The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[PARAMASHIVAN]

welcome to the hub A_S

[skr]

rajkumarc,
I think the only year in 80's where SPB numbers are less is 1987 because the number of films Maestro did in 1987 is less compared to other years. It is around 40 in 1987. See we have to say 40 films is less
From 1988 till 1993 the number of films is again more than 50, peaking in 1992 and 1993. In 1992, a whopping 65 films (according to rakkamma) and 1993, 52 films.

Lucky fellows
You guys must have been spoilt for choice. His music is the only reason i wish i was born a decade or so before.

[app_engine]

From 1988 till 1993 the number of films is again more than 50, peaking in 1992 and 1993. In 1992, a whopping 65 films (according to rakkamma) and 1993, 52 films. Again during these years, we didn't see many new singers coming up. So ideally we should see the drop in SPB numbers only from 1994.

I don't know for sure how many SPB-IR hits will come up for the years 1988-93 as I wasn't in TN & also had many other factors influencing my "not-listening-to-TFM-much" during this period

Let's find out together, in this thread, in the coming weeks

[baroque]

I don't know for sure how many SPB-IR hits will come up for the years 1988-93 as I wasn't in TN & also had many other factors influencing my "not-listening-to-TFM-much" during this period

Let's find out together, in this thread, in the coming weeks

Between 1988-1993, we have

VARUSHAM 16, VETRI VIZHA,KARAGATTAKKARAN,KELADI KANMANI,CHINNATHAMBI, GOPURA VAASALILEY,THALAPATHI,CHINNAKKOUNDAR, KIZHAKKU VAASAL,NAADODITHTHENDRAL,SEMBARUTHI ETC...just name a few,

if you are living in South Indian states or even visiting them sometimes, it's hard not to listen and enjoy them. App_eng.

How can it be "not-listening-to-TFM-much" period for you?
mmm...

No point of time, I move away from my Tamil film music.

I woke up with Composer Jaidev's mujhe jeene do..tantalizing compositions when I exercised this morning, finished with Ilayaraja sangeetham.

Vinatha.

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How can it be "not-listening-to-TFM-much" period for you?
mmm...

Vinatha.

I'm talking about "relative" to other periods For e.g., between 1976 & 1982, it was 99% TFM and that 1% distributed to BoneyM ABBA kinds. From 1982-1986, there was possibly 90% TFM and others MJ / Madonna etc. However, from 1987, other interests crept in - MFM, PM to name two majors...(In addition, job-career has taken its toll. Then came marriage in 1991 )

[baroque]

Vinatha

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While we don't get pages & pages of responses in this thread, the # of views had a spurt in the last couple of months...while it took a long time for the thread to get 100K views, the time taken between 100K & 200K views is pretty short and impressive

I'll have to post 3 songs today (sat/sun/mon) and will start with pAdum paRavaikaL...

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Between 1988-1993, we have

VARUSHAM 16, VETRI VIZHA,KARAGATTAKKARAN,KELADI KANMANI,CHINNATHAMBI, GOPURA VAASALILEY,THALAPATHI,CHINNAKKOUNDAR, KIZHAKKU VAASAL,NAADODITHTHENDRAL,SEMBARUTHI ETC...just name a few,

Add Vanna vanna pookal to the list

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#266 ஏகாந்த வேளை இனிக்கும் இன்பத்தின் வாசல் திறக்கும்
(பாடும் பறவைகள், 1988 , ஜானகியுடன்)

The top SPB-SJ pair is back in business with this strong album and I simply lapped up those songs when arrived (had the "original" cassette of poor manufacturing quality and another recorded version as well)! I didn't know much about the background of the movie except the fact that it had Karthik & Banupriya. It was much later that I came to know about its vadakku origins. (i.e. vadakku to Poovirundha valli). I'm sure Plum (and a few other hubbers) liked the originals much better; but, for people like me, these songs are gorgeous! Though this song starts with brief mukkal-munakal, such do not continue and it possibly got accepted by AIR fellows. (I don't know for sure as I couldn't get much opportunity to listen to AIR during this time period).

In any case, I've heard this song many times on buses and that's how I came to know about them in the first place, before getting the cassette. One associate who had the chance to watch the movie said that it was a thriller about someone who researches in music (sounds of birds?). Whatever it was, the film possibly didn't do well in TN IIRC. Going by logical reasoning, this movie must have been a hit in Telugu (otherwise the money bags wouldn't have chosen to dub / remake). Regardless, the songs were popular and were my favourties. And they do remind me of my morning walk from the room to catch the bus to workplace, will cover a couple of features of that in the posts on PP songs.

Feature #1 : Tippu Sultan kOttai.
Like I mentioned before, one can see the "kOttai" if they stand in the walkway of about 200 meters from the main road to our lodge. I used to cross the main road and walk on the unpaved road that was around the agazhi of the kOttai to reach the bus stop. The kOttai itself is not that impressive - for one reason, it was not on a "rock mass" (as in the case of those in Trichy or Dindigul) and so not a real towering structure. In addition, when you walk by a historical site / monument everyday (for months or years), you stop thinking about it as a tourist typically does (envisioning crocodiles in the agazhi, elephants opening the passage, soldiers with spears sitting on the watching towers etc). In addition, there were many gov offices around that kOttai, including the dist collector's office / district court etc within walkable distance and so the place is surrounded by roads that buzz with vehicles / buses / pedestrians etc.

So, no one in the right mind gets into "history-dreams", especially when they walk around the agazhi to catch the morning bus to work

[Plum]

Anweshana - I guess you are talking about "ilalo kurise" or "EkAntha vELA". I haven't heard the tamil version of the former and have vague memory of the latter. Not a particular favourite, this album, except for the upcoming masterpiece in Keeravani. One interesting fact is Vamsi, true to his reputation, got IR to rework his then-recent hit in "edhuta neeve" from Abhinandana. The latter is a love-lament ballad while the one in this movie is a thrill-frill song. Experiment, I guess. Whatever be the case, both were big hits (in telugu atleast). Try matching that for cheek! Ofcourse, SA Rajkumar made a career out of one or two tunes so this is not something to be paraded as an outstanding achievement of IR