க! மாமியார் உடைத்தா மண்குடம். மருமக உடைத்தா பொன்குடமா!
Venki,
Suggesting a musical idea to Raja for an album and wishing for a better technical recording (or synth usage) in songs are two different things. As different as the 'mamiyar' and 'marumagal' that you allude to :D Do you really not understand the difference or are you just acting the 'mamiyar' part effectively :D
i sont know the musical part of it...wish if i would have known..i would have got an oppurtunity to appreciate his music much more.
Kadha Thudarunnu songs
ennamO avvalavA pudikkala
Isn't 'ஆரோ, பாடுன்னு தூரெ' pallavi a recycle of 'கீதா, சங்கீதா' ?
How dare you !Quote:
Kadha Thudarunnu songs
ennamO avvalavA pudikkala
What an refreshing album ! That Karthik song ! Wow...how beautiful !
Underwhelming.
Also caught up with Suryakanthi and Bhagyada Bhalegara - also underwhelming.
Have caught up now with these 3 plus Malleppoovu, the telugu one, azhagar malai, valmiki
Anything else in the last 2 years? (Suresh?)
Hello Guys,
What is wrong in the "Kadha Thudarunnu" album by Ilayaraja sir.
The songs are apt for the malayalam story and situation , remember it is a malayalam movie, not a hyper subject movies.
Even the karthik song is good having the required pace.
I like it better than other ------ coming out recently.
Someone sign him for a mega budget and give him his required cost, he will make our ears go crazy..............
I have a good story with "out of the box" narration, if anybody knows how to approach the flim producers, give me a lead and will sign IR, we will change the trend - SERIOUSLY.
:D
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Originally Posted by raja_fan
:lol: ori kai kuraiyuthunnu enniya koottu serkkureengalA
Plum,
Not sure if you have heard 'kannukulle', 'madhiya chennai' , 'chal chalein' and 'jaganmohini'. Given that I have not seen comments from you about these movies, it is possible that you have not yet heard them. My belief is that you will probably find them underwhelming as well, except probably 'Jaganmohini'. But still worth a listen.
appu is right in the sense that Raja is scoring for Sathyan's film and not for a separate album as such. In case this movie is like 'Bhagyadevatha' I am sure the songs would be liked by all. As I had said in my review, Sathyan seems to following the same pattern when it comes to songs and Raja is giving him what he wants. I am liking the songs a lot and I am not complaining.
I can understand people not being immediately taken in by the songs and not finding the songs 'new'. Fair enough. But for me, if I forget about the 'new' aspect, the melody in each of the songs is amazing and I am enjoying them thoroughly.
How dare you!!! I don't understand why Karthik, the great singer, sang that completely rehashed song. This movie will bring down Sathyan, just as I predicted for 'Bhagyadevatha'. There is nothing left in Sathyan or Raja. This is what I have been saying for the past few movies of their combination!!! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Hi Folks!
Been a real long time since I visited hub. Hows everyone doing?
I dont think i can catch up with all the posts here.. :) But interesting to know that there is a new IR album. Any links for online listening? (till the time i get the cd).
Thanks Suresh for a review. Helps me :)
Is there anything else i missed? Any album or important news-bit?
Raagas,
Don't worry !
This thread was once a very dynamic thread. Always there was some new IR album to be discussed.
Nowadays, it is more like a mega serial..Something will be happening, but nothing new. You can always return and find the same place you left ;)
Please wait for the cd to arrive at your place and then listen. It may not even come to your place. Please contact Star music in cbe to get ur cdsQuote:
Originally Posted by raagas
Else u wud irke people like VEL :D
raagas,
Check your pm.
raja_fan,
Your analogy to mega serial is apt. The actors also remain the same and some disappear for a short while and re-appear :lol: And I don't need to expand about characters whose only job is find faults. We should probably think up a good name for this serial and also a good title song :D
Karthik of itwofs, gives a positive review: http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2010/04/...lam-ilayaraja/
Bottomline: "Yet another thoroughly enjoyable Raja soundtrack for Sathyan Anthikkad."
