Isai Gnani's கோடை கால காற்றே...

I usually shy away from listening to tracks from the 90's and the 80's fearing gross monotony.It may be that i am prejudiced towards music from that era during which two big names,gangai amaran and ilayaraaja established a two party system of governance in tamil film music.It was the boom time for both the majestic composers and it wouldn't be incoherent to say that both were 'manufacturing' albums on an industrial scale assembly line with ilayaraja producing soulful,wonderful music while the other, relentlessly churning out tracks without the fear of being repetitive and monotonous.The previous was completely my opinion and an apology on my behalf if that hurt the sentiments of die hard fans of gangai amaran's music.

Kodai kaala kaatre was one the best tracks of Isaignani....Evergreen,touching and gentle.A casual listen to this track would serve to uplift your mood drastically, triggering a torrent of happy emotions dammed up deep inside your heart!. I was travelling towards my exam centre through a taxi and needless to say,"feeling worked up" would only partially express the amount of anxiety i felt within me.The taxi driver tuned in to the local FM station and this song was being aired....That was the first time i heard this 'out of the earth' composition.I have this bias of judging a song within its opening 40 or 50 seconds and i would have a rough mental picture of whether to go forward and listen or to temporarily switch off one among my senses.the opening few seconds of this song didn't impress me much but with malaysia vasudevan's opener i was quite pleased.I just felt pleased,intensely pleased,relaxed!.The song has wonderful highs and lows traversing gently through the contours of musical brilliance.


This song may not appear to be a match for the technically superior,electronically manipulated music of today,but the era during which this song came out was a time in which music recording was heavily constrained by technological limitations.All musicians had to get their act together and sync themselves with the vocalist for a hopeful error free onetime record,very much unlike the layering style of today wherein the need for the presence of all artists involved in a composition simultaneously,is eliminated altogether.Each artist listens to the composed layers and adds in his/her sounds on top of the previously existing.To think of such a composition during such an era is simply mind blowing!.Enough of me going on at length about isaignani's masterpiece....here is the download link.....

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இந்த பாதை எங்கு போகும்? இந்த தேடல் எங்கு சேர்கும்? - ஆயிரத்தில் ஒருவன்

Here's one song which is close in more ways to me than one,close to my heart as well as close to home.Chennai based composer (நீ நிஜமாவே ஜீவி தான் யா!) G.V.Prakash kumar's Indha paadhai from aayirathil oruvan. This is one song in which the two most important aspects are in the superlative,great music,great lyrics! A lot of songs have atmost one of the aforementioned superlatives,but hardly both.The music has a heavy rock feel to it.The song begins with heavy bass synthesizers blasting away,kinda blows your mind away too! just simple easy to understand,eloquent,wonderfully philosophical lyrics.Full credit to the lyricist whoever he is.

You want to understand the meaning of life? You need to go no further,just put this song in full volume and trust me,this song eliminates the need for booze to get you pondering about life and philosophy and all of that stuff!

The lyrics and interpretation(My personal interpretation,yours may be different) are as follows...

Indha paadhai engu pogum?
(Where does this path lead to?)

Indha thedal engu serkum?
(Where would this search take me?)

Naan ingu kalanden oru puyalil
(I blend into the eye of the storm now..)

Naan oru ilai dhaan indha kaatil..
(I am just a leaf in this forest!..)

Mudhalum,mudivum illai...
(There is neither a beginning nor an end!)

Ilakkugal yellaigal illai...
(I have neither goal to reach nor border to confine myself..)

Karayin thollai kadalil illai..
(The problems on shore are absent in the sea..)

kadalum maraindhaal manam illai..
[I couldn't understand what this line meant..so its up to you to interpret this line..]


Aadi,koothadi nee thirindhaal, edhu sogam?
(If you wander with happiness in your heart, there would be no sadness to bring you down..)

Ulagai paarthu paarthaal un vaazhkai mella saagum!
(Compared to the world you live in,your problems will slowly die away!..)

