It was different...Not knowing what to expect from this concert as it was not to be a regular ARR one, I was a little wary to start with. But the energy that the Global Rhythm/Miami university students brought to the stage pretty much comforted me right when they started the show with a modified "Ramta Jogi". This was a Global Rhythm show where they played Rahman's compositions and Rahman himself honored their efforts by participating in it.
The song selection was superb although not everyone may agree with me. Some of the songs that I remember..(not necessarily in the order in which they were performed) 1)Ramta Jogi 2)Yaaro Yaarodi (Vasundhara Das) 3)Veerapaandi Kottayilae 4)Khalbali (ARR) 5)Lose control 6)Ek Onkaar (Vasundhara Das) 7)Rang De Basanti (the Global Rhythm singer's energy when he sang this song was infectious and could give the likes of Shankar Mahadevan a run for his money when it comes to stage energy) 8)Raasathi 9)Thee Thee (Vasundhara Das) 10)Shakalaka - BD version - (Vasundhara Das) 11)Zikr 12)Dil Se (ARR) 13)Dakka Lakka Bukka (ARR sang a little bit) 14)Dol Dol 15)An instrumental/vocal medley including "Bombay awakens", Nahin Samne, Ghanana Ghanana, Mangal Mangal, aalap by Srinivas Krishnan (ARR on keyboards and Sekar on cello) 16)Instrumental - Vanessa Mae's Raga Dance - (Melissa Reiner on violin V.R Sekar on Cello) 17)Global Rhythm's own composition of what apparently was loosely based on Rahman's scrap melody picked up by Srinivas Krishnan/Kevin Lambert (a student who spent a couple of months in Chennai at ARR's studio) 18)Chale Chalo 19)Rang De Rang De (original song played and choreographed on stage) 20)Some Jadhi recital by Srinivas and Kevin 21)Vande Mataram (ARR) G Ramkumar was there. So was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Kailash Kher was a no show. Except may be 5 or 6 students, all the other members of the groups were non-Indians - so you can imagine how challenging it would have been for them to sing in Hindi/Tamil. -Ganpy- Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
