SS, sure no problem at all. I understood and glad that you pointed out. Unless you pointed out, I would not have known that. Second eye is always better. Thanks a lot. :smile: I know, I still have a lot to improve.
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SS, sure no problem at all. I understood and glad that you pointed out. Unless you pointed out, I would not have known that. Second eye is always better. Thanks a lot. :smile: I know, I still have a lot to improve.
Raagas-kann - just saw your writeup on Eduthu naan vidavaa. Exlend - anubavichu ezhudharadhungaradhu idhu dhaan. If V-S's writings sound like they come from an incredibly artistic brain, this one seems to have come from your heart. Yes, IR outdoes even SPB here. One of the best fun songs from IR ever. Sadly, he doesn't touch the same heights in fun songs much - infact, a lot of my juniors in college/office refer to him as "azhugai MD" post the Sethu phase wherein his "sad" songs became more popular than his other ones. yaanaiya enge thadavuromo, adhai thaane shapeA nenaikka mudiyum?
Yes, he is very intellectual in his approach.. I have to read raagas-kann's post.
Exactly. my theory is, happy, especially fun songs are very trend oriented and so seem to be eclipsed by newer and newer MDs. Sad, melancholic songs are done with standard/classic instruments and stand the test of time..so for a senior MDs only these songs are exposed to the younger generation. So the young tend to generalize that MD's output with it. It is quite likely the ratio of sad songs to happy ones was higher in the earlier days as well.. it is all because of the socio-economic situation of that time-period. Now the country is much better of, so we can all go to parties and dance clubs etc while in MGR movies only the rich and him wore suits and danced rock-and-roll, even though he turns against the rich (and ofcourse marries the rich man's daughter or sister :-) )
V_S, my least favourite song of the album and now, I have changed my mind thanks to you. Jeez man, the song sound so modern even now. The guitar here is very Barry-esque (style sollurEn, not copying), all of which we can use as evidence for him to compose for a Bond movie, come on folks....the second interlude, what drums and horns, and the OO7 guitar comes in, oh man....how did I miss them in the first place????
Thanks a lot Plum, kiru and grouch for your wonderful and generous compliments. Whenever I hear any Raja's song, it paints some analogy/landscape in me, thanks to the genius, but nothing intellectual or artistic (thanks to your generosity) Yetho andha time'la thOninatha ezhuthidren. Very glad you enjoyed it. Yes, coming to the interludes, it is top class, especially the second one, as grouch mentioned. Good to know grouch that the second interlude automatically brings in your favorite Bond in front of you. That's the beauty of the genius at work, for every one, he paints a different picture/perspective despite the song having the same mood and composed for only one situation.
Thank you very much raagadevan for reading and for your kind words of appreciation.:smile:
V_S - You keep bringing back my sweet 80s memories every now and then. Thanks a lot. I was just crazy about this number when Idhaya Koil audio released (We were all very eager about this film's audio as this was a Motherland creations, the makers of Payanangal Mudivadhilai, Ilamai Kalangal, Udaya Geetham, etc, where the Hero was none other than our Raaja!). When the audio released, "Oororam..." was the first pick with its hi-fi power packed orchestration. But Kaala poakkil, this song just started got erased from my "Must-hear" songs. The simple reason - the other classics in the film - Vaanuyarndha, Yaar Veettu roja, Naan Paadum Mouna Raaga & Kootathilae Koilpuar just drowned Oororama out of my list. Now with your analysis - it is right back in my favourite list. Thanks for reloading back this song back into my hit list.
Plum - If you go thru the list Raaja had sung in the initial phase of his career, most of them were fun-based and folk oriented ones (Oarampo, Vaadi en kappakilangae, etc). We got to know his other side of his singing only in the mid-80s with the advent of Amma based songs, Ramarajan, Raj Kiran, etc. And till date, I personally feel there is no other singer who can bring that sad feel and emotion 100% other than Raaja. Raaja's heavy voice and spot-on pronouncation is a big advantage for this type of singing. We became his adimais for these type of songs and it was quite natural that these songs were biggers hits than the other songs in the respective films (Eg. - Ponna pola aatha was the biggest hit of the film. Petha Manasu, Ullukkulae Chakaravarthi, Enge Sellum indha padhai, Un Kuthama, etc were on top of the hit song list of their respective films). And I can without any hestitation tell you - there was no one before Raaja and till date I am not finding any one who can do complete justice when it comes to singing sad songs. If your colleagues are calling him "Azhugai MD", there is no problem. It is in fact a tribute. It is not easy to make anyone cry with a 3 minute singing. But having said that, his humour filled songs, which may lag behind by a small margin when compared to Soaga paadalgal, has its own class. Some of the classical compositions of this genre have faded away to some extent. As a part of reviving this category, I am just revisiting some of these songs in this thread (with sub-title HUMOUR).
You are welcome raaga_kann. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, this song does not deserve to be left out. It's an all-rounder! :smile: