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SPB the greatest singer that India had ever produced

Topic started by greatest_spb_fan (@ 212.2.14.241) on Thu Aug 2 04:57:19 EDT 2001.
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why don't anybody start a thread like 'SPB the greatest singer that India had ever produced', pls

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• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.67.209) on: Tue May 27 05:43:17 EDT 2003
  
  
  Has any body heard the songs of "Unnai saranadainthen", songs yet, MD none other than the greatest SPB him self.
  
  If you have heard of them, please provide any links or urls, many thanks
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.198.74) on: Mon Jun 2 17:28:08 EDT 2003
  
  Prabhu,
  
  Surley SPB deserves some birth day greetings, don't you think so, people?
  
  his b/d is on 04/06/2003, balu uncle will be 57!
  
  Happy bd dear balu uncle, the greatest ever!
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.198.75) on: Tue Jun 3 17:32:48 EDT 2003
  
  Advance Birth day greetings to the greatest.
  
  
• From: Dasan (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Thu Jun 5 08:31:51 EDT 2003
  
  It is Really sad to see a great singer like balu, being not well wished by his fans or like, any way.
  
  My heartly birthday wishes to genius
  
  
• From: Dasan (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Mon Jun 9 09:30:47 EDT 2003
  
  I am wondering, had it been IR or ARR's birthday it would have been greatly appreciated!,
  
  SPB's been serving TFM for more than 37 years, IR has been around for 27 odd years, while ARR is younger than the years, SPB has been singing for!
  
  any body disagree?
  
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.67.74) on: Tue Jun 10 18:13:52 EDT 2003
  
  Dasan,
  
  I could not agree more, any way, please visit
  
  www.spindia.com, or www.spbala.com
  
  thanks
  
  
• From: Dasan (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Wed Jun 11 09:28:39 EDT 2003
  
  Ram,
  
  thanks :)
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.67.74) on: Sun Jun 15 09:41:49 EDT 2003
  
  No Problems, dasan.
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ ) on: Tue Jun 24 17:50:25 EDT 2003
  
  Thanks to Raghu, this thread is heading for the second aniversary. :))
  
  any way,
  
  HI ALL,
  
  There was song by SPB, I don't know wether it was pre IR / MSV, the song is 'KanNe enN Azhagu raaNi RadHa', the film name is Pokisham.
  
  Could some one enlighten me as to who starred in that film??
  
  cheers
  
  Ram
  
  
• From: Sriram Lakshman (@ 172.187.132.22) on: Tue Jun 24 20:30:47 EDT 2003
  
  Ram Lakshman, 'kaNNE...' was released in 1980 and the composer is Satyam.
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 195.39.134.84) on: Mon Jun 30 03:55:20 EDT 2003
  
  
  SPB Fans Club is at
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spbfans/
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.198.75) on: Mon Jun 30 15:44:48 EDT 2003
  
  Kumar,
  
  thanks , but you need to have a yahoo account to join right??
  
  
• From: av (@ 132.206.72.96) on: Mon Jun 30 16:20:00 EDT 2003
  
  Wonderful to see a yahoogroup dedicated to SPB at last. So that will keep the rate of creation of new SPB threads under control, I hope! :-)
  
  
• From: Kaumudi (@ 136.142.153.250) on: Fri Jul 4 18:13:22 EDT 2003
  
  For all the fans of SPB
  Here is one of the latest albums SPB has a couple of songs. He has sung one of his best songs in recent times for this movie. The movie is called Praanam and the music direction is by Kamalakar, a first-time music director in films.
  
  The link is: http://www.telugufm.com/modules/music/moviedetail.aspx?mid=10206 - listen to Sayyari na yenki.
  
  Kamalakar shows a lot of promise. All the songs have a novel touch. A lot of Ilaiyaraja influence can be noticed. He gave his best song "Sayyari naa yenki" to SPB. This song, I think, is perfectly tailor-made for Balu. What a rendition! And such wonderful twists in the song in terms of the music interludes. All SPB fans will relish this song.
  
  All the other songs are pretty decent too. Snehama and Vaathapi are interesting. Give a listen. I think, this guy has a lot of potential unlike the likes of RPPatnaik, Koti etc in the TeFM scene.
  
  
• From: Ram Lakshman (@ 195.92.198.72) on: Sun Jul 6 12:54:38 EDT 2003
  
  AV,
  
  Just how many SPB threads are available in newtfmpage, is that a lot compared to ARR / IR threads , :((
  
  Kamudi,
  
  SPB is still singing quite a lot of songs in Telugu, compared to tamil, lucky telugu people :)
  
  any where, Raghu(where ever he is) posted this article on SPB+ARR/IR thread, just read through it.
  
  Read this article from SPB!
  
  "'Each singer's voice has its distinct fingerprint, its own speciality and timbre. There should be no propensity to mimic.'
  
  AN ENGINEER by qualification, a world record-holding playback genius, an actor in over 60 films, and a music composer all bundled into one. There are not many men with such versatile talents and are yet so humble at heart, like the multi-faceted S.P. Balasubramaniam.
  
  Guinness Book of Records entrant for having rendered the highest number (over 36,000) songs in languages ranging from Telugu and Tamil to Hindi, Malayalam and Oriya, six-time national award winner, and Padmashri awardee in 2001, the man's easy-going and down-to-earth manners are as incredible as his phenomenal feats.
  
