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A Tribute to SPB

Topic started by bb (@ 24.6.251.57) on Mon Sep 20 02:03:20 EDT 2004.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

A good singer and a friend of mine, Raja Govindarajan, met S.P.B at Chennai a couple of months back. During their conversation, SPB mentioned that he doesn't remember/have a lot of old rare songs that he has sung and would love to recollect them and have them in his collection. Raja then told SPB about newtfmpage and Song Of The Day section and the discussions that take place there. He then offered to give SPB a set of old songs.

Fast Forward to today; I prepared a set of 41 songs, and a 90 page booklet on the songs. All these songs are old SOTDs and the booklet contained the discussions on these songs. SPB came to the Bay Area today for a concert at Hayward. I met him at the backstage before the concert with Udhaya. We gave him the CDs and the booklet and talked with him for a few minutes. SPB was very courteous and thanked me several times. I was surprised that he made time to to even see us and accept this, just half an hour before the concert. I told him that we have a lot of knowledgeable people and huge collection of his songs, so if he wanted more we could give him whatever information he wanted.

The booklet that I gave him is here: http://www.dhool.com/sotd/spb.pdf .

The 3 CDs that I gave him included 4-5 more songs that are not in this list, like 'vaa ponmayilE', 'malarE ennenna kOlam' and 'thErOttam'.

Hopefully, if SPB goes through the CDs and the text, he will be impressed with the selection and would get back to me or RajaG with his comments.

Update:

An Exclusive Interview with SPB!

See here for the complete interview: http://www.newtfmpage.com/my/spb/

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• From: Swami N (@ 220.227.179.5) on: Thu Oct 7 01:07:33 EDT 2004
  
  GKV fan: original is telugu version. Starting with ''Mroogindi ve''. It was by PS & SPB both solos. Movie?? But music by GKV only
  
  
• From: Swami N (@ 220.227.179.5) on: Thu Oct 7 01:09:29 EDT 2004
  
  excellent interview by you BB. good team work it shld hv been. Good work, udhaya, raja, srikant, aruna and all involved. SPB looks very friendly isn't?
  
  
• From: Cinefan (@ 61.95.192.77) on: Thu Oct 7 01:52:50 EDT 2004
  
  How about an interview like this with IR?En kanavu palikkuma?
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Thu Oct 7 04:56:19 EDT 2004
  
  doubter,
  
  I get your point :)
  
  GKV fan,
  
  Who acted in the tamil version?
  
  I love this song big time, great romantic melody , awsome rendertion by the onle one only SPB+SJ.
  
  Though PS had the greatest voice ever, I find SJ the most versatile singer ever, with a great ease of emoting emotions !!!
  
  these two legendary ladies lacked one thing or the other, PS had great voice but not verstaile, SJ had versatilty but not so great voice like PS.
  
  but wait, Dr.SPB has both, the greatest voice & the most versatile singer ever :)
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 213.86.160.168) on: Thu Oct 7 08:50:18 EDT 2004
  
  on the cover of the song 'then sinthudhe vaanam', it says it was composed by DR.IR, not GKV, some pls clarify?
  
  thanks
  
  
• From: doubter (@ 208.249.49.1) on: Thu Oct 7 11:09:27 EDT 2004
  
  Obviously, there are a lot of rumours that IR composed 'thEn sindhudhE vAnam'. Whether one beleives those rumours or not is his/her own wish. Sorry for starting this unwanted discussion. It sure does not fit this thread.
  
  The tamil version starred Sivakumar and Jayachitra (I guess).
  
  
• From: Nanda (@ 130.113.117.91) on: Thu Oct 7 14:25:06 EDT 2004
  
  SPB's cameo roles in movies - i wish you had asked something about it in the interview
  
  
• From: Nanda (@ 130.113.117.91) on: Thu Oct 7 14:27:41 EDT 2004
  
  My interaction with SPB was a concert in Houston, TX a few years ago. I was a little embarrassed expressing my adoration for him in tamil, because there were scores of people around us, so I switched to Kannada, and immediately, he switched too, and spoke so fluently, that I was bowled over! What a person!, long live SPB
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 213.42.2.25) on: Thu Oct 7 15:39:42 EDT 2004
  
  Doubter
  
  You need not guess anyfurther.Such reckelss and obtuse rumours have already been deservedly lynched and sent to sepulcher during the Dfers meet with PBS who sang the kannada original.I suggest you read Saravanan's write up on GKV.May be it might lead you to a name change and attempt some sincere soul search & damage control.
  
  
  
• From: Dhananjay (@ 12.111.29.7) on: Thu Oct 7 17:24:11 EDT 2004
  
  All
  Good to hear that quite a few have had some interaction with Dr.SPB (even if it was for just few minutes). Can you guys share some of your experiences.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 64.181.143.2) on: Thu Oct 7 18:54:39 EDT 2004
  
  Dhananjay, vidiya vidiya kadhai kEttuttu.... :))
  
  Please see the interview transcript at http://www.newtfmpage.com/my/spb/
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Fri Oct 8 06:16:18 EDT 2004
  
  OISG,
  
  GKV indeed compsoed for the tamil version of 'TheEn sinthuthe vaanam', not IR, IR has mentioned this in an interview, IR also mentioned that MSV /GKV were his Guru's !, the IR interview was conducted by SPB him self!
  
