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[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

My only fear of any new IR-album is that of listening to tsk-tsk sound ; which definitely won't get pass Gautam, if one goes by his past record.

Also, from the pazhassi rAjA time, I don't hear that tsk-tsk much (& bass frequencies greatly improved also). ponnar sankar drum work, for e.g., is acceptable...

(I'll still have complain about male singers - but they are not going to bring down this album any worse than other contemporary ones)

ithellaam arivujeevi's oda kavalaigaL. album oru kaathalukku mariyaathai renge la irunthaale pothum! main tune is what the masses look for.

[Bala (Karthik)]

ithellaam arivujeevi's oda kavalaigaL

What exactly does this mean? Seri, appo matravanga ellaam muttaalgal pradhinidhiya? Unga karuthu enna? Tsk-tsk percussion pidikkuma pidikkaadha? Illa tsk-tsk percussion ellam public-ku oru matter-e illa nu mattum solreengala? Yen, nalla percussion sound kudutha public reject panniruvaangala?

Kadhalukku mariyadhaiyellam oru (Raaja) range-a?!

[K]

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My strong belief is that Raja Knows "music" better than all of us discussing here.

[Bala (Karthik)]

My strong belief is that Raja Knows "music" better than all of us discussing here.

Oh, i didn't know that! Idhu theriyama thaan ithana naal inga discuss pannitrundhoma?

[thumburu]

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naanga enna perusaa ethirparkarom ? oru 'valai osai', oru 'thendral vanthu theendum', oru 'megam kottattum', oru 'vaanam keezhey vandhaal enna', oru 'poomaalaiye sol serava'. oru 'poove semboove' - indha rangela album podhumey - idhellaam indha aalukku oru sappa matter! kaalaila pallu vilakkum podhey indha maadhiri tunes ellaam avar mandaiyila sarva saadharanamaa odikkittirukkum!

ada - oru modern 'adiye manam nillunaa nikkaadhadi' style kutthu song with damaal dimeel percussion onnu irundhaaley pattaya kilappumey!

Oh what a temptation!!!
nAn ellAm oru Ponnar SankarO, oru Snehaveedu "chandrabimbathin" maadhiri paatellaam vandhu vizhundhAle yedheshtam nu nenachindrukken.
Now I feel like expecting "azhagu aayiram" or "Germaniyil senthEn malarae"

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Bala, i, for once, speak for masses. romba technicalities paakka porathillainnu sollren. Nallaa vanthaa, kattaayam athai note panni paaraattuvaanga, otherwise, ithukkaagavellaam pidikkaama poga ellaam chance illai, given that the main melody appeals them. athu thaan mukkiyam.

Kaathalukku mariyaathai became a commercial hit, after a gap, for Raja albums. so athai(becoming hit) sonnen, not about its quality. But record breaking, ellaarukkume pudichirukku, no appeal, chanceless, aa vanthaa namakku santhosham thaane? (Yerkanave vantha albums e, namakku appadi chanceless thaan, but larger audience appadi solla maatraangaLe)

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

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My strong belief is that Raja Knows "music" better than all of us discussing here.

my strong belief is that, you know that "every body knows that already" but this is an important album. athu marukka mudiyaatha unmai. intha album kku poda vendiya paattai, thaandavakone maathiri oru unknown newcomer album kku pottuttu, thandavakone kku podavendiya music ai intha padathukku pottaa, athu sari illaama poidum. though we will equally like both the albums even if reversed, we will have to agree that a chance is missed. That is less likely to happen, given Raja's ocean deep talent, though, ppl are tend to discuss like this, when films like this happens...

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

kadaisila, album namakku ellaam avvaLavaa pdikkaama, aanaa general audience kku kannaapinnaa nnu pidichi pogavum vaaippu irukku.

[Bala (Karthik)]

romba technicalities paakka porathillainnu sollren.

There is absolutely nothing technical about it. It's just about end user rasanai, that's it

[Sureshs65]

Aaaha. This big panchayat it has become eh? In Telugu there is a says, 'aalu ledu, soolu ledu, kodukku peru somalingam'. The guy is not married nor is their any pregnancy involved but the son is already named 'Somalingam' !!!

My take is this. Raja, whoever be the director, will be firm on one thing. That the songs be as per the needs of the film. If Gautam's film requires only tabla music, he will do that, irrespective of what Gautam wants. Plum here had coined the phrase, 'narrative integrity' and Raja has stuck to through and through. So only if Gautam has narrated a story like 'Thandavakone' will he get 'Thandavakone' music One director narrated a 'youth' story to him and he got 'Om Shanthi' which had a couple of wonderful numbers, including the amazing 'Chinna Polike'. Everything would depend on the story and where Gautham is planning to place the songs in it.

Personally, I have stated this earlier as well, I don't have any particular 'shangam', that the album should be like this or like that. I am very convinced Raja is a man who will not want to repeat himself and will be thinking of doing newer things. So I neither want 'Ninaivellam Nithya' nor 'Kadhalukku Mariyadhai'. I want what he gives For example, when 'Pazhassi Raja' came out people thought the music will be on the lines of 'Guru'. It was different, yet it had Raja's stamp, a certain freshness and perfectly suited the movie. So I will personally leave it to Raja (not that I have a choice ) to give me something new. I want to feel the freshness I felt when I heard 'Chinna Polike' or "Edaya Baagilu' or 'Chengkadhir' and I am sure Raja will ensure it happens.