Have a good laugh with this one!

[Lakshman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEUBMJdGr8

[appu]

Lakshman

Very Very nice. Who is the singer???

[PUNARVASU]

That was nice!

[vasanthakokilam]

Quite funny. I have sent this to a few friends who are potential Obama voters for their amusement! I do not know how much they will get out it, we will see!!

[mohan]

That was really well done. It's not very easy to fit English words to a Carnatic mettu/tune!

[squims]

That was awesome!

[uday_shankar]

For balance someone should sing a Romney number...in bad light of course. For example:

rAma nee samAna mevaru raghu vamSOddhAraka
rOmney's a mAn forever. You... ..'re a goo... ..fy one sO starker

etc...

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Appu: The singer- a talented one is Ganesh Ramnarayanan of New jersey--he sang this at a wedding of Arun Ramamurthy-- a young,brilliant violinist--a second generation kid.

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Mohan: Post #5. Not so difficult--example the What to do What not to do,How to Do,How best to Do--in Harikambodhi--Seshudu Seevuniki(Entara)-@the Rasikas meet @ Nageswaran's house in Dec 2011 !!!

[Rsachi]

Dear Rasikas,
Kudos to NA kids singing paeans to Obama in Vachaspati.
But how about some local humour, without fear or favour?
For example AADUM CHIDAMBARAMO

[mahavishnu]

RSachi, "koothAdum chidambaramO?" is quite an appropriate second line

[Rsachi]

Right Ho!
So we're not seen as parochial, also
'Mana Mohana,Bade Jhoothe...'

[cmlover]

The second line now more appropriately will be
(makkaL) nidhiyuDan kUttADum chidambaramO ...

[VK RAMAN]

1000+ hits so far in two days of circulation after posting in rasikas.org. The final hit number must reflect the number left leaning NA carnatic enthusiasts other than Jindals

[padavarnam]

That was funny and quite well sung! Who does this youngster learn from?

[ganeshr]

Thanks all for watching and sharing your feedback. I am aiming for light-hearted, yet authentic, musical commentary, and it is nice to see that there is an audience for this. Also, at the ripe age of 31, amidst many nephews and nieces calling me "uncle" and "mama", it is quite refreshing to be called "youngster". I hope I can wear this mantle for many years to come.

I don't have a regular teacher, but I owe thanks to many teachers in NJ, notably Smt. Prabha Raghunathan and Smt. Padma Srinivasan, and also a summer spent with PSN mama in Chennai.

Regards,
Ganesh

[cmlover]

Since nobody has posted one in favour of Romney, following Uday's suggestion here is my amateur attempt:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zj59mo6mj94j63q
Pardon my attempted Telugu
(do you need the lyrics?)

[cmlover]

Welcome ganeshr!
You are a riot!
Do post more of your light-hearted/serious attempts at this Forum.
I love your voice!

[VK RAMAN]

ganeshr - welcome aboard

[ganeshr]

Thanks all. cmlover - will definitely give this a listen!

[maduraimini]

It was funny. Thanks.

[keerthi]

Very impressive, ganeshr!

I particularly appreciate your maintaining the dvitIyAksara prAsa [yedugai] between the pallavi and anupallavi - Barack and Iraq.

[PUNARVASU]

ganeshr, that was very nice! Enjoyed it.