Papanasam Sivan: The Tamil Tyagarajar (III)

[nimnit]

பல்லவி என்ன செய்தாலும் எந்தன் துணை நீயே -என் அன்னையே உமையே -என்னை நீ -என்ன... அனுபல்லவி சின்ன வயது முதல் உன்னையே நம்பினேன் சினந்தென்னை அடித்தாலும் பரிந்தெடுத்து அணைத்தாலும்-நீஎனன.. சரணம் முன் வினையால் இன்ப துன்பங்கள் விளங்கிட மூட மதிகொண்டு என்னை நோவது என் பேதைமை என் விதியால் துயர் ஆயிரம் சூழினும் எல்லாம் உன் திருவிளையாடல் என்றெண்ணி -நீ என்ன..

[holygroove2]

I have no idea what she is singing, but this is captivating. I really enjoy all the ornaments she uses (if they call them ornaments). Somehow this reminds me of Umm Kulthum but this is clearly not Egyptian. I mean, I like the rhythms and the phrasing and all of it. So much music out there in the world!

[lsjtifo]

2. Today? A frantic speed out of sync with any rhythm (each individual and the whole cosmos in its individual subsystems have a rhythm), crudeness, and pandering to the lowest levels of tastes, and push down even the few who have better, that is socially elevating, tastes. The art of music and visual media has fallen into crass commercial hands, who are blockheads in art,aesthetics or social commitment.

[lsjtifo]

in the few decades when Tamizh Thyagarajar was active composing devotional as well as cine songs (the latter work, he later is said to have regretted!), both of very high cultural quality, the aim of the film industry in TN (indeed in other areas of India, too) was to cultivate good taste in ALL people, both in music and living styles. And the effort succeeded to a very grat extent.

[trc108uma]

karaharapriya rakam has been wonderfully brought out in this song

[trc108uma]

very good and informative