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@V_S and Suresh - love you guys :-) Actually hanging with folks like you here has some 'rasanai' finally rubbed off on me.
chirugaali and gaajula - childish ? - hmm. Just the oh oh humming in chirugaali is worth the album cost and I thought Vijay has done his father proud. gaajula - the singer does a good job..really enjoying it - not to mention you wont know what sort of a rhythm you are listening to any time.
kiru,
No rubbing off and all. You have always had great rasanai and honestly don't need any help in this direction :)
Yes, the humming in 'Chirugali' was worth the album cost. I personally feel this is one of the best songs of Vijay Jesudas. (He is good in 'Oru Chiri Kandal' as well). 'Gajula' is sung by Manjari. Her voice, not very malleable, suits such songs very well. ('ambum kombum', 'thamara kuruvikku' are other songs which suit her.) For some reason Raja has not been using her much. But she has done some superb songs under Raja's baton.
IMG, she has stopped singing after marriage (i.e. for films)...I remember posting her marriage pic in one of the threads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Well, here we have the contemporary Mallepoovu being discussed while the other thread is seeing some lovely poetry meeting classic tunes.
Now, I’ve been tripping on another offshoot, quite tangential to these two - some spicy AP gonkura! After a sumptuous dose of Swarnakamalam, I happened to bump into one Mr. Kondaveeti Donga and from then on it’s been Chamaku Chamuku running in a loop. No poetic lyrics or soft romance here, instead what we have here is a celebration of love in pure kitsch form! Subtlety, take a moment’s rest please!
I haven’t seen the movie, but going by the lyrics, the movie title, Megastar and Vijayshanti listed as the lead actors, one can safely assume this one to be a dance number from a late 80s/early 90s potboiler. Raaja does what is expected of him in such a situation - a nice masala ‘beats’ song. But if that was all he had to offer, he wouldn’t be the Raaja of music, would he! The man lays down a beat worthy of a legshake and then sneaks in his magic. He selects a classical ragam and weaves the tune to it (MMG base, some site says MMG’s janya - Malahari of Lambodhara lakumira fame, in which case, would this be the only film song set to this ragam?). That isn’t all, he lets his bass do the talk right through the song - plucks and slides and taps - the bass is quite literally the 3rd singer in the song! A dash of intoxicating saxophones and violins, and the dish is ready to serve - piping hot, tear dripping spicy Gonkura rice!
Manjari, never been a big fan of her singing, but I love the song Ketkavillaya from Madhu in which she does fine. But it's Raaja who steals the show with his effortless singing. :bow:
KV,
That Chamaku Chamaku is one amazing composition. It is probably the 'finest' example to show someone what kind of 'commercial' music did Ilaiyaraaja essentially give to telugu people. Ilaiyaraaja is probably the only composer, in Telugu film industry, who could strike that amazing balance between mass and class. This song, is actually a mass song because it was from a commercial potboiler film, with Chiranjeevi. The lyrics too underscore that. But what does this composer do? He chooses a classical raaga. Adds a thumping rhythm. inserts a mind-boggling slap-guitar and no, it is not just playing the same note - but its notes progress to higher scales and also lower. Bloody goose-bumpy. That slap-guitar is, according to me, the USP of the song. The interludes are stunning. And look at the way he allows the string orchestra to take an ascent as counter-melody in the background when the lines "Bandham vesthaava, alle andham tho". And the way he brings the charanam to a closure - ILAIYARAAJA ONLY! PERIOD! I am not much a fan of other songs in that film, but this particular song pretty much makes up for it!
PS: The outstanding opening of the song from 0:01...right to the point where vocals start... that entire portion - that piece is a ring-tone on my phone. And it is the first ringtone I ever made myself (i mean, cutting from a song), back in 2005. :-)
KV and aakarsh in terrific form. Wonderful write-up on chamaku chamaku. :clap: You have given me listening assignment in the evening. :wink:
Thanks. I can already smell the hot venkaya pappu, mouth-watering gonkura pulusu, tomato perugu paccidi in chamaku chamaku and in your writings. :smile:
aahaa "ketkavillaya" and "nilavai sutri" - gems from Madhu - finally found someone who would stand up for these songs in these parts of the woods.. nandri hai KV.Quote:
Originally Posted by KV
Chamaku Chamaku is bloody awesome
Drolling over those guitar slap bass , also feel there are some scale changes happening , absolutely terrific
This man is astonishing
V_S ji , I think you are the best person who can answer this question , since you have this neat playlists.
As i was listening to this song Darling I love You from Aaradhanai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4od8G12GSeg
Was wondering what are all the full fledged English lyrics songs composed by Maestro.
