Tuesday, November 25, 2008

vaa machan vaa from 'vandi chakkaram'

seasonal greetings. yeah its raining 'full's and 'half's in chennai too. ethanai nalaiku daan 'cats and dogs'-nu solradhu. the song am going to present makes me talk all these. it's always fun talking abt bacchanalian topics. and i swear am a teetotaller.

those who are capable, do it. those who cant, talk about it. isnt't it?

there was a time when me and my brother wud listen to anything labelled spb. 'konjam odhungu' from vasantha kalam, 'neerazhi mandapathil' from thalaivan, 'vangak kadalin karaiyoram' a tribute to mgr tuned by sg, this current song, 'judo rathinam' from soorakottai singakutti etcetera.

i heard this song while i was studying 10th, and the mention of any 'ketta vaarthai' wud elicit a 'arthabushti' smile from a curious teen.

'sarakku', 'silukku' et al were considered bad words those days.

and in this song, i wonder if spb was really drunken. so effortlessly he brings the maunderings of a man who has finished 3 rounds. oh, there r no rounds in 'saarayam', i suppose. ok a bottle and half.

just imagine the capabality of this man to make such an ordinary song into a remembered one and bringing so many improvisations to a 'veenaa pona sarakku paatu'. he is one wasim akram who can bowl 6 different deliveries in an over.

indha paatuku 3 charanam vaera. either there shud be delectable music or thoughtful lyrics to have more charanams. rendum illa indha paatula. in fact, if not for spb nobody wud even remember this song.

let me list the 'highlights' of this song

'ada yappa rasa kutty' after 'rosapoo ravikai kari nee daandi siluku'

'jivvunu' erikkum thaangipudi

sarayam, SAMSARAM, sandosham, suddenly singing the caps in a lower octave

and a scat singing in the 2 interlude. 'drualdra rancha rindum dum, rara bampa lakum bam, tara ram pam pam, jura juntu tokun din, dara rumpa ripam bam, tara rumpambam jun tan din,' i used to laugh, laugh and laugh incessantly hearing this.

thattaenda thalathai kaidhaei, un moonjila vachaena kaiya, 'ennada idhu vayathula oru madhiri iruku, speshil sarakkunu daana solli koduthan, appuram paathukalam' in the voice of m r radha.

and a 'hehhahhhaaaaaaa' siripu like kumarimuthu, ending with a azhugai 'aayaaayo thoo'. yeah including the spitting.

i bet, there is no singer in this world who can do a 'vaa machan vaa' but spb.

silk smitha got her name in this movie only, by playing the immortal siluku.

music by shankar ganesh. "lyrics" by 'kanian poongundranar'

wish u a tasmacian evening.



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