On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 16:30 -0700, Thaths wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Madhu Kurup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The name of the song translates into "Dance (or perhaps a combination of > > dance and sway) Snake". Broadly, I believe it's talking about the > > environment - "The time of the children of the forest has gone by...".
so i sent the track to my mom, who said: "You know that Aadu Pambe is quite shocking. As children, we would be exposed to this, in dance class, on dance stage and from mother/grandmothers. It is actually a snake-charmer,s song, saying , Dance Snake, I am searching for you. The raga is I think PunnaagaVaraali, one of the Varaali famiily. Panthuvaraali is like Shree. Punnaaga (note the incorporation of naaga = serpent in the name of the raag) is more like Gauri, [a mind-blowing raag in hindustani music that's almost never performed as it is supposed to drive you mad - RG] and singing the raag on stage is considered an adventure, as snakes can actually come with these vibrations being created. [...]. So I really think that they shouldnt have put this on Mallu Rock! " i pointed out that i'm sure the rockers would be pretty thrilled at the thought of conjuring up snakes on the stage :-) -rishab
