Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

[kiru]

Where did the acoustic guitars go after the prelude in amruthamaayi ? Could have been a tribute to Simon&Garfunkel. Opportunity wasted. I hate the ping-ponging effect.

[baroque]

you all are fantastic, suresh65, skr, krish, raagas.... thanks.

kiru is musically savvy.

You, Ilayaraja, always a GREAT FRIEND.

If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.


vinatha

[KV]

Exactly my feeling too, Kiru. The song's structured so beautifully, starts off with just an acoustic guitar and vocals; would've been an absolute acoustic delight had it continued the same way throughout. Alas, he leaves us singing synthbhairavi. Why rAsAppu, why!

[Querida]

AravindMano: 'appadi vaayaa vazhikku'

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[Sureshs65]

Where did the acoustic guitars go after the prelude in amruthamaayi ? Could have been a tribute to Simon&Garfunkel. Opportunity wasted. I hate the ping-ponging effect.

Kiru,

My feeling is that's why he changed I guess we all know Raja's insistence of leaving behind his stamp and not sound generic.

Anyway, it is a lovely song.

[kiru]

..Alas, he leaves us singing synthbhairavi ..

ha ha ..ROTFLMAO .. you are articulate or what !!
@vinatha - I dont know music .. only can recognize sounds.. really.. just like figuring out missing numbers in a number series if you have too many examples.. IR has given too much music even I can figure out somethings sometimes .. we are all friends here.. birds of a feather.. maybe we need a Bay Area IR fan meetup ..
@Suresh - I think IR could have still used the guitars someway in the body of the song..now there is a feeling of let down..

[raagas]

If there was any surprise for me in Amruthamaayi song, it is the absence of a Ilaiyaraaja version. A good number of Hariharan solo songs for Ilaiyaraaja do have a Ilaiyaraaja version too

1. Vaanavile (Ramana)
2. Vaanthu tharakayo (poonthottam)
3. Thaalaattum kaatre thai sonna paate (devan)
4. Unnai Thedi Vennila (en maana vaanil)
5. Oor Orungam Nerathil

Added to that, it is a Kalyani raaga based song - ilaiyaraaja has sang quite many himself, in this raaga. Infact, we can almost hear him sing, going by the way he weaved the tune. I am surprised that he didnt sing it. But again, there is no point singing this lovely song with struggle (if that is an issue, as apparent in some of his recent renditions). May be he deliberately refrained.
But i must say - Hariharan's version sounds better than Rahul Nambiar's version for me. Some maturity in voice - which is adding some weight, needed for that composition.

[San_K]

Added to that, it is a Kalyani raaga based song - ilaiyaraaja has sang quite many himself, in this raaga. Infact, we can almost hear him sing, going by the way he weaved the tune. I am surprised that he didnt sing it. But again, there is no point singing this lovely song with struggle (if that is an issue, as apparent in some of his recent renditions). May be he deliberately refrained.
But i must say - Hariharan's version sounds better than Rahul Nambiar's version for me. Some maturity in voice - which is adding some weight, needed for that composition.

Same here I too feel Hariharn singing is better than Rahul and very opt for the melody. At the same time I must say Rahu is also good.

[KV]

Firstly, the need to have more than one version of a song without any orchestral differences is beyond my comprehension. Is this like retaining the track version after the final version has been recorded? Beats me. Sir, why this partiality? At least give us one acoustic and one ping-pong version!

[raagas]

Firstly, the need to have more than one version of a song without any orchestral differences is beyond my comprehension. Is this like retaining the track version after the final version has been recorded? Beats me. Sir, why this partiality? At least give us one acoustic and one ping-pong version!

I agree. You have a point. But this is something that was done by many composers previously and even today some composers (including Ilaiyaraaja) still do. By having two versions without any variations - it is ultimately holding a mirror to the skills of those two singers only and it doesnt add anything tangible (in any dimension) to the composer's credit. It will ultimately boil down to "who sang better?", from a singer perspective. If there are two versions with variations in tune/presentation/arrangements by composer, then it certainly adds to the merit of the composer.