Some which i can think of are
1) Darling I Love You - Aaradhanai
2) I Want to tell You Something - Anand
3) Sing Swing - Moodupani
4) Angel - Kaverimaan
Im sure there should be much more.
Please add to the list
skr,
me help?
Please add swing swing of moodupani to the list :-)
Also, there was some question about Dr Kalyan - I think the singer of this song is him...
This is not a totally angrEji song, but Dr Kalyan in it:
baby shake it baby of kALi
App & skr,
There is also a female singer in that song. By any chance, do we know?
skr, I will try to get more on English songs by Maestro.
Yes App ,
Help definitely needed :)
Ive already listed Sing Swing , im sure there should be more apart from the 4 ive listed (expecting atleast 7 to 8 or more than that)
Im sure ive heard one more but mind la varala ippo :think:
1) Darling I Love You - Aaradhanai
2) I Want to tell You Something - Anand
3) Sing Swing - Moodupani
4) Angel - Kaverimaan
Anand song is only part english - me thinks..Quote:
Originally Posted by skr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5yT9ZAr3-Q
searching for raasa englipeesh songs - i came across this one - again multi language song on AIDS. marred by a concert noises... clear version venume. yaaraachum adhai post pannungappa..
V_S , yes there is a female singer too , i will try to find out and let you know the singers name.
Looking forward to the list of English songs
Thanks App , i think this was what i was looking for , i think we can classify this too as its more or less English
If im right there's another Baby English song composed by Maestro (full fledged one)
Jai , Thanks for the Aids Awareness song
Btw I want to tell you something Pallavi is fully in English only , the charanam portion is in Tamil
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer...4'&lang=en
Ok updating list
1) Darling I Love You - Aaradhanai
2) I Want to tell You Something - Anand (Partly Pallavi fully Englipish , other parts Tamizh)
3) Sing Swing - Moodupani
4) Angel - Kaverimaan
5) Shake it Baby - Kali (Partly in English)
6) Aids Awareness song
If you're talking about the baby (kALi) song, it's SPB's sister :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
V_S , I just messaged Krish asking about the female singer for this song and this was the reply
It is the same Dr.Kalyan modulating his voice into a feminine one. Same person sang Sing Swing and many other disco/night club songs for Raaja.
Raaja had the best resources. Viji Manuel sir says Dr.Kalyan never sings for anybody else. That is the respect everyone have for Raaja because he is the best. They wouldn't work with anybody else simply because they don't want to reduce their standards.
skr,
There's this song for veLLaikkAri in nAdOdiththenRal...there may be one or two Thamizh lines :-)
App,Sorry I was referring to Aaradhanai song which skr posted. skr, thanks for information. Unbelievable, that Dr. Kalyan sang like a female, it was so perfect. Very interesting!
After listening some of his english songs like sing swing, I Love you
Oh God, why he stopped to compose english songs? Unlike fusions he usually compose, they seems pure western songs. Are not they?
BTW thiruvasagam's Polla Vinaiyen has english part :)
Punnagai Mannan song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMUgockyL8k
What is this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sp46jzLsTI
a comment says it is from movie, Manasellam
This perhaps is the first ever - http://thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp...4'&lang=en (Disco sound from Dharmayuddham). Rap bits ellaam irukkum indha song-la :-)
Skr please check your pm inbox
Thanks for the contibution guys ,
Ok updating the list further
1) Darling I Love You - Aaradhanai
2) I Want to tell You Something - Anand (Pallavi fully English , other parts Tamizh)
3) Sing Swing - Moodupani
4) Angel - Kaverimaan
5) Shake it Baby - Kali (Partly in English)
6) Aids Awareness song
7) All the Time - Nadodi Thendral
8) 1234 Now - Punnagai Mannan
9) Disco Song - Dharma Yudham
San_K , I checked Manasellam movie in Thiraipaadal , there is no song like that.
Can anybody say Whether the Love is the Meaning song is indeed by IR ?
There's another "pallavi only englees" number in Anand (even anupallavi in Thamizh):
hEy you come to me
Not for the list, just came to mind in the context. (Also, 1987 is the running year in SPB-IR thread...)
(ippidiyE pOnA, 'darling darling darling... I love you' of Priya mAthiri neRaya varum, they won't qualify for what you are looking for I think).
There is a tamil version too - I am not good with movie names.Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
@aakaarsh - what sort of a guitar is used in chalakku chalakku song in chemparuthi ? I was thinking it is the standard electric guitar.
@Suresh - any mohanam songs in chal chalein ?