Odam nadhiyil pogum...Nadhiyum Odam mel pogum...
(The boat may conquer the torrent...The torrent may conquer the boat...)

Azhuvadum sirippadhum un velai...
(Laughing and crying are just your duties..)

Nadappavai nadakkatum,avan leelai..
(Let things happen,everything is according to his(GOD's) agenda...

Marangal ingu pesum...panithuligal maayam kaatum...
(Even Trees may speak,dewdrops may mystify you...)
[Multiple Interpretations possible!]

Idhai nee konjam unarndhaal..pira uyirgal unnai thodarum..
(If you understand this...all life will follow you...)


I was listening to the song while writing this post and let me tell you,the fear of my post not being read by any soul except me is the only factor that demotivates me from blogging at length about the ton of meaning one can attribute to each verse of this great song!.This song is just so so F***ing AWESOME! It's a pity it didn't make it to the movie. :-(

Latin Pop anyone.....?

Pacha Massive is one of them new age latin pop artists based in NewYork City, churning out some neat latin pop music....doing a pretty neat job of fusing together latin american music with run of the mill pop and rock influences to create a damn unique style.I heard them first in NGC music,they performed on tv some nice songs that really got me hooked...if there was any artist i discovered whose album was wonderful in its entirety, it has to be pacha massive's All Good Things...usually only a few songs in an album would be worth listening to in the case of almost all artists...pacha massive stand out and make an impression in this regard...each one of their songs is stunning....i may be heavily biased...i have a natural inclination towards all stuff south american...so its up to your judgement to listen and rate them!

Happy Listening!

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Waltz with Bashir Soundtrack

This movie is one of the greatest movies about WAR i had ever seen in my entire life! The encomium does'nt end there,this movie also boasts of an exceptional soundtrack with most of the tunes set to the electronic genre.The music wonderfully complements the screenplay in managing to transport the audience effortlessly back to the era in which the movie is set.This soundtrack is a must for the discerning ear!.

The rapidshare link for the entire movie's OST is below...

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La musique d'Afrique de l'Ouest

I 've always had a strong inclination towards music from far off exotic locales.,especially africa..this time it's west african music.I found this song from the soundtrack of the movie 'New York,I Love you'.this song is really a pleasent listen,kinda soulful...could'nt really understand any of the lyrics though,but hey..good music knows no boundaries!.I especially liked the rhythmic beats and most of all,daby toure's voice.


Daby Toure - Iris

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Aaromale Carnatic Version - Shreya Ghoshal

Aaromale was undoubtedly the best song from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya....the musical maestro's wonderful ad-libbed creation was just too marvellous and astounding to be 'grown tired of' with the repetitive listen.I myself must have tuned in to the song like a thousand times,still the urge to press play to experience 5 minutes and 44 seconds of pure ecstasy once more ceases to wane! The eclectic mix of psychedelic rock from the west with a shot of homegrown bhagyashree served to be my personal "shaken not stirred" cocktail occupying a very special place in my heart!

This one's a very carnatic version of the original with shreya ghoshal rendering her angelic voice...a magical effect....


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A.R.Rahman's Background Score for Rhythm (2000)

I had been searching for the background score for this movie which would'nt have been as wonderful if it hadnt been for A.R.Rahman's fantastic,soulful compositions.

Here's the link for the entire movie's background score (Does not include the usual songs)

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This Blog will have....

I am a fellow music lover like you and countless number of others. I am also a very keen listener of world music.I love listening to new sounds,sounds that i have'nt heard before,sounds that are pleasing to the ear as well as breathtakingly refreshing to the mind.enough said...


Thievery Corporation

I first heard of this band's song "from creation" in the EA Sports cricket 2002 game and the song's dreamy feel got me hooked! I googled the band and downloaded a couple of their albums.I found this track to be really wonderful and in fact better than the song that was included in the game.its titled My Destiny(Meu Destino).Here's the link.....

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