IR's Song of the day

Thanks vasanth :-)

Date: May 23
Song: Then Paandi Thamizhey En Singaara Kuyiley
Singers: Chitra.K.S,Yesudas.K.J
Movie: Paasa Paravaigal
Year of release: 1988

Link:: http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=135003

:-) Very nice Song ! Good Choice Swathy !

This song is so dear to me...often in repeat mode on the car...very soothing...the "special effect" sounds in the first interlude (flute? keyboard? synthesiser?) is awesome and I used to wonder as to what instrument is this, when it got released...I have same question till now...though it's similar to the "vizhiyilE malarndhadhu" flute sound (one that comes just before the saraNam begins as `kaiyaLavu pazhuththa mAdhuLai'), one cannot conclude it's flute...(may be pan flute?)...

tabla beats...hmmm...I can keep listening to them for any amount of time...udalukkum manadhukkum nanmai payakkum isai...

Chitra is awesome, especially bringing in so much power to the song when she starts 'vAzhththi unnaippAdavE...'. Dasettan is as cool as ever, scoring another smoothie...

only chinnappisiRu, IMHO, is the way Chitra says `ravi vaRRRmAvin Ovium'...konjam vallina Ra pOl enakkuththONum...otherwise a perfect song...

Nice soothing song. Thanks.

Its a gr8 song Swathy..

The lyrics, tune and the voices perfectly merge and the song is a treat to hear..

Swathy....thanks for picking another gem..i used to listen to this song when i was young..but i did not know the movie..thanks for reminding me...:thumbsup:

Prelude - The Veenai intro is truly mesmerising to say the least. It is melodious and at the same time catchy...you just feel like IR uses the veenai like the bass guitar at times..the tempo he uses for this veenai piece just sticks into your mind straight away..another instance is in the start of the namthana namthana song where the veenai is used as a pacey instrument. The flute then ends the prelude with a slight adaptation of the tune with the usual vintage IR touch.

Interlude - The keyboard used in the first stanza depicts delightness like a butterfly flying..the whole piece just gives you that feel and it is then contradicted by the more soulful sounding violins piece which just moves between melancholy and delight. IR is adept at using interludes to tell two tales of feelings using his instrumentation and orchestration like one instrument playing the delightful version before another instrument showing it in a more different manner with innovative notes. The chorus ends this interlude in the same style as the violins. The second interlude starts with a violin playing high and low the whole way before it complements the chorus. The chorus is actually the same adaptation of the violins of the first interlude with the voices being more melancholic while the violins were somewhere in between. The flute and veenai end this interlude with the flute playing the charanam and the veenai ending it very swiftly. Innovative orchestration as usual by IR..:thumbsup:

Tune - The tune is instrumentated by the tabla with the violins coming at times to heighten the feelings. Basically this is a melancholic romantic melody with KJY sounding his usual style. Yesudoss is the singer who actually makes a difference with his monotonous singing at the soulful parts and a totally contradicting more delightful and soothing singing in the pallavi. Chitra only has little verses to sing but as usual she compliments the yesudoss with her notable flair.

Basically one of IR's best unsung gems which is one of his genre...I think it is safe to say that even under melodies IR ha created various genres like catchy,pacey and melancholic melodies...this is just one of them.
Thanks for this brilliant song swathy..:clap:

thenpandi thamizhe good lyrics by vaali
and KJY &KSC does justice

Thanks bingle,app_engine,aruna,rami,hulks,rajesh :-)

Date: May 26
Song: Oh unnale naan penn aanane
Singers: Mano,Uma Ramanan
Movie: En Arukil Nee Irundhaal
Year of release: 1991

Link: http://music.cooltoad.com/music/song.php?id=203452

My comments: Beautiful romantic song which I like to listen when I am alone or when I travel. I enjoy each bit in this song. I expect Hulks to explain in detail abt the flute, violin etc.