IR as a singer

[S.Balaji]

Shall we discuss here the various songs which IR sang ...

My favourite will be Siruponmani asayum.... from kallukkul eeram....

I also feel that IR was a better singer compared to other MDs...

[alwarpet_andavan]

My all time favorite song with IR as the singer would be "Polla Vinayen".

From the filmi domain, i would rate "Janani Janani" as his best.

Of course it doesn't end there and i'm just getting started

[ananth222]

I think three things (among other thigns) determine how good a singer is:

1. Shruthi: Is the singing musically correct? i.e. is it in pitch and incorporates the right embellishments?
2. Power and tone of voice: Is the voice stable and strong? Or is it weak and breaks down in parts?
3. Expression and emotion: Does the voice modulate to portray the right emotion in the song? (bhaavam)

While IR is not the epitome of these properties, I think he is highly underrated as a singer. I also think that IR is in control of 1 and 2, and his main strength is in 3.

songs like "janani janani", "thenpandi seemayilae", "valli valli ena vanthaan", the TiS songs etc. portray the levels of these aspects in IRs voice very well.

[app_engine]

Some of the best Raja songs were duets...especially those with SJ...siRupon maNi is ofcourse a good number. So are the following ones:

-nAn thEdum sevvandhippoovidhu
-poomAlaiyE thOL sEra vA
-kaN malargaLin azhaippidhazh
-ponnOvium kaNdEnammA engengum
-vaLLi vaLLi ena
-chinnappoNNu sEla

I think he did well with other female voices too...

-sAmakkOzhi (SPS)
-kAdhal Ovium (Jency)
-mEghangarukkayilE (UR)
-vizhiyil vizhundhu (BSS)
-thenna maraththula (PS)
-oru jeevan azhaiththadhu, thuLLi ezhundhadhu pAttu, indha mAn
(KSC)

[app_engine]

Some more IR duets:

-dharisanam kidaikkAdhA (SJ)
-sangaththil pAdadha kavidhai (SJ)
-metti oli kAtROdu (SJ)
-malarE pEsu mounamozhi (KSC)
-adi AththAdi (SJ)
-veLakku vachcha nEraththula (SJ)
-hey konjippEsu (Sujatha)

In most of these songs, we won't think like `idhu SPB pAdinA eppadi irukkum'...However, while hearing the songs he gave to paridhAba singers like Krishnachandar, idhukku SPB kidaikkAtti at least RajavE pAdirukkalAmEnnu thONum...(vanakkiLiyE a classic example)

[nilavupriyan]

1)thenpaandi cheemayile
2)janani janani
3)kadhalenbadhu podhu udamai

[Sanguine Sridhar]

I am a big fan of IR Music..But not to his tone..I accept some of his songs are gud..but not perfect..I used to think that for some song...singers like spb or yesudas could have done the job

[Sanjeevi]

Orambo Orambo Rukkumani
Thindaduthey rendu kiliyae
Empattu empattu
Poonviyam
Janani Janani
Metti oli (gr8)
Sangathil padatha kavaithai (gr8)

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Orambo Orambo Rukkumani
Thindaduthey rendu kiliyae
Empattu empattu
Poonviyam
Janani Janani
Metti oli (gr8)
Sangathil padatha kavaithai (gr8)

Sanjeevi innum office-laya?

[Sanjeevi]

Orambo Orambo Rukkumani
Thindaduthey rendu kiliyae
Empattu empattu
Poonviyam
Janani Janani
Metti oli (gr8)
Sangathil padatha kavaithai (gr8)

Sanjeevi innum office-laya?

hi Sridhar, no from home.