Cole Porter - Isham Jones - Kenny G - Rahman

• Vaali is my favorite lyricist.He is good in acting too(movies like Hey Ram, Paarthale Paravasam and Poikkal Kudhirai).He has a great musical knowledge.

• Last week i happened to hear an english song titled “Let’s do it(Let’s fall in love)” by Cole Porter.A small part of the lyrics from that song is given below.

• “And that’s why birds do it, bees do it
  Even educated fleas do it
  Let’s do it, let’s fall in love“

• The above part reminds me of the starting of the song “Jillendru oru Kaadhal“(music by our master A.R.Rahman) Lyrics by our Vaali sir.A small part of the lyrics from the song “Jillendru Oru Kaadhal” is given below.

• “Paravaigal seiyudhey, pattaampoochchi seiyudhey
  nadhigal seiyudhey , marangal seiyudhey
  yaadhum seiyudhaey, neeyum seiya vaa
  kaadhal“

• Is it a tribute to Cole Porter by Vaali? or A.R.Rahman?..

• There is no similarity in music between those two songs(I think).May be its one of his(A.R.Rahman or Vaali) favorite numbers.

• Listen to the song “Let’s do it(Let’s fall in love)” – Cover version by Alanis Morissette here.

• Here is the song “Jillendru oru Kaadhal” song (music by A.R.Rahman and Lyrics by Vaali)

• Now,I have a doubt that whether there is any connection between “Jillendru Oru Kaadhal” song and “It had to be you“.

• “It had to be you” is a very famous song with music by Isham Jones.I happened to hear the cover version of this song by Kenny G.It reminds me of Jillendru Oru kaadhal song sometimes.May be an Illusion? i think so.Both songs are of Jazz genre.(This may be the reason for the illusion).

• Listen to the song “It had to be you” – a cover version by Kenny G.

• The release dates are given below

“Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” – 1928 – Cole Porter

Cover version of “Let’s do it” – 2005 – Alanis Morissette

“It had to be you” – 1924 – Isham Jones

Cover version of “It had to be you” – November 14, 2006 – Kenny G

Jillendru Oru Kaadhal song – August 2, 2006 – A.R.Rahman

There are so many cover versions available for both “It had to be you” and “Lets do it” songs.For more information about these songs, see Wikipedia.

Note : Kenny G’s cover version release date is November 14,2006 where as Rahman’s “Jillendru Oru Kadhal” song release date is August 2,2006.This doesn’t mean that Kenny G is inspired by Rahman’s Number.The Original number “Let’s do it” was first published in 1924.

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