Topic started by Srikant (@ 12.47.54.252) on Fri Jun 1 14:28:05 EDT 2001.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.
Mohd Rafi - 100
Lata Mangeshkar - 98
SPBalasubramaniam - 96
Kishore Kumar - 95
Yesudas - 94
P Susheela - 93
Asha Bhonsale - 92
S Janaki - 90
Mukesh - 90
PB SRINIVAS - 85
JayaChandiran - 85
HariHaran - 85
TM Soundararajan - 80
Mannadey - 85
unniKrishnan - 85
MahendraKapoor - 80
Malasia Vasudevan - 75
IlayaRaja - 70
SD Burman - 75
MSV - 65
Rahman - 60
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- From: y?? (@ 148.87.1.170)
on: Sun Jun 24 05:19:43 EDT 2001
Neels, for a long time in TeFM, there was ghantasala, who is unmatched in singing abilities and he was ably followed by SPB .. so, dont worry, TeFM dint 'miss' TMS .:) infact, after a melodious voice like ghantasala, only SPB cud ahve filled the vacuum ...
- From: Neel D (@ 64.3.196.4)
on: Sun Jun 24 10:40:43 EDT 2001
y??,
I like many of Ghantasala's Tamil songs from the 50s. P.Leela and Ghantrasala made great pair in TFM during the 50s. He had a very sweet voice. But I can't remember him being able to well express any emotion other than sadness. And his voice was not as strong and powerful as TMS's (or Sirkali's or CSJ's or TL's).
- From: S T S (@ 65.3.195.189)
on: Sun Jun 24 13:40:56 EDT 2001
Certainly Mohd Rafi is a great singer. There are many more great singers we produced and will produce. I am sure he is not the greatest.
It is all personal perception. To me, whoever steels your heart is a greatest singer. It may be even IR.
- From: S T S (@ 65.3.195.189)
on: Sun Jun 24 13:43:04 EDT 2001
Just to add: Ask this question to the following and you get different answer?
Who is the best singer in India?
Andhrite : Ghantasala
Keralite : KJY
North : Mohd
and
Tamilians: Anyone excepting a Tamil. Kidding here!
- From: y ?? (@ 148.87.1.170)
on: Sun Jun 24 17:05:07 EDT 2001
Neel.,
ok, maybe I was digressing there. accepted G's voice was not suitable for all the situations .. but the point was that TeFM did not miss TMS .. if u wanted different voices, there were other singers like PBS, madhavapedhi ... and lot of others who sang for themseles .. nagayya for example ..also, G's voice not being good for songs other than sad ones is very debatable .. he wudn't have been the only playback voice for all top stars (NTR, ANR etc) if he were good only with sad songs .. there r hajaar devotional, social, mythological songs that he rendered with abso. perfection ... he was also a composer who composed some very melodious #s ..
also, I wonder how u define a 'strong' voice ? Is SPB's one ? or someone who can shout so that the whole village can hear his wakeup call has a strong voice ?
one more thing - I also think the greatness of a singer is inexplicably linked to the talent of the MD he was working with .. TMS got big maybe cuz of MSV .. SPB def'ly cuz of IR ..
- From: fan (@ 202.9.149.246)
on: Mon Jun 25 04:00:19 EDT 2001
mohd. rafi is the greatest singer ever in newtfmpage
- From: peeps (@ 64.133.24.6)
on: Mon Jun 25 11:25:03 EDT 2001
fan..:-)
- From: abhishek pande (@ 203.200.95.19)
on: Fri Jun 29 02:23:08 EDT 2001
definitly mohd rafi is the greatest singer of all time.no singer could match his verstality .
- From: cosmician (@ 194.170.127.53)
on: Sat Jun 30 01:31:17 EDT 2001
poichuda...unoru saavukraki !
- From: mahesh (@ 202.9.181.212)
on: Sat Jun 30 03:41:48 EDT 2001
spb is the greatest singer of all time. no singer could match his versatility.
