Ilaiyaraaja - The Singer

[tvsankar]

[Vkrish]

an often repeated lovely song in b'lore FMs during 2007...

[Sunil_M88]

Thendrale - P.B. Srinivas sounds v. similar to Raaja sir in this number

[baroque]

varavara kaadhal kasakkudhaiyaa.....

[V_S]

Odam Ondru Kaatril POna Vazhi Naamum POgindrom
Etho Ondru NaaLai endru Innum VaazhgindrOm

May be Raja's second solo after ChOlam VethakayilE. Very Haunting one from Thirpura Sundari (1978). Lyrics by Pulamaipithan.
Some best lines:

dhaagam vanthaal neerum illai, neeril ingE NaaLum vaazhgindrOm
Intha Neeril sendrE kaanal NeeraanOm

Thoondil ittOm meengal illai naangal inge thoondil meenaanOm
Odam vittOm dheepam illai naangal inge Odam pOlaanOm

http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=250441
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00658&lang=en

[kiru]

Odam Ondru Kaatril POna Vazhi Naamum POgindrom
Etho Ondru NaaLai endru Innum VaazhgindrOm

May be Raja's second solo after ChOlam VethakayilE. Very Haunting one from Thirpura Sundari (1978). Lyrics by Pulamaipithan.
Some best lines:

dhaagam vanthaal neerum illai, neeril ingE NaaLum vaazhgindrOm
Intha Neeril sendrE kaanal NeeraanOm

Thoondil ittOm meengal illai naangal inge thoondil meenaanOm
Odam vittOm dheepam illai naangal inge Odam pOlaanOm

http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=250441
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00658&lang=en

Awesome ..haunting is the right word ..pulamaipithan.. he belongs in the same class as kavignar..

[kiru]

Thendrale - P.B. Srinivas sounds v. similar to Raaja sir in this number

wondering whether raaja's singing/style was influenced by PBS (?)

[thumburu]

Odam Ondru Kaatril POna Vazhi Naamum POgindrom
Etho Ondru NaaLai endru Innum VaazhgindrOm

May be Raja's second solo after ChOlam VethakayilE. Very Haunting one from Thirpura Sundari (1978). Lyrics by Pulamaipithan.
Some best lines:

dhaagam vanthaal neerum illai, neeril ingE NaaLum vaazhgindrOm
Intha Neeril sendrE kaanal NeeraanOm

Thoondil ittOm meengal illai naangal inge thoondil meenaanOm
Odam vittOm dheepam illai naangal inge Odam pOlaanOm

http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=250441
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00658&lang=en

Hi V_S, "Odam ondru " was the song playing in my mind when I listened to "viLaiyAttA padagOtti" from Dhoni. Not theat they are similar, rather the similarity in situation led me to ponder over which was a better song and need I say which one?

[V_S]

Yes, kiru it is very haunting. I can even smell MSV's voice there in Raja's singing style or may be the tune. It was ringing my ears throughout yesterday.

thumburu, You got it exactly what I thought. That was the main reason I also just posted that song, if anyone is seeing any resemblance with viLayAtta padagOtti, which I felt when listening to this song. Dhoni's song definitely took me to 50's/60's like AasayE alai polE and Thazhayaam poo mudichu song.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

IR as a singer is Good IMHO, there were few songs which was "only IR possible" like

1) Jananani Janani Jagam nee agam nee - It still sends shivers down my spine even today!
2) then pandi cheemaiyile
3) Unakena thaanE inErama naanum kathirunthEn

on the other hands, many of his songs would have sounded better if some other singer had sung it (like SPB, PJ for example)

Raaja Raajathi Raaja intha Raaja - by default should have been SPB song

Regardless IR voice suited actor Karthik!