Raja's Gems - the latest one you heard...Part 3

[KV]

http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer...049%27&lang=en
TMS anna , Raaja, trumpets and drums - Freak out Total damage..
The Guitar riff (or is it Synth) that accompanies TMS voice in charanam - simply changes the tone of TMS voice (in total)
and adds a "Zing".. Nice thumping foot tapping "Close to head banging" song in TFM

JG! Thanks for ‘Aadal paadalil’! This song has ‘kickassness’ written all over it! The energy, the groove, the exuberance, boy-oh-boy, this one’s a dasher every moment!
I started my day with this song and it has been playing ever since; I just cant get enough of this one! I’m not a very big fan of TMS+IR combo (save some whacky ones like the carnatic-remix Kabhi Kabhi and a few similar stuff), but TMS smacks the ball out of the park here!
Thiraipaadal says this one’s from 79 and the enthusiasm of the new-kid-on-the-block Raja shows up quite clearly (not exactly ‘new’ though; he must have been some 50 odd films old by then going by his strike rate!).
But his 70s stuff is, to me, still the formative years, ‘genius in the making’ phase. Influences are heavily apparent in the work while still displaying his inherent wizardry over instrumentation. Take this song for eg.; the impact of RDB (and a bit of MSV) on IR can easily be felt here in the pounding rhythm (loud claps and drums) and an easy sing-along tune. This one seems like the thagappan of his subsequent songs in this genre like Baby shake it baby (movie ?), Swing swing (moodupani), Thullum ilamai idhu (anbe odi vaa), etc. The progression and evolution of the 80s IR is very interesting. While songs like Aadal paadalil have the groovy electric guitars and a kind of rawness/edginess, its only from the 80s that the complex,intricate bass lines and precision in tune, get added to the armory, thus forming the inimitable Raaja signature (Ilami idho idho, poo pota dhavani, poo malai oru paavai, and the likes).

Suresh, if allowed, I’ll take a bit of both, the butter and the ghee..78-84! Idha adikka aal illa!
But coming to think of it, what boggles the mind is this 0.5kg of cerebral matter producing an EVK/Moondrampirai in the 80s, Guru in 90s, Thiruvasagam/Virumandi/MX post 2000, an Uliyin Osai/Naan kadavul/Paa towards 2010! And we’re just talking about the creamiest of the cream of each decade. Idhula vera Thamizh, Malayalam, Kannadam, Telungu, Indhi, ippidi total area attack! Shbaaa.. mudiyala!

[Sureshs65]

KV,

As I said, while 78 to 84 in Tamil is bread and butter to most Raja fans, my staple happens to the 80s Malayalam. I like those songs so much that I don't listen to them I mean, I want their magic to stay on and on. So I hear them once in a while only. 'rithubeda kalpana', 'poovai virinju', 'alliilam poovo', 'thamarakili', 'kiliye kilye' Olangal songs, 'e neelima than', 'bul bul maine', 'thazampoo' and many more.

[KV]

Look at that list you've come up with now! (Reminds me of Noorani Shaasthapreedhi! Ada pradhaman, Chakka pradhaman, Godhuma pradhaman, Paal payasam... all one after the other! Yedha kudikardhu? Yedha vidardhu?) But if Kuliradunnu maanathu is going to be relegated to 'many more', I'll raise red flag and protest!
The last song in my list was Aakashadindha Jaari (Janma janmada anubandha). Like the way you guys had written about Sathyan movie songs and the picture of Kerala it paints, this one's the Karnataka counterpart. IMO, one of the very best of IR's kannnada work, which in turn happens to be one very close to my heart! Trust Raja to leave you in a dilemma!

[jaiganes]

aakashadhindhaa jaari and "gandaagi naanu hutti " are awesome tribal/folk songs by Raaja in Kannada. Aakashadindha is so richly done and experimental (with the counterpointed chorus in the interludes), Raaja took its template and made "Raasave onnai naan" from Thanikkaattu Raaja. Nice picks KV!! and welcome!!!

[Sureshs65]

KV,

Nope. I cannot relegate 'kulirandunnu' to 'others'. My problem was all three Olangal songs are amazing. So if you observe carefully you can see I have said the songs of 'Olangal'.

As far as Karnataka nativity goes, 'Bhoomi Geethe' would also be present along with 'Namoora Mandara Hoove'. As Plum said in an earlier occasion, the songs of 'Bhoomi Geethe' transport us to the Western Ghats immediately.

[rajkumarc]

Aadal Paadalil is another superb song that I haven't heard before. Thanks Jai for bringing these gems to our ears.

[V_S]

Could not come out of this wonderful collection for the past five days. Agi music has remastered the tracks quite beautifully. Enjoying it in full blast. Again most of the them are guitar dominated tracks.
http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/...?mid=TC0000548


Including some of the very rare songs like EVK, Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal and Vaanengum from Moondram Pirai. Could not skip any song. One of the best assorted collection, I have ever possessed.

PS: This link missed two beautiful songs from the collection, Thendrale Nee Pesu (PBS) and En Iniya Pon (KJY), which was in the original collection when I purchased from agi.

[baroque]

racy violin,vigor & energy of percussion, boyish lover boy with Janu.. solaippoovil.......vellai roja.

haa.. endearing youthful Ilayaraja from 80s forever for some of us!

Vinatha.

[baroque]

வசந்தமும் இங்கே வந்ததென்று
வாசனை மலர்கள் சொன்னாலும்
வசந்தமும் இங்கே வந்ததென்று
வாசனை மலர்கள் சொன்னாலும்
தென்றலும் இங்கே வந்து நின்று
இன்பத்தின் கீதம் தந்தாலும்
நீ இன்றி ஏது வசந்தம் இங்கே
நீ இன்றி ஏது ஜீவன் இங்கே
சேர்ந்திடவே உனையே ..ஒ ...


I just melt. What a beauty


en jeevan paadudhu....Shri.Ilayaraaja's fine 80s album.

oh ho ho ho......engirundho azhaikkum un geetham.....tabala ilayaraja.
scintillating violin work and flute calls.


rhythmic delight கட்டி வச்சுக்கோ.....
ஒரே முறை உன் தரிசனம்......ஜானு's finest.
வீணா and the violin ... ஹம்மிங் & , புல்லாங்குழல் calls...bewitching ஜானு


கார்த்திக் is gorgeous
கார்த்திக் is cute
கார்த்திக் naturally exudes charm .

வா வா அன்பே....
பியானோ, வயோலின் , கிடார், புல்லாங்குழல் delight ...சிவரஞ்சனி யேசுதாஸ் & சித்ரா

மணி & இளையராஜா have given us enough for me to celebrate this life & more

Vinatha.

[visvan1970]

dear all, one more kannada song which impressed me recently is Lananamani from prema raaga hede gelathi.some amazing rhythm changes throughout.though had the cd for nearly 2 years just recently opened it and listened.wow is the least i can say.rgds.visu