Sunday, October 21, 2012

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I travel a lot, at least 3-4 hours everyday (to and from work). I have lot of time to kill and hence listen to lot of music. But I have never tried reviewing songs or music albums because I don't think am much of a music expert. Just a music aficionado. Recently I added 3 new music albums to my playlist and thought I shall write about them. More because the blog has been idle for quite sometime.



Thuppakki (Harris):
The most hyped about album among the 3. It's a Vijay film so it comes with lot of talk as he is known for his dance numbers. The music is by Harris Jeyaraj, one of the leading composers in Kollywood. Though he seems to be losing his touch a bit of late (Maattrraan was just ok, except for 'Kaal mulaitha poove'). Coming back to Thuppakki, "Google google" was easily the pick of the lot. Had a nice peppy feel, good singing by Andrea and some decent singing by Vijay. None of the other tracks impressed me. They were ok-ok. They seemed to be good dance numbers, may be tailor made for Vijay and might work well with his dance moves. We need to wait and watch.

Aadhi Bhagavan (Yuvan):
The Sound track of this movie took me by surprise. I like Yuvan's compositions. There will be atleast a couple of good songs in his every album. I liked this album, more because it was different than being great. "The Bhagavan Rap" by The Prophecy and Sathyan (anyone heard of that singer/band before?). Later found that he is a Canadian singer Rajeev (known as ThaProphecy).  This has become one of my most favorite songs in recent time. Has been in infinite loops. Also is this the 1st time there is a full length English rap in a Tamil movie? I know other raps  from Yogi B etc., but they were Tamil raps or had English-Tamil mix. This one except the 'Bhagavan chant' was totally in English and absolutely rocked. Couldn't believe it was a Rap song composition by Yuvan!
Another track which was different was "Agadam Bagadam". Again was this the 1st time there is a full length hindi track in a Tamil film? Mohit Chauhan's voice was good to listen to and a good tune by Yuvan. 

There was one more song with Arabic flavor "Eisalaamey Eisalaam" and the rest had nothing great to write about. But kudos to Yuvan for trying something different this time. Hoping that the BGM and re-recording will also be great in the 'Mafioso Action' movie, as they are calling it.

Podaa Podi (Dharan):
I reserved my favorite for the last :) This was one entertaining album! I loved almost every track and Dharan Kumar has done a great job. All the songs are peppy and neat. They are refreshing and makes you want to listen again and again. I wasn't a big fan of the teaser of the movie released with "Love panlama venama" intro. But once I heard the whole song, I knew it was going to be addictive. It's also my favorite track from the album. I also liked "I am a kuthu dancer", had a nice beat it with the power house voice of Shankar Mahadevan. The idea behind "Appan Mavanae Vaada", a dad singing to his son, was nice. Hare Rama Hare Krishna" was refreshing. Knowing Simbhu's moves, am confident he would do great justice to all the songs and it's going to be fun! 

Overall, add these to your playlist now!
The Bhagavan rap | Love panlama venama | Google google