Thanks for the great blog. While IR has been focussing on higher musical concepts it is a pity he got beaten by relatively simpler things like latest western beats and synth sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by K
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Thanks for the great blog. While IR has been focussing on higher musical concepts it is a pity he got beaten by relatively simpler things like latest western beats and synth sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by K
Just listen to Aarumbum Thalire from Chandralekha..just listen to the rhytm music after second charanam is over...after run A R R's Vandematharam song....
Mind u...chandralekha was released well before Vandemataram album
Hail Raja
As told by Pandiarajan about IR in Kaapi with Anu...
Pandiarajan was in RR for inru poi naalai vaa and in that scene where one of bhagyaraj's friend plans to have kalapatti singaram into the drainage...there would only be a flute.playing and pandiarajan was wondering why there was no rhythm being played...the genius of IR he says told him "Screena paaru avar odi varathe rhytmica irukku..then why a seperate rhytm"..
Pandiarajan said entha mathiri methaigal irukkum kaalathil naanum irukaen enra pozhdu romba perumaiya irukku
Hail IR
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Originally Posted by kameshratnam
but this is not a new news
Kamesh,
I think I have already mentioned about Pandiarajan's taste for quality music and how to use it.
The theme music of Kanni Rasi and AanPaavam are themselves testimony.
And in Aan Paavam, Janakaraj would be bathing under a pumpset and water will suddenly stop due to power cut. Pandiarajan comes there and whispers valuable suggestions to Janakaraj for his business to pick up. Suddenly power comes back and water starts to gush out of the pumpset and the scene switches to Janakaraj's new hotel with the song "Ilamai idho.." being broadcasted in the TV set in the hotel.
The prelude of the song will aptly match the water suddenly coming out of the pumpset..What a directorial touch it is ! :)
Rajavin Methamai!
I happened to read this in a blog. Thought not a bad idea to present it here
http://balaji_ammu.blogspot.com/2009/08/547.html
தர்மயுத்தம் -- வீணாகிப் போன இளையராஜாவின் தெய்வீக கானம்..!
http://truetamilans.blogspot.com/200...post_5749.html
Guys,
Sad to say, the days of Raja as a commercially successful music director are long gone!
At his pinnacle, Raja had the opportunity to shape consumer tastes and he did achieve it to a limited extent through his music in Dhalapathy and Agni Nathathram. However, his apparent denial of changing tastes of listners and a false pride and arrogance that what he dishes out will be lapped up by listners led to his losing connection with the people. The parallel I can come up with is Henry Ford who was the pioneer of mass automotive manufacturing. Henry Ford made a famous remark about his Model T that he would only sell "Black" colored cars even though customers preferred other color cars.
True, he is still a legend but his style is now outdated. Honestly, Rahman would definitely have been inspired by songs like Rakkamma kaiyathattu in Dhalapathy and went on to become a star in his own right.
Let us be honest - Raja ruled South Indian music from 1975 to say 1993, a period of 18 years. MSV was probably the top MD for around 20 years. Now it is the age of Rahman who has been at the top since 1992.
The expectation I have from Raja is for him to wow us and captivate us through soulful and haunting music. MDs like R.D. Burman never faded away. Infact, RDB's swan song was soul stirring in 1942, A Love Story.
Let us hope Raja can come up with excellent scores like he did for Virumandi and Pitamagan to an extent.
This is an objective assessment.
Seringa officer, raja kitta solli aavana seyyurom :-)