Your favorite Song(s) - M

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rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

It has been ages since we did the last of these lists. Since Arun seems to remain busy, I thought I would revive it - here's my list for songs that start in 'm' (this was a TOUGH choice - there are so many compositions in this category)

varNam - (daru) mAtE malayadhvaja pANDya saMjAtE - khamAs - HKMB - Smt. MSS' version; (padavarNam) manavi cEkona rAdA - SankarAbharaNam - TQ (PP)
kriti - marakatavallIm - kAmbhOdi - MD; mAdayai - vasantA - PS
bhajan - maiyyA mOri mein nahin mAkhan khAyO - Smt. MSS' version and Sri Anup Jalota's version
mangaLam - marali marali jaya mangaLamu - rAgamAlika - Annamacharya

tamizh film song - manamOhanAnga anangE - Sri GNB, Smt. MSS; mAdhavi pon mayilAL - Sri TMS; manam kanindarul vEl murugA - Smt. S. Varalakshmi
hindi film songs - madhuban mein rAdhikA nAcE rE - Jan'b Mohd Rafi; mein kA karUn rAm mujhE buDDhA mil gayA and mOhE panghaT pE - Ms. Lata
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VK RAMAN
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Post by VK RAMAN »

Just a few

mAnE mayilE
http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 403&T=8767

mei gulAma mei gulAma mei gulAma - kabir kirtanam
http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 790&T=2261

mein hari charanan ki daasi - meerA bhajan
http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 790&T=2261
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vijay
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Post by vijay »

Just too many in this raga but my favourites are Ma Janaki (Kambhoji) Maragatha Mani Varna (Varali) and Meenakshi (Purvi Kalyani)

mnsriram
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Post by mnsriram »

mOhana rAma - mOhana - tYAgarAja
mahAtmulE teliyalEru - rishabhapriya - mysOre vAsudEvAcharya
manasu vishaya - nATakuranji - tyAgarAja
manasija (varNam) - hindOLam - srIpAda pinAkapANi
mAmava sadA - nATakuranji - swAti tiruNAl
mayil mIdu viraindODi vA - cArukEsi - composer not known

musicfan_4201
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Post by musicfan_4201 »

mathim dehi varamange - kalyani - Vanamaamalai Jeeyar Swamigal (Voleti / Nedunuri / Dr. Pani / Malladis (Sr and Jr)
meru samana - mayamalawagowla - Thyagaraja (Nedunuri / SSI / Pasupathy)
mahadeva shiva shambho - Tanjore Sankara Iyer (DKJ)
Mari mari vachuna - Kambhoji - Mysore Vasudevachar (Nedunuri / Malladis)

sivakami
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Post by sivakami »

manasu nilpa - AbhOgi - tyAgarAja
muripemu galigegadA - mukhAri -tyAgarAja
muddugaarE yashOda - kurinji - annamAcharya
maamavasadhaa jananee - kaanaDaa -: Swaati Tirunaal
madhava mamava deva krishna - neelambari - narayana theertha
mATi mATiKi delpa valena - mohanam- tyAgarAja
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cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

manam kanindarul vEl murugA a la KaTTbomman is S. VaralakShmi..

manadirkkugandadu - TS- sindhubhairavi

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

CML - thanks - I have corrected the singer in my post ...S. Varalakshmi!!

knandago2001
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Post by knandago2001 »

meru samana - mayamalavagoula - Brinda Mukta
maragata manivarna - varali - Brinda Mukta
meragadu rammanave - sahana - Brinda Mukta
mohanamayi - yadukulakamboji - MD Ramanathan
mayalaadi bodhanche - suruti - Rama Ravi
momu jupavemi - darbar - Hyderabad Brothers

Sreeni Rajarao
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Post by Sreeni Rajarao »

There are many but the following three popped up into my thoughts right away:

mAyatIta swarUpiNi
mErusamAna
mAmavatu sRI saraswati

arunk
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Post by arunk »

mAyamma - nATakurinji (gAyatri venkatraghavan)
mOkshamu galada (several)

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

...and mAyamma - Ahiri too (the gem of SS)!

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

Please include the name of the raga and composer (if known) so that we can track and listen to your favourites from a database...

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

cmlover wrote:...and mAyamma - Ahiri too (the gem of SS)!
Wasn't there a gem of a recording of this song from Smt. Balasaraswati floating around sometime back?

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

mOkSamu galada.

