The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#3 ஒரு நாள் உன்னோடு ஒரு நாள்
உறவினில் ஆட புதுமைகள் காண
காண்போமே எந்நாளும் திருநாள்
(உறவாடும் நெஞ்சம், 1976 )

One of the all-time-great songs of Raja! Ofcourse with SPB-SJ combo!

Interestingly, I don't remember associating this with Raja when this song became close to my heart during school days. I was possibly in the 8th grade when this song appeared and made such strong emotional connections with me. Actually the interludes threw me into some different world then! இந்த "இனம் புரியாத உணர்வுகள்" அப்படீன்னு சொல்லுவாங்களே, அந்த வகை

It was a habit among village school boys to tell movie stories to others (me mostly the listener category) and some had the habit of adding BGM So, it wasn't uncommon for boys to "sing the BGM" using mouth and I can't recall how many times both my mind & tongue replayed this song's three sweet interludes! A lot of emotional connection there! These interludes have the power of mesmerising one's mind, putting it in different places / situations and playing strong games with feelings!

Add to them a very sweet melody in both pallavi and saraNam, the tik-tik-tik sound giving an unique identity and the youthful voices of SPB/SJ. SPB must have giggled when the last saraNam has the line "ஆயிரம் நிலவைப்பார்த்திருப்போம்".

If this had indeed been the first song in IR's composition for SPB, then it's a second case of singing the thousand moon phrase in his first song with a great composer. Let's wish him a minimum of 1000 full moons!