I simply enjoyed every moment of the concert on Saturday night (Wembley Arena) and it was fantastic! Humma Humma was SUPER. It had the largest response from the audience in my opinion. May have been second to Chaiyya Chaiya. Was overjoyed when I heard Rahman say, `oru thamil pattu keppoma?' (shall we listen to a Tamil song now?) and of course some of the songs were sung in both Tamil and Hindi (e.g. Vennilave [aka Chanda re from Sapnay], Unthan thesathin [yeh jo desh from Swades], uyire [tu hi re from Bombay], Sakiye [Saathiya title song], Humma Humma from Bombay and a few more. Of course some were sung entirely in Tamil (sandana thendral from kandukonden, new , baba) but the majority were sung entirely in Hindi which of course I enjoyed a lot even though I don't speak or understand the language( e.g songs from Yuva[ayitha eluthu], oh humdum from Saathiya [originally from alaipayuthey], Taal [Thaalam] etc). The Bombay theme was gripping as usual.
Was it just me or was Madushri struggling a bit in her first song? She was fine after the first song. Now to the disappointments My biggest was SPB's absence! Well, the tickets were bought by a friend of mine and hence I didn't know who was coming until the big day itself. So I was expecting Rahman's usual group of singers like SPB, Sukwinder Singh, Sujatha, Karthik, Janaki in addition to Hariharan and Shankar Mahadevan. All of Rahman's concerts have always had the above names and was quite disappointed to have not seen them. My heart broke when I heard Hariharan sing Kadal Rojave (Roja Janeman from Roja) instead of SPB. None of the Thiruda Thiruda songs were sung! Rahman's always claimed this soundtrack to be his personal favourite and so I couldn't see why he didn't have a single song from the movie. Also another additional feature in his concerts is the melody section where Rahman plays the piano whilst 4-5 singers sit around him and do a round of melodies. Missed this one. And lastly, the size of the orchestra it was much less than the usual 40-50 artists and understandable I guess because of the current situation in Mumbai. However if I remember well, his orchestra is usually comprised of foreigners. Nevertheless, Rahman's presence was more than what I wanted and will treasure this memory forever. Shall never forgive myslef for missing the 1st half hour of the concert! London transport grrrrrrrrrrrr! Dharsh ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hkf91vd/M=362335.6886442.7839733.3022183/D=grplch/S=1705331874:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122946897/A=2894366/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> This August, Discover the Birth of Your Independence and The Magic of A.R.Rahman's Music in Mangal Pandey - The Rising http://www.risingthefilm.com http://www.mangalpandeythefilm.com Music released: Jul 14, 2005 Movie releases: Aug 12, 2005 Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - 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/
