Music makes my mind active! People say music can be relaxing, but for me, its something that wakes me up and makes my thoughts sprint. I am not complaining though. Its wonderful how my mind starts to assume or imagine the mood of the song that’s playing, the nature of the rhythm, the choice of the instruments, the lead singer and of course the lyric! I start to think of all this when I listen to any kind of song and to my surprise, I arrive at some amusing theories about the song and if someone asked me how I arrived at it, I would give bizarre explanations! I thought it would be nice if I could write my unusual explanations to why I love a particular song. Read on…
There are a few songs that are very much apt for a situation. Love songs, sad songs, songs that show different kinds of situations. I have a few songs which I feel are a perfect match to the situation, not only with the lyric of the song, but also with the kind of mood the music creates. Even if you did not know the exact situation of the song in the movie, you’d be able to guess the situation if you heard the song! This might sound weird but that’s how I feel about a few songs.
Omana Penne – Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya: This song is the most beautiful song I heard off late. It is about a guy who is smitten by the pretty woman he just cannot resist admiring. The rhythm of the song is soft and continuous which makes you sway along with it. The music does not outshine the rhythm progression, it is all within the limits so nothing distracts you from swaying to the beat. The lead singer’s voice has a coarse edge to it, which to me seems like he is irresistibly in love with the woman being portrayed on screen. Does this match with the situation of the song in the movie? YES! That is why I love this song.
Thangathaamarai magale – Minsaara Kanavu: Well, what can I say about this brilliant song? It is a singer’s song and SPB has done such a great job with this one. The lead is the hero of the song. If you have noticed, nothing goes beyond the male lead. The background score and the rhythm is so well blended that, you can, with no distractions concentrate on the voice and still feel the presence of the life the background music creates in the song! SPB has accentuated this song perfectly! It sounds like a man who is just about to grab the lady of his dreams in real and tell her that he is crazily in love with her. He is trying to resist, but cant. The music, the singing and the situation – a perfect match!
Kannukkul Kannai – Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya: Love this song. The music makes me feel there is some chase in the song. There is restlessness, craving, anger, love and much more that cant really be explained! The song is fast and the music is brilliant. The choice of instruments and the beat give me a feeling that there is so much expression in the song, which translates to me as restlessness. The singer’s voice and the way he has accentuated the song gives me a feeling of craving and in some places anger! The song over all is chirpy, which makes me imagine that it is about someone young. It does match with the situation.
Bombay – theme music: There is a flute lead in the song. The music is elevated; the flute gives a sober feel to it. The background music when the flute is leading is dormant. This sets the mood of the song – sadness and disappointment. The background music slowly picks up making you feel like there is more to the sadness, it is not about a single person, there are more people that relate to the sadness! And towards the end of the song, the lead, the background, everything is well blended and makes you feel there is some kind of agreement to the sadness or in other words it seems to me like the music these instruments are making are empathizing with each other!! And what is brilliant about this song is that it is instrumental and the absence of the lyric is not felt. Wonderful, isn’t it?
There are many more songs which I love for they convey what they should and it is understood in the right way! I am not sure if I was successful in penning down everything that was there in my mind but I tried!
There are a few songs that are very much apt for a situation. Love songs, sad songs, songs that show different kinds of situations. I have a few songs which I feel are a perfect match to the situation, not only with the lyric of the song, but also with the kind of mood the music creates. Even if you did not know the exact situation of the song in the movie, you’d be able to guess the situation if you heard the song! This might sound weird but that’s how I feel about a few songs.
Omana Penne – Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya: This song is the most beautiful song I heard off late. It is about a guy who is smitten by the pretty woman he just cannot resist admiring. The rhythm of the song is soft and continuous which makes you sway along with it. The music does not outshine the rhythm progression, it is all within the limits so nothing distracts you from swaying to the beat. The lead singer’s voice has a coarse edge to it, which to me seems like he is irresistibly in love with the woman being portrayed on screen. Does this match with the situation of the song in the movie? YES! That is why I love this song.
Thangathaamarai magale – Minsaara Kanavu: Well, what can I say about this brilliant song? It is a singer’s song and SPB has done such a great job with this one. The lead is the hero of the song. If you have noticed, nothing goes beyond the male lead. The background score and the rhythm is so well blended that, you can, with no distractions concentrate on the voice and still feel the presence of the life the background music creates in the song! SPB has accentuated this song perfectly! It sounds like a man who is just about to grab the lady of his dreams in real and tell her that he is crazily in love with her. He is trying to resist, but cant. The music, the singing and the situation – a perfect match!
Kannukkul Kannai – Vinnai thaandi Varuvaya: Love this song. The music makes me feel there is some chase in the song. There is restlessness, craving, anger, love and much more that cant really be explained! The song is fast and the music is brilliant. The choice of instruments and the beat give me a feeling that there is so much expression in the song, which translates to me as restlessness. The singer’s voice and the way he has accentuated the song gives me a feeling of craving and in some places anger! The song over all is chirpy, which makes me imagine that it is about someone young. It does match with the situation.
Bombay – theme music: There is a flute lead in the song. The music is elevated; the flute gives a sober feel to it. The background music when the flute is leading is dormant. This sets the mood of the song – sadness and disappointment. The background music slowly picks up making you feel like there is more to the sadness, it is not about a single person, there are more people that relate to the sadness! And towards the end of the song, the lead, the background, everything is well blended and makes you feel there is some kind of agreement to the sadness or in other words it seems to me like the music these instruments are making are empathizing with each other!! And what is brilliant about this song is that it is instrumental and the absence of the lyric is not felt.
There are many more songs which I love for they convey what they should and it is understood in the right way! I am not sure if I was successful in penning down everything that was there in my mind but I tried!
Welcome to the blogging world! Nice first post, shows your love for music and also your intuitive, imaginative mind. :) Kudos!
ReplyDeleteMunni, very good job in trying to analyze the songs that you mentioned for which here are my thoughts
ReplyDelete1. Omana Penne - This a wonderful representation of what you heard rather than what you saw because that in itself is a different way of looking at the song and relating to a situation.
4. Bombay Theme - That is the best blog for that song about your perspective on the situation that the movie is based on. I like your pick on the words in this blog. And also that you can summarize the 90% of the movie around what peole suffer from in this movie due to religious divide....
2. SPB - Thangathamarai magale - This is a true representation of prabhu in the song and whats going on in his mind. New way of listening to the song!!!!
Vageesh
Hey Thanks Aarthi and Vageesh for your encouraging words :)
ReplyDeletewho else can understand better than u about music VasumaTi. You have put it down very well.... Good start, will be waiting for more..!
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