IR News and Other Titbits Ver.2009

No doubt it is going to be a poor show..

I would like Raja to confine himself behind screen and not "dance" to the wishes of his Jalras.

anyways, the most interesting screen appearance of Raja that I remember is in "Rettai vaal kuruvi".

Radhika would visit Raja's studio for voice testing. She is pregnant awaiting delivery very soon. Raja will ask her "oru keerthanai paadumaa". As soon as she starts singing, she will get labour pain. Raja will give a puzzled look for a moment. There it is cut.

Then she is admitted to hospital. A man from Raja's studio will call up Mohan to inform this. "Sir, unga wife Raja saara paakka vandhaanga"..Mohan on the other side "Rajavaa..endha Raja ?" :)

Nostalgic !

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/E...ow/4444364.cms

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You have remixed the hit Aayiram Thaamarai for the film Vaigai...
Sabesh: We haven’t remixed the song. We’ve just re-recorded it. When Ilayaraja composed Aayiram..., he used five tracks to record the song because of lack of advanced technology. When director Sundara Pandi asked me to remix the song, we weren’t willing to. Aayiram was a beautiful song and we didn’t want to mess with it. But, since the original version was monophonic, we couldn’t have used it as it is in Vaigai.
Murali: That’s when we decided to re-record it. Except for the lead singers, we recorded the entire song with the old crew. The musicians too were extremely happy. It isn’t that we aren’t interested in doing remixes. We don’t want people to forget the original version.

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This sounds really interesting, something which I wanted for certain IR songs...recording with modern tech while retaining the instrumental portion note-by-note. The singers cannot be the same for obvious reasons, and will definitely suffer. If they're replaced by sax kind of instrument, we'll probably get some collections like the Paul Mauriat ones...

Is the re-recorded 1000 thAmarai (by S-M) somewhere available on the web to sample?

Vaigai songs available at http://www.raagangal.com/.Ofcourse its a re-recording with something wrong about it.

Something wrong...?

The female lead singer selection itself is very wrong :)

ivargalellaam re-record seiyyaama yaar azhudhaa !

I agree with Raja fan. Anuradha Sriram is surely lacking the expression. Chorus and humming in prelude is not up the the original. Other things that is lagging behind are the first interlude, the brief usage of flute during the charanams.

Karthik comendable job

Overall the remake of the song does not create the same mood as the original one did. However I want many of Raja's songs to me remade with the better technology and accoustic instruments.

This seems to be a good start. Thanks Sabesh Murali.

Alaigal Oivathillai is one of the best recorded albums of IR. The original recording of this album is just compatible with any of the newer recordings. I wonder why Sabesh Murali chose to remake this song.

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Originally Posted by venkiks

I wonder why Sabesh Murali chose to remake this song.

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Original is mono (this is something I couldn't understand with IR as he was switching between mono and stereo quite a bit during the late 70's and early 80's and some of his greatest gems are mono...my guess is possibly to suit the predominantly AM radio those days)... and S-M can't use it as such and create a good impact on the new sound track it seems...

BTW, thank you rajaalltheway for the link. I'll give it a listen this evening...

I haven't listened to Sabesh-Murali's work yet.
But
Mono, Stereo.. whatever... please people DON'T TOUCH SHRI.IR'S MUSICALS. LEAVE THEM ALONE. THEY ARE PERFECT.
If HE wishes to enhance them, HE will do it. They are his creations.

I have decades old பிரியா, நெஞ்சத்தைக் கிள்ளாதே, உதிரிப் பூக்கள் , மணிப்பூர் மாமியார் ETC.... audio cassettes.

A WELL RECORDED CASSETTE SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

Some days I listen to them IN SONY TC WE475(NORMAL RANGE CASSETTE PLAYER) WITH DENON MID RANGE AMPHLIFIER AND MORTIN LOGAN HIGH END SPEAKERS, other days I have enjoyed them with a SONY audio cassette walkman while going for a walk... I have memories of listening to them from the near by tea shop blasting IR songs during my school, college days while crossing the street or sitting in my varaanda or bus travel.. etc.. MUSICALS always sound DIVINE! சுகமா இருக்கு for years....
அவரு என்ன மாதிரி தந்தாரோ அதுவே போதும்! :musicsmile:

All of you guys,
Offer us your own musicals, good & bad we embrace them.
:ty:
Vinatha.

The original is in Stereo :) and orchestration; Excellent

I'll listen to the original this evening in headphones to confirm whether mono or stereo :-)

It's long since I've listened to any song on headphones...mostly only on car, can't easily distinguish for old songs...

Alaigal Oyivadhillai, I have only DVD. :) .
Couple of songs from the movie in assorted collection CD.
whatever...

They are ORIGINALS, these people have no right to enhance or change or rehash or spoil :twisted: Shri.IR's works.

vinatha.