  This song is one of the if not the best romantic song in tamil music history, SPB+SJ have done an excellent job indeed, not to mention the tune of GKV and the lyrics of Kannadhasan(?)!
  
  
• From: rajaG (@ 207.43.195.201) on: Fri Oct 8 09:31:30 EDT 2004
  
  bb: Dhananjay has already posted earlier his comments on the interview. Now that others are making references about their own personal encounters or public interviews, he wants those experiences also to be recollected in this thread.
  
  OISG- It needed somebody like you to put an end to the topic of the "thEn sindhudhE vaanam controversy" - especially when no controversy exists :-) :-).
  
  
• From: Dhananjay (@ 12.111.29.7) on: Fri Oct 8 10:52:00 EDT 2004
  
  that is right,RajaG.
  Guys,why dont you all share some of your personal interactions(if any) with SPB.
  Ofcourse RajaG will have quite a few to share as he has sung with him ,from what i heard.
  
  
• From: Kupps (@ 192.76.80.74) on: Fri Oct 8 11:05:28 EDT 2004
  
  G :))
  
  
• From: Vazhipokkan (@ 40.0.40.10) on: Fri Oct 8 12:25:53 EDT 2004
  
  SPB's Canada Concert info:
  
  http://www.dinamalar.com/Ulagatamilargal/sep29/p1.asp#1
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Mon Oct 11 05:51:05 EDT 2004
  
  Babaji,
  
  I have met Dr.SPB/Dr.KJY & KS.Chitra in london, way back in 2001, I could not get a chance to speak to any one, as it was heavily crowded! The show was organised by some keralites, but most of the songs sung were Tamil/Hindi !
  
  SPB, as he entered received a thunderous applause, as usual, he cracked couple of jokes about his broken ankle and stole the whole show by his voice
  
  
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Tue Oct 12 06:45:54 EDT 2004
  
  sorry, the above post was posted for Dhananjay :)
  
  
• From: IRfan (@ 203.199.204.166) on: Tue Oct 12 06:52:23 EDT 2004
  
  How sad! interview with SPB was incomplete when nothing related to IR and SPB was asked and discussed.
  
  
• From: antony soosaipillai (@ 81.136.211.171) on: Thu Oct 14 09:33:20 EDT 2004
  
  hi spb sir, i am from london i have heard lot of your songs every day when ever have time
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Thu Oct 14 10:46:26 EDT 2004
  
  IRFan,
  
  Can you imagine, hoe sad it would be, if SPB was not mentioned in IR's interview ?
  
  
• From: hhhw (@ 130.127.119.60) on: Thu Oct 14 11:08:48 EDT 2004
  
  Babaji, pls explain your question, i didnt understand.
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Thu Oct 14 11:22:42 EDT 2004
  
  HHW,
  
  it should be read as 'How' :)
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 213.86.160.168) on: Fri Oct 15 07:55:45 EDT 2004
  
  where is BB nowadays, more news from BB would be greatly appreciated :)
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Fri Oct 15 09:11:32 EDT 2004
  
  I too was wondering, he has not answered many of our questions :)
  
  
• From: KMW_Shoe (@ 61.2.37.185) on: Fri Oct 15 18:20:30 EDT 2004
  
  The effort iz great. Mr/Ms Udhaya asked the query which many fanz thought.(singing all muzic director'z songs.) Nice one.
  
  
• From: babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Mon Oct 18 05:27:00 EDT 2004
  
  KMW_Shoe (@ 61.2.37.185)
  
  Yes BB's efforts were far too great :)
  
  
• From: Dhananjay (@ 68.193.135.64) on: Sun Oct 24 17:46:48 EDT 2004
  
  bb,raja....
  any updates on audio version of the interview with SPB
  
  
• From: K (@ 69.132.94.11) on: Sun Oct 24 23:18:15 EDT 2004
  
  What SPB did with his konjals and kuzhaiyals (with due respect to him) in "Then Sindudhe Vaanam", was done without all that casually by PS in "Mrogindhi Veena" in telugu.
  
  
• From: K (@ 69.132.94.11) on: Sun Oct 24 23:23:53 EDT 2004
  
  Babaji, I don't see any scope for versatility for SJ in "Then Sindude Vaanam"... could you tell me where exactly she became versatile in that song?
  
  
• From: Sathya (@ 67.85.213.154) on: Wed Oct 27 11:51:28 EDT 2004
  
  a beautiful melody by SPB-VJ from the film Vasanthaththil Or naaL
  vENdum vENdum ungaL uRavu
  veN pani thenRal uLLa varaiyil
  Visit this thread
  Unearthing Rare Golden Oldies of TFM into MP3s
  
  
• From: SK (@ 199.90.34.67) on: Wed Oct 27 13:48:49 EDT 2004
  
  While talking about all those great songs of yesteryears, I was thrilled to hear the golden voivce in its prime with his very latest rendering of the title song for the new SUN TV serial 'kaNavarukkaaha' which comes very late at 12.30 midnight in USA! Don't miss it! And to note that this treat will continue night after night.. that is great!
  Great to hear the maestro's voice still ringing in silver![or, should it have been gold!]
  
  
• From: babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Wed Nov 3 05:54:51 EST 2004
  
  recently SPB sang a song in atmil film called 'Dancer', has any one heard it?
  
  SPB has proven him self again that he is the don!
  
  

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