[quote="kameshratnam"]thanks for being my 'unpaid' PR :D Happy to have effected some positive change.Quote:
Originally Posted by raagas
Yes :)Quote:
raja_fan,
Your analogy to mega serial is apt. The actors also remain the same and some disappear for a short while and re-appear And I don't need to expand about characters whose only job is find faults. We should probably think up a good name for this serial and also a good title song
And I don't need to explain about characters who overact/overreact for every paasakkaatchi and some mokkai comedians ;)
Appreciate your sense of humor. Didn't know you could laugh at yourself ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by raja_fan
Getting back to the music. Listen to the karoake version of 'aaro'. As one friend pointed out, there is no way you can dream that a melody like 'aaro padunnu' could have been overlaid on this rhythm!!! Especially when the beat is following the charanam. I mean, you will definitely think of some other song structure if you listen to the beat alone. But when you hear the song with the beat it fits in so well!!
I love the rhythm for the charanam of 'mazhamega' song. Very well done. Some synth could have been probably avoided but overall loving this song as well.
I give up.Quote:
Appreciate your sense of humor. Didn't know you could laugh at yourself
As always, I didn't start this loop of attacking any hubber in specific.
I sincerely hope you will find enough time to discuss about IR and his music, if only you forget about targeting me ;)
Vicky's take on 'aaro paadunno' song. As usual, he expresses his view in his own inimitable style.
http://ragadevan.blogspot.com
[quote="vel"]U dont realize the pathetic situation...kerala is near TN and i cannot get the cds in chennaiQuote:
Originally Posted by kameshratnam
appram enna peria original cd kelu....dont support piracy...
That something is not available does not mean you resort to illegal ways to get it...you should use other legal alternatives. (according to your logic pocket'la panam illadhavan thirudalam...WELL, THATS' DEFINETLY NOT OK..)
http://www.kadhathudarunnu.com/
Visit the above website for the promo.
It seems promo title track is scored by ashwath and not thalaivar. :banghead:
I think somebody commented (rajallatheway i gues ) abt the similarity of aarao song from KT to mudhi mudhi . I find the orchestration of this song much more closer to heart , what we expect from raaja . Im just dead tired of hearing these cooked songs with wonderful sounds , but nothing to heart.
After multiple listenings, still not impressed enough to consider this in the same level as Bhagya devata. But I agree with Suresh here - the pallavi is hindi-ish. More specifically, the same form of music as the Sonu Nigam Song from Sangharsh (Pehli pehli baar balliyE, the portion which goes rabba maino pyAr hO gayA...haiii..dil beqarar ho gaya). I dont know what they call it - khayal or some form of ghazal or sort of Punjabi Ghazal or whatever it is. But it certainly has a name, which escapes my mind now. But then, typically, Raja digresses into other forms and ends up with a variation of Twinkle Twinkle little star!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
As a foreign critic, asked to review a IR CD(possibly by our own irir123) said something to the tune of he is disturbed by the straddling across multiple genres in 30-45 seconds, I feel I am failing to keep pace with the thought process of Raja. Maybe, exposure to modern indian film music has left me unable to process the complexity in Raja's composition. Maybe, I'd prefer the plainer Bhagya devata where there was more of sticking to the genre and style of the song throughout. Maybe thats the effect of constant exposure to hook-based modern indian film music!
It is, perhaps, no surprise, then, that Kizhakku mala is the song that has appealed most to me from this album.
As always Milliblog's Karthik writes a very crisp take on the album: "Aaro paadunnu dhoore – Kadha thudarunnu (Malayalam – Ilayaraja)
Ilayaraja seems to be reserve some of his choicest melodies to Malayalam, that too, to Sathyan Anthikkad, in particular. This soundtrack has just 3 songs (if you ignore the Karaoke versions) and each one is so vintage Raja that you wonder why he strangely nixes his Tamil compositions. The choice of Hariharan is a masterstroke in Aaro paadunnu and the tune has just the fine tinge of melancholy that makes it a great listen!"
http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2010/05/...ns-april-2010/
>>The choice of Hariharan is a masterstroke...
Hmm..I could never stand Hariharan. This song, however, is a true delight, a little drip drip of honey...I still don't care for Hariharan's voice.
Gokul.