Janma sabhalyam adainthen! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:Quote:
Originally Posted by aakarsh
All songs of Kondaveeti Donga on loop. Kolo kolamma kaLLa another adrenaline booster. My favorite with added attraction, SJ's singing. Second interlude top notch! Sri Anjaneyam has some terrific bass lines with again mind-blowing sax and Tippu toppu lookku is another take on Rock-n-Roll. First time, all these adrenaline numbers including chamaku chamaku take on single melodious Subhalekha. Normally any single melody will win over many fast numbers, but here it is the other way round. A single chamaku chamaku alone wins hands down, added to other fast numbers, that's where Subhalekha could not stand. But in no way Subhalekha is an inferior composition, just that the mood of other songs took up the whole soundtrack with a massive mandate. Thanks KV and Kamal for reminding this one.:smile:
Deadly song this one! Thanks Nerdy! (They could've gone a bit easy on the moaning sounds, though. Kittathatta 'enakku ara naal leave venum, mood seri illa' rangeku irukku :oops:). Though the song predominantly sticks to jazz/rock n' roll style, he puts in some kerala style drums and mrudangam towards the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
San_k, with you on that observation. Most of these English songs (atleast the ones sung by Dr. Kalyan) are almost like full-fledged rock n roll or jazz numbers with very little Raaja trademark multi-threading in them!
And thanks for the tit-bit on Dr. Kalyan. The gentleman surely sounds like a vocalist of a professional music band. It's very easy to spot the ease and difference in his pronunciation and singing when compared to the regular playback singers (SPB/Janu engliss n all :oops:, but not their fault really!).
Same pinch, V_Sji. I found it impossible to recognize if Swing swing was sung by a guy or a lady, and then I finally gave up! Not even Tracy Chapman created so much confusion!Quote:
Originally Posted by V_S
@V_S,
IIRC, "Subhalekha' was the biggest hit from the album.
@kiru,
I don't think I heard any Mohanam in 'Chal Chalein' songs.
Suresh ji,
I agree, Subhalekha is the most popular. :smile: Sorry, I didn't make my post clear enough. That post was my interpretation and not the real fact. Subhalekha was the first song I heard from that film when I was doing my college. One of my friend who worked in Hyderabad that time, used to introduce all IR's telugu songs. When he introduced Subhalekha we were immediately taken by that song. In later weeks, when he introduced other songs from the same film, we could not go back to Subhalekha much absolutely felt the adrenaline rush, hence my post.
Thanks San_K for reminding 1234 now. I just noticed the rhythm section is quite complex. to the extent that there are 'counterpoint' rhythms. Could be to reflect Kamal & Revathi's different dance patterns..
An article from The Hindu about Chennai based music bands back in the days, some featuring Dr. Kalyan and Dr. Samuel Grubb (the one who sang Amjad Khan's part in En Jodi from Vikram and Anne anne sepoy anne).
This song, NBW, HTNI and some songs were used as filler songs by those days recording centers. If there will be gap in a side of 60 / 90 audio cassetes, they will fill with these songs. And still I am remebered by 'the next song' when playing some (99% IR) song, I mean the recorded order in a cassette. Sweet memories of those days :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RR
This is one of my all time favorite songs. Breezy, I am enamored by the mellow singing by Chitra :bow:
suganubavamaana oru gaanam... I have been wanting to write about this song. Very apt to be listened in the morning. The ice-cream like sweet flute which flows through out the song.. mesmerizing guitar... and the lyrics are quite good too...
It gives the refreshing feel of a misty, beautiful morning for me.
Thiraipaadal has given examples of other songs based on this Raaga, NadaBhairavi... The list of the songs seems like an array of a delightful ride....
I have seen the song in YT, Ramarajan movie. The song comes for Saritha in the movie, Can't remember what was the story about ? Any idea any one ? Thanks .... :)
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00545&lang=en
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/playlist...%AE%BF&lang=ta
Listening to "Kolusu konjum Raagam" from Chinna durai - a 1999 unrecognized gem by raasa.
It is one word AWESOME. Never heard this song all these times - this awesome melody has been
sung in the most smooth manner by Unni Krishnan and Devi (???). I would classify it along with
the new age - tribal fusions Raaja has done in Bhoomigeethe (kannada movie). Another striking aspect
is the way chorus track has been shaped - with all the care and they sing on par with the lead singers.
Awesome song.. gonna be on my playlist for a while now..
Another breezy melody from the same movie
Pakkathula - http://thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer.asp...2'&lang=en
SPB 0 Uma Ramanan duet.
What strikes me is the way synth blends nicely - reminds me of Sethu songs.
But the cake is taken by the ingeniously created charanam.
The melody makes a route and when we expect it to proceed in one direction, Raaja changes its direction like
a master kite flier adjusts the trajectory of the kite - Awesome..