Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Oda oda oda dhooram korayala - Mayakkam enna (2011)

Back to a song. A very colloquial one for a change.

Singer: Dhanush
Music: GV Prakash
Lyrics: Dhanush, Selvaraghavan

Lyrics:
Oda oda oda dhooram korayala
Paada paada paada paatu mudiyala
Poga poga poga onnum puriyala
Aaga motham onnum velangala.


Free ah suthum bodhu figure illaye

Pudicha figure um ippo free ah illaye
Kai la bat irukku ball illaye
Life poora intha thollaye.

Ulagame speed ah odi pogudhu
En vandi puncture aayi nikkudhu
Mokka piece kooda kindal pannudhu
Saami enna bantham pannuthu.

Apart from the third line, "
Poga poga poga onnum puriyala" and the last one (seriously, saami enna bantham pannuthu? duh!), this is an example of a perfect merger of the lyrics with the music. In fact, of the five songs in the album, I think the lyrics for this song fit the song best. 'Kaadhal yen kaadhal' and 'Pirai thedum' are contenders, but they lose out simply because when you randomly listen to them for the first time, you would be able to retain only 5 or 10 words. But this has the ' april may le' or 'chikku bukku' feel to it where a few lines register in your mind whether you want them to or not. Unless of course, you are from an orthodox generation that fundamentally objects to such lyrics.


Crack ah maariten. Joker aayiten.
Gundu chatti la rendu kudhira vandi oturen.


The variation in the line after 'joker aayiten' as we go with the song add an interesting feel to the song - something that keeps people guessing. One would expect the same 'gundu chetti...' to feature next time one hears 'crack ah maariten' line. The change makes your sub-conscience listen. This is one advice from some management gurus - try to lead people into guessing the next thing and make sure they get it wrong - anything in which the brain fails, the brain notices. Sorry about the digression :)


Oru beach la, thaniya alanjen alanjen

Nadu roattula, azhudhen, poranden, kizhunjen.
Baaram thaangala thaangala, kazhudha naan illayae;
JaanJob um yerala yerala, mozhama sarukuranen.


Not sure if it's 'Job um'. Can't really understand what he sings. This is what some other sites have put up.  (Thx RT :) )


Crack ah maariten. Joker aayiten.

Fuse pona pin bulb kaana switch ah theduren.

Oda oda oda dhooram korayala

Paada paada paada paatu mudiyala
Poga poga poga onnum puriyala
Aaga motham onnum Velangala.

Free ah suthum bodhu figure illaye
Pudicha figure um ippo free ah illaye
Kai la bat irukku ball illaye
Life poora intha thollaye.



Nadu raathiri ezhundhen paduthen ezhundhen
Oru maathiri sirichen azhudhen sirichen.
Meena neendharen neendharen
Kadalum seralaye!
Padagaa poguren poguren
Karaiyum seralaye!

The "
ezhundhen paduthen ezhundhen" and "sirichen azhudhen sirichen" lines, while not very innovative on the face of it, can work wonders with the right video. If it's a dance sequence, the two 'sirichen's should have the same step and if it's a song that runs in the background, a repetitive sequence or portraying the line as such would make the video merge with the song at multiple levels. Quizzers call the level Stage 3.


Crack ah maariten. Joker aayiten.

Kelvi ketu ketu kelvikuri pola nikkuren.

Oda oda oda dhooram korayala

Paada paada paada paatu mudiyala
Poga poga poga onnum puriyala
Aaga motham onnum velangala.

Free ah suthum bodhu figure illaye
Pudicha figure um ippo free ah illaye
Kai la bat irukku ball illaye
Life poora intha thollaye.


Ulagamae speed ah odi pogudhu
En vandi puncture aayi nikkudhu
Mokka piece kooda kindal pannudhu
Saami enna bantham pannuthu.


Why do I like this song out of the five in this album? Maybe because this is a situation song for me :) 


This song reinforces my arguments with some lyrically inclined friends - that colloquial words that we use in everyday life can have a lot more impact than using words that we never use in everyday discussions. Not the greatest of tunes, but a lot of work has gone into the lyrics - film making basics to be precise - and the overall impact is brilliant. This song might turn out to be another 'Suppose unna' (Sukran) or 'adithadi appatha' (Samurai) - a song that's on everyone's lips after the album releases but fades into the background within a month with better songs taking over (the wine-like, grows on ya types). There are some songs in the album that have the capability to grow on you (The song for the bevda devdas, for one).


I actually wanted to quote how 'Newyork Nagaram' faded with the video release of 'Munbe Va' (Jillunu oru kadhal) but that's really at another level altogether.


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