Aparna’s Blog

Wow! Congrats, Rahman!

Sanjay’s kaNmaNiyE (Listen to Sanjay sing ‘kaNmaNiyE sollaDI kamalanayana ramaNaniDam‘. Just awesome!) & rAgESrI. TMK’s Anandabhairavi varnam (This was the main in TMK’s concert yesterday!). GNB’s rAga sudha rasa (Alapana that precedes it is pure bliss!). ARR’s Aromale, Hosanna, Omana peNNE (just for that amazing nadaswaram in the end!), Aathangara marame, Pudhu veLLai mazhai, Latika’s theme, En veetu thottatthil & Anbe from Rhythm.

What are you listening to?

Did you watch the Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa audio launch that was telecast on TV yesterday? Weren’t the unplugged version of all the songs as awesome (at times even more?) as the original songs? It was a pleasure seeing everyone on stage performing with so much passion. How I wish the unplugged versions too get released! Talking about VTV songs, I am hooked big-time to Hosanna, Omana Penne & Aaoromale. I have listened to other songs only a few times since I don’t seem to have enough time for these 3 songs itself! Rahman is amazing as always!

• The surprise continuum ending of Rehna Tu
• Blissful guitar interludes in July Madham
• The classic dappaankutthu beats in Ooh La La
• Swarams in Lukka Chuppi
• Beautiful flute interludes in Pyaara Sa Gaon & My Wish Comes True

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kaNNilE kalmisham
pOdhume silmisham
sparisamO thuLi visham
naan illai en vasam

(Lines from ‘Hey Goodbye naNbA’)
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Voiceless version of Worldspace theme is playing. As I look out of the window of the bus, I see a group of about 20-30 birds flying over some backwaters (or is it not backwater?). The scene somehow looks beautiful. Within a few seconds, I see another group of birds flying, those together forming a V-shape. Voiceless version of worldspace theme has already ended and even as I am enjoying the sights of nature lost in Rahman’s music, the same theme with voice plays and I hear Rahman say, ‘It’s the sound of nature. If you listen carefully, there’s music in everything.’ Moments like these are what make life beautiful, even if only for a few fleeting seconds, even when nothing else is going great in life. Thank you yet again, Rahman!

Did you listen to the samples of Couples Retreat? Just awesome! If just the samples in the website get one hooked to it, imagine how the entire tracks are going to be!