"The
leader of 2008 Tamil Music"
As
every year comes to the end,
arm-chair critics and jobless
young men everywhere come up
with their own choice for
"the
song of the year". I belong
to the second category.
Here’s
my take on which song had the
maximum impact in Tamil Nadu
in 2008.
Harris Jayaraj came up with
four albums this year. Bheema
and Sathyam turned out to be
damp squibs which reminded
one
of his old tunes. Dhaam Dhoom
had one very good track in
Anbe
En Anbe. Then came one
extraordinary
album in November. Vaaranam
Aayiram was an all-hit album
with the first rock song in
adiye kolluthe. Nenjukul
peidhidum
showcased Hariharan at his
zenith.
Ava enna enna became a big
hit
with great choreography,
touching
lyrics and Karthik's voice
which
gave the number apt support.
Yuvan too had a great year.
Hey salaa was a cracker of a
song with energetic dance by
Ajith. Dosth bada dosth
became
a half-anthem for friendship
(one other song which hit the
charts at the same time
eclipsed
it completely, though). Where
is the party? was a big
favourite
in all radio stations.
Yaaradi
nee mohini too had some nice
tunes.
Vijay Antony came up with a
song which was the rage for
quite some time. He "Nakka
Mukka-ed" his way to success.
Thozhiya en Kadhaliya was a
popular caller tune.
Himesh Reshammiya's debut in
Kollywood Dasavatharam was
very
much average.
That brings me to choosing
the
best album of the year:
Its surprising to see a
fresher
coming up with such a
riveting
album. The TV anchor of
yesteryears,
James Vasanthan, came up with
a breezy album with complete
variety in the middle of the
year. Subramaniyapuram had 5
songs, each one in a
different
plane. Madura Kulunga was
full
of folk beats. Kangal Irandal
was a touching melody with
nice
lyrics. Kadhal siluvayil had
Shankar Mahadevan's sonorous
rendition. Theme Song was a
cross between folk and rap.
Theneeril Snegitham had the
talented Benny Dayal in it.
Though it had nothing to do
with the movie, it was highly
catchy.
Now for the ultimate
accolade-song
of the year:
Harris may have had 4
albums...Yuvan
may have had 4 albums...But
one song from the Mozart of
Madras eclipsed them all. One
song which has applied to THE
LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS for
being
played more than 450 times in
radio stations within 30
hours.
One song which made the worst
movie of the year run for 50
days. One song for which the
entire audience waited for
two
excruciating hours in a
torture
of a movie. One song which
was
very popular in spite of the
ordinary picturisation. One
song which was the most used
caller tune of the year. One
song which was fitted
uncomfortably
in a movie with a bad hero,
very bad heroines, very very
bad director. A complete fun
song on friendship with
simple
lyrics, rocking music and hot
rap by Blaaze. Only AR RAHMAN
can do such magic."Taxi
Taxi" is, by quite a
distance,
the song of the year.
Objections, anyone????
By Umesh,
2nd year BE ECE,
PSG TECH,CBE
[email protected]
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