I attended the Jai Ho Concert in NY. It was a great experience to witness Maestro AR in a grandeur environment with power packed energy & stunning dress changes :). Well, to be frank, this concert is all about AR & AR only. I saw ONLY YOU (sing it like Only You from Vandemataram) thalaivaa. I had taken my Binoculars, so I was following AR everywhere LOL.
I think its not easy to package full fledged songs in a short span of 2hrs & 40 mins. The concert had non stop music with mind blowing visuals/virtual sets, that was running in the background, all through. Lukka Chuppi visuals got stuck on to my head now. From now on, the moment I hear Jai Ho Concert, all I could think of is Lataji singing from the screen, looking down, where AR watches her from the steps. Oh Man. Yes, it was truly a majical experience. I believe that AR would have enjoyed doing Lukka Chuppi, the most in the whole show :). There were other singers as mentioned by our friends in some of the previous posts, but none of them had an opportunity to sing for an elaborate amount of time. Hariharan's presence as usual got the crowd on their feat. Hariji started with Bharat Humko & you could imagine the roar from people :). The unplugged version was another big highlight. I think the best singer in the whole show was AR. Listening to Khwaji was like hearing the Originals. AR Rocked. I was so glad to see AR himself singing a lot of #s. The energy and dedication to sing the song to its perfection was showing on AR's face, even when he was constantly walking on steps, playing keyboard, shaking his legs with fellow dancers/singers :). Hats off to AR & Team in giving such wonderful & quality entertainment. I'm sure that the total tour would be a Massive Hit. Its going to be a really tiresome tour but nevertheless, AR & Team is a symbol of Energy. They can handle it with ease :). Jai Ho !!! Swamy aka Kitcha --- In [email protected], "arr_raghu" <arr_ra...@...> wrote: > > It is a pity if people do not know Only You of VM. > They might have missed Roja janeman but I felt that > people have definitely enjoyed Bharat Humko. > How about add Tu hi re? > I do not know about the NYC stage size but at DC some part > of the orchestra had to hide behind those mechanical slides/stairs. > Positives- ARR all the way, fully energetic and all new wardrobe. > Negatives- Quality of the sound system and can be bigger orchestra. > > Raghu > > --- In [email protected], "yahvacs" <yahvacs@> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Couple of us were at all 3 concerts. It was amazing. > > > > Positives: > > Amazing singing, across the board > > Good production (no awkward gaps between songs) > > Chaiyya Chaiyya was great > > Lukka Chuppi with Lataji > > Benny was great, as always > > > > Negatives: > > None > > > > Not so positives: > > Too short - only about 2 hours 40 minutes > > Not enough of Hariharan > > Some microphone issues at the AC concert > > No songs from Raavan > > No songs from VTV (other than a bit of piano and one line of Hosanna) > > Some strange song choices (we did not mind it but most of the crowd were > > wondering what song was being played) > > - Only You (Vande Mataram) > > - Azaadi (Bose) > > - Holi Aayi (Mangal Pandey) > > - Taxi Taxi - this was a lot of fun > > - Bharat humko - of all the songs in Roja this was the least expected > > > > Here is the list of songs - the sequence is close but not exact... > > Journey home > > O Saya > > Athirathee - Sivaji > > Say na na - Couples Retreat > > Yeh jo desh hai tera > > Baro re megha - one of the best songs in the show > > Latikas theme > > Dreams on fire > > Bharat humko - very well done > > Nazarein milana > > Bombay theme > > Dil se re > > Liquid Dance > > Mausam and escape > > Pappu can't dance > > Hai raama - amazing > > Lukka chuppi - amazing - probably the highlight of the show > > Urvasi > > Taxi taxi > > Hello Mr ethikatchu - Iruvar - beautifully sung > > Vtv piano > > Azaadi > > Ringa ringa > > Only you > > > > Unplugged (no more than one or two lines of each): > > - Raaga > > - Bhor bhaye > > - Raaga > > - Sunri sakhi - telugu - crowd favorite > > - Dheeme dheeme gaon > > - Genda phool - crowd favorite > > - Anbe anbe > > - Hosanna - crowd favorite > > - Kandukondain - crowd favorite > > - Rehna tu > > - Ishq bina > > > > Mehendi hain rachne wali > > Maangalyam > > Holi aayi > > Il onkar > > O palanhaare > > Khwaja mere khwaja > > Ganesh > > Chaiyya chaiyya > > Humma humma > > Jai ho > > Maa tujhe salaam > > > > Cheers... > > >
