Kaatril Varum Geethame with Meera

It has been a long time since I and Meera have sung a duet song. So here comes one of the masterpieces from the melody king Ilaiyaraja - Kaatril Varum Geethame. Meera sang all female parts herself while I sang Hariharan's part. Do let us know your comments.

Song: Kaatril Varum Geethame
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Originally sung by: Bhavatharini, Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan, Ilaiyaraja
Sung by: Meera Manohar & Jo

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Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain from Pardes

I hold this song dearly for one reason. When we bought a CD player at home, Pardes was the first music CD that we (I and my brother) played. We played the CD all day and night long. The experience of listening to music from a CD player was totally new and exciting. Even at night, I would play the music in a low volume and spent almost the entire night without sleeping. I still remember that time clearly.

Nadeem-Sharavan was a hit music duo of Hindi film industry. Their songs are beautiful and melodious. This song from Pardes is no different. The karaoke track had lots of problems. It slowed up after sometime and then fastened up in between. On and off. So it was really difficult to sing along, however I couldn't resist singing this beautiful song. :-) Here is my humble try in singing Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain from Pardes. Do let me know what you think.

Movie: Pardes
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Originally sung by: Kumar Sanu
Sung by: Jo

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Kannathil Muthamittaal

Kannatthil Muthamittaal is one of my favorite movies from Mani Ratnam. Needless to say that the music by A R Rahman for this movie is awesome. My favorite song from the movie is Vellai Pookkal sung by ARR himself, but the title song is also beautiful. This song gave Chinmayee a huge break and made her name famous in the south Indian music industry. The male version was sung by P Jayachandran, one of the finest singers of our time.

When Sindhuja suggested that we put the male-female cover versions of this song in our blogs simultaneously, I thought it was a wonderful idea. We did the initial humming part in each other's versions too. The karaoke track was in slightly higher pitch compared to the original though. I must say I like Sindhuja's version a lot. So head over to her blog after listening to this. And do let us know your comments as usual. :-)

Movie: Kannathil Muthamittal
Song: Kannathil Muthamittal
Music: A R Rahman
Original singers: Chinmayee, P Jayachandran
Sung by: Sindhuja, Jo

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Jashn-e-Bahara from Jodha Akbar (my cover)

The song Jashn-e-Bahara from the movie Jodha Akbar has stayed in mind ever since I first heard it. Such a beautiful composition by A R Rahman and such a lovely rendition by Javed Ali. Here is my version and do let me know your comments.

Movie: Jodha Akbar
Music: A R Rahman
Original singer: Javed Ali
Covered by: Jo

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A prayer song

This song in Malayalam was first written by a Malayalam teacher and then composed by a music teacher in the same school. Interestingly, both teachers share the same name – Aravindakshan. I used to sing this song at school every morning during the school assembly. This is my all-time favorite prayer song and reminds me of my school days.

Song: Saarada neela rajani than
Written by: Aravindakshan master
Composed by: Aravindakshan master
Sung by: Jo

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Imagine - Cover version of John Lennon song

Ever since it's release in 1971, the song Imagine, which was written, composed and performed by the legendary John Lennon, has inspired people world over. Imagine talks about a world where there are no borders, no countries, no religions and where we humans live as one. No wonder why Lennon wrote that "you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one". This is the song of everyone who dreams of unity of humanity beyond the differences and a world of peace.

Some of the stanzas in the song lyrics, such as "imagine no possessions" have been subjected to criticism as one of the critics mentioned "Imagine" was written by a "multi-millionaire with one temperature-controlled room in his Manhattan mansion just to store his fur coats."[wiki]

Imagine is in the third place of Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs of all time. It is also one of the top 100 most performed songs of 20th century.

I recorded this song in one stretch after I came back to room after work on Wednesday. I haven't even bothered to remove the breath noise from the track. Thanks to George Kuruvila for the karaoke track.

Song: Imagine
Written, composed and performed by: John Lennon
Cover version by: Joe

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Elangaathu Veesudhey with Sindhuja

I have always enjoyed listening to the songs by Sindhuja and wanted to do a duet with her, but it just didn't happen for some reason. Last time we were working together for Kaathirundhen, the Tamil song for BlogSwara V4, but then I had this terrible throat pain and could not complete the song. Anyway, here we are, with a cover version of Elangaathu Veeudhey from the Tamil movie Pithaamagan (thanks to Sindhu for suggesting this beauuuutiful song!). Hope you all enjoy this.

Movie: Pithamagan
Music Director: Ilayaraja
Original Singer(s): Shreya Ghoshal, Sriram Parthasarathy
Sung by: Sindhuja, Joe

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