The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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App, gap vidaama adikkareenga!

அட இது என்ன பிரமாதம் - gap இல்லாம ஒருத்தர் பாட்டுப்போட்டுத்தள்ளி இருக்கார் பாருங்க

Interestingly, this prolificity was not even much talked about those days - only now we talk much about it

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even for someone like App who enjoys his share of Indhi cinema?

This indhi connection is only briefly during REC days and now recently in America to learn the language / force my son to watch some Indian stuff...otherwise, I'm far removed

BTW, is it kOkilA or gOkilA (like Gokulam that is related to cow)? What meaning?

[KV]

அட இது என்ன பிரமாதம் - gap இல்லாம ஒருத்தர் பாட்டுப்போட்டுத்தள்ளி இருக்கார் பாருங்க
Interestingly, this prolificity was not even much talked about those days - only now we talk much about it

Ofcourse App, avar endhiran range ku onnu maathi onnu compose panni thallitaaru. Namma ellarum adha onnonna kodanjittrikom!

And its Kokila I think (that's how Kannadigas pronounce it here). Its that koel-like looking bird I think (they could be the same; not very adept at this kinda bird-watching )
There's also a song in one of Vijay's movie (ATM i think)... kokilam kokilam.

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Folks

There was a song by SPB called " O O hari raama O O hari krishna onna renna aasi ulagathil krishna ..... vaaliba vesham neer melE kumizhigalagum ipOthe rasika vendum odOdi vangada" sort of song, one would sing when they are drunk ! does any one know any details about this song!

AFAIK, I heard this song back in early 90's , I feel the MD could have been Adithyan

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Suresh!

App, Grouch, more than the rhythm pattern (table beat, etc), its the way the tune is laid out, which gives it that jive... oru poovanathula <break> suham kulukulunguthu <break> vandu then kudikuthu <break>.... Not that its something that hasn't been done before, but this pattern (er.. staccato?) in combination with the tabla works beautifully.

App, gap vidaama adikkareenga! Hey orayiram was another Chennai vaanoli discovery for me. Borrowing baroque's terminology... loverboy SPB dhaan! What a pleasant experience it is to listen to him along with the magic that IR weaves around his voice.

I am caught up with the way charanam is structured..
one elongated structure to enunciate the intrinsic melody of the raaga, then sudden movement into faster pace as if to compensate for the time spent on emphasizing the melody of beauty.
If one has been on excursions to scenic places, they can feel the splendour of nature capturing them for a long while, then sudden awakening to the darn thing called "time" happens and they start jostling to cover the lost ground spent in a timeless vacuum admiring the natural beauty. This aspect is nicely reflected by the talented lyricist who writes..
"மஞ்சள் வெயில் மாலை சூட பட்டு வண்ண ஆடை சூட ......
நேரம் வந்ததடி ..."
Absolutely beautiful -
when i was young (correction - when i was a kid) - used to fill the bucket with water from the tap but not allowing to fill by itself, had the habit of placing the mug in the bottom of the bucket.
I had immense satisfaction watching the water gushing down and filling the mug and with wonder used to see the fabulous bubbles of water gush out as if it were a bull held back for a long time to be let loose on an arena.. This phase in the charanam of this song poovanathula always evoked that imagery in me.. The sleight of hand is not just in putting tunes to words, but in arranging the sequence of notes to create such an imagery in a listener's minds and that is where Raaja scores..Awesome song and awesome writeup by everyone..

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Rajini/kids. Vaa Vaa Vasanthame. Good points, Plum.

spot on, the very first song i heard in my life is Vaa Vaa vasanthame....could be around 4/5/6 years old.....

[Plum]

Kokila - koel - cuckoo - kuyil - kumble
The last bit, only Bala Karthik can explain

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I vaguely recall Baasha's original in Hindi where he played sidekick to Amit-ji. Deepa Sahi was his wife and if I recall right, there was a kid in the mix

Yes, it's a baby girl.

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Kokila - koel - cuckoo - kuyil - kumble
The last bit, only Bala Karthik can explain

Why do "Always" conclude an issue with a "Cricketer's name " ?

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WOW, awesome imagery, jaiganes!

KV & Plum,

Thanks for the language edu. So, it's kOk-uy-ilA