The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[groucho070]

I'll even go one step ahead - I am willing to help with the editing process, proof-reading and putting together a coherent book.

+1 Not that I yam inglis great. Extra pair of eyes helps.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

+1 Not that I yam inglis great. Extra pair of eyes helps.

No No, That would be a "terrible" Idea , Annan Flum Chee Plum will be comparing SPB+IR with Cricketers!

[PARAMASHIVAN]

I dont want to say I'll second Suresh's and Faramu's suggestion of editing this into a book - but that's only because I think I suggested that long back myself

yOv ithu umakE romba overa theriyala

[San_K]

நானும் ராஜாவும் - SPB, a music concert @ Chennai on 7th Aug

[PARAMASHIVAN]

நானும் ராஜாவும் - SPB, a music concert

Perfect Timing

[San_K]

yeah perfect thread

will try to catch but not sure

[app_engine]

nanRi Divine22, Plum & groucho!

Once again I'm behind by a day...BTW, it looks like with NN, it's curtains for 1982. There are a couple other SPB-IR songs that weren't hits (not even on radio, IMO) and neither the movies were popular...Those are Ezhai viLakku from echchil iravukaL and alaigaLE from kavidhai malar and can't be featured as separate posts. I'll do the 1982 links post before moving on to #103 & #104 that are due and they'll be from 1983 - another great year for this combo.

[app_engine]

Since IR was on top speed during those years, it was possible that some albums got released in 1982 but movies came in 1983 (a "model year" kind of phenomenan that continued thru out for the rest of his career).

So, let's not attach too much importance to this year thingy - it's just a way to recollect some great songs and have fun. There will be statistical errors / challenges due to lack of exact details / archives to public on TF. Film news Ananthan kind of resources will be accurate for any serious effort if someone wants references and this thread definitely cannot fulfill such standards.

[app_engine]

ok, the link compilation for the songs posted thus far :

All 70's & years 1980, 1981 here

Those of 1982:

#73 dheem dhiranana
#74 kAviriyE kAviriyE
#75 vAnengum thanga vinmeeNkaL
#76 iLaya nilA
#77 rAgadheepam ERRum nEram
#78 thOgai iLa mayil
#79 Ey AththA
#80 sAlaiyOram sOlai onRu
#81 maNiyOsai kEttu ezhundhu
#82 vaigaRaiyil vaikai karaiyil
#83 samaiyal pAdamE
#84 mAlaisoodakkaNNE rAdhA
#85 nEththu rAththiri yammA
#86 iLamai idhO idhO
#87 pookkaL sindhungaL
#88 sandhanakkARRE senthamizh ooRRE
#89 nAn thAndA ippO dEvadAs
#90 koovungaL sEvalkaLE
#91 nAn thAn tAppu
#92 poovil vaNdu koodum
#93 veLLichchalangaikaL
#94 ammA azhagE
#95 kuyilE kuyilE
#96 nathiyil Adum poovanam
#97 sangeetha jAthi mullai
#98 ninaivellAm nithyA nithyA
#99 thOLin mElE bAram illE
#100 nee thAnE enthan pon vasantham
#101 pani vizhum malarvanam
#102 rOjAvaiththAlAttum thenRal

[app_engine]

#103 தாமரைக்கொடி தரையில் வந்ததெப்படி?
(ஆனந்தக்கும்மி, 1983 )

Let's begin the year 1983 with a sweet SPB number that was great in sounds. The second interlude is simply out of the world! SPB, in his prime, was singing with so much of enthusiasm to a jubilant sounding number -almost war cries - even though the lyrics have nothing to suggest anything of that sort. A love song, presented in a battle kind of format and so the emotions of the song are somewhat confusing.

In any case, the movie should have been equally confusing to the public as it didn't run beyond a week IIRC. Never got a chance to watch it and don't remember who the actors were / director was etc. Only two things are known - music & producer. Producer? Yes, because it was produced by none other than Ilayaraja. That too not the 'pAvalar / RD Bhaskar' banner but in his own name.

As a producer, he spent decent money for the music (possibly the first one he got recorded in Bombay, talked about the better facilities there / how individual instruments could get recorded in different tracks etc). Signed up decent singers (rather than singing all of them by himself / his brothers). So, out came a fantastic album! Most songs were penned by VM (this one definitely was) and were above-average on that count as well. (Except mainA-mainA, somehow that word cheapens a song IMO - it can never equal the kuyil or kiLi word, even though the bird itself is equally lovable).

This song was not as big a hit as I wanted it to be. Was on radio / tea shop / recording centers / TDK cassettes etc but not to the scale it deserved - not even as popular as the mainA or other songs from the same movie. That is still inexplicable as I consider this song as one much above most others from that time period!