Your most favorite song - B

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 02 Jul 2009, 18:50

Now that the A song thread has hit a half-century mark I thought we can move on to B. Please post your favorite song that starts with B.

Try to limit your choice to one song if possible, or say up to 2-3 songs. If possible, please indicate why you like it (personal, analytical etc.). Please include raga, tala and composer info if you have it, and info on where people can listen to it - but watch out for commercial recording abuse!

Here is a (probably not fully comprehensive) listing of the krithis by Trinity (and others) which can be used to jog your memory:
Thyagaraja: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse ... garajk.htm
Dikhsitar: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse ... shitar.htm
Syama Sastry: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/5926/shyama.htm
Papanasam Sivan: http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/1428/
Patnam: http://musicinfoguide.blogspot.com/2007 ... -1902.html

Arun

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Jul 2009, 19:36

a.bhantu reethi - Hamsanada- T- Chembai
b.bhavanutha- Mohana-T- Nedanuri
c.brahma kadigina pAdamu- Mukhari- Annamayya- MS
4.bhuvanEshwariya-Mohana Kalyani-HMB-MMI

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Jul 2009, 19:49

The mind-blowing 'BhAvayAmi' by HH Swati thrirunal originally in Saveri but retuned by SSI as a ragamalika in rupaka tala and sung by the Queen of CM!
Needs no justification!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 02 Jul 2009, 19:54

Bhajanam seivin krishNa padam -
http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 557&T=6164

gmohan · Post by **gmohan** » 02 Jul 2009, 19:58

Bhavayami by the incomparable and peerless MDR!!

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:05

I cant choose, they are all good. Trinity compositions are all soo brilliant. B's a tough one for me.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:06

Although, ive heard soo many students slaughter bantureethi that i get chills down my spines whenever i hear it.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:16

I was somewhat secure in my choice but I had ignored bhAvayAmi

Anyway, it was a toss up between bAlagOpAla vs. baNTurIti vs. brOvavamma (mAnji), and I chose bAlagOpAla - too much grandeur to ignore.

Now baNTurIti is a "little krithi" in comparison but I like it a lot because (a) I like the raga (b) I simply love the imagination of T - particularly in the charanam (c) I have learnt the song. I actually wish the song is rendered about 75% the regular speed that artists do (they do it at jet speed for me) - as I think it makes one enjoy the lyrics more as well as hamsanAdam's flavor (particularly the dance between M2 and N3 in this raga - along with the contrast to R2). Also, I agree that it is perhaps unfortunately relegated as a "starter song" taught to little kids for their first "performance" - and yes there are misinterpretations too.

As I said it was hard to move this to #2 - Maybe it is #1.00000001

bhAvayAmi by MSS - yes love it too.

Arun

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:26

Well, my favourite is the all-time favourite, all-time popular, all-time melodious and all-time heard 'bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam' in yamunAkalyAni. My favourite version is that of the Legend of Legends, Queen of CM, the unmatchable and unparalleled Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi. This is my most favourite. All other songs have to occupy secondary positions!! =)

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:32

Bhuvanatraya - Mohanam - Adi - G. N. Balasubramaniam

There are a couple of recordings of SKR singing it available on sangeethapriya

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:38

Arun this one is tougher than the 'a'...

Once again, I have to exercise my splitting (as opposed to lumping) skills:

'b':

1) bArO namma manege - rAgamAlikA - purandara dAsaru - Smt. MLV's rendition (preceded by a lovely ugabhOga, 'Aneyu karedarE') - when our child was born, we were not sure of the baby's sex, and had chosen 2 songs to play during the birth - this one for a boy, and Smt. MSS' bhAgyada lakshmi bArammA for a girl - in the confusion, we ended up playing the tape with bhAgyada laskhmi - luckily, we had a girl!!

2) brovavammA bangAru bomma - nIlAmbari - SS - this composition gives me the langurous beauty of nIlAmbarI in all its glory....

3) bEkasi had se jab nikal jAyE - dES

4) brOcEvAr(u)evarurA - khamAs - MV

4) bOlErE papIharA - miyAn kI malhAr

5) baiyyAn nA dharO - cArukESi

'bh':

1) bhAvayAmi raghurAman - rAgamAlikA - ST - I absolutely love Smt. MSS' vintage rendition, and Smt. Gayathri Girish's more recent one

2) bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam - yamunakalyANi - Annamacharya

3) bhavAnI dayAnI - ? kOmal rishabh asAvErI - This has to be Smt. Parveen Sultana's version...I can hear it all the time!

