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SPB - The Greatest Ever Melody Singer

Topic started by Dorairaj Pichaiyan (@ gateway7.ey.com) on Thu Sep 24 19:12:00 EDT 1998.
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I enjoy SPB's voice the most. Statrting this topic
for TFM users to be able to share their views
about the melody king SPB

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• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Thu Nov 8 11:32:23 EST 2001
  
  
  Isaipriyan (@ 157.95.211.50) ;
  
  it's enough if you Discrete your sh*t about kattai's in one thread, you do not have to Discrete in every SPB thread, use the toilet to Discrete , that's what they are for.
  
  
• From: (^!^) (@ 207.43.195.202) on: Thu Nov 8 12:06:48 EST 2001
  
  Discrete? umm....excreta kkum Discrete kkum viththiyaasam theriyaadha janmamaa? No discretion in walking away from excresence, I guess :-)
  
  
  
  
• From: raguvarans real english teacher alias Isaipriyan (@ 157.95.211.50) on: Thu Nov 8 13:55:58 EST 2001
  
  According to raghuvaran212.. toilets r for discretion.hmmm..Anyway stick to the topic of MK and EK.
  Thanx.
  
  
• From: guna_prince (@ 210.186.48.16) on: Thu Nov 8 14:09:21 EST 2001
  
  can send for me movie song melodies 019-3647930 nokia 3310.
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.142) on: Thu Nov 8 16:39:19 EST 2001
  
  Isaipriyan:
  
  well expenation!!
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Fri Nov 9 04:58:25 EST 2001
  
  Isaipriyan:
  
  not well explenation!!
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Fri Nov 9 04:59:28 EST 2001
  
  Isaipriyan:
  
  not well explenation!!
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140) on: Fri Nov 9 12:55:52 EST 2001
  
  chappaathi chappaathi thaan roti roti thaan!!
  
  
• From: L.T.T.E (Srilanka) (@ 64.210.241.103) on: Fri Nov 9 17:10:07 EST 2001
  
  Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140) & Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241), will you guys cut this crap, for god sake, behave like a civilised adult.
  
  OK
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.149) on: Fri Nov 9 17:42:53 EST 2001
  
  thanks you LTTE maamaa!!
  
  
• From: Neethipathi (@ 208.50.80.71) on: Sat Nov 10 14:42:40 EST 2001
  
  Big Deal if ARR is not using SPB, who is ARR, the lord?, well Nandha songs are way better than this PP crap, Mun paniya is superbly rendered by SPB, he is still the DON, have you guys noticed how he switches from low notes to high notes, it is simply amazing, there is no other singers in India 2day, who can rule over SPB in HIGH PITCHES.
  
  listen to this legend's voice, at 55, he sounds like a 25 year old, KJY at 60 sounds like 60, Hariharan sounds too nasal, Unni Krishnan is too feminine, Shanker strain too much.
  
  SPB is uncomparable.
  
  capoot finito!
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.145) on: Sat Nov 10 17:06:02 EST 2001
  
  chappaathi chappaathi thaan roti roti thaan!!
  
  capoot finito!!
  
  
• From: The DON (@ 64.0.99.137) on: Sun Nov 11 06:42:17 EST 2001
  
  An award is definite for SPB's performance in Nandha.
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Mon Nov 12 05:01:05 EST 2001
  
  The DON (@ 64.0.99.137) ;
  
  I could not have said better.
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140) on: Mon Nov 12 08:54:06 EST 2001
  
  Comeon!! Try again! B E T T E R !! See, it was easy, wasn't it??
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Wed Nov 14 04:51:34 EST 2001
  
  SPB has proved again that he is NO.1, again in the song "Mun paniya", from Nandhaa.
  
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Wed Nov 14 09:23:14 EST 2001
  
  SPB is still the DON in Telugu cinema, even after his 35 year of service, every single (99%) of Telugu films have atleast two songs for SPB, but not even one song in tamil movies, why?, shame on MDs;
  
  here is the proof that SPB is still the DON in telugu film
  
  http://www.telugucinema.com/audio/reviews/
  
  
• From: What the Heck (@ 64.210.248.135) on: Wed Nov 14 16:20:06 EST 2001
  
  : Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) ;
  
  Yeah I did check out the URL, it is quite good, there are quite a no of songs by SPB.charan, but his dad is still dominating the Telegu industry.
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140) on: Wed Nov 14 17:47:05 EST 2001
  
  What the Heck/Raguvaran@212.2.14.241:
  
  chappaathi chappaathi thaan roti roti thaan!!
  
  
• From: Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140) on: Wed Nov 14 17:47:38 EST 2001
  
  What the Heck/Raguvaran@212.2.14.241:
  
  chappaathi chappaathi thaan roti roti thaan!!
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Thu Nov 15 04:49:12 EST 2001
  
  Raguvaran (@ 64.124.150.140);
  
  yep I agree with you.
  