  S. P. Balasubramaniam, or Bala as he is fondly known in the circuit, was in the city last weekend for hectic recording sessions for the Asianet channel's musical, `Sangeetha Saagaram', which is featuring the playback legend on its forthcoming Friday episodes.
  
  No other duo had so completely dominated the playback scenario in the Tamil film industry through the Seventies and Eighties as Ilayaraja and SPB had done. Banking on a talent pool of gifted lyricists such as Kannadasan and Vairamuthu and singing sensations like Janaki, Suseela and Vani Jayaram, the Ilayaraja- SPB combine had blazed ahead to produce a string of seemingly endless hits.
  
  "There will never be another Ilayaraja. He was par excellence as a self-taught, versatile and complete composer," Bala declares. Given SPB's known penchant for improvising, how did he fare under the daunting baton of a tough task-master like Ilayaraja?
  
  "Improvising on the original compositions of someone like Ilayaraja is always a dicey proposition.
  
  "Some of my touches would go well with him, but whenever I went overboard, he would step in with a figurative spank in the ear," says Bala.
  
  Does he feel happy about having inspired a generation of singers who revel in imitating his style? "I am happy, but only to the extent of having provided inspiration to new talents. But, this inspiration should not be overwhelmed by a propensity to mimic. Each singer's voice has its distinct fingerprint, its own speciality and timbre. The last thing I wish is for SPB clones burgeoning in the music world."
  
  The veteran crooner says he has sometimes even personally raised these points with some singers who were known to take after his style of rendition.
  
  "One can understand if Jesudas's scion's singing closely resembles that of his father because it could be in the genes. But, look at what happened to the scores of talented Malayalam singers who started aping the incomparable Jesudas. They all slid into oblivion. By comparison, Tamil singers like Mano are fortunate to have succeeded thus far in spite of his style being said to closely resemble mine," says Bala.
  
  What about technology-driven music that seems to be the craze these days? "Technology has its advantages and dangers. A singer is benefited by having the option of going back to make corrections at places where he has gone off-key.
  
  "But, having said that, one must say that technology is also being misused to mask the defects of new singers. But, the worst part of it all is that the importance of good lyrics has been virtually displaced in this dizzying mix of fast-paced rhythm and heavy sounds," says Bala.
  
  "
  
  
• From: fan (@ 202.9.148.105) on: Fri Jul 11 08:01:08 EDT 2003
  
  recently i heard the song tirunelveli alva da from saami. a pakka gana song which would have raised to great heights had it been sung by the versatile spb.
  
  
• From: fan (@ 202.9.148.105) on: Fri Jul 11 08:04:18 EDT 2003
  
  fans of spb, just post messages to the versatile genius to record all songs including melody,gana, fast track and others not sung by him in the last five years. Only this will satisfy the ever lasting hunger of crores of spb fans who still feel that these songs if rendered by spb will be ever lasting. remember, glory of illayraja is also due to the voice of spb.
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Mon Jul 14 06:16:43 EDT 2003
  
  Fan,
  
  yes Glory of IR is due to SPB, wonder what the HCIRF fans have to say for this :))
  
  
• From: Mythila (@ 208.220.245.72) on: Mon Jul 14 07:44:06 EDT 2003
  
  This is coming from a HCIRF. Yes, SPB is the best singer to render IR's compositions effectively.
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Mon Jul 14 11:17:57 EDT 2003
  
  Mythila,
  
  a HCIRF giving more credit to SPB over IR, great, music has no boundaries right? :))
  
  
• From: Yakkov (@ 64.238.111.98) on: Sat Jul 19 18:45:33 EDT 2003
  
  SPB Light Music Program - $20 Ticket $20.00
  
  An evening of Mega Light Music Program by PadmaShri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam & renowned playback singers Mano, Malgudi Subha, Malathi Lakshman with SUN T.V famous Lakshman Sruthi Orchestra in Atlanta.
  
  Date & Time : Saturday, July 26th at 6.00 PM
  Venue : Gwinnett Civic Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097.
  
  For more details:
  http://www.spbusa.com
  
  For tickets:
  http://www.eshubham.com
  
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Mon Jul 21 04:54:10 EDT 2003
  
  Yakkov,
  
  After a long time, good to see u. :)
  
  
• From: Yakkov (@ 64.238.111.98) on: Mon Jul 21 18:29:28 EDT 2003
  
  Hello Raghu,
  
  Good to hear from you too.
  
  BTW, I think I will be able to meet up with SPB personally. Does anybody have a list of questions that I should ask him or topics I can discuss..not just usual praise stuff?
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Wed Jul 23 06:00:54 EDT 2003
  
  Yakkov,
  
  Hi, ok, here we go
  
  1) Y don't he sing a lot nowadays?
  2) Y don't he promte his son SPB charan and SPB pallavi into the world of play back singing?
  
  that will do for now :))
  
  
• From: Whatever (@ 203.87.140.4) on: Wed Jul 23 08:19:17 EDT 2003
  
  Also please ask him if he misses singing songs closer to folk. Now with all the techno stuff, does he think the singer can get by not doing a great job, knowing that it can be set right with technology.
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 212.134.69.162) on: Wed Jul 23 08:45:38 EDT 2003
  
  whatever,
  
  It is true, about SPB says, nowadays, any one can sing as long as technology is there :)
  
  

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