The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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#253 ஏய் உன்னைத்தானே
(காதல் பரிசு, 1987 , ஜானகியுடன்)

While I was not a big fan of this song (that has poorer saraNam than the pallavi, a rarity IMO in IR songs), it compares to 'kaNNA unaiththEdukiREn' in one aspect among IR-SPB-SJ numbers. That of having "double interlude" prior to second saraNam. In KUTV, SJ sings the first saraNam wholesale and there's an interlude before SPB jumps in and another after he briefly sings the pallavi. Similarly, SPB does the whole of first part of this number (even changes his voice to suit two competing dancers I think, one sounding like Mano ) and there's a terrific wind instrument piece interlude before SJ briefly sings the pallavi followed by another interlude.

Ofcourse, that is the only similarity as this song lacks any emotional content that I can connect to. However, being subjected to listening this 100's of times, I remember every portion of the song (which will play from memory). Almost sounding like a Bappi Lahiri number (say, those in aboorva sahOdharigaL - rOsy my name is rOsy / ennai yArum thottathillai thottavanai vittathillai kinds) and TN-ers were forced to listen to a lot of such numbers at one period. There was an audience for such songs and buses happily broadcast them.