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

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

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[Bala (Karthik)]

"Saaindhu saaindhu", charanam, singing is atypical of IR. The feel, chords, the pace, the whole freakin mood is radical for the entire industry. I've never heard anything like this before. Indha madhiri oru 'close' louu song remba pudhusu, unusual. Penn-a maari compose panna madhiri irukku Of course, the male psyche will repel against mushy stuff, but idhu oru surreal feel kudukkudhu. After the charanam, when the pallavi starts, and the chords (low notes, slow)

And here is the thing, for all the Yuvan-bashing i(we) did - i still haven't listened to the Telugu version (only opening 2-3 lines) but from whatever LITTLE i listened to, it's a different song in Telugu. The mood didn't feel quite right [Oru nerdy geeky thayir saadham ushaaring a model figure effect]
Something Equa also posted in twitter. Shaan 'correct'-a paadraar but then that becomes a different song. Or i should have listened to the Telugu version first. If only Yuvan had got the basics right....

[kid-glove]

Hey KG, songs ruin Indian films right? :P

[KV]

Self correction: I have to rephrase my earlier sentence. It's not "especially the charan", rather it should be (only) "The charan".
Agree that it seems 'new', and radical. However it does not sound like any other contemporary number/composer.

The take off from "Vaangi pona en idhayathin nilamai enna da" the haunting way she sings "da" with a glide downwards and "Thaangi pidikka un tholgal illaye" ("thaangi" la oru glide, and the helpless/pleading effect). The whole melancholic longing (even spooky/haunting) feel in the tune is so Raaja, isn't it? Which is why Raaja has mentioned "devadhai ilam" to GVM after he composed this song

The operatic orchestration has his signs, doesn't it? As Nerd mentioned, mild Polla Vinaiyen feel towards the end

The pallavi and the singing at a couple of places is not typical IR, agreed

Oh yeah, the glides are all patented Raaja IP, especially the 'thaangi pidikka' phrase, which is oh-so-beautiful.
Anyway, like I'd said earlier, I haven't 'embraced' this one and mudhal murai fully yet, and I'll blame my in-built voice filter for it. I'm able to appreciate the musicality in them but still got a slight apprehension in accepting it as 'ours'. The bond's growing; I'll get there in sometime.

[rooky]

NEPV making waves in the public is more heartening and to see the biased sites marking this album as HIT is good news (when was the last time, we heard anything like this). Now, sify,behindwoods, indiaglitz and likes are alll appreciating the album and sales and not seen any negatives about the album yet..BTW, i got my physical CD today

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/85737.html

[Nerd]

(I dare say Raaja does just about a Harris Jeyaraj) despite some neat guitar work.

Outrageous'nga. The prelude and the 1st interlude, heavy strumming / electric guitars / jaws(?) drums (almost invoking Mumbai Xpress for me), karris 1500 jenmam eduththaalum mudiyaadhu. But the tune / melody (just the first half) harris enna g v pragaas kooda seyyalaam.

Anyway like you mentioned the 2nd half is superb. Karthik's best work in the entire album. And a 70 year old with a 20 year old's enthusiasm.

[KV]

"Saaindhu saaindhu", charanam, singing is atypical of IR. The feel, chords, the pace, the whole freakin mood is radical for the entire industry. I've never heard anything like this before. Indha madhiri oru 'close' louu song remba pudhusu, unusual. Penn-a maari compose panna madhiri irukku Of course, the male psyche will repel against mushy stuff, but idhu oru surreal feel kudukkudhu. After the charanam, when the pallavi starts, and the chords (low notes, slow)

And here is the thing, for all the Yuvan-bashing i(we) did - i still haven't listened to the Telugu version (only opening 2-3 lines) but from whatever LITTLE i listened to, it's a different song in Telugu. The mood didn't feel quite right [Oru nerdy geeky thayir saadham ushaaring a model figure effect]
Something Equa also posted in twitter. Shaan 'correct'-a paadraar but then that becomes a different song. Or i should have listened to the Telugu version first. If only Yuvan had got the basics right....

Welcome to the saindhu-dhaan-top-pick club! (I'm assuming you are indeed signing up with this post!)
Yes, Shaan, though he hits the notes better, does lose out to yuvan on the 'feel' aspect; the latter's lazy singing suits the song quite well (only to be screwed up here and there by his technically abachaaram range skills).

[Bala (Karthik)]

Welcome to the saindhu-dhaan-top-pick club! (I'm assuming you are indeed signing up with this post!)

Ore conpees
"Saaindhu saaindhu", "Kaatrai Konjam", "Sarru Munbu"

[Bala (Karthik)]

Ramya, what a find/choice

Vaanam ellaam should have been DK2 Shreya. Period

[Sureshs65]

Someone here mention about the drumming throughout the album. It is top notch and so much clarity in the drumming. If Raja himself is impressed, that fellow has to be on 'appa tucker' only no? (The thread is growing so fast that when I want to quote someone it takes quite a while to search. So whoever spoke about drumming, please stand up )