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 were....WE 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 box....how many of the songs were > lip syncs and how many weren't....any guesses? > > > -- Cheers, Thiya
