My most memorable concerts (yes, I am a true TamBram Mami) are either Carnatic or north Indian classical ones.
Ajay Chakrobotri, and Malavika Kanan (an unforgettable performance when I was very young, that is deeply embedded in my psyche.) Parveen Sulatana's rendition of "Bhavani Dayani" in Bhairavi. Concerts by Sanjay Subramaniam, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, and M L Vasanthakumari (did you know that two of the great south Indian woman vocalists took only their mother's name and not their father's?). One superb concert by D K Jayaraman. Many of these are languishing on spool tape somewhere in my parents' unoccupied flat in Chennai. Deepa. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:40 AM Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote: > Thinking on and off about Udhay's 'what do you splurge on' thread, I > realised I've spent good money to