G and other emotional songs
Sridhar Basavaraju (ghantasa@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu)
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 22:50:01 -0400 (EDT)
Hello Everyone,
I think that along with drunkard songs that we were discussing earlier,
another type of song in which G has obvious expertise are songs sung in
the pathos mood. In fact, some of these were his biggest hits. Among
them are "bhrathukantha bhAdhagA. . . bommanu chEsi," "amA ani arachina"
and similar songs. G does especially well in situations that require a
great deal of emotion, whether it be anger, sadness, or drunkeness as was
described in earlier proceedings. I think another most interesting
aspect of G and emotional music is the way in which he renders padyams in
an angry way. A very astute observation here would be the ones from
Pandava vanavaasam. Especially in the scene where draupadi is nearly
disrobed. The tone of those padyams is perhaps the most angry and
fearful tone of voice G exhibits. There are many more similar examples
that I'm sure our group members can address. . . . sridhar
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talk without speaking
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