Favorite Carnatic Songs!

Offtopic:

I have always wanted to ask this to a seasoned carnatic music listener: why does sometime tears flow down when listening to some songs/ragas/music?

There is some reasoning plausible, for eg., when it happens when someone is in grief and when he/she comes across "punarapi jananam punarapi maranam".

But why does that happen even in normal times when i don't see a 'connect' with the meaning?

PS: JAG, thanks for allowing(!) me to hijack this thread

 

That's the magic or power of music I think. This happens to me whenever I hear sahana ragam. I'm addicted to that ragam.

 

You made my day Jag...i love that song..
This bgm always melts me..
Unnal mudiyum thambi Sahana Nadhaswaram - YouTube

 

Nemesis, the ragas in which these krithis or songs are set invoke the karuna rasa or the bhakti bhava. you sometimes don't need the lyrics even just the raga played on a violin can invoke the same pleasure.

just few days back my son was listening to this track frequently, and he told me that it was making him calm and peaceful (another story why he explained it to me..)
you never know what triggers those feelings..but yet music has wonderful healing powers..bhilahari makes you want to smile, while subhapanthuvarali makes you heavy and tearful sometimes. sahana is karuna rasa (compassion)

my fil is so addicted to bhajans, at his age losing his parter of 47 years, music was the only anchor..

Did you know there is a vast research on music therapy in india. i still remember a old lady who was cured listening to shakarabharanam movie songs that it was a news item those days.

you would have been to music aisles in the malls or landmark..have you checked out the cd's for relaxation, music for sleep etc.. it is a great business today.

all said, there is a science behind music being medicine, and i do believe in it..

 

Cinderella,

Sri Vatapi Ganapathiye ninatal charanam by PS is a favorite..
chitam irangada.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7P5pdzxac0

but hooked on to sahana only because of bmk's rendition..of vandanamu..

and ofcourse paarthaen sirithaen...wow..for the composition and the music and the singer..
another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_W5u3U4FYQ

 

this kelvignanam (yours truly) used to blog on music regularly..now time constraint.
Music my passion 5--Indigestion ???- listen to Ahir Bhairav - Blogs - IndusLadies

Music my passion 6--trouble sleeping and relaxing??? - Blogs - IndusLadies
Music my passion-4...Low on Confidence??? - Blogs - IndusLadies

 

To all those music lovers.look at this cutiepie identifying all the ragas..he keeps me spellbound..
Raga identification by Sivateja 2 years 4 months - YouTube he can't evem really pronounce the names..mazhalai pola..god bless. I loved the way he prompts his mom to say very good.. velllly good anu.....love..

 

Oh My! Thanks Shanvy...that is cute!