Other favourites include mAyamma (ahiri), manavyAla (naLinakAnti), maguva ninnE (nArAyaNagowLa).

isramesh
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Post by isramesh »

Muripemu galigeda - Tyagaraja, Mukari
Merusamana - Tyagaraja, Mayamalava gaula (MSS, BMK, Nedunuri)
Mayamma - Shyamasastri, Ahiri (MSS)

anandmurty
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Post by anandmurty »

Mamava Pattabhirama - Mutthuswami Dikshitar, Manirangu (DKP)
Merusamana - Thyagaraja, Mayamalavagoula (T Brinda)
Muripemu Galige - Thyagaraja, Mukhari (Nedunuri, MSS)
Manasu Swadheenamaina - Thyagaraja, Shankarabharanam (BMK)
Manasa Sancharare - Sadasiva Brahmendra, Sama (SSI)
Mayamma - Shyama Shastri, Ahiri (Voleti)
Meragadu (Javali) - ? Do not remember the composer, Athana (Rama Ravi)

Criminal of me to forget:
Marivere Gathi - Shyama Shastri, Anandabhairavi (Brinda-Muktha, TNS)
Mangalavaradayaki - GNB, Kadanakutuhalam (MLV)
Ma Mayura - Bilahari (DKJ)
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vijay
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Post by vijay »

Ooops I missed Mari Mari Ninne (no, not Samaramathi/Illayaraja) which is one of my favourite across all alphabets! I am sure there are others as well....

vijay
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Post by vijay »

Renditions - Ma Janaki - MMI and our own jam session starring Keeravani, Mari Mari Ninne - TMK/Alathur, Maragatha Mani Varna - Voleti. Meenakshi - several...

arasi
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Post by arasi »

mErusamAna stands tall among others. MAyammA too. muripEmi in mukhAri seems popular.
manavi nyAlaginca rAdaTE-NaLinakAnti-TyAgarAja
maravakaVE O manasA-SAma
mannum imaya malai engaL malaiyE-subramaNya bArati (different versions)
mannu pugazh kOsalai-divyaprabandam, usually in nIlAmbari

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Post by balusatya »

* manadukkukandadu Muruganrupam-DKJ._Sundubhairavi.
* Mamakuleshwaram-GNB-Tanjore Kalyana Raman_Thodi.
*Mannavan vandanadi-film song.
*manasuswadeenmai-Dr.BMK.-Sankarabharanam.
*Manasayettulo-Malayamarutham-T-GNB.
*mamavapattabhi Rama-Manirangu_MD-DKP.
*Mevallagunadhosha-T? -Radha &jayalakshmi.
*Manamemuruganin Mayilvahanam-film Kulandaiyum deivamum- in Hindolam -Radha&jayalakshmi.
* Mamava Meenakshi-varali-Md-SSI Neraval @shyame Sankari (esp nosal sound in Shyama...).
*Marubari Kalanerchina-Kamas Javali-Ramnad Krishnan.
*Malarkal nanaidana paniyale-Film song in Mohanam by P.Sushila.
*Maithrim bhajatha-MSS.
*Malligai..yen mannan mayangum ponnana malarallava.-Film song.-May be S.Dhanyasi.
*Mahadeva Siva shambo-Revathi-DKJ.
*Mayamma-Ahiri-SS.-DKP.
I appreciate VKR for giving links while listing his favourite ones.
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priyaram78
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Post by priyaram78 »

Madhura Madhura Venu Geetham- Atana

Maragatha Valli- KAmbodhi

Maragatha Manimaya Chela-Arabhi

MAmavathu Sri Saraswathi

MurugA MurugA- Nattakurinji

MAnasa Sancharare

sivakami
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Post by sivakami »

forgot about the foll:

mulaadhaara murthi - hamsadwani - papanasam sivan

& tamil film songs

masila nilave - ragamalika??
malarndhu malaraadha - kanada - Kavingar Kannadasan
malare mounama - darbari kanada
mannavan vandaanadi .. thozhi - kalyANi

rveeraraghavan
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Post by rveeraraghavan »

Too many to list. Here are a few I can come up with.

Ma Janaki - MMI
marukElaraa O - GNB
manavi nAlaginca - Chembai ( who else! )
marivErE dikkevaraiya - SSI

Movie songs.

Manmadha Leelaiai - MKT, Haridas
Maraidhirudhe Paarkum - PS, Thilaana Mohanambal.

