Aparna’s Blog

No this post is not about this month but about the song ‘July Maadham‘, which I am listening to on repeat mode now.
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Sometime back Priya Iyer had tagged me with this tag. Here goes the tag:

Opening credits:
Bombay Theme - Bombay

Waking up:
veLLai pookkaL - Kannatthil Muthamittal
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When the caller tune is Jashn-E-Bahaaraa, who will complain when a friend doesn’t answer the call? I didn’t even have the heart to cut the call even though she didn’t answer. And guess what I am doing now? Listening to the instrumental version of Jashn-E-Bahaaraa on repeat mode! What a beautiful song! Rahman rocks!

This is one movie where I liked all the songs the first time I listened to them itself. And the more I listen to each song, the more I like it! But, as I started listening to the songs of ‘Ada’, one thing that struck me was almost all the songs had an already-heard-before feel to it. This is just an observation and not a complaint.
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I was thinking about all the songs of ARR that released last year and ended up categorizing them as per my level of liking it. Sivaji and Azhagiya Tamizh Magan were the two albums of Rahman that released last year. Elizabeth - The Golden Age & the Marhaba song in Al Risalah released too but I have listened to Marhaba only a couple of times and I have not yet listened to songs of The Golden Age. So I am excluding those two here.

Songs that I love – the ones I consider to be The Best:

• Vaaji vaaji

• Oru koodai sunlight

Other favourites:

• Sahana/Sahara

• VaLayapaTTi

• Maduraikku

Song that alternates between ‘The Best’ and ‘Other favourite’ categories:

• athiradee

Song that needs more listening:

• nee Marilyn Monroe - I did like it very much when I heard it live in ARR’s concert. Still I have to listen to it some more before I can decide the category in which I will put it into

Songs that I don’t listen to anymore:

• Balleilakka

• kaeLaamal

• ella pugazhum

• The Boss

What is your choice of songs for each of these categories?

Listening to (and singing along) A.R.Rahman’s songs non-stop over a game of Scrabble with my sister is what I consider to be one of the best ways to spend a holiday! Enjoyed doing that today after quite sometime. It brings back the memories of the many summer vacations when we used to do that almost the whole day.

The promo (click on the link to watch) of A.R.Rahman’s Changing Notes Concert is superb! I watched it only yesterday evening and since then, I have been watching it again and again! I had got the passes for the concert on Monday itself but I am yet to decide whether I will go or not.

Btw, for those who haven’t listened to ARR’s song for the Hyderabad airport yet, here’s the link.