The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[balaji]

App

Need some time to savor this Brilliant of a composition, before we can enjoy your additions this week.

The magic of a song it is, when hear every time, makes me feel the same way I felt the first time when I was a young teen

Thank you Raja/SPB/SJ for giving this gift to us

Balaji

[V_S]

Well said App! Whichever way you listen this song, it is sure to impress.

This song will never happen again in TFM and not even with Ilaiyaraaja. One time heavenly creation. What a beauty! Eventhough overall it's a heavenly composition, everyone will have their own favorite places in the song, but all their favorites will be totally different from others. This one song can cater to everyone's taste, be it singing, portions of interludes, tune, orchestration, mood, whatever you call it, it's there.

I will feel guilty if I say my favorite place as every place in this song is very special. Still again, all the guitar portions are classic. Whenever Maestro plays guitar, that song is very very dear to me. The first interlude has bass guitar and chorus in counterpoint. Similarly in the second interlude (as always), starts with jugalbandi between two guitars (outstanding piece that is), then the bass guitar changes its path when chorus joins again to accommodate another counterpoint, bass changes again when violin joins after chorus, the third one. If you just concentrate more on the bass guitar in second interlude, you can never imagine how it strikes a chord with chorus and violins. Because the bass portions are totally in contrast to the chorus and violins, yet so synchronous. Perfect counterpoint! All three are totally different and unique and gives a unique experience. I use to listen just to this portion in loop.
Devagaanam!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I would say KJY outdid SPB in this movie with his "chinnanchiru vayadhil". The playful touches of Raaja and kamal shall make the movie to be remembered forever more than this stunner of a song..

As APP anna mentioned before even if the Likes of SNS / Deepan Chakaravarthy had sung this song it would have been a "Hit" though with "less" Impact. simply because the tune was "Awesome" , if you look at the songs given to SPB in this film, the tune is not as "Great" as Chinna Chiru kizhiye, but the SPB "Improvisation" Factor makes its enjoyable!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

1. Folks,

I may divert from topic, but I really need an answer to this Question!

I was watching the Hindi movie "Agneepath" yesterday, there was song by SPB for yesteryear "thespian" actor Mithun Chakaraborti”, in this Film he is Portrayed as a South Indian Keralite, (though he mainly speaks Tamil in the movie )! When ever a South Indian aspect comes into a bollywood Film, it is SPB who does the singing like (ek duche kiliye, saagar, Agneepath, ..etc etc ) why is this so ??? Does SPB has South Indian Style of "Hindi" accent ??

[KV]

Well, despite the guitar and bass not being totally unfamiliar instruments in Tamizh (and Indian) film music, it was only during this period of the man, I think, that it gained such significance and rose to pristine glory; such was the brilliance of its usage by him. Panneer pushpangal is one of the flagship works in this regard.

On Poonthalir aada, though I’ve known and enjoyed the Thamizh version for many years, it was nudged to second place by the Telugu version I came across quite recently. I did take sometime for the initial ‘sound shock’ to subside (that too with the Thamizh version being so popular and well-heard) but after that, its been the gulty cousin that’s found a place on my playlist more often. Its nothing to do with the lyrics (my Telugu ellam tharkuri) but the way the words fit and roll off, very smooth and soft (Plum gaaru, koncham elaborate cheyyandi please).

And the benefit with the telugu package doesn’t just end there, for there’s a bigger bonus (at least, that’s how it is for me). For years I had felt that Kodai kaala katre deserved better handling in the vocals dept. MV, to me, works on and off in this song and the inconsistency puts me off, more often than not. Come the gulty package, and I discovered that it had SPB in charge of the vocals, and boy, what a fine job he does here (influenced by MV, some might say and I don’t mind giving that some credit). I know I could’ve touched a raw nerve here, but its SPB and the gult version all the way for me.
The dearer twin: Madhura Geetam

[Plum]

Plum gaaru, koncham elaborate cheyyandi please

nEnu elaborate cheyyadam eviti? mana mahAkavi cheppinattu:

s u n d a r a t e l u n g i n i l p A t t i s i a i t h t h u....

Will listen to the Telugu version for more comments.

Also, it has a malayalam twin that doesnt appeal much in terms of "words rolling off the tune smoothly"

Malayalam, for all its sweetness as a spoken language, seems to be somehow under-served in fitment to tunes. As in, probably tamil is better for pAttisaiththu than Malayalam although Malayalam sounds sweeter in spoken version. Perhaps, the spoken version itself is like a sing-song so the actual musical version doesnt sound special enough.

*Ducks missiles from app_engine, suresh(not sikkan 65 suresh, the other one) etc*

[KV]

s u n d a r a t e l u n g i n i l p A t t i s i a i t h t h u
sundar ate lungi; nil pa, tt isi aiththu?

[Plum]

KV, at :lollu:

[KV]

By the by, what's this mallu twin you're referring to? Yenikki ariyilla.
Is there a Dasettan version of Kodai kaala by any chance?

[app_engine]

By the by, what's this mallu twin you're referring to? Yenikki ariyilla.
Is there a Dasettan version of Kodai kaala by any chance?

Looks like there's one (I've never heard).

"இசை விமர்சகர்" Shaji (சுப்புடு அல்ல) wrote in his blog that MV's was way better than KJY's.