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

[raj_musing]

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..

Jaiganes, I completely agree that raja has to cater to the current generation music listeners.Infact when it comes to Synth I personally feel that some of his best works were in Malayalam! Starting from "Manasinakkare" to "Kadha Thudarunnu",raja has a series of hits and i feel that he had reserved some of his best songs for the folks there..His strike rate is still very high in Malayalam compared to any other languages .Not sure how many would agree with this? Is it probably because of people like Sathyan who can extract the best out of him or for some other reason??

By no means,I was trying to undervalue his recent works,as I have never spoken against ASK or PS in this forum.I was only observing a trend of hubbers highlighting more of his 80's composition in this particular thread.Now what does that indicate?