You are right. Shankar Mahadevan was really amaizing. He took a lot of weight of the show on his shoulders and ghanan ghanan was simply out of the world. I feel very lucky to have watched it in melb.
Teja On 9/13/05, rakesh_953 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Arun, > > Officially, you are not allowed to take in any form of cameras (still > or video) or recording devices to the concerts. But in reality, no > one checked, which surprised me. I only took a still camera to > capture some photos because I feared they might check but no one did! > > I dont see why it would be a problem to take an audio recorder or > still camera because the recording quality will be average anyway so > it's not like we can pirate it or make any money out of it - it's > purely to capture the moment for ourselves! > > ps: Shankar Mahadevan will NOT be at the Sydney concert unfortunately > . Unni Menon will be attending instead of him. I feel really lucky > to have witnessed Shankar in Melbourne, he is a "power house" as ARR > introduced him on stage ! > > > Cheers, > Rakesh > > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Arun Chandrasekhar" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Rakesh, I'll be going for the Sydney concert on the 17th. You > said you > > felt like you shoulda taken a recording device....were there any > > restrictions on people recording things or didn't the show's > organisers care > > about that? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "rakesh_953" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:01 PM > > Subject: [arr] Melbourne Concert - The 'Ghanan Ghana' piece ! > > > > > > Melbourne Concert - The 'Ghanan Ghana' piece review: > > > > Ghanan Ghanan - This is nothing like you've heard before!! It was > > just ARR on the piano & Shankar vocalising with just two words 'Ghanan > > Ghanan'. The original lyrics of the song were NOT sung, it was just > > 'Ghanan Ghanan' sung in different variations to follow AR Rahman's > > piano for about 5 minutes!! ARR opened the song with an incredibly > > mindblowing piano prelude, and then Shankar slowly started vocalising > > from low to high to very high pitch, singing only the words 'Ghanan > > Ghanan' in several variations - It was simply magical and something I > > will never forget!! Shankar proved he is unmatchable vocally. > > > > Following the vocal variations of 'Ghanan', Shankar paused for a > > moment and then said the following to introduce the second movement of > > this incredible piece: "In the film, Lagaan, the clouds come, the > > village start singing, but then then the clouds go away. Now, imagine > > for a moment that the clouds hadn't just gone past, but rather it > > started raining. Imagine....how would A.R.Rahman have composed the > > song for such a situation? Do you want to hear it?" ...the crowd > > replied with a resounding "Yes!", and then, the large TV screen at the > > back showed rain crowds moving along (it looked great with the 3D > > glasses on), and then Shankar started vocalising again starting at low > > "Ghanan Ghanan Ghanan", and then quickly raising the speed and pitch, > > rapidly singing "Ghanan Ghanan" to match the mood of pouring rain. > > The melody kept varying to match the situation of rain pouring down. > > It was an composition by AR Rahman & Shankar's vocal skills weree > > simply superb. It was the most incredible piece of music I have ever > > heard. I'm kicking my myself very hard for not taking a audio > > recorder of some sort to the concert...folks please take along some > > form of audio recording device to capture these incredible pieces > > speically made for concerts! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iuUuID/dnQLAA/n1hLAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
