'Crazy' kiya re...

Its been a long time since I saw him on screen and I was 'super' excited to watch him judge and sing in between in this week's Airtel Super Singer Junior. Do you know who am I talking about? It's Harish Raghavendra. It's for his voice I got a cassette full of his songs as a gift, it's for his voice I ran from behind the stadium which holds 1000s of people to the front to watch his 'live' performance. Although his voice is not heard in the charts frequently, his voice is still afresh and has the same specialty of diction in it. I had the privilege of making my friends become fans of his voice :) One of his latest and one of my favorites of his' is here:

Varaprasadham :)

I've been waiting to write this blog for few days. Sometimes when I listen to some songs, I feel the divinty in the voice of the person who sings it. And when it comes in the form of a concert with SPB, Chitra and Vairamuthu, it can be definitely called as 'varaprasadam'. I did not know that there was such a concert until one of my friends told me last week. First of all, I should thank her for making me to listen to such a
wonderful concert. There are some portions which I loved and I am going to highlight those here. The content referring to this post may be old but their voices are still afresh :)

* Vairamuthu introduces SPB as 'Sareeramum Saareramum ilaikadha Baalu avargal'
* Also Vairamuthu quotes 'Puvikku arasanaga irundhirundhal Baaluvin idaiyalavukku thangathai thandhiruppen, aanal naano kaviarasanaga aiyvitten..Adhanal indha thanga changili mattum tharugiren'
* The uvamai of 'Thappa Thappa?' and 'Thappathapa' in Paadariyen Padipariyen - The way Vairamuthu explains it is great
* On the 'En Kaadhale' song, he says 'Baalu idhai paadirapdhai kaetal, innoru murai kadhalithu thorkalam polirukiradhu'...true it is :)
* How can someone emote in a song so much??? I always wonder how SPB does it with ease in any song, be it 'Pothi vacha maliga mottu'(when he says 'aaha..' with such a romantic touch) or 'En Kaadhale'(sings as if
he feels the pain of lost love) or 'Sangeetha Jaathi mullai' (as if he has lost his eyes and crave for his lady love)
* It was great to listen to songs like 'Kannamoochi Enada', 'Paadariyen Padipariyen', 'Andhi mazhai' rendered by Chitra. Although 15-20 yrs have passed since she sang these songs, there's a freshness always which is a gift
* Being SPB on the other side who is an improvisation mannan, Chitra couldn't control her laughter and she too tries to improvise and smiles like it did not come well but it did
* 'Vaana magal naanugiral, veru udai poonugiral' - Wat a lyrics!!!
* I have heard these lines of 'Pothi vacha' but never knew the inner meaning of it until Vairamuthu explained it...'Aathukulla nethu unnai nenachen, matha neram poga manja kulithen'...I thought whenever the heroine did not think of hero, she takes a shower...Wats der in it? ;) But actually it is: vekka neram and not matha neram :) When the heroine thinks of the hero, she may grow red because of the shyness; To hide it from the hero, she takes a tumeric shower :) [I know my translation is too poor but you have to adjust :)]

Although some of these songs were my favorites even before watching this concert, it has proved the worth of watching especially when Vairamuthu explained it. It is indeed a musical treat...A varaprasadam! I would highly suggest all the music lovers who had missed watching this concert, to watch and enjoy the beauty of such voices and lyrics :) Type in 'SPB Chitra concert' in youtube and there you are!!!

Is it funny? ;)

I guess it's the 10th or 11th time that someone is making fun of my voice msg...No issues...I'm totally enjoying it :) This is how it goes...

Listening to my very first voice msg, this is what my friends had to say:
1. The same tone as I used to say 'Rajalakshmi Muthukumarasamy' to show that it's funny
2. Enna 'Sanjay Ramasamy'nu nenapsa? Edho oru bayangaramana tonela solre...
3. Naan call pannadhe un voice msg-a kaeka dhaan...overa nenachukadha...adha kaetu sirika dhaan...
4. Eppavachum bore adicha un voice msg-a mimic panna try panren....but un alavukku varave mudiyala...:)
5. Un pera solli mudikradhukulla inga BSNL bill ehiridum pola...

For a change and to get rid of the above sarcastic remarks, I tried a new one but the remarks never ended :)
1. The very first friend who heard this had left just laughs as a msg...I totally understand it :)
2. Another friend of mine says 'En yaarayo adikka pora maadhiri arambikira? Naan kooda vera yaarayo call panitomonnu nenachen :)'
3. Chance-a illa, Maduraila maadu mechutrundha ponnu ivlo americanized-a pesudha? Namba mudiyala...ha ha ha :)
4. Enna oru range-a voice msg vachirukka? Enna matter???
5. Pls voice msg-a change pannen....and I said Change pannadhu dhaan idhu :)

I may try a new one few months after... :)

My Vote...

For the first time in this Super Singer show, I felt Ravi deserves to be in the winner spot. He was awesome when he rendered all the medley songs especially on the Udhaya Udhaya song, he was so emotive that anyone can feel the song from a true heart :) The song itself is a great one rendered by Hariharan. When Ravi was singing, it did not sound like he tried to imitate what Hariharan did but it was great to listen Ravi singing it and esp on the notes of 'Unnale..Thannale....'..WWWoowwwww...As always, I have a second spot to be taken by Renu in my voting system..Man, I love her voice. I have never found flaws in her singing so far. And for the third spot, I have Prasanna and Rohit in tie :) Have to see their performances in the upcoming episodes. Let's see whether my voting system clicks the right way (Enakku Sangeetha gnanam irukkanu therinju poidum?:)) Since this round induced me to listen to the song Udhaya repeatedly, I am providing the link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyklQRnTFo0

Satiety...

She came and asked. I said OK! I was looking forward for it. I was very excited and happy thinking 'Will it happen this time?' I missed last time but I hope it will be fulfilled this time. In a row of 5 years, it's the only time I missed it and I know how I felt bad about missing it last year. I was so close in getting it but I missed it. Let me not think about this past, I told myself. I had dreams about me enjoying it and I remembered how some unknown faces came and praised me after I did it couple of years back. Also, I did get reminded of how I got bad comments from my friends when they saw me doing it first time 5 years ago. Giggles, Guffaws, Smiles, Excitement - I saw my friends in my dreamz reminding me all of those. It used to be like this - My friends calling me within few mins after I complete it and talk about the nuances and I loved hearing it from them. And now, I am excited to do it again after 2 years. And bad luck strikes...Next day an email comes and I came to a conclusion that I cannot do it and dropped myself from it. I thought to myself - Ok...No problem..now it's two years in a row you are going to miss it! My dreams became jus dreamz...I forgot about it for a week and was surprised that I was called again. Next day I went there to do it and as usual I felt so shy after seeing the whole crowd and stood at the corner until a voice called me. They showed me this...They showed me that...I was just watching. Then they said it was my turn to do it and I did it. Break...People there told me that I have grasped the nuances so quickly. And finally I thought 'Hmm...even years pass by, I have not lost the passion in it'; With my hand fists clinching I said to myself, I did it and now am doing it again and went for a merry-go round. Hmmm...I am dancing for two songs in this year's Diwali function :))