IR's Song of the day

From: Nakeeran on Fri Jan 12 3:22:33 2007."Mazai varuvadhu is a good fast paced tune but the picturisation was aweful. KR Vijaya , running like PT Usha is something indigestable. Many such IR songs were wasted by unimaginative picturisation ."

KR Vijaya running like PT Usha ??#@&*(^<?>?? - given the sheer 'vilaasamaana' physical size of KRV (with 'maranadi mallappaa' sized arms and a waistline resembling a hippopotamus whose dietary habits have gone awry!) during the time of Rishimoolam release, it must have been a punishment for the moviegoers of that time! and I suppose it must have been 'creatively' picturised with KRV running drenched in rain!?

Todays pick by Nakeeran
Date: January 19
Song: Metti oli kaatrodu en nenjai thalaata
Singers: Raja
Movie : Metti
Link :
http://www.tfmpage.com/cgi-bin/strea...td/mettioli.rm

what a coincidence, I was just listening to Metti songs and thinking of suggesting "sandhakkavigal paadidum manathinil" for SOTD. nice to see this song here. both songs are really good.

"metti oli" has a beautiful intro, the humming between SJ and IR is really sweet. Great melody and nice interludes.

Todays pick by Vasanth
Date: January 23
Song: Nadham en jeevane
Singers: S. Janaki
Movie : Kadhal Oviyam
Link : http://www.arthika.net/1234TB/inter/...adham%20En.mp3

The whole movie is a musical feast ! Great choice Swathy . Thanks Vasanth.

Isainyani should have got national award for this movie . Sad

Sangeetha jathi mullai is my favourite.

except for the songs the movie was a crap from bharathiraja

IR's tunes are awesome

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Originally Posted by Nakeeran

The whole movie is a musical feast !

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musical feast is the word! All songs are brilliant. My favorite is "Nathiyil aadum poovanam", a beautiful song in kalyani, set in 7 beats. Of course, theres the awesome "sangeetha jaathi mullai". incidentally, I found this interesting anecdote about that song:

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For the movie Kathal Oviyam, IR had requested SPB to come and sing the song "Sangeetha Jaathi Mullai". SPB first refused saying he was very busy that day and had other stuff to do, and finally agreed on the condition that it will be done by 10AM. The recording finally was over at 3pm the same day. The phrase which caused the delay was "Kuyile Kuyile Untha Ragam Nenjil Indru Aadum." If you remember the song - at "Aadum" the tune reaches a crescendo (ri Ri) and then descends (to sa). Originally the descending portion was to be sung as sndpmgrs (avarohanam), but apparently SPB couldn't sing it. IR remaked "Ennapa SNDPMGRS paada mudiyaliyaa." IR had to simplified the tune twice before SPB was able to sing it correctly and the third version is what we hear today.

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It is from this blog:
http://thoppus.blogspot.com/2004/06/...ose-as-it.html
which has lots of such anecdotes. Please note that the "Ananth" mentioned there is not me, its some other lucky guy :(

Dear Swathy,
Thanks for the beautiful song. IR in oru Great GEM.
My favourite no.Lyric is awesome.

Vizhi illadha oruvaruku jeevan nadham dhanae..

Kadhal vandha kadhali kadhalanai(vizhi illadha) solgiral...

"NADHAM EN JEEVANAE'' - Azhanga varnanai.....


Avan mel vandha anbin mighudhiyil,
'VIZHI AGI VIDAVA' enna oru arudhal varthai....
SJ in rendition il pasam koppalikum.....

Enna oru pasamana varthai.... Great VAIRAMUTHU....

With Love,
Usha Sankar.

Todays pick by Ananth
Date: January 26
Song: Nil nil nil badhil sol sol sol
Singers: IR and Uma Ramanan
Movie : Paattu Paadavaa (1995)
Link : http://as01.coolgoose.com/music/song.php?id=249303

Nil Nil Nil- song has sung by IR and Uma Ramanan.