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Great songs of IR that don't appeal at first

Topic started by SR Kaushik (@ nova5.cs.wisc.edu) on Wed Oct 21 17:52:25 EDT 1998.
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There are many songs of IR that I never was impressed with, at first hearing. However, later on the tune began haunting me and I was captivated. Some examples are "Nilave vaa" from Mouna Raagam, "Varna Vrindavanam" from Kaliyoonjaalu - I was pretty impatient with these at first, but now they rank among my all time favorites.

On the other hand, you have songs that impress you at first hearing itself like "Thaalaatuthe vaanam", etc. I wonder what it is in the song that makes its appeal slow?

Also, as a composer, how would IR know whether his tune would have a fast or a slow appeal?

I am interested in knowing others' views on this.

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• From: peeps (@ 203.199.207.198) on: Mon Aug 12 01:02:11 EDT 2002
  
  Senorita I love you--What a start,A Song really ahead of it times !!
  Sendhora Poove --
  Poonkatrey konjam - Friends..Even though i have heard this song in cassette it didnt impress me much but when someone in Apoorva ragangal sung this one..i fell for it..
  Azhagil Azhagu Thevadhai - I hated this song first..may be for the bad recording in my cassette or from IR itself i dont know..But when i saw the picturisation..totally amazed..That whole film itself taken in a Poetic manner..
  One song i didnt like till now is "Illamai enum poongatru" ..I dont know why
  
  
• From: GB (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Mon Aug 12 10:23:37 EDT 2002
  
  most of us didnt like many songs at first appeal coz...we did not watch the movie n the video clip.
  its one of IR's supernatural that his tunes fits good to the screenplay of the song....thats why we dont get the touch till we listen to the song while watching the movie.
  for me ..i had the same experiance with germanyin senteyn malare in ulasai paravaigal....now i fall in love with that song
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 217.158.120.226) on: Mon Aug 12 11:21:33 EDT 2002
  
  Great songs of IR that don't appeal at first are some of the most wonderful composed by him, but sadly ruined by his horrible voice!
  
  
• From: GB (@ 161.142.100.86) on: Tue Aug 13 12:22:08 EDT 2002
  
  naaaaa....i feel some outclassed songs got famous bcoz of HIs excellent voice>>>
  thendral vanthu--avatharam
  unkuthama---azhagi
  etc
  etc
  
  
• From: Are Yaar (@ 203.197.141.186) on: Wed Aug 14 07:30:38 EDT 2002
  
  Raghu:
  
  >>>Great songs of IR that don't appeal at first are some of the most wonderful composed by him
  
  Don't they say that if any song that doesn't appeal to you first, then it is a bad song. Now that is the yaar stick to measure ARR. In that case, this thread shouldn't have been there in first place. Great insult to IR.
  
  Actuall, I wanted to post this message addressing it thru raghu. Do NOM for Raghu.
  
  
• From: Are Yaar (@ 203.197.141.186) on: Wed Aug 14 08:58:29 EDT 2002
  
  typo
  >>>Actuall, I wanted to post this message addressing it thru raghu. Do NOM for Raghu.
  
  Actually, I wanted to post this message addressing it thru raghu. So NOM for Raghu.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Prabhu (@ ) on: Tue Oct 14 20:35:55 EDT 2003
  
  Peeps,
  I can understand your dislike of Ilamayenum Poongaatru - abysmal picturisation, nothing else!
  I bet you would have heard the song first on TV. I was crazy about this song and used to rank it among IR's all time top 3.....after a long time i came to know how it was picturised!
  To draw a parallel in my case, I somehow can never like Pani vizhum malarvanam. Still a friend of me, a big ARR fan who likes only synth music and very little of IR's melodies, was very much sold out on this one and often pestered me to get it for him. Of course, he wasnt aware how much of a letdown the visuals were!
  
  
• From: Pradeep Thilakan (@ ) on: Mon Oct 25 06:13:40 EDT 2004
  
  IR's all time greats.
  1. Ilaya Nila
  2. Ilamai oru poongatru
  3. Sendoora poove
  
  Perhaps it was IR's musical arrangement clubbed with his unique melody which has made these songs immortal !
  
  
• From: Pradeep Thilakan (@ ) on: Mon Oct 25 06:13:59 EDT 2004
  
  IR's all time greats.
  1. Ilaya Nila
  2. Ilamai oru poongatru
  3. Sendoora poove
  
  Perhaps it was IR's musical arrangement clubbed with his unique melody which has made these songs immortal !
  
  
• From: Pradeep Thilakan (@ ) on: Mon Oct 25 06:14:35 EDT 2004
  
  IR's all time greats.
  1. Ilaya Nila
  2. Ilamai oru poongatru
  3. Sendoora poove
  
  Perhaps it was IR's musical arrangement clubbed with his unique melody which has made these songs immortal !
  
  
• From: Sharath (@ 203.190.152.36) on: Mon Oct 25 06:47:58 EDT 2004
  
  Raamanin Mohanam.. I didn't like it for many years.. now am liking it..
  
  I still don't like Vellai Pura ondru..
  
  
• From: sudalai (@ 203.101.73.165) on: Mon Oct 25 07:12:07 EDT 2004
  
  Sevvarali thottathule.. unna nenachu..
  A good one from Bhagavathipuram Railwaygate.
  
  

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