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

[Querida]

Sollividu Velli Nilavae


Sollividu vellinilave solluhindre seythikalayae
Uravugal kasanthiduma ooh
Kanavugal kalanthiduma...

[V_S]

Beautiful songs Usha ji and Querida! Amazed about Sollividu veLLi Nilave. He uses just guitar (I think anyone can play that chord, just the same chord throughout!) and flute in the background and composes a haunting song which immediately registers in our mind. Sensational! Violin comes occasionally only in the interludes. Very good example of a simplistic arrangement, but still no way inferior to any of his songs with grand orchestration.

[Querida]

Inspiring write-up V_S

[raghavendran]

mmm. Nice. Rajini paatu pidikadhavanga iruka mudiyuma.. adhilum Early Days..
Rajini for Raja.. REAl MAGIC.................

thanks for sharing Raghavendra.

..i should thank you for reminding this song..its been a long time since i heard or saw it...as you said REAL MAGIC

[app_engine]

People often talk about "mediocre" directors killing IR songs on screen.

Last night I watched agni natchathiram (first time) and FFed all songs (kind of knew the picturization from at least one time view on youtube).

Each of them is an all-time-fav IR song to me but picturization is intolerable, except may be rAjA-rAjathi rAjan intha rAja & oru poongAvanam which are ok given the time-of-release factor.

(BTW, the movie was a kuppai masAlA, wonder how it became a super hit )

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Each of them is an all-time-fav IR song to me but picturization is intolerable, except may be rAjA-rAjathi rAjan intha rAja & oru poongAvanam which are ok given the time-of-release factor.

Agree Picturisation of Raja Rajaathi was the good one amongst the rest, but 'Thoongatha vizhigal rendu' was not bad either, the worst of all is Ninukori varunum, an Insult the Name 'Raghuvaran it self'

(BTW, the movie was a kuppai masAlA, wonder how it became a super hit )

Agreed, and guess who saved the Film ? Yes None other than Navarasa Nayagan Karthik

[PARAMASHIVAN]

[raj_musing]

One of my all time favourite song:-



Mottu Vitta is another striking one from the same album which impresses instantly.

[KV]

Today’s loop has been just two songs, both from the movie ‘Ennai Paar En Azhagai Paar’ (What an exhibitionist of a name for a movie! Did this even get released?)

The movie has 3 songs sung by the trio of B.S.Sasirekha, P.Susheela and S.P.Shailaja (rakshashi Jaanu was probably away on a vacation for which he had to compensate with 3 voices!). Two songs are top-notch jazzy erotica numbers: ‘Ammadiyo podhum podhum’ and ‘Thottup Paar Pattup Pondra Meni’ (perla ellam enna oru kilukiluppu!). While Ammadiyo has a enjoyable dizzy/drunk swing to it, Thottu paar is a totally whacky, I’m-the-hottest-dame-around competition song, structured very unconventionally with many interesting twists and turns.
Raja completely goes berserk in the instrumentation – crazy syncopations with trumpets/flutes/saxophone, awesomely peppy acoustic drums (boy! what a delight!), kickass guitars and bass and vocal harmonies.
Reminded me of an interview with one of the trumpet players who had played with RDB and IR for a long time, who in the interview, had explained the significance and intricacies of syncopation in IR’s work. These two songs stand testament to this.

Here’s the thiraipaadal link (only so-so quality; robs a lot from the listening. The one in the audio CD is far, far better)
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00155&lang=en

[Sunil_M88]

Allaikal Ooivathillai - Puththam Puthu Kaalai - S. Janaki - 1981
Arfricavil Appu - Sinnanjiru Yaanai -Chorus, S. Janaki - 1986
Paa - Halke Se Bole - Chorus - 2009

... all songs are same, they only have a slight difference and when you hear them, they have their own idenity.