Wednesday, January 12, 2011

List: Telugu songs that I liked in the past month or so

While there hasn't been any pathbreaking stuff, there have been a few listenable songs. Here's an arbitrary list:

5. Kudirite Kappu Coffee by Yogeshwara Sharma - Srikaram
SPB doesn't sing the song, he just flows, especially during the middle portions (charanaalu?) - while Nihal matches him very ably with his "Dhomtananana" parts.

4. LBW by Anil R - Meghamaa and Teerale Vaddante
Both songs exploit the honeydew-ness of Javed Ali's vocals. The latter, more.

3. Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu by Salim-Sulaiman and others - Chirugaalai and Yodha Theme
Chirugaalai(/Premalekha)'s orchestration sounds very very similar to Salim-Sulaiman's classic O Re Piya from Aaja Nachle but it's a good song in itself, helped by Shreya Ghoshal's and Salim's Siddharth-like vocals.
Yodha Theme is adequately grand and rousing and rest of the songs in the album too deserve a listen or two.

2. Vareva by Mahesh Shankar - Are Idi Asalu and  Ne Talachane Ledu
Benny's techno-friendly voice helps Are Idi asalu sound peppy/catchy.funky, and it's a good thing. Those who like Mahesh's serene melodies (from Vennela and Prayanam) will like Ne Talachane Ledu.

1. Mirapakay by S Thaman - Silakaa and Dhinnaku Dhin
Apart from a catchy tune, Silakaa has enjoyably satirical lyrics about love and PDA (by Bhaskarabhatla).
The faux-classical Dhinnaku Dhin gains from Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghoshal's fluent vocals.

P.S.: Also good were:
- Thee Illai by Naresh Iyer and Lolita by Harish Raghavendra from Harris Jayaraj's Engeyum Kadhal
- Ainvayi by Salim, Sunidhi Chauhan from Band Baaja Baaraat
- A few from No One Killed Jessica by Amit Trivedi and Action Replayy by Pritam

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