Raja's Gems - the latest one you heard...Part 3

[tvsankar]

Thanks for ur welcome KV.. vandhuten...... login prob irundhadhu. ipo dhan sari achu.......

[tvsankar]

chevandhi pookalil seidha veedu..... my alltime favourite......... paata solli vara vechuteenga.............

[tvsankar]

Lovely no. Mesmerising to me....... Soothing me.. Shreya's Renditiion.. Superb..

Raja's Instrumentation........... Excellent Filling...... Sugar syrup pola.......... am big mad for this song............

think abut this Raja..... Female song.. Feelings.. He is the ONLY KING .........................

think about the raagam.. enna ragam idhu.. Charukesi flavour iruku.. sila idathil.............

[app_engine]

குயிலுக்குப்பம் குயிலுக்குப்பம் கோபுரம் ஆனதென்ன!
(சித்ரா, மலேசியா வாசுதேவன் - என்னுயிர்த்தோழன்) on repeat in the car for the last few days!

A song that I didn't pay close attention to when it arrived or through the years. Sometime back I had a DVD full of rAsA songs that included this and even at that time didn't closely listen to this. In any case, listening to a song in car alone (or on headphones) is altogether a different experience than many other forms of song appreciation.

What a song!

There is one peculiarity with the way rAsA chose to play the tablA in the start of the song :

Typically, that chorus singing of pallavi should have been with just the claps and the tabla / rhythms should've arrived in full force only when MV / KSC break-in. Here, not only rAsA employs tabla for the chorus but also make it change the course (in the 'kAyam un kaNNuppattu' portion) like the way it typically does in a saraNam. (Not my preference, actually don't like it, but just an observation for the unusualness).

Chitra is the clear winner in this song, with gold medal. (MV silver and rAsA bronze for the reason mentioned above - chorus doing a saraNam even before the start of the pallavi IMO).

The way KSC sings 'sammatham' the second time in the first saraNam - WOW - sweetness + SJ-ism going together! Also, listen to the same chorus portion in the beginning of the song that does not have KSC and the ending of the song with KSC too in the ghOshti - what a difference in class!

The whole song showcases why KSC is much above VJ while retaining the classical precision of VJ

The second interlude, in the mold of vetti vEru second interlude, should be listed as one of the best from 90's. In the initial portion, the violins are high-pitch like Hindi songs but the Hindi MDs should learn from rAsA as to how to make them palatable - add that sweet, overpowering shenoys with them. Not just that, drop that high pitch thingy quickly and bring a terrific set of otherwise string sounds in succession, that too in combo with flute as an antidote - ennamA viLaiyAduRAr!

Come on, L-P / N-S / A-M and such high-pitch-strings-ear-irritant-MDs, learn from rAsA!

I can understand why rAsA could've been upset in this song not getting enough recognition and reusing that melody in 'thooLiyilE' of CT...

[San_K]

OMG now only I am realizing both tunes are similar. Why and How I missed?

[app_engine]

Why and How I missed?

This had been discussed in tfmpage umpteen # of times

IIRC, there's a third song with the same pallavi melody that goes like 'kokkarak kOkkarakkO koovuRa sEvalukku' or something like that (exactly same notes, flute gets played as call-response or counter point, don't know which movie...may not be even rAsA)

[app_engine]

Here is that song, not exactly same melody but very similar :

http://www.thiraipaadal.com/tpplayer...2'&lang=en

(kokkarakkokkarakkO from pAdu nilAvE)

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Is there a Tamil equivalent for this Mallu song?

[San_K]

Not sure but comes close. Is not it? Reundum orey tune maari irukku maariyum theriyuthu, ippadi raaja tune maari pozhincha enna pannurathu.

[crvenky]

SKV,

Pappayude Swantham Appoos was dubbed into Tamil as Poove Pon Poove. You can hear 'Solai poonthendralil' here (last song).

http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.ph...R00513&lang=en