  
• From: L.T.T.E (Srilanka) (@ 208.50.80.71) on: Sat Nov 17 14:00:22 EST 2001
  
  I agree currently SPB is the greatest singer in India today, but one must not forget the great M.rafi & Ghantasala.
  
  
• From: The News (@ 65.90.98.9) on: Sun Nov 18 14:44:04 EST 2001
  
  The Hindu,
  
  At a time when Tamil film music has developed its most pronounced Western chord, and singers have a trained twang, S.P. Balasubramaniam still stresses on diction and emotion. After 35 years as the Best Playback Singer, the philanthropist singer wants to hold a full-fledged Carnatic music concert. `The Voice' speaks to Feroze Ahmed. HE ALMOST didn't sing for `Sankara Bharanam'. Not trained in Carnatic music, an apprehensive SPB had asked the music director K.V. Mahadevan to pick someone else. ``The character in the film was a personification of classical music. If something went wrong, people would have blamed me.'' But Pugazhenthi, the assistant music director, was adamant.
  
  He felt there was lot of drama to be performed in the songs and only SPB could deliver. ``I took a lot of effort for the film. Time and luck were on my side.'' He won his first National Award for Best Playback Singer for the film in 1979. It almost turned out to be a curse. ``After `Sankara Bharanam' everyone thought I could sing any song, but it was not so. There were many occasions where I could not do justice to the songs.'' For someone who sings classical in films - ``actually light or semi classical'' - like he was born for it, SPB does not consider himself an exponent of Carnatic music.
  He's not ready for a full- fledged concert yet, he says. ``If I seriously concentrate for a year or two I will be able to do a stage concert. I have to religiously train at least three days a week. Though not as busy as earlier, I am finding it very difficult to find time.'' His call-sheets may not be cluttered anymore, but the SPB of the future will be sitting cross-legged on stage. ``There are no second thoughts about it... I will definitely hold a Carnatic concert.'' ``But you can't learn just three or four keertanas and hold a concert. You should be able to innovate and that should be the capacity of the singer on stage.
  
  My intention is to be a regular singer like anyone else.'' That, from someone who's won six National Awards and the Padma Shri this year. From a singer whose repertoire ranges from Indian folk to Western, Carnatic to Hindustani. His 1995 National Award was for a Kannada film, `Gaana Yogi Panchashari Gavai' (GYPG), with a classical Hindustani base. ``I sang four songs in GYPG of which two - `Umang Gumand' and `Gaana Vidhya Bahut Katin Hai' - were really `katin' for me. The songs were in the Gharana of Dharwad style. I took six months running away from the film.'' He had about 15 years in the industry and a reputation for his soulful renditions when he was called to `audition' for `Ek Duje Ke Liye', which fetched him his second National Award in 1981. ``The composers, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, were not comfortable with me to start with.
  
  But Balachander explained that the character portrayed by Kamal Hassan comes from the South and does not speak Hindi well. I knew the movie would be a success but never thought it would fetch me a National Award. Actually, I was surprised I didn't get a Filmfare Award for it. Kishoreji got it that year.''
  
  Though not a keen awards gatherer, who preferred taking things as they came, he had his share of disappointments. ``The only time I was very sure of an award and didn't get it was for `Annamaya', a Telugu movie.'' It still rankles him strong.
  
  Was he surprised by `Minsara Kanavu', his last National Award in 1996? ``I was surprised. I was surprised. Because my most favourite song in the film was `Vennilave Vennilave'. During the recording the music composer A.R. Rahman and director Rajiv Menon were insistent on a lazy crooning style like you just got up from bed. A labouriously lazy way of singing. It was not easy and I took quite some time to get into the groove for the song.'' The one sore note in his 35-year career comes from `Mayuri'.
  
  SPB had done the score for the original Telugu film. The Hindi version was done by Laxmikant-Pyarelal but the title song, which won the Swami Haridas Award for Best Classical Song, was recorded by SPB. ``As its composer, I should have taken the award but L-P took the award.'' SPB has scored music for more than 50 films despite a ``lack of formal training''. But he had a simple technique: ``I would sing the songs and my assistants would write the notations. I had excellent assistants.'' But the present day music scene is not for him. ``I won't fit into it. I don't have any knowledge of Western music. My strains will be more on Hindustani or Classical mix. It should have beautiful situations and poignant lyrics. That is my definition of a film song.'' He never tried to become a singer, never dreamt of becoming one. ``I was a thin, tiny lad and my voice had just attained puberty then (late 60s). It just happened. When I go back 20-25 years I don't know how I could give such beautiful dimensions to my songs. I still wonder... I don't have the answers
  
  
• From: Raghuvaran (@ 212.2.14.241) on: Fri Nov 23 05:06:47 EST 2001
  
  Any body !!!
  
  Any body know a song called "kanne radha,....", it is a romantic melody by SPB, do you know which film it is from, if so do you know who is acting in the film???
  
  thanks
  
  

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