Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

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Why is Sony Music releasing the entire album and not just samples on Youtube as audio? Have they done this for other movies?

All the songs are going to be uploaded on youtube anyway. This way at least you can have a control and target NEPV audience effectively for online and other promotions. Good counterattack.

Anyway, on multiple listening. I'm liking Pengal Yendral more and more. We shouldn't look for typical raja type melody. This is new and by design it is not supposed to be that kind of a melody. Pure Rock type stuff here.

1) Very apt beginning for the song. Like the beat. Opens heavy and quickly sets up the tone for the song. Also sets ups different electric guitar work that will be used/explored later in the song.
2) After the intro, when Yuvan returns and questions again (2nd time) Pengal Yendral Poiya Poithana? The electric guitar seems to screams back to him "Of course!!!" LOL. Pennin Kaathal Kannin Maithana?? Electric guitar "Of courses" again.
3) As Yuvan sings one more time "Pengal Yendral Poiya Poithana" The electric guitar poses the same question back.
4) "Pengalin Kaathalin Artham Ini, Mullin Mael Thungidum Pani Thuli" is laced with tender piano notes with touch of love. The piano idea revisits in the saranam.
5) "Kaalai Veyil Vanthaalae, Odi Pogum Thanaalae, Kaathal Varum Munnaalae.. Oh.. Oh.. Kanneer Varum Pinnale.. Oh. Oh.. " The heavy hearted electric guitar traces along Yuvan's singing beautifully and prepares for the landing of the next notes to follow.
6) Lands really well on -- Enna Solli Enna Penne Nenjam Oru Kaathaadi Thathi Thathi Unnidathil Thaavuthadi Koothaadi. Expresses Loss of control as if he is a puppet pulled by his girl's love. The instrumentation around these lines are great and finishes with cool drum ending.
7) Unable to wriggle out the love, the song comes back to main pallavi. Yuvan ends in high pitch as if summoning help from heaven to deal with pain.
8) Now introspection time for the character in the interlude. Needs a breather before getting back to heavy tone. Love the interlude. Nice electric guitar work and arrangement. Electric guitar ends on a heavy note and prepares for a heavy saranam to follow.
9) Piano layers in beginning of saranam brings vulnerable feeling that is still laced with love -- "Itharkuthaana Aasai VaiththaaiIthayam Kaetkuthey, valukkukaga Thudika Vaendaam
Endru Verukkuthey"
10) Moves to hopelessness with "Mathi Ketta Ennidam, Manam Nonthu Sonnathu, Maranaththai Pol Intha, Penn Ival Èndrathu". The instruments sympathizes and soothes him without losing the heavy feeling.
11) Next. "Theeyai Pondra Penn Ival endru Therinthu Kondathey En Manam". Evokes No-I-still-hate-this-girl. Instruments around it agrees with him "Yes mamu, pennai nambathey"
12) This feeling gives way to anguish again and gets ready for main pallavi ("Anbu Šeitha Ayuthangal Pennidaththil Undu Aeraalam")
13) Everything returns to heavy mode. The song ends with anguish almost turning into anger!

The electric guitar is a second character in the song and agrees with tune and main character feeling 100%. The piano touches bring love. This is called composition! Very intricate and well thought out. And not throwing some random interesting stuff hoping that it would all get stuck together! Look at the unity in the song. Everything falls in place when it should and the way it should. One could be making hundreds of notes about this song. Thumbs up Raja.