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

mAdu meikkum kaNNE (AS or Sudha?)--- any takers :)
(..but the most popular among the plebians !) (harimau spare me the pains :)

maduraimini
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Post by maduraimini »

Mamava Pattabhi in Manirangu by DKP, Mayamma- Ahiri- DKJ and TMK , Merusamana , Mana vyala in Nalinakanthi, Kamas Javali Marubari taala, Mohana Rama and Ma Janaki

malavi
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Post by malavi »

Manasuloni --Hindolam--Tyagaraja
Mamavasadavarade--Nattakkrinji--Swathi tirunal
Manasavruta--Abogi --Ramnad Sreenivasa iyengar
Mamava meenakshi--Varali--Dikshitar
Melukovayya--Bauli--Tyagaraja
Mohanakara--Neetimati--koteeswara iyer

Film song--Mayilerum Vadivelane by K.B.S

rajaglan
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Post by rajaglan »

How come everyone forgot Maarubulga - SSI !!

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

...and marukElarA too!

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

mAmava mAdhava dEva-nIlAmbari

smala
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Post by smala »

To add to the many already given


ma dayai - PS
ma ramanan - PS
more angan me - Meera

Tamil movie songs
mayil pola - Bharathiyar - sung by Bhavadharini, composed by Illayaraja - really lovely...http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php ... mayil+pola

maankuyile poonkuyile - gangai amaran

Hindi - indescribably lovely
mora saajan sauten ghar jaye - sung by Vani Jayaram, composed by Naushad
http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php ... jan+sauten

From Haveli Sangeet, austere and simple in its sheer appeal
mere jivan sijha kanha - sung by Nirmal Dey and Rinku Bannerjee
http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php ... ujan+kanha listen to the longer 8-min - second on list.
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mohan
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Post by mohan »

mAmava pattabhirAma - manirangu
mA kElara - ravichandrika
manavyAlakinchara - nalinakanti

malavi
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Post by malavi »

Forgot to mention one masterpiece of Muthuswamy Dikshitat

Maye tvam yahi--Tarangini
Muthukkumarayyane--sankarabharanam
Munnuravana--todi
Muruga muruga--saveri

cienu
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Post by cienu »

01. Maate Malayadhwaja (Daru Varnam) - Khamas - Adi - Harikeshanallur Mutthaiya Bhagavatar
02. Moyyaar Tadam (Tiruvempavai) - Purvikalyani - Mishra Chapu - Manikyavasagar
03. Mudi Ondri (Pashuram) - Ragamalika - Periyazhwar
04. Madhava Mamava Deva - Neelambari - Adi - Narayana Teertha
05. Meenakshi Memudam - Purvikalyani - Adi - Muttuswami Dikshitar

And in the lighter version

01. Mollikaabone (Bengali) - Rabindranath Tagore
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Re: Your favorite Song(s) - M

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I am surprised that nobody has mentioned 'Maruda malai mamaniye Murugiah by vengalakural Madurai Somu. I have already narrated an incident about that song. However I am repeating. Once Somu got down from Nilagiri Express at coimbatore. In those days, carnatic music, devotional songs used to be played in the mornings. As soon as a station staff saw Somu, he began to play the song over the speakers. Somu asked him to stop it and started singing the song in his majestic voice, while walking on the platform. SUCH SIMPLICITY amazed all those on the platform gobilalitha

arasi
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Re: Your favorite Song(s) - M

Post by arasi »

Many of my preferred ones have been mentioned already.
mannum imaya malai engaL malaiyE, mAnilamIdu adu pOl piRidillaiyE by bArati, popularized by MS.

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Re: Your favorite Song(s) - M

Post by baboosh »

Mayamma-Ahiri-Shyama sastri
Muripemu Galike-Mukhari-Thyagaraja
Mokshamu Galada-Saramathi-Thyagaraja
Mate Malayadvaja-Khamas-HKM
Meenakshi Me mudham-purvi Kalyani-Dikshitar

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Re: Your favorite Song(s) - M

Post by satyabalu »

* Ma mayuramedileriva-Bilahari-DKJ version.
* manadukugandadu murugan rupam-Sindu Bhairavi- DKJ version.
* Mayaladi bhodanache maimarachithevevo- Surati-DKJ version.
* manadil uridi vendum- ubramaniaa Bharathi.
* Mamava pattabhi Rama- Manirangu-DKP version.
* manasa ettulu- Malayamarydam-GNB&TSK version.
*Manasunilpa -Abohi- GNB?MMI
* mannavnan vandanadi - Cine music.
* Mamava meenakshi-Varali- SSI esp., neraval @Shyame sankari--
*Mamakuleshwara-Thodi-GNB composition- TSK version.
*masilla nilavenam kadalai- Cine music.
* Maname kanamum maravade jagadhhesan malar padame- Bhimplas- PS-Again DKJ .
version.
*Manasuswadheenamai- Sankarabharanam- Dr.MBK.
* Mathangi Sri Rajarajeshwari- Rama Manohari- SKA-Chigelput Ranganathan.

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