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:43

How come you all missed 'bRova bAramA' in bahudAri? =)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:48

Arun
with this mele of CM/HM/FM I will not be surprised someone with childhood memories chooses:
'bah bah black sheep'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCnRbdtp668
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEHFFnV3RY&feature=fvw

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 02 Jul 2009, 20:58

Well, CML! The thought never came to me. What a rhyme! Everybody around the world will know it! =)

priyaram78 · Post by **priyaram78** » 02 Jul 2009, 21:06

Balakanakamaya-Atana

Brindavana Nilaye Radhe

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Jul 2009, 21:25

Priya,
Yes, a great aTANa. Though many sing the anu pallavi first, it will come under E for Ela nI daya rAdu.

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 02 Jul 2009, 21:49

Here is my list

1. Bhajare re manasa - abheri - By DKP, Parasalla Ponnamaal

http://sangeethamshare.org/hariharan/13 ... Abheri.mp3
(Listen to this... awsome..)

2. Bhavayami raghuramam - DKP, Parasalla Ponnamaal
3. Balagopala - bhairavi - KVN
4. Bhajare re chitta -kalyani - MDR
5. brahma kadigina - muhari - Nedunuri krishnamurthy
6. Bho shambo - Revati - maharajapuram santhanam
7. Brocheva revare - sri ranjani - SSI

-hari

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 02 Jul 2009, 22:23

srinivasrgvn wrote:How come you all missed 'bRova bAramA' in bahudAri? =)

That's mine.... because I learnt it

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 02 Jul 2009, 22:25

suji -

- i sort of expected it.

cml - initially I was sort of thinking the same, but then the topic says "most favorite song" rather than "most favorite cm song"

- no matter!

Arun

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 03 Jul 2009, 01:14

bAlagOpala... with brOvamma finishing a close second. Heard an extraordinary brOvamma by TMK/ RKSK in their MITHAS concert from 2005 the other day. Nearly swung the vote in favour of the mAnji krithi.

vallaki · Post by **vallaki** » 03 Jul 2009, 01:55

Bantureethi, Brocheva , Brahmakadigina padamu, Brahmamokkate ,Bo Shambo - I love all of them.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 03 Jul 2009, 02:35

Yes bilahari, I also vote for brOvavamma-a kvn rendering at that-
esp when he sings sthiramani nammithi nammithi.
bhajarE rE mAnasa abheri-DKJ/DKP- htiers was the first rendering I heard when I was very young and I manage to write down the whole song lstening to them.
bhajarE rE citta-kalyani

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 03 Jul 2009, 03:06

Punarvasu wrote:Yes bilahari, I also vote for brOvavamma-a kvn rendering at that-
esp when he sings sthiramani nammithi nammithi.

Sthiramani Nammithi is from Mayamma in Ahiri, I guess, not from Brovavamma.

Sathej

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 03 Jul 2009, 03:48

Sathej, you are right;I made a mistake.Thanks for pointing out.
I like 'mAyamma'- will use this comment when we come to 'M'.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 03 Jul 2009, 05:53

Bhajare re manasa - Abheri - Mysore Vasudevachar (sung by Trichur Ramachandran)
Balagopala - Bhairavi - Muthuswamy Dikshitar (GNB)
Bhuvaneswari - Bhavapriya - Ashok Madhav (MS Sheela)

saadhyaa · Post by **saadhyaa** » 03 Jul 2009, 06:26

My choice is Bhavayami Goplapalam.(yamunakalyani)...and Bajana Seya Radhaa......in dharmavathi..(The late. Smt.. Rajeswari Padmanabhan ) has rendred it so beautifully on the veena..

saadhyaa

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 03 Jul 2009, 06:51

Bhavayami Gopalabalam - Annamacharya
Bhajare Chita - MD
Bajana Seya Radha - MV
Bantureethi - T
Bhuvaneshwariya - HMB
Birana Brova - TPI (Tharangampadi Panchanatha Iyer)

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 03 Jul 2009, 07:20

Since Ravi has opened the choice for film songsalso, I consider BABUL MORA BY K L Saigal as the best. it will continue to do so even after 100 or more years .Brushing up my memory I will come back with more songs. Since the next subject will be songs beginning with C, I will vote for 'chain ko hum ko kabi' and 'chotasa balma ', both byAsha, music bywho else OPNayyar.
Will it not bea good suggestion to have seperate threads for fimi and non fimi songS?GOBILALITHA

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 03 Jul 2009, 07:26

Let us not shoot ahead! I guess finally Arun may be able to provide an XL sheet or something consolidating our collective preferances which will be of use to CM Rasikas and learners (and artistes too!)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Jul 2009, 08:17

gobilalitha wrote:Since Ravi has opened the choice for film songs also,

Actually, it was bala747 who first did it with his choices for 'a'! I just made sure that Arun had asked for 'songs' and not CM songs...and piled on to that bandwagon, and added HM numbers!

isramesh · Post by **isramesh** » 03 Jul 2009, 09:48

There are so many to choose all are equally good and satisfying but the first ones to come to my mind are

