Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

in the movie version, anthi mazhai song starts with the chorus singing of the kids and then miruthangam, then the another "ho ho ho ho hohohooo " chorus which ome pple here are saying needless. Even i too agree with it! somehow that doesnt merge with the song. IR wud have used alternatives.

but thts my ( and few other's) feelings. rajavai kadavulaa kumbidura naanga, avar isayil ippadi chinna chinna nollai solluvom. athunaala we dont become ass! silarukku ithu pidikkalaam, silarukku ithu pidikkaamal pogalaam. ithayellaam vechi engalai mudivu panna koodaathu!

ananth,

A nice twist in the tale :lol:

OK guys, I think we have all expressed ourselves quite succinctly about the chorus portions. Let's not beat this dead horse (or is it a dead ass) any further and move forward by discussing about these interesting links.

Here are a couple of interesting links. I took this from a post of Dr. Vijay of Ilaiyaraja Yahoo Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5o4Ri5BL_o : Raja's speech at the 'Om Shanthi' music release

http://www.jeyamohan.in/?p=5025 : Jeyamohan's response about Raja's music. (We have read parts of this earlier.)

‘கண்ணில் பார்வை’ பாட்டு இருந்திருந்தால் அம்சவல்லியின் தனிப்பட்ட வாழ்க்கையும் அந்தரங்கமான ஆசைகளும் பதிவாகி படத்தின் உச்சகட்டம் இன்னும் வலுவாக அமைந்திருக்கும் என்பது என் எண்ணம்.

Appadi Podu !! Well Said.. What a song !!

By the way as we come to the close of the year .. my top 4 songs for 2009 are Kannil Paarvai / Aadhi usha/ Kunnathe/Mudi Mudi ..

Happy holidays/New year everyone !

Cheers
MSK

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Originally Posted by rajasaranam

Excerpt From the Frontline 1987 Interview :

Q : Then how do you define music?

A: Music is nothing but sound. There is music in the bark of the dog. There is music in the walk of every human being. Music is not a subject to be discussed. It has to be experienced. The universe is one which has its own rhythm pattern, and it goes on in a cyclic fashion without losing its equilibrium. Similarly,sound is ultimately a solitary note. It is not ascending. It is not descending. It is not vertical. Nor is it sinusoidal. It is dynamic. Yet this dynamism defies our general perception. We human beings have lots of limitations. We are able to perceive only the sounds within the audible frequency. There are notes above and below that. We forget them. Man has fragmented this solitary note into seven notes of the octave.Listen to the howl of the dog. Doesn't it have a swara prashta. Sa Re Ga.(Ilaiyaraaja sings and shows the similarity) There is no difference between the howl of the dog and the songs of vidwans. Actually, I have written a script in which i have recorded in what raga a dog barks on various occasions. This proves my theory - music is nothing but sound.

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depending on how you look at it, the above are either the ramblings of a man afflicted with bipolar disorder, or, the deliberate mischievous banter of a man who is teasing his interviewer with mystical stuff (over which noone dare ask a question) - this is my humble opinion - of course, how IR answers a particular question or does not, has nothing to do with his genius, his ability to compose, but instead of focussing on his creative methodology, such interviews focusses on the personality more - the fault i think perhaps lies with the interviewer who ought to have framed his questions differently - the reason i say is this is coz, in other interviews when asked sensible questions, IR gives very down-to-earth sensible answers

I hadn't seen the youtube clip before I posted the link here. Hilarious clip. What sense of humor. This is Raja at his best. Full at ease and talks casually.

BTW, he also has something to say about using non words in chorus here :) Watch this clip without fail.

The picturization of 'Om Shanthi' looks quite good. Let's hope the movie does well.

Radio-One 94.3 Top 13 songs

1.Mudi Mudi-Paa
2.All Izz Well-3 Idiots.
3.Zoobi zoobi-3 Idiots
4.Tum Mile-Tum Mile
5.Tera Hone-Ajab prem
6.Shukraan allah-Kurbaan
7.Rishte Naate-De dana dan
8.Prem Ki Nayya-Ajab Prem
9.Pocket mein Rocket-Rocket Singh
10.Main Tera -Ajab prem
11.Paisa-De Dana Dan
12.Mann Ka Radio-Radio
13.Man Ko-London Dreams.

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Originally Posted by Sureshs65

ananth,

A nice twist in the tale :lol:

OK guys, I think we have all expressed ourselves quite succinctly about the chorus portions. Let's not beat this dead horse (or is it a dead ass) any further and move forward by discussing about these interesting links.

Here are a couple of interesting links. I took this from a post of Dr. Vijay of Ilaiyaraja Yahoo Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5o4Ri5BL_o : Raja's speech at the 'Om Shanthi' music release

http://www.jeyamohan.in/?p=5025 : Jeyamohan's response about Raja's music. (We have read parts of this earlier.)

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interesting! so, it looks like lots go behind-the-scenes and if what IR says abt 'thamthana' is true, then perhaps, the 'jangu chakkus' 'ding dangs' were also a combination of both the directors' request/insistence as well as the demand of the situation ?? and IR is not being given a free hand at all ?? interesting

I have seen Malayalam interviews of Raja where he is, as Shilpa Rao observed from her experience, "very very chilled out". Somehow, he seems to have a comfort factor with mallus - koduthu vechavanga keralthAr.

Indha outlook, S Anand, Tamizh pahtirigagiaLukku ellAM "isainA enna, adhu kuraiikkira naayila irukku, kathura kozhandhaila irukku"-nu response varudhu. I am inclined to go with irir123 on this - even if we accept what he says there as his ultimate view, it still cannot be a 'catch-all" answer for all specific questions we have on his music.
I, for one, would love to hear from him on how exactly and why exactly he conceived a "jaangu chakku". I strongly believe there is a musical reason behind it - but we are not getting it from him.
An autobiography from him is imperative.

Who will bell the cat? Someone must. Time is running out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlhu7...eature=related

Nenu nenuka song (from 1:35) sounds quite different in this video with "Bass thookal" and it is good to listen and watch :)

IR has a very good realtionship with most of the Telugu producers/directors with whom he worked in the past. Producer Ashwini Dutt(Om shanthi is directed by his daughter i think) has worked with IR for all his movies in the past till about 1992 all of them directed by Raghavendra Rao. Most of them had good music in them especially the Chiranjeevi movies.
Kodhanda Ram Reddy has worked a number of movies with IR and again most of them involved Chiranjeevi and their combination has some fabulous songs. Check out their movie Rakshasudu an 1986 movie i think- brilliant songs ahead of its time. another one would be Kondaveeti Donga in 1990's another fabulous score.
Telugu film industry is lucky in that IR seems to hold them in such high respect and even attends their functions. I think he also attended the Mallepoovu audio function. While he rarely attends any Tamil audio release functions. Its amazing that so many different directors combination with IR in telugu produced such different and lovely music. Makes me nostalgic when i think back about those days. Things have changed so much as far as the music composers field is concerned but IR still keeps going strong. We should be thankful for that.