Third time – a charm?

Warning: Really long post!!!! yet feel it is so incomplete (ok…I am nuts!) I am amazed at people who could just pick and list just a few… read on with your ears wide open 😉 speakers on 😀

Vishesh has been tagging me. The first one – I told him that I don’t have the imagination to do that one! The second – well, I had already done it….

So, perseverance pays…he tagged me for the third time here. This tag was started by Destination Infinity.

The Aim: Let the readers know your favourite songs in your regional language/ Hindi / English

There are way too many songs on that particular list of favourite songs!!! (This can end up to be one really long post!!! 🙂 ) I do put in a lot of effort to do any tag right; but I think this one should take the cake. Being someone who loves to listen to any music except heavy metal – it was one helluva job to shortlist songs. I remember how my mum used to be irritated and used to ask me if the house was some “tea kadai” (tea shop – generally playing music all the time!)

I have written a few posts that carry some of the songs that I like hearing. Links given below…

Boney M, ABBA, MASH title song
Find Yourself by Brad Paisley
Song from Minsara Kanavu

• My mother tongue is telugu. Though I have not really seen many movies in the language, one song that strikes my memory is Mounamelanoyi from Sagara Sangamam

• From telugu movie Rudraveena, the song below

• The same movie came as Unnal Mudiyum Thambi in tamil – the song in tamil
• Another song in the same movie which has a humourous take with various Carnatic ragas at play on cooking

• One Malayalam song that I love is from the movie His Highness Abdullah – Pramada Vanam

• Mouna Raagam songs – classic
• Rhythm songs
• Nayagan : Nee Oru Kadhal
• Hey Ram:  Nee paartha Parvai
• Anbe Sivam: Poo Vasam
• Dalapathi : Sundari
• My all time favourite when I was in school : Anthi Mazhai
• Kandu Kondein : Kandu Konden , Kanamoochu ennada

• Karna: Malare mounama
• May Madham:  En Mel Vizhundha, Markazhi Poove

I have grown to like many of the English songs – will like them mostly for the lyrics or the music appeals to me. Some of the songs actually have grown on me after repeated listening ( I must say I miss listening to Enlgish songs here in Chennai as many radio channels don’t feature English music 😦 )

• Wilson Philips –  beautiful song and wonderful lyrics : Hold On
• All 4 one – I swear
• Savage Garden –Truly Madly Deeply
• Bolton – Said I loved you but I lied
• Kenny G – Breathless
• Air Supply – All out of love
• George Michael – Last Christmas , Careless Whisper
• Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
• Alicia Keys  –Falling
• Madonna- Rain
• Shania Twain –I feel like a woman, You’re still the one and a few more 😉
• Akon – Don’t Matter , ft Snoop Dogg I wanna love you
• Timbaland – Apologize
• Usher-  Yeah
• Ludacris ft Mary J Blige- Runaway Love
• Chritina Aguilera – Beautiful

After listing scores of English songs, I have to list these classical Indian songs too… Very few compared to the scores I listen to… Worth the time to hear these. I must say here that some of the songs I learnt to dance to way back when I indulged in Bharatanatyam. I do love the Kurai onrum illai, bhaja Govindam  too listed by Vishesh 🙂

• MS (Gifted person she was – voice that almost everyone wakes up to here in Chennai with her suprabathams. Voice that is recognised by one and all who knows tamil I think!)  Sriman Narayanan, Nagendra Haraya ,Hanuman Chalisa
• Bho Shambo
  
• Balamurali Krishna Kunthalavarali Thillana

I think I better stop here. If I start listing hindi songs that I listen to; there would be no end to this post which is by far the longest I have written! Don’t regret it as it has become a one stop place for me to come to and click on the inks to listen to those I like to hear! 😉 Many missing – yet…these can me occupied for hours 😀

Vishesh – I hope I have done justice for all the tags that I have avoided .

Do I need to pass on the tag? I hereby challenge you to list the songs you like and limit them to a certain number (which I have failed and yet feel like I have not listed all…ok I better not bore everyone! 😉 )

• Archie
• A-kay
• Laksh
• Shy
• Ritu
• Aaarti