Bantureeti - sung beautifully by BMK (accompanied by one of his disciples perhaps )
Bhavanuta - sung with so much of passion and bhavam by Sri Nedunuri
Bhoga chaya nataka priye
Then last but not the least is - brahma kadigina paadamu

ranjanimalavi · Post by **ranjanimalavi** » 03 Jul 2009, 09:52

Balagopala - Bhairavi - GNB/MDR
Bhujaga Saayino - Yadukula Kambhoji - KVN
Birana Brova ide - Kalyani - SSI/MDR

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 03 Jul 2009, 09:53

I haven't seen anyone mentioning

budhamAshrayAmi - nAttakurinji

Other preferences

bAlagOpAla - bhairavi

badalika dhIra - rItigaula

bhajarE re - kalyAni ( one of the very few Kalyani krithis I like )

bhajana sEya - dharmavathi

on the tukkadas I like bArO krishNayya - mAND

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 03 Jul 2009, 11:06

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 03 Jul 2009, 12:40

isramesh wrote:There are so many to choose all are equally good and satisfying but the first ones to come to my mind are

Bantureeti - sung beautifully by BMK (accompanied by one of his disciples perhaps )
Bhavanuta - sung with so much of passion and bhavam by Sri Nedunuri
Bhoga chaya nataka priye
Then last but not the least is - brahma kadigina paadamu

isramesh- Out of 4 songs u have seleted, 3 of them match with my selected songs.
Good abt. 80 % our selection have matched.

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 03 Jul 2009, 14:03

My top B favourite is BhajarE rE citta. I first heard this song in KJY's voice (must be 20+ years ago!) and I still prefer KJY's version a lot.

My other favourites in B:

1. Brochevarevarura - the song I have sung most in my long bathroom singing career - the filmy version (Shankarabharanam) though
2. Bruhi Mukundeti
3. Brova Baarama

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 03 Jul 2009, 14:05

sridhar_rang-I think I have the tape of kjy singing bhaja rE rE chitta; yes it is very good.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 04 Jul 2009, 21:33

T20 - Brova Bharama (Bantureethi/Hamsanadam and Bogindra Sayinam/Kuntalavarali other favourites)
One Day - BHajana Seya Rada (Attana) - Brochevarevarura (Khamas) is a close second
Test - Buddhi Radu (Sankarabharanam). Also like Brundavana Lola (Thodi) and of course Balagopala (Bhairavi)

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 04 Jul 2009, 23:03

vijay wrote:One Day - BHajana Seya Rada (Attana)

Is there an aTANa version ?

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 04 Jul 2009, 23:48

braindrain wrote:
vijay wrote:One Day - BHajana Seya Rada (Attana)
Is there an aTANa version ?

there is a bhajana sEya rAdA in aTANA composed by nobody less than Thyagaraja Swami himself.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 05 Jul 2009, 13:01

Thanks, haven't heard. Is there a known recording ?

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 05 Jul 2009, 13:10

vsn207 · Post by **vsn207** » 05 Jul 2009, 17:32

Balagopala(Bhairavi-Muthuswami Dikshithar),
Bhavanuta(Mohananam-Tyagaraja)
Bhavayami(Ragamalika-Swati Tirunal)
Bhogeendra Shayinam(Kundalavarali-Swati Tirunal)
Bhagyadalakshmi
Baro Krishnayya

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Jul 2009, 19:09

My favourite SATYA SAI BHAJAN..
BhajanU karo Hari namam madhuram
Dhyan karo Bhagavan Sai namam
Prashanti nilayam prema amrutham
Dhyanu karo mana madhuram madhuram
bhava baya haranam Parthi Viharam.... BHAJANU KARO
this can be sung either in HAMSANANDI OR TELANG(JOG) . REQUEST SOME MEMBER TO SING IT AND POST GOBILALITHA

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 05 Jul 2009, 19:52

shri gbl. there is one more
'bhajana binA sukh shAnthi nahi hari nAma binA Anand nahi'.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 06 Jul 2009, 09:29

coolkarni wrote:http://www.mediafire.com/?0uaei4bno3v

BMK

Thank you.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 06 Jul 2009, 10:06

The BMK clip reminded me of one of BMK's own compositions 'brihadheeswara mahAdEva' in kAnada. The style of the composition is almost in the Dikshitar mould.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 07 Jul 2009, 04:29

it's very majestic too,being set in Kanada- Reflecting the ambience of that great Tanjore Temple.

johnlovescm · Post by **johnlovescm** » 07 Jul 2009, 09:26

vs_manjunath wrote:it's very majestic too,being set in Kanada- Reflecting the ambience of that great Tanjore Temple.

There is a nice version sung by Nookala. See link below.
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/s?i=1&q=nookala

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 11 Jul 2009, 21:04

Bantureeti - Chitti Babu
Bo Sambho by Y. Yadavan

those two renderings are absolutely magical, especially Yadavan uncle's rendition of Bo Sambho...

even the great Bakthavathsalam master was extremeley impressed and couldn't stop commenting about it.