Continuing my ramblings.. I think I missed out "Roobaroo" from the list of songs performed.
* ARR was very calm and relaxed. He was clad in a simple, plain white Indian attire.. * Ethan Sperry was the music conductor for the evening. He was too good and was totally involved with every single song that was played. * ARR quipped towards the end of the show (paraphrasing) - "I think I met Ethan 4-5 years back..around Christmas and I wished him Merry Christmas. He said, Merry Christmas to you - I am Jewish..."..smile.."When I was composing for Bose, I explained Ethan about Sufism, Islam and the meaning of the song Zikhr. When he sent me the list of songs that they had picked for this concert, the first one in the list was Zikhr. This is a song that I normally would feel odd about performing in my own show..because...you know.".. * He went on to add how this relationship is important and his wish to go further & music crossing boundaries, etc.. * His ending comment.."If one of these students here becomes the president (of the USA), I am sure there will be peace in the world..." * Veerapandi - sounded great with 40 vocalists on stage..can't really explain how amazing the experience was. * The hall was packed - I didn't expect it as the general word around Detroit before the concert was that since this wasn't going to be a regular ARR show, not many were interested. Probably about 2500 people in the audience. * Every song was received well - obviously the crowd wanted ARR to perform more. Vande Mataram, Shakalaka, Range De Basanti, Dil Se re were some of the songs that drew the maximum cheer. -Ganpy- --- In [email protected], "Ganpy Nataraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
