Ushaji, naa innum PEP album full aa kEkkala. Ideally, thanks should go to Suresh (for posting this here) and the guy who'd put this up originally!
Nichchayama koodiya seekaram kEttu paakkarEn.
Scintillating Seventies - Folk
Scintillating Seventies - Light & Semi-Classical
Scintillating Seventies - Advent of WCM Technical Depth
Exhilirating Eighties - Early 80's fusion
Exhilirating Eighties - Mid 80's Auto-Pilot Smooth orhcestration
Exhilirating Eighties - back to folk in the late 80's(Ramarajan etc)
New Age Nineties - Early 90's classics(Devar Magan, Ejamaan etc)
New Age Nineties - The Malayalam Majesty
Maestro's Magic - 2000's
Ushaji, naa innum PEP album full aa kEkkala. Ideally, thanks should go to Suresh (for posting this here) and the guy who'd put this up originally!
Nichchayama koodiya seekaram kEttu paakkarEn.
editeettEn, B(k).
இன்று வீட்டிலிருந்தே அலுவல் வேலை செய்ய வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்ததால் 1990-ம ஆண்டு ராஜாவின் பாடல்களை கேட்டு அசை போடுகிறேன்.
அம்மன் கோயில் திருவிழா - மாஞ்சோலை கிளியிருக்கு
புலன் விசாரணை - குயிலே குயிலே கொஞ்சும் தமிழே
சிறையில் பூத்த சின்ன மலர் - ஆலோலம் பாடும் தென்றலே, வாசக் கருவேப்பிலையே, அதிசய நடமிடும் அபிநய சரஸ்வதியோ
உன்னைச் சொல்லி குற்றமில்லை - சொர்க்கத்தின் வாசப்படி
கவிதை பாடும் அலைகள் - உன்னைக் காணாமல் நானேது
அரங்கேற்ற வேளை - தாயறியாத தாமரையே (**இந்தப் பாடலின் ஆரம்பம் முதல் கடைசி வரை ஒவ்வொரு வினாடியும் நம்மை ஏமாத்தியிருக்கிறார் ராஜா. கடைசி பத்து வினாடிகள் சொர்க்கம்! சாஷ்டங்கமா விழுந்திட வேண்டியதுதான். பாடல் முழுவதுமே Medley வகையைச் சார்ந்தது)
சொல்லிச் சொல்லி ஆறாது சொன்னா துயர் தீராது...
Listened to My Dear MaarthaaNdaan album today after ages.
What excellence!
'Main' songs
uttAlakkadi - simple start so you get the idea then second geer then silambaattam. SPB - he hits it out of the park and has some to spare.
iLavattam kai thattum - the drum start, gets frenetic as proceedings heat up, trumpet enna pOdu pOduthu paar, SJ-SPB: best ever, second interlude - where the hell did that come from, the chorus at different pitches - sometimes for an entire refrain, sometimes for half-a-line - eththanai
azhagu nilavu - Mano-vai naama thittakkoodu. SFeeB irukkumbOdhu ivar edhukku Mano-vai paada vaikkiRaar. Reasonably song but nothing too captivating.
saththam varaamal - prelude announces the song is epic in scope, chorus - edhunA senjikittE irukkAinga (not just hawA hawalA raaNi - it's hilarious how sincerely they sing this gibberish ), Mano - same comments as earlier apply.
pAkku veththalai - start, dugududagududugudu chorus, trumpet-guitar 1st interlude, second is shenai?, SPB - what a singer can bring to a song Oru sax appappo chips in with maximum effect. It's like some lazy guy sitting in a corner wants to join the party now and then.
Mini songs
aaduthu paar - yeah the voice contortion is gimmicky - but fun tune anyway
kalyANa mAppiLLaikku - enna adi!
o maharAja - lovely one. vaRavERpOm ho ho ho varavENdum ho ho ho
My Dear MarthANdaan - joy in audio format. vERa enna solla? Last night I found this song when spring cleaning my PC. Listened to it umpteen times last time. And then decided to listen to album today.
One of my favouright albums of all time
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
Nandhavanam poothirukkudhu - Illam
Killer pallavi, kickass ludes, some great bass lines and drumming. Strangely for a Raaja song, the charanams (where he shifts to a folkish tune and orchestration, but the blending isn't that nice, say, unlike in Poogatru pudhiranadhu) here kinda don't match up to the pallavi. Btw, there are two copies available in Thiraipaadal and both play at different tempos (one seems a bit slow and the other a little fast!). Can someone point me to a good version of this song?
Idhu ilamail ilamai - bass score, araajagam! \m/ \m/
And another from the same album - Maama maalai nEram. Myna Thambi Ramiah baashaila, adangopaththamavane!
Subashree mEdam, 'Return of Endrendrum Raaja' nu vechchu indha paattellaam select pannunga please!
Last edited by KV; 20th January 2012 at 07:04 PM. Reason: tungslip
Listened to this stunner from Echil Iravugal. I didn't know of its existence until it got uploaded to youtube by some good soul. Have listened to Poomele Veesum and Pootha Malligai before and this one is an equally beautiful song. Superbly rendered by MV & Jency. It's going to be doing the rounds a while for me.
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