athangarai marame is one of my evergreen favourites of AR.. The song sounds always fresh to me..
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Aravind AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > This piece was written by my friend Vani, who is a Rahman fan too :) > I'm sharing it with the group for the benefit of everyone. > So, here goes: > > At the end of what I thought was a day so crazy that it makes me laugh to > think about it, I hereby write a note in praise of the song that > dramatically picked up my moods and made me smile, even at the end of a > racking 14-hour long day. > > This post is an attempt to put in writing the hundreds (ok, no, dozens) of > lines that are speeding through my mind in one moment in praise of the > humble song from Kizhakku Cheemaiyile, that I’m making myself listen to in > repeat mode just so I don’t lose the mood to capture all those crazy lines. > > First, the strings in the beginning. Rahman teases you a bit, making you > wonder what the song is going to be like, and Mano’s voice does complete > justice – is it a gentle melody? A taunt? A song brimming with love? > Surprise (moondraam piraiye nee muzhu nilavaanadheppo!)? And then the gentle > strings just rush to strength towards the end and you can literally feel the > guitarist completely enjoying himself, grinning, and just strumming the > guitar in full joy. And the song tells you that it's all of the above > emotions - and more. > > And Mano launches into the song – simply LOVE the pickup of the beat. Sheer > genius. > Just listen to the strings behind ‘Ulla sondham enna vittu pogaadhu’. > Subtle, and yet, brilliant. > > And Sujatha joins in, her voice also doing perfect justice to the song, > responding beautifully to the tone and mood of Mano’s voice. > > The guitar, meanwhile, joyfully cruises throughout, until Rahman jumps in > and croons his bit, as he is often wont to do… and after a punchy pause, > while in the background throughout, the guitar picks up again at ‘Kaagam > thaan katthi ponaalum’ – simply love the turn it takes at the end of ‘Un > mugam paarka odi vandene’ > > Oh, oh, and also after Mano sings the pallavi again, just before the second > interlude, listen to that unexpected bit that surprises you! > > Of course, look out for that casual, unexpected entry that the guitar makes > again when Sujatha starts wrapping up the song, and all through while Mano > takes on from her. > > And just when you thought you couldn’t get enough of all this, Rahman > perfectly ends the song, crisply, with no unnecessary notes, just right! > > Oh, ain’t I lucky to be enjoy such bliss from a tune so simple, yet so > brilliant! Hail music, hail Rahman, and hail God for creating him and > bestowing him with all this genius!! > > > Aravind > > ------------------------------ > > Rahmania show interviews: http://rahmania.4shared.com > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------ > Looking for local information? Find it on Yahoo! > Local<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_local_1/*http://in.local.yahoo.com/> > > >
