LOVELY bit there about Armstrong! Thanks a lot Vithur - can't wait for the next interesting tidbit!
--- In [email protected], Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Vairamuthu Neram > > > > *Adhisayam song * > > > > Isai Puyal A.R. Rahman and Dir Shankar have to be thanked for this moment. > We wrote a song titled ' Adisayam" in jeans. We introduced newer strange > unique events and places in the song. The adhisayams that we had written > there are not the real Adhisayams ( strangeness) . Something happened > because of the song, which was the real Different thing to me, the real > adhisayam. > > > > Whichever Strange places of happenings, which Tamilians would have never > seen, those strange places were picturised on this song. This was the thing > which gave me happiness and ecstasy. I was very happy and excited to know > that my tamil was associated with all the strange places and strange > happenings in the world. I would like to convey my gratitude to Shankar and > A.R. Rahman, for having reflected my tamil on all the strange places in the > world, through that song. > > > > *Narumugaye song * The song became very popular in all Universities, > Colleges and temples of Education. > > > > I started thinking, why we cant express Science in our songs. Slowly, I > started inserting the knowledge that had gained in through my study, > experience into my songs. If we go in depth in science, the songs would > become like an essay. So, I measured it and wanted it to be said. > > > > *Enakee Enakka ( Jeans ) * > > > > " Idhayam Thudipadhu Ninraalum, Irandor Nimidam Uyir Irukkum. Anbe Nee enai > Neenginal , Maruganam en uyir Taangadhu". > > > > These lyrics are scientifically based. The death of the heart is not real > death. If the heart stops functioning, there are chances of it being able to > be made functional, by applying some sorts of pressure, or arresting it by > some means. The real death is the death of the brain. If the Oxygen doesn't > go and reach the brain within a certain period of time, the brain is dead. > The death of the brain is the whole death. The death of the heart is not > complete death. There are chances of the life coming back. That's why, the > lyrics go like, even if the heart stops functioning, I would be alive, but, > if you leave me, I cant bear it. I know, at which place, they would listen > to these lyrics. If I say it in a scientifica discussion, they would not > listen to it. If I say these in a stage, they would ask me to concentrate on > the poem and the script. When the same is kept at a place, when two lovers > speak , It fits well, just similar to how a tablet is inserted within sugar. > Love is inserted within some reasoning. > > > > We have come to an age, when we have felt that nothing can be done forsaking > science and scientific reasoning. Anyway, there is no purpose in songs > reflecting the old moods. It's the modern feeling in the songs, which would > attract listeners. > > > > (Chinna Chinna Mazhaituligal Sethu vaipeno En Swasa Kaatre ) > > > > *Ratchagan Kanavaa Neee Kaatre Song * > > > > Director Pravinkant, Miss World Sushmitha Sen and their lover Nagarjun. The > hero and the heroine are waiting for the lift to carry them to the top floor > . But there is a power cut, and the lift is not functioning. The hero is in > a situation, where he has to go the top floor with his lover. The heroine > tells, that its difficult for her to go to the top floor by climbing, and > asks if she could be carried all through. He accepts it with happiness. So, > she asks if she wasn't heavy enough. Isnt my weight hurting you ?. At this > junction, there is a song. I thought of getting Archimedes principle at this > juncture. > > > > Archimedes principle is that " Bodies lose weight in water". When the lover > is carrying his loved through the steps, the man is not able to feel the > weight. When I thought over this, I thought if Archimedes principle could be > brought forward here, and made it to apply here. In water, objects are not > heavy. It loses weight. In the moon, man is not appearing with weight. Like > this water, and moon, Is love also a feeling, which makes one lose weight. > ??. That is science, and this is a feeling. Science is reasoning, and Love > is a feeling. Without reasoning and logic, a feeling cannot achieve success. > Without the feeling, the Logic cant achieve fame. It's the work of Art to > unite this Logic and the Feeling. > > > > > > *Chandiranai Thotthu Yaar Armstrong * > > > > I wante d to try something new. After composing the tune of this song, A.R. > Rahman got a little bit upset with me. He wanted the lyrics , where the word > Armstrong happens to be changed. I asked him, why it has to be changed. He > said, it doesn't suit the music well. He told me, " Chandhiranai Thotthudu > Yaar Armstrong aaa ?". The idea is good. The word strong aaa appears to be > little strong. This is a melody song. I sang it and showed him. I told him, > that it sits well within the tune of the song. But, he was telling that it > was disturbing the tune a bit. I told him, " Let the singer come. Without > disclosing our difference of opinions, I would read the lyrics to him. Let > him sing it. While singing, if this word creates a problem, then we would > change it then. Else, if its comfortable, let us retain it". > > > > At that moment, Singer Hariharan was flying on his way to Chennai from > Mumbai. We were all waiting for his arrival. He entered the place wishing a > big Hi to everyone present there . with his long pony tail he asked, what > was the song. I read the lyrics, and after he listened to Armstrong aaa , he > said, " Armstrong aaa ???. Pudisa irukke ( Oh. It appears new ). Oh its good > ( Nalla Irukke )". I told him to sing. Rahman taught him the tune. When he > sang the lyrics, the exact word, which was considered to be a hindrance to > the tune, was converted into a perfect one for the song by hariharan. He > sang it to perfection, and the song attained a new status. Immediately, > later, Rahman saw me, and I saw Rahman, and Hariharan without knowing our > struggle, seeing the stanza of the song, the song was completed. After the > song finished, we told him the entire story, and he laughed. > > > > For that song, and especially for safeguarding that word " Armstrong", I am > very thankful to Singer Hariharan. > > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > ARR -- The Sweet Cube always >
