Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail
i am shahabudeen from melbourn, thank u very much for your information giving about ARR concert in sharjah bcoz i am one of the family friend of mr ARR g. once again thank you somuch. regards shahabudeen fameeb mohd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All , What a show It was truely an awsome experience . An experience to cherish. Every moment which we want to relive. I am sad that we will have to wait for another 5 years to experience the RAHMAN effect. Excellent report ,Lakki so good to have met u at the concert. So good to have met you all at the concert ,all arr fans .Its great to know friends who are all equally passionate about our BOSS. Am eagerly looking forward to the GET Together of ARR fans in UAE . Thanks to ARR for such a rocking show. Fameeb. - Original Message From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail (sorry â long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay â would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years â the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved â almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song â still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all â excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) Ã Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) Ã ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) Ã Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) Ã Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) Ã Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) Ã Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) Ã Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE /
Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail
Dude lakki ! thanks for a detailed write up to other fans too from sharjah who shared their excitement. Lakki see your blog below ? :( My heart beats for this filter copy here ? ;) http://saravananspc.blogspot.com/2008/04/arrahman-rocked-in-sharjah.html Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, ARR 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) à ARR, Mohd, Shivmani 10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13
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What a concert and what a report, Lakki? It was nice talking to you as well. You had observed the minutest details and unfortunately I could not make out what was going on the stage as I was sitting in the gallery. But the crowd reaction was phenomenal. People were having a blast and I thought the whole stadium was singing Humma, Humma along with him. Whenever ARR came to sing, the crowd was roaring and I dont think he forgot any of his lines. The sound did not carry all way through to the part of the gallery where I was sitting especially for the softer songs like chanda re. But overall it was an extraordinary concert. I liked the idea of not having a compeer (who needs one for ARRs songs) and the way one song was belted after another with no fuss or hype. It was just sheer music and sheer bliss all the way. The only sore point was the litter left all around. I had to walk through piles of it to exit the stadium. Werent there any bins around? Long Live ARR and his music. I have given the link below for the report which came in GN today. http://www.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Entertainment/10206876.html http://www.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Entertainment/10206894.html anand From: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lakki Sent: 19 April, 2008 4:36 PM To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail
Dear All , What a show It was truely an awsome experience . An experience to cherish. Every moment which we want to relive. I am sad that we will have to wait for another 5 years to experience the RAHMAN effect. Excellent report ,Lakki so good to have met u at the concert. So good to have met you all at the concert ,all arr fans .Its great to know friends who are all equally passionate about our BOSS. Am eagerly looking forward to the GET Together of ARR fans in UAE . Thanks to ARR for such a rocking show. Fameeb. - Original Message From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh
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Hey Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time... About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, even if its blurry) Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in the same order... An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i met yesterday... Cheers Skreech / Sreejith Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à
Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail
Awesome ! Thanks for sharing it..Hope all you guys had a great time..Now..Waiting for the Pics.. Thanks again for your reports.. Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, ARR 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) à ARR, Mohd, Shivmani 10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes 10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves on to introduce the musicians / technicians involved
RE: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail and vithur detailed mail on koffee with anu
very happy to note that the concert went on well. wishing 100% more success for chennai concert onn apr 20th. vithur i have seen the repeated program of koffee with anu y.day, hats off to you, u have not missedout a single line in ur mail from the program.we appreciate u for ur work. happy to note that lot of dedicated rahmannna fan's r there in our group,. once again Rahmannna all the best for chennai program murali To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:22:34 -0700Subject: Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail Hey Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time... About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, even if its blurry) Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in the same order... An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i met yesterday... Cheers Skreech / SreejithLakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone
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excellent write-up. Rahman on a roll! On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! *Fans* A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. *Concert* The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! *Songs* Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND (Boys) à Karthik, Benny Dayal 09:09 JASHN-E-BAHARA (Jodha Akbar) à Javed Ali 09:15 KANNALANE / KEHANA HE KYA (Bombay) à Chitra, ARR 09:19 KABHI NEEM NEEM / SANDA KOZHI (Yuva/AE) à Madhusree, ARR 09:24 ROOBARU (RDB) à Naresh Iyer, ARR 09:28 JIYA JALE (Dil Se) à Chitra 09:33 DIL SE RE (Dil Se) à ARR 09:36 EDHAYAM / IN LAMHON KE DAMAN (Jodha Akbar) à Karthik, Madhusree, Javed Ali 09:42 VAAJI VAAJI (Sivaji) à Hariharan, Madhusree 09:48 ATHIRADI(Sivaji) à Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Benny, Synora, Mohd Aslam, ARR 09:55 CHAIYYA CHAIYYA (Dil Se) à Javed Ali, Rahna, Mohd Aslam, 10:02 3 minutes of AZZEM-O-SHAN (Jodha Akbar) intro, changing to o-oh-o-o in RUKMANI (Roja) and then to a line from VEERAPANDI (Thiruda Thiruda) àARR, Mohd, Shivmani 10:05 Shivamani on a roll non-stop for 13 minutes 10:19 Blaaze comes in rapping ORU KUDAI SUNLIGHT (Sivaji) and moves on to introduce the musicians / technicians involved 10:24 PRAY FOR ME BROTHER (Pray For Me Brother) à ARR 10:31 BOMBAY THEME (Bombay) à Naveen
Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail and vithur detailed mail on koffee with anu
Thanks Murali... God Bless On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:59 PM, murali ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: very happy to note that the concert went on well. wishing 100% more success for chennai concert onn apr 20th. vithur i have seen the repeated program of koffee with anu y.day, hats off to you, u have not missedout a single line in ur mail from the program.we appreciate u for ur work. happy to note that lot of dedicated rahmannna fan's r there in our group,. once again Rahmannna all the best for chennai program murali -- To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:22:34 -0700 Subject: Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail Hey Great mail...ofcourse the tidbits was the highlight of the show (i cud just write down the songs in the order), but u even noted the time... About the photos, i am gonna upload them on facebook...any thoughts if i shd upload them elsewhere? (there's around 180 pics...and i will never delete any, even if its blurry) Once again, i am still sitting today with eyes closed cause i too am seeing the concert in front me (screensaver) and i have the songs playing in my room in the same order... An amazing birthday gift to myself...Thank you ARR and thanks to the those i met yesterday... Cheers Skreech / Sreejith *Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! *Fans* A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. *Concert* The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which *ARR's live vocals* have improved – almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! *Songs* Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja
Re: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail
Hi Guys What a concert it was. Really Mindblowing, the selection of songs and the way it was executed, everything was so perfect. Still I couldn't believe that I was there in the show. Most of the time I was busy in capturing the songs in my cam, there are around 2.2 GB of video tht I captured which I will try to upload as soon as possible. As many have told what exactly has happened in the concert, I have only one thing to say, My life is fulfilled after seeing him perform live on stage. The highlight is the the Kwaja mere kwaja song, I saw a round light ring(ooli vattam) behind his head when he sang that song, what a devotion he showed. Thats why god has given him such a musical gift to him. As Lakki said, we were in touch but due to the crowd we were unable to meet. Hope we all will meet soon. By the way if any of you guys took some good pictures send it across to me and the group as I concentrated only on videos and forgot to take pictures :-) Take care Regards S.Sunder - Original Message From: Lakki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, 19 April, 2008 4:35:58 PM Subject: [arr] Sharjah Concert in detail (sorry – long mail. Some interesting tidbits towards the end) Exhilarating experience, as expected. All this waiting didn't go wasted. Concert started on the dot at 8.30 pm (10 pm IST) and ended at 12. Three and a half hours of sheer bliss! Fans A few of us met up at the concert: Fameeb and friends; Mehroof; Riyaz; Aravind; Vishnu and friend; Sreejith and sister; Sunil; myself. Was also in touch through the concert with Ganesh; Siad; Sunder; and later Anand. (Sanjay – would have texted you if you had posted your number earlier.) Was wonderful getting to meet you all; we have a good number of people now; lets try and keep the spirit alive.. Concert The professionalism was evident through out and also the hard work that would have gone in to stick to the timings and the flow to be smooth. The absence of a Compere didn't seem to bother anyone as there was hardly any gap between the songs. It showed the amazing team work as everything was going like clock work. Blaaze came in a few times just for the very essentials like to set the feel at the beginning and later to introduce the musicians. ARR also did his part to interact with the audience. He highlighted that this was the 10th anniversary of his first concert in Dubai and that in itself is a great achievement for a performer like him. He thanked everyone tremendously at the end for the support and said mischievously that he hoped to do this again after 5 years – the grin on his face showed that he anticipated the no, we want sooner, we want more shouts.. The organizers also seemed to have done well, though at times they seemed a bit confused. Except for a few glitches like opening the gates one hour late (6 instead of 5) and slight lack of coordination with Security personnel, everything seemed set. Snacks, drinks, etc were available and they also printed out booklets with some of the singers introductions, etc which was useful.. Apart from not having a compere, there are a couple of other differences that caught my attention in comparison to the previous Dubai concert. First is the extent to which ARR's live vocals have improved – almost to the point of being totally flawless now! I can only imagine the hours of sadhakam / practice he would have put in the past years to reach where he's now. Truly amazing! Second is the absence of dancers for some key danceable songs like Chaiyya Chaiyya. True to his word (he mentioned this during the press conference), he has ensured that the focus would in fact be on the singing. For those songs where dancers were involved, the choreography was good and so were some of the visual effects. I am however slightly on the fence regarding the solo dancer in blue for the 'Tere bina' song – still trying to figure out if I liked the idea or not! Songs Hindi dominated slightly but there was a good mix of Tamil as well. Karthik and Benny stood out for their lively and high energy performances. Hariharan and Blaaze interacted well with the audience. Nithi gave some beautiful renditions and certainly Chitra, Naresh and the others as well. Our man's singing was the surprise package of them all – excellent vocals and unbelievable presence on stage. He even took it a step further after the 'humma humma' song making the audience sing the humma part. Soo not him but it was fun to watch him interacting so nicely with the audience! Following are the songs sung with time it started and the singers: 08:40 JAGE HAI (Guru) à Chitra, ARR 08.42 KHALBALI (RDB) à ARR 08:48 KADHAL ROJAVE / ROJA JANEMAN (Roja) à Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 08:53 BARSO RE (Guru) à Neethi Mohan, Mohamed Aslam 08:58 LOSE CONTROL (RDB) à Blaaze, Mohamed Aslam, Naresh Iyer 09:00 3 minutes with the Guitarist (anyone know his name?) 09:03 GIRLFRIEND