Topic started by Neels (@ 202.54.125.152) on Wed Dec 30 06:37:26 EST 1998.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.
I am enclosing a mail I receeievd from a friend. It is hilarious to say the least. And very true:
It has been taken from some posting by one Ramesh Mahadevan (I don't know from which forum; if TFM, sorry guys, for the repetition.)
Thought I'll share this with you all...
OK, here it goes:
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Latest Algorithm from Poet Vairamuthu
by Ramesh Mahadevan
(Please note: This post is written in jest. So, if you have a fragile personality or if you are a habitual flame-thrower, skip this post. )
It has been several years since I wrote my post on "An algorithmic approach to Tamil verses." Since I wrote that piece, I realize that I have become vastly unpopular. But what the heck, let me go on with my frontal attack on Mr. Vairamuthu's lyrics. It is time for me to upgrade my earlier post.
Now the great Pulavar Vairamuthu has evolved a newer and more high-tech algorithm. We have 50 Kg Taj Mahal and patently absurd concepts like Flight-il vandha nandhavanam (Can somebody please explain what this means?) Basically, the Pulavar wants to be in the swing of things - he wants to tell us that he knows what a fax is and that he is hip to latest cellular phones. Let it be known that he is on top of all high-tech developments and teenage goings on. Sticking to Pulavar's latest algorithm, I came up with the following song:
Song
Internet-ilirundhu kudhitthu vandhavale
Winterstorm pola kulircchi thandhavale
Centerspread-kku sirippai thandhavale
Mentor Graphics Stock pola irangi vandhavale
(Internet...)
Nee dhaanadi enadhu periya Y2K problem
Kaadhalaiye re-engineer seydha oru emblem
DVD devi-di,
nee Web-TV-yin aavi-di
Thitthikkindra tiramisu,
devi nee oru pudhu dhinusu
(Internet...)
Deviyin viyarvai mazhai oru Niagara
Thevai illai enakku endrum Viagra
Taj Mahal iruppadho oru Agra
Thaamarai poo ival ennaangara
(Internet...)
See ? It is that simple. It took me all of six minutes to make this song. It is only a matter of time before words like Viagra and Y2K creep into Vairamuthu's songs. (Mark my word - today is July the 27th, 1998. I guarantee this before the end of this year) .
Readers, now you too can compose such lyrics. Just choose any of the following buzzwords, phrases and newsy people and make up anything. Have fun !
Technical terms: Merced chip, Nuclear fusion, parallel computing, Web page, etc.
Cultural icons: Dim sum, Spice girls, Sensex (!), Gen X, hip-hop, etc.
Newsy things: Asia crisis, Dodi Fayed, Monica Lewinsky, Ronaldo, Leo deCaprio etc.
Vairamuthuism: Vervai, devi, janmam etc.
Responses:
- From: vijay (@ 129.252.24.118)
on: Wed Dec 30 13:32:47 EST 1998
i was talking about someone who had challenged that the word 'viagara' would creep into the TFM lyrics befor this year in my review of kadhal kavithai in the other thread. well, thanx neels, it is none other than ramesh mahadevan!! the word viagra has come in the song 'thathom thakathimi' from KK. but the lyricist is not VM. i do not know who it is.
- From: Shanmugam Murugappan (@ 208.236.83.16)
on: Wed Dec 30 15:10:07 EST 1998
Vijay,
Is Pazhani Bharathi the lyricist of the song "thathom thakathimi" from the film "Kaadhal Kavithai"?
- From: Neels (@ 202.54.125.152)
on: Wed Dec 30 15:27:15 EST 1998
Yeah Vijay,
Amazing isn't it?
Well, NOW we have some real competition. I don't know who is the lyricist for 'Kadhal Kavidhai' is, but he sure is aware of the "IN-THINGS". VM and Vaali better watch out! Probably we should HELP "Kaviyrasar-Kavikkon-Kavi Dada-Pachaiyappa Kalloori Thandu Aruliya Puratchik Kavi-ThiruvAlar Vairamuthu Saaaar" earn some quick bucks and of course a quicker entry to the GenerationNext's Hall of Fame by Faxing this post!
DVD devi-di,
nee Web-TV-yin aavi-di !
Nee dhaanadi enadhu periya Y2K problem
Kaadhalaiye re-engineer seydha oru emblem
Can you beat that?
- From: Anush (@ ariel.sun.com)
on: Wed Dec 30 17:45:51 EST 1998
Nice one Ramesh!
