IR's Song of the day

Surprised no one has posted their comments about this beautiful song...swathy great pick again..next time i wunt be saying great pick as i have decided everything is great..:D

Prelude - The sweet strumming of the guitar is succeeded by the famous chanting of sa re ga ma
and then a vocal choir piece singing the charanams which is very catchy and at the same time soothing to hear. Good innovation by IR to include the sa re ga ma chants to give a different side to the song.

Interludes - The first interlude starts off with a delightful flute piece which combines with the guitar in the background well. Then there is a two combo with the flute-choir-flute-choir before the keyboard takes over....the village chanting at the end is a surprise end to the first interlude. The second interlude is actually a two counterpoint humming by the choir which then briskly flows into a mini concerto of various tamil instruments...the thavil...western drums and our urumi mellam...it is really a masterpiece by IR in the two counterpoint humming in the choir and the concerto.

Tune - The tune is instrumentated by a medium beating of the thavil...and is basically a tamil village folk song. But the real catch and genius at display is the use of the choir to make it sound like those songs in churches where the choir usually brings out the music whenever the lead singers sings...this is really innovative and a different attempt by IR as the lead singer's singing is accompanied by the choir which really does remind us of the church choirs..and to a certain extent the humming in african songs...brilliant by IR...:clap:

Swathy thanks for picking out a song that is really to say the least out of the world...especially the counterpoints in the second interlude and the choir implementation in the tune...:clap:

eru pudichavare -solo by PS is another beautiful song from this thriller

Have to admit that haven't heard this song before.

An interesting and a very good selection.. I was reminded of songs of similar genre such as Naan Pudiccha Maappillai (mundhanai mudicchu).. as this also happens like a fun-making song.

I liked Hulks dissection especialy the guitar strumming one. Raja has very intelligently mixed guitar with Sare-gama singing by the chorus and the same leads into an absolute native song.

Swathy, I understand your taste for Raja's nativity songs. Keep on the good work and thanks for introducing this song.

Thanks Hulks,rajesh and renault :-)

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Originally Posted by Renault

An interesting and a very good selection.. I was reminded of songs of similar genre such as Naan Pudiccha Maappillai (mundhanai mudicchu).. as this also happens like a fun-making song.

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YEah I too found the similarities between this and 'Naan Pudicha' song when i listened to it.
I saw the movie during a lazy afternoon telecast in one of the channels few months back.I missed the titles and some portion of the movie. Whenever i see an unknown movie[ atleast for me] from the late 70's or early 80's i try to concentrate on the BGM and song to find out who the MD is :) I was watching this movie for sometime and i knew it should be Raja the instant some BGM pieces came by. but I confirmed it only after listening to this song :thumbsup:
A classical example of fusion between Indian and western Classical with folk music. the transition or the fusion between these forms are seemless and nobody could categorise this into any of the genres.
On a side note when i started catergorising IR's songs in MP3 tag I found such difficulties... sooner i found them to be of the genre 'ILaiyaraaja' and now all my mp3 collection of Raja's songs are categorised and tagged as 'genre Ilaiyaraaja' :)
The choral work in this songs is amazing and I wonder why this man is not doing such works anymore :(
There is another song in this movie goes like 'Kalyaana raaman' which has got interesting lyrics and a fusion of western pop and tamil folk
Nice pick swathy :thumbsup:

nandri rajasaranam :-)

Date: May 15
Song: Poovaadai Kaatru Vandhu Kanam
Singers: Janaki. S.,Krishnachandar
Movie: Gopurangal Saayvathillai
Year of release: 1982

Link: http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=171720

Its another swathy gem...and its yet another dissection..nandris wathy..:notworthy:

Prelude - The prelude starts off with a single rhythm beat of a instrument which gives us the "wake-up" effect underlined by a katcheri like vocal chords by the singer reflecting on the love blossoming between the lead pair. And the sudden surprise is when your expecting a monotonous tune..the guitar comes out gleefully to depict the tune putting off the listener of any sad/katcheri song format.

Interludes - After a short two instrument combination by the keyboard and a harp like instrument the guitar takes off in the usual extraordinary format which is very melodious followed by a more slower strumming of the guitar which is pleasing on the ears. The second interlude starts off on a high pitched flute piece which descends to a low tempo with a percussion accompanying it to give the soothing jazz effect which then transcends into a fast paced melodious piece given two version displayed by the guitar then the keyboard which ends off the interlude on a different note.

Tune - This is one of the many famous catchy melodious tunes given by IR for us made even more sweeter by the lead pair's singing..especially the la la la chorus which is soft. The basic instrumentation is a very slow beating of the thavil and western percussions with a very very mild strumming of the guitar which accompanies the charanams...overall a beautiful masterpiece from IR with another mastering of the guitar particularly in the prelude and interludes...nanri swathy intha paathukaaga..:thumbsup:

Catchy tune. Has the male singer sung other songs? I don't think I've heard of his name before. He seems like a relatively new singer in the song.

KrishanChandar also sang another song i think is it 'Thendral ennai muthamittathu' :?