Disappointing Concert - Bored Rahman-> He was on stage on and off. Sometimes didn't have anything to do. Looked detached from the proceedings. Sometimes he was seen watching the big screen behind the stage standing in front of his keyboard.
Fewer musicians-> Compared to his previous two USA concerts there were very few musicians. Watch the LA concert DVD from year 2000 for comparison. In that concert, every song was reproduced exactly same as the original. In this concert, he didn't have enough people to play all those minor instruments he uses in a song. Secondly, sometimes you could hear the music but see no one playing. I think it was mix of music being perforned live and tracks being played. Dancing completely out of place-> unlike 2000 LA concert. Small stage-> Very small stage. Many of the regular musicians replaced by Substitutes (Miami University??)-> Also some performers were picked by Rahman a week ago in a talent search in US. One singer was particulary bad, the one who sang the Saathiya song. I know Rahman likes experiment etc., but to take thousands of audience for granted and put up a bad singer. That is arrogance. His star vocals group completely missing-> No Domnique, Ganga, Febi, Rehana, Clinton, Devan to name a few. Overall, a low budget, very average show, with tickets no cheaper. I guess, I got to erase this concert from memory. Raghu
