Hi,
Thank you very much for information..
actually that day me invited for an a party of our MD's son. he's my good
friend also.
thats y i unabled to persent to the show..i missed much.
anyway thanks for your information. dont get mewrong. always am a good fan
of ARR sir.
cheers..
Thiya
On 4/20/08, cooljox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yet another grand day when it comes to events in the UAE. And once
again Rahman dazzles in a big way.
Very true when he claims that it was the first show at Dubai that
earned him the title of a performer. That was his first major
concert and everyone who was there knows how grande that one was.
The first Rahman concert I attended though was his second one, when
he came down in 2004. Just the excitement was giving me sleepless
nights. And was I blown away or what.
Four years later, Rahman's back...this time I took the wise decision
of getting a seat back at the gallery instead of the pricey ones,
because that is where the fun really is. And to make it even more
exciting, I took a bunch of buddies , all of whome were attending a
Rahman concert for the first time.
And all of them loved the show. Me...well I preferred the 2004
concert for some reason. Like they say, the first one is always
special!
First of all, things I loved about the show:
The gallery errupting with the Sivaji and Boys track. That was
specatcular.
Khwaja Khwaja rendition from Rahman. For me the highlight of the
evening, because for the first time the song touched me in a special
way. Watching Rahman rendering the song in that reverence, ...I was
moved, shaken and stirred :-)
I was really hoping for the Secret of Success...and in the final
moments of the concert, there they wereWE ARE THE BOYS
Dil Se...Full marks to the stage settings. The backdrop flames on
the display screens gave a fiery effect to the whole performance.
Things that disappointed me:
Even if it was for a few mins, I would have loved the aucostic
renditions that Rahman did in the 98 concert. The one where he had
four singers around doing only the soulful melody numbers of his
while Rahman have a go on his piano. Everyone remembers that one and
a definitely a feature I would have loved to see him return to. That
is the one where he could throw in a lot of the songs that gets lost
in the glitz and blaze. (No, not a reference to the singer but just
to all the fast numbers).
A concert without Mustafa Mustafa ...oh no...
I was also hoping Naresh to croon Anbe Va.
The problem again is the desire to please the Hindi crowd. Because
there was a lot of Guru and Jodhaa Akbar. Even if that was the case,
i wish SWADES (Yuhi chala, Yeh jo desh), SAATHIYA (o hum dum is a
sure fire) or even good ol RANGEELA made it to the final cut. The
Mangal Pandey number could have been avoided because it just looked
like a last minute attempt, with the notes going all haywire.
I mean, I was hoping that they would have tweaked a lot for the
Dubai one, but I guess they were just going ahead with the regular
song line up from the recent concerts like Delhi.
Still at the end of the day it was a wonderful concert. Cannot deny
it its rightful place in the event calender.
Anyways, for the second time in running, my attempts at meeting the
great talent backstage failed. Again this time all I could see was
him being guided right into his car. Both the time i was at touching
distance...(hmm, one day...one day for sure)
Ok now to open up the pandora's boxhow many of the songs were
lip syncs and how many weren'tany guesses?
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Cheers,
Thiya
