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

[jaiganes]

The general feeling from this particular thread is that people still yearn for that 70’s,80’s and early 90’s songs of Raja despite talking great and people getting goose bumps for all his recent compositions. This thread is a true testimony to that.
It’s just that we all go gaga over any of his recent compositions,trying hard to decipher the intricacies of his composition, irrespective of the situation, no matter whether it’s a partial or a completely synth dominated composition.
The hard fact is that, what remained etched in our heart are the ones he composed earlier, and that just comes out naturally in this thread, straight from our heart, like a free flowing river
This is just a feeling after observing this particular thread for the past many months! Excuse me if I am wrong.

While saying this, I was just listening to one of his 80’s gems. This song is a beauty from the movie “Rajakumar” sung by SPB and PS.
Raja all the way in this particular song:-

Spoken wisely.. True - we are so nostalgic when it comes to Raaja and he has the most difficult job of having to pander to us and the current generation music listeners and balance the needs of both. Having said that , I like the synth work he has put in for ASK. It is trendy and in line with what yuvan or GVP might have done (little edges remain). However the soul of the song remains in the tune and that still is the same ol 70s- 80s raja that we remain rooted to in our nostalgia. With PS - the album requirements speak of grandeur - (however no money for Budapest here) - so he goes for the mix which is good too. The fact remains that the "idea" in the interludes are mindblowing - the counterpoints, the bass lines, the multi layered rhythms, the beat structure and tune that races to a climax in the end of malar villile are all awesome stuff which Raja has given us in bountiful quantities in the 80s and 90s. Glad to know that "ayya voodu" is still wide open..