11 comments

1. 

   Comment by Raji on July 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm

   Nice rendition Jo and Ramya!

2. 

   Comment by jana on July 8, 2009 at 2:57 am

   Do you mean ’sing’ or do you mean ‘listen’, for the first time?!!!

   If it’s the latter, my shock knows no end:-( It is a Priyadharsan flick, one of Ilayaraja’s musical hits, and certainly, one of the top best duets by SPB/Chithra in Tamil.

   I am simply speechless. Then this must be one song, avoided on Idea Star on Asianet. It would be lovely to see it done, live. I haven’t even heard Ilayaraja, try it on stage:-( One of the songs, I had wished he did perform at his Chennai concert for Jayatv a few years back.

3. 

   Comment by Jo on July 8, 2009 at 5:54 pm

   Raji: Thanks!

   Jana: Yes, have not heard at all!

4. 

   Comment by Narayanan on July 9, 2009 at 10:04 am

   Jo / Ramya

   First – Thanks for choosing a beautiful song, one of the many masterpieces by IR.

   Overall – Both of you have done a good job..along with good mixing.

   Ramya – Your voice and singing suggested to me that you were shaky. Not sure why. You have an amazingly sweet voice and you sing well too. I think if you throw out the fear, you’ll sound much..better. That said, Your bhavam and tamil pronunciation were good. Great Job.

   Jo – Voice is wonderful, great bhavam ( did you understand the words?? )..tamil was also good. Feel was really good. Well done.

5. 

   Comment by Jo on July 9, 2009 at 9:29 pm

   Thanks bro. No, I did not understand the meaning, but I enjoyed singing it!

6. 

   Comment by Vassan on July 10, 2009 at 7:05 am

   >> No, I did not understand the meaning, but I enjoyed singing it!

   how about this opinion in transliterated thamizh:) let me know if you understood it or it drove you nuts

   pAttu nallAthAn irunthathu-aanal konjcam theeyal vAcanai adiththathu!

   “amutham” vazhi-nthOdum –

   amutham illai veeRu eethoo col- ungkaL kuralil.

   peNmaNi n-anRaaga pAdinaar.

   vAzththukaL. vAzka vaLamudan.

7. 

   Comment by Jo on July 10, 2009 at 10:36 am

   Okay, here is my try.

   pAttu nallAthAn irunthathu-aanal konjcam theeyal vAcanai adiththathu!

   “The song was good, but I felt some _____________” (don’t know that part)

   amutham illai — “Not Amutham” (what is Amutham?)
   veeRu eethoo col- – “Something else ____”
   ungkaL kuralil “In your voice”
   peNmaNi n-anRaaga pAdinaar — “The female singer sang well”
   vAzththukaL — “Greetings”
   vAzka vaLamudan — This is the most often heard phrase, but I don’t know what this means.

   Now let me know where all I messed up!

8. 

   Comment by Ramya on July 10, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Raji, jana – Thanks a lot:)

   Narayanan – Thanks a lot I realized I could have sung more open throatedly. But the melody of the song did not let me do that n thought it should sound light n soft rather being classical.. But it did nt work out I guess! I was absolutely nt unsure or anything. Its my most fav song!

   Vassan – Thanks. Paavam Jo, ipdilaam tamizh la ezhudhina enna seivaar ? Still nt bad Jo. You almost got it. Jo, one observation in ur understanding tamizh. You got the good ones alone:), excepting the last phrase:)!

9. 

   Comment by Vassan on July 23, 2009 at 4:26 am

   Jo

   Your a good sport. Thanks Man.

   > Amutham = Ambrosia

   > vAzka vaLamudan = blessed with a prosperous life

   > theeyal vAcanai (aroma) adiththathu

   theeyal a gravy stuff similar to Sambar ! had it once
   in a Malayali home! was told its exclusively Malayali. Used
   it to denote the Malayalam influence. the theeyal I had
   wasn’t good though.

   Ramya:

   the way I wrote the transliterated Tamil is how you type Tamil,
   if you are using a phonetic keyboard. Other S.Asian languages
   may follow this as well.

10. 

    Comment by Rashmi on September 3, 2009 at 7:21 am

    Excellent singing ! enjoyed this one too!

11. 

    Comment by Jo on September 3, 2009 at 11:26 am

    Thank you all!