Anush
- From: Shanmugam Murugappan (@ 208.236.83.16)
on: Thu Dec 31 16:25:45 EST 1998
Neels,
Your friend Ramesh has got a very good future as a lyricist in TFM if he continues in this fashion and he will be a major threat to all other lyricists in TFM. (Just joking)
Well, if this song is to be used in some movie, the following questions arise.
Who will be the MD? (Either ARR or Deva)
Who will be the singer? (ARR or Suresh Peters)
Who will be the actor? (Prabhu Deva or Prashanth)
Who will be the actress? (Simran or Rambha)
Who will be the director? (Shankar or Vasanth)
Folks, just imaginining what a mega hit the song will become with the above combination!!! Oh God, how I wish the days of MSV-TKR, Kannadasan come again!!! But, I have the feeling that they will become a big flop in the current trend
- From: Neels (@ 202.54.125.163)
on: Fri Jan 1 07:28:06 EST 1999
Shanmugam Murugappan,
The team will probably be
MD: ARR
Dir: Shankar
Singers: Suresh Peters & Hariharan (just for the Carnatic touch, an alapanai every now and then) and the harmony of Minmini, Anupama, Noel James, Sharda & Co.
Performers: Prabhu Deva And Raju Sundaram, with Ms. Thunder Thighs Rambha dancing in Kannamma Pettai Cemetery (Novel Location Shankar Saar!)
- From: Ravi (@ m36.chn.vsnl.net.in)
on: Sat Jan 2 08:47:52 EST 1999
Guys... dhlkldklkdfl appadinnu oru thread irukku.. this stuff is very much suited for that thread.
- From: Neels (@ 202.54.125.141)
on: Sat Jan 2 10:00:52 EST 1999
Ravi,
How do we continue this one there? Please advise.
- From: Shanmugam Murugappan (@ 208.236.83.26)
on: Mon Jan 4 17:18:17 EST 1999
Ravi,
Sorry about that. We will continue this discussion in 'dhlkldklkdfl' thread.
- From: Shanmugam Murugappan (@ 208.236.83.26)
on: Mon Jan 4 17:19:27 EST 1999
Neels,
Good imagination!!! Let's wait and see if it comes out true.
- From: Shankar (@ webgate0.mot.com)
on: Tue Jan 5 03:42:42 EST 1999
thak dhOm is by MR. Agathiyan.
- From: kiruba (@ surf0004.sybase.com)
on: Thu Jan 7 20:05:57 EST 1999
Ramesh Mahadevan is one of the most creative of writers I have seen on the web. You guys should check out his short stories. He writes about Indian student/expatriate life in the US. It is really, really funny. He also writes about things set in the IIT atmosphere.
Amazingly talented guy creatively. No wonder he did a good job with this songs even though this is just in jest.
- From: Bala Muruga (@ brf-cache10.jaring.my)
on: Fri Oct 29 23:24:57 EDT 1999
friends it is good comen's
i just came to u r web ..
i m quit interest poems with liriks
if u pupils can provide to my e mail i will appreciate
Thanks bye
wish to receive and early reply
thanks
- From: Vidhya (@ 204.164.111.183)
on: Tue Nov 2 11:12:51 EST 1999
Awesome poem Ramesh !
kavidhai-yil American-life vaasanai :) Too good.
- From: Tamil Kavi (@ gwnj.utstar.com)
on: Tue Nov 2 11:13:09 EST 1999
kavi ezhudhiya kavi arasu
kavi illa Pe arasu.
- From: RODOLFO (@ )
on: Thu Nov 22 18:34:09 EST 2001
I JUST WANT LIRIKS
- From: premila ravi (@ 152.163.194.207)
on: Wed Jun 19 13:59:34 EDT 2002
hey good i too can compose like ramesh using vairamuthus alogrithim.You have to rum ur imagination wild.We too can be creative in writng a song in tanglish (using tamil and english words in lyrics) for our movies. Who knows it can become runaway hit.Good Work Good postings .makes reading interesting
- From: Thamizhan (@ 128.205.25.49)
on: Fri Apr 4 16:19:50 EST 2003
how about dragging bill clinton, bill gates, george bush, saddam hussain, a b vajpayee etc in tamil movie songs ? eg., jeans -> vaaroyo thozhi, majnu -> mercury mela medai idu...
i18n of tamil songs ;-) ???
- From: cs. madhu. (@ 210.214.8.217)
on: Mon Sep 15 09:13:28 EDT 2003
i like mr vairamuthus saptham illaatha thanimai kettein & oru poiavathu soll kanne.
his poetry peyyena peyyum mazhai , thamizhukku nirammundu & sirpiye unnai sethukku kiren.
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