Thanks for sharing that list.
I know only about 10 of those songs really well...
(with Daas, Dishoom and Silunnu Oru Kadhal songs being my evergreen favourites!)
The last "new songs" I would have listened to was probably Kumki and Thuppaki...
I'm not up-to-date with the latest tamil songs these days.
I'm not interested in knowing about them either.
I listen to songs only before going to sleep...
(it's usually after a looong traumatising day (or night) at work.)
So I choose to listen to a few, selective tamil songs...over and over again...
that will eventually soothe a restless mind and guarantee a good night's sleep.
(It's strange...but even after so many years of music, Illayaraja's melodies remain the best medicine at such times too!)
Here's a constant list of Tamil songs I keep listening to...
1. Udhayam NH4 - Yaaro Ivan
(best heard at night in a dark, quiet room with only headphones - Saindhavi and GV Prakash literally sweep you off your feet)
2. Kumki - Ayayayoo Aananthamey
(Though the happy male version is a wonderful delight, I like the slow female version with the violin interludes just as much)
3. Kireedam - Akkam Pakkam
(A world where no one exists except you and your loved one...wow!)
4. Alaipayuthey - Snehithane
(A song that's close to my heart because it's like my real life...doctor girl and IT guy meet and fight with each other...and fight against time to be with each other)
5. Johnny - En vannile ore vennila
(Illayarja, Balu Mahendra, Jency, Sridevi, Rajnikanth...and that serene atmosphere of subtle rainbow colours as one sings and another silently enjoys. Always brings bliss to the soul).
6. Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen - Etho oru pattu
(Though the male version is the popular, romantic number...I like the female version where the woman reminisces her sweet childhood memories of just being a young care-free girl)
7. Ullam Kollai Poguthey - Kavithaigal Sollava
(I like both the happy and sad versions...but when you listen closely, it's amazing how the tune is soothing yet the lyrics pierce your heart in the sad version sung by Hariharan)
8. Sengottai - Bhoomiye
(This song was not included in the 90s movie, but it was part of the music album and it's one of my personal favourite duets of SPB and S. Janaki)
9. Kannukul Nilavu - Roja Poonthottam
(One of the few romantic numbers of Vijay's earlier movies that I listened to non-stop...with due credit to Illayaraja, of course.)
10. Senthamizh Pattu - Chinna Chinna Thooral Enna
(Okay...this is Illayaraja's masterstroke. The movie was mentally-retarded and stupid but this song remains priceless even after 20 years - thanks to Raja sir.
Plus this song is lovely to listen to on a dark, rainy night!)
Edited by spain - 11 years ago