- From: gentelman (@ 203.197.80.104)
on: Sun Jul 8 02:25:36 EDT 2001
mahesh - u are a total lack of brains
- From: madhumitha (@ 202.41.10.167)
on: Sat Jul 14 15:16:47 EDT 2001
Rafi!!! enne iniya voice???
appa! pretty intoxicating voice!!!kandippage rafi yai minje yaaralum mudiyaadhu!A.M Raja,PBS ode voice le mayangi irundhe ennai kavarndhu izhuttha kural!!!:)
oraayiram paatu list panna vendum pole irundhundhaalum,
siriya list tharugiren!!
hum dhono-(yup!handsome dev anand and pretty sadhna )
indhe padatthile rafi paadiya.....ABHI NA JAO CHODEKE KE DHIL ABHI BHARA NAHI!!....YEH PYAR HAI GILA NAHI..ENDRU SOLLUM ANDHE KENJAL cum KONJAL!!!;)
kashmir ki kali -(enthu shammi and cute sharmila)
idhil ellaa songsume wonderful ones...
esp...eh chand se roshan chehra!
and ennode favorite YEH DHEK KE DHIL JHOOMAA!
and that kisi na kisi se....eppadi num MGR kku TMS O adhe maadhiri shammikku rafi!
i just can think about any other singer for shammi!
hmm!versatility!!!
rafi pannaadhe moods illave illai!
its romantic,sadness,philosophical..nomatter whatever it is,he has done a wonderful job!
ya...EH DHUNIYA KI RUKWAALE,SUN DHARD BHARE MERE ...manadhai pizhiyum paadal!
similarly manadhai urukkum paadal...."yaad na aaye" in dhil ek mandhir(YA ,NAMMA NENJIL ORU ALAYAM ODE HINDI VERSION!).......hmm!indru idhu mattume..naalai thodargiren!
- From: edakkan (@ a020-0282.snfc.splitrock.net)
on: Sat Jul 14 21:04:50 EDT 2001
ayyayyOOOO ithula nALai vEraya ?
- From: madhumitha (@ 202.41.10.167)
on: Mon Jul 16 06:58:03 EDT 2001
Mr edakkan
munne pinna rafi ode paattu kettirukkengalaaaaa???
thiramai yaaridam irundhaalam paaaraatum dhaaraala manappaanmai thamizhanukku vendum!!!-madhu!
- From: mahesh (@ 202.9.181.245)
on: Mon Jul 16 07:20:47 EDT 2001
gentleman, change your name to madman (perhaps of rafi, a good singe of hind film songs)
- From: Vakees (@ webcacheh07a.cache.pol.co.uk)
on: Sat Jul 21 08:55:29 EDT 2001
SPB is the best singer india had produced no doubt about that, HE IS THE LORD!!!, sorry gentleman u can not use swear words any more on this sit any more, cos it got some protection!!!.
Some body has to be born again 2 take over DR. SPB!!
- From: "Brother" (@ webcacheh07a.cache.pol.co.uk)
on: Sat Jul 21 18:04:48 EDT 2001
BS, Dr. SPB is the greatest
- From: LV (@ 203.197.81.157)
on: Sun Jul 22 00:16:22 EDT 2001
sorry guys,
SPB is the best singer in India ALONGWITH Mohd. Rafi. Rafi matched SPB in every aspect - classical,romantic,happy,sad,folk,rock-n-roll, singign effectively at high and low pitch ...
- From: Music_fan (@ webcacheh08a.cache.pol.co.uk)
on: Sun Jul 22 04:19:58 EDT 2001
I am just so upset 2 c people who do not have any sense in music(A.A) talks of junk singers like Udit, Hariharan, Shanker mahadevan, Sukvinder singh. these nasalist only survive in music world cos of ARR, he is the one who introduced these nasalist to TFM. although ARR introduce some good singers like Unni Krishnan, Unni menon, SPB.Pallavi, Anuradha Sriram, Sujatha.
Dr. SPB is the one & only intermes of :
1. Most beautiful voice, that is so sweet
2. most divine voice
3. ability to modulate extremly well
4. Ability to sing from rock to classical without any difficulties
5. his voice is so sweet when he talks as well
6. He talks 4 so many actors, if the films are dubbed in other languages (Kamal, Mohan)
7. Famous Music director
I do not know if any body realises the fact that SPB has directed for 25 films!!!,(Sigaram, Thodikum karangal) that is an awful lot 4 a singer , out of all 25 he directed they were all super hit.
I know for fact that S. Janaki directed for one film in tamil.
Questions:
1) How many films did M.rafi direct music for?
2) How many films did KJY direct music for?
3) how many films did TMS direct music for?
4) how many films did hariharan direct music 4?
5) how many films did lata or Kishor kumar direct for?
I need answers !!!
also that AA idiot says that "the nasalist Udit's khaal thoosu SPB, when it comes 2 melody", that just shows how stupid & idiotic he is when it comes to music!!!.
I can not imagine IFM without SPB, it would stink like shit!!
SPB is the lord of IFM!!!
- From: spb_maniac (@ webcacheh08a.cache.pol.co.uk)
on: Sun Jul 22 04:53:55 EDT 2001
PB. Srinivas 85 & Hariharan 85
ithu thanda kaliyukam!!, ena panrathu!!
- From: spb_maniac (@ webcacheh08a.cache.pol.co.uk)
on: Sun Jul 22 04:56:39 EDT 2001
Jeyachandran 85 & hariharn 85
ethu eppadi irruku
Ithai than kaliyugam endru solluravai yo!, enna illavu da
- From: Mustaan (@ )
on: Sun Aug 19 21:46:18 EDT 2001
I LOVE M.RAFI AND ALL OF HIS SONG
- From: Vijayashanti (@ 168.143.112.8)
on: Sun Aug 19 22:00:28 EDT 2001
I dont like mukka(3/4)
- From: Jeeva (@ ac9032ad.ipt.aol.com)
on: Sun Aug 19 23:59:39 EDT 2001
I wish SPB Reaches M Rafis Status someday!
But they way sings these days is only discouraging!
- From: Raguvaran (@ 212.2.14.241)
on: Mon Aug 20 08:59:44 EDT 2001
Jeeva;
SPB had already gone beyound M.rafi status years ago!, Did not you know that SPB posses more awards than any other singer in India! & he also broke the world record for singing more than 40,000 songs in his 35 year service in IFM!
- From: Shailendra (@ )
on: Wed Mar 24 01:02:54 EST 2004
this is the great songs which define love as begining & ending of loving moments with love.
- From: treed vasan (@ 164.100.73.34)
on: Wed Mar 24 08:21:48 EST 2004
it seems people have lost all their sense of proportion, because they rush in to compare SPB with MOHD. RAFI right now, right here.
i think we have to wait for another 30 years and see how well SPB's work holds up in time, before we make such comparisons.
.
moreover, the list by Srikant (@ 12.47.54.252, merely shows his own prewferences or prejudices, and has no value whatsoever other than what it is.
.
treed vasan
- From: harikrishnan (@ 155.69.5.223)
on: Mon Mar 29 07:53:59 EST 2004
My list goes like this:
Yesudas - 100
Mohd Rafi - 92
SPBalasubramaniam - 88
Lata Mangeshkar - 92
Kishore Kumar - 80
P Susheela - 85
Asha Bhonsale - 84
S Janaki - 86
Mukesh - 65
PB SRINIVAS - 65
JayaChandiran - 85
HariHaran - 90
TM Soundararajan - 70
Mannadey - 70
unniKrishnan - 85
MahendraKapoor - 70
Malasia Vasudevan - 75
IlayaRaja - 60
SD Burman - 60
MSV - 65
Rahman - 55
- From: sundar (@ 61.11.75.120)
on: Mon Mar 29 08:33:27 EST 2004
KJY is certainly below Rafi as far as the sheer range is concerned.Rafi's voice was God given and his forte was high pitched songs as well as hissing romantic melodies. His emotive strength was also outstanding
Hari
KJY is not > Rafi
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