Freaky Friday Playlist Mar-04-2011

Song: Aromale
Album: Vinnathaandi Varuvaya
Type: Koliwood
Singers: Alphonse
Music Director: A.R. Rahman
Lyricist: Thamarai
Rating: 3.9
Raw vocals and prominent acoustic guitar define this song. Unpredictable in a nice way.
Song: Kilimanjaro
Album: Enthiran
Type: Koliwood
Singers: Javed Ali, Chinmayi
Music Director: A.R. Rahman
Lyricist: Pa. Vijay
Rating: 3.6
Good in parts but does not work as a whole. The (presumably) African chants interrupt and distract and the song never finds its groove.
Song: Kalli Poonkuyile
Album: Thenmavin Kombathu
Type: Mollywood
Singers: M.G. Sreekumar
Music Director: Beny Ignatious
Lyricist: Girish Puthencheri
Rating: 3.8
Nice, mellow number. The out of place, overdone string section is probably due to the movie situation.
Song: 4th Time Around
Album: Blonde on Blonde
Type: Rock
Artist: Bob Dylan
Rating: 4.6
Melodically prettier than most Dylan numbers. Lovely guitar/harmonica play.
Song: Baby, I Love Your Way
Album: Framptom Comes Alive
Type: Rock
Artist: Peter Frampton
Rating: 4.6
One of the two best songs from Frampton’s iconic live album. A very hummable and mushy love song.
Song: Samyamakannoru
Album: Devi
Type: Mollywood
Singers: Yesudas
Music Director: G. Devarajan
Lyricist: Vayalar
Rating: 3.9
A nice, light classical song. Is there is a slight tremor in Yesudas’ voice in some of the brighas? Or is that how it’s supposed to be?
Song: Kisi Pe Dil Agar Aa Jaye
Album: Rafoo Chakkar
Type: Bollywood
Singers: Shailendra, Asha Bhonsle
Music Director: Kalyanji Anandji
Lyricist: Gulshan Bawra
Rating: 3.1
Nice enough but unremarkable
Song: De De Pyar De
Album: Sharaabi
Type: Bollywood
Singers: Kishore Kumar
Music Director: Bappi Lahri
Lyricist: Anjaan
Rating: 3.3
Nice melodic interludes but the rest of the song is a mess.
Song: Tere Khushboo Mein Base Khat
Album: Arth
Type: Bollywood
Singers: Jagjit Singh
Music Director: Kuldeep Singh
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Rating: 5.0
A slower and shorter but extremely sweet reprise of “Koi Ye Kaise Bataye” from the same album. Who knew ghazal and guitar could sound so good together? Arth-Saath Saath – one of my most favorite albums of all time.
Song: Dil Kya Kare
Album: Dil Kya Kare
Type: Bollywood
Singers: Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
Music Director: Jatin-Lalit
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Rating: 3.7
Melodious but monotonous. The antara is really good.

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    Joe

    Don’t know about the rest but I agree with the top rating for Tere Khushboo Mein Base Khat.