Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

[thumburu]

moththam ettuppAttunga

ellAm kEtta piRagu pick paNNunga

Adhu SKVkke veLicham
SKV, enga andha micham 4? N OT worthy nnu neengalae filter paNNitaeLa?

[raghavendran]

Raaja songs ellam ippodhan oru 2-3 yrs non stopa kekuren..yellathukkum oru tayam,age varanumla

this album is something nga..

musically i am not educated...its all about feel and connecting with the soul for me..this hits the dart right at the centre...truely amazing..

Vanam mella--loves song..ennanamo seyuthu...listening to it with eyes closed..:anandhakaneer:

Saaindu saaindu-another blissful song.got used to yuvan's singing...heaven when it reaches....Kaalam Vanthu Vanthu Kolamidum..

Kaatrai konjam-this is like a flow of a river..the connection from ennai pattri ketka sonnenen yen kaadhal nalama edru Kaatrai konjam nirkka sonnen is just

Yennodu vava-melodious..liked the charanams very much..

Mudhal Murial-this hit me in the face,even when the orchestra performed in the event....Neethane hook..goosebumps

Pudikala Maamu-what a beginning this has..a let down a bit when the second part begins..but picks up when the beats begin..foot tapping song..surprised to see negative comments to this

Pengal Yendral-typical for yuvan..amazing feel in the stereo..

Satru Munbu-seems like a visual song..amazingly backed by heavy orchestra..need more listenings..

defenitely not an album just for the season..it is,will be a cult..GVM for working with Raaja

[ajithfederer]

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[thumburu]

vaangO thumburu, vaangO. unga reviewku naan kaathundrindhEn! Pleasant surprise that the album has worked for you too! (I still think plum's gonna take a hell lotta time to 'warmup' to this one!)
mudhal murai 1st interlude solo violin kEttEla? You're gonna lap up this one, I bet my buck!

KV, "Mudhal murai" is so very unIRish and I need time to come to terms with this bolt in the blue.
I have a disturbing thought crossing me when I hear "mudhal murai".
Iam definite about IR only possible songs like
(SAindhu SAindhu, Kaatrai konjam) IMPOSSIBLE BY (Imaan,DSP,HJ,GVP,VS,Yuvan,ARR,KR) in that order.
But "mudhal murai" ? I would have accepted if some one said a GV Pragaasam did it. Correct me please.

"Ennodu vaa vaa" didn't move an inch up further from teaser times

[Sureshs65]

I almost thought of giving up on writing on 'Saindhu Saindhu' after V_S's lovely exposition but anyway went ahead and posted my views:

http://onlyraja.wordpress.com/2012/0...-ponvasantham/

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

http://www.sasariri.com/2012/09/blog-post_5.html

ராஜாவின் தபேலா சத்தத்தை எதிர்பார்த்து எந்தப்பாடலிலும் காணாமல் ஏமாந்தேன். எல்லாப் பாடல்களும் மாடர்ன் ட்யூனில் ஒலிக்கின்றன.

இன்றைய பாடல்களில் இருந்து எந்த வகையில் நீஎபொவ வித்யாசம் காட்டுகிறது? ஒன்லி ஒன் சிம்பிள் திங். பாடல்களை முழுக்க முழுக்க ஆர்க்கெஸ்ட்ராவை கொண்டே சமைத்திருக்கிறார் ராஜா . கம்ப்யூட்டரின் துணை அங்கங்கே ஒப்பேற்றல்களுக்குத்தான் பயன்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

நீதானே என் பொன் வசந்தம் நல்ல இசை ரசிகர்களுக்கு ஒரு “கெத்து” ட்ரீட், சந்தேகமேயில்லை.

[KV]

KV, "Mudhal murai" is so very unIRish and I need time to come to terms with this bolt in the blue.
I have a disturbing thought crossing me when I hear "mudhal murai".
Iam definite about IR only possible songs like
(SAindhu SAindhu, Kaatrai konjam) IMPOSSIBLE BY (Imaan,DSP,HJ,GVP,VS,Yuvan,ARR,KR) in that order.
But "mudhal murai" ? I would have accepted if some one said a GV Pragaasam did it. Correct me please.

"Ennodu vaa vaa" didn't move an inch up further from teaser times

Thumburu, this is precisely the reason why I think this soundtrack is such a colossal one - the mind-boggling variety.

The first time I listened to the whole album, my mind automatically 'selected' saindhu, kaatrai konjam, ennOdu va, vaanam mella and pudikkala maam, for these immediately had a 'frequency match' with the theevira IR rasigan in me.

The other 3 songs - mudhal murai, pengal endraal, satru munbu - left me scratching my head as I couldn't 'connect' to these. "Now, what is IR trying to do here? Where is 'my Raaja' or 'the-Raaja-I-know' in these songs?" I asked myself. The singing felt 'alien' within the 'Raaja territory', thanks to the heavy anglicized style (which one can safely generalize as a trademark of sorts of any contemporary melody). The tuning and structuring of these songs too felt quite unfamiliar. My immediate response was the similar to yours – “Can’t arr/gvp/harris/thaman/joshua/ysr do something like this? Why is Raaja even ‘required’ for these songs?”.

Then, after some more listening and ‘building acquaintance’ with them, the ideas appear to start taking shape. Yes, this is very much ‘contemporary’ in musical style, but it doesn’t end there. Raaja elevates these songs through his authority over orchestration, incorporating a score, which in my books, nobody other than him can possibly conceive. It’s like Raaja saying to the younger MDs “yeah, this is what you guys do, right? Now let me show you my way of doing the same.” For Raaja, this might simply be another step in his constant evolution as a composer (though personally I see it as a ‘leap’!). Although there is absolutely no ‘necessity’ for him to ‘answer’ anyone criticizing him as ‘out-dated/can’t keep up with trends’, the very urge and ability to re-invent and re-construct himself as a composer, automatically becomes a ‘response’ of sorts to the skeptics. Yes, Raaja old-timers like some of us here will take time to warm-up to this and accept the fact that Raaja is (either deliberately or unintentionally) wearing the hat of a contemporary composer (which, by the way, is imperative here because of the film, its maker and the target audience – the youth crowd). But, importantly, in doing this, Raaja has not killed the ‘classic’ composer in him, which is why we still have songs like kaatrai konjam and vaanam mella or saidhu saidhu. The end result is this mammoth of an album, one half of which is vintage Raaja and the other, a very atypical Raaja (like I'd said earlier - covering all bases).

[Bala (Karthik)]

KV
Disagreement on Satru Munbu. The tune is Raaja, especially the charan.

[groucho070]

The western (blues-O, soul-O, etho oru inspirationla ivayngga pAdikkitirukkAngga) styled singing makes the experience a bit "whoa, this is Raja?"-ish. For me, at first listening. Then, I totally ignored the vocal and it sits in well, very well.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Then, I totally ignored the vocal and it sits in well, very well.

What??? The vocal/tune is an integral part and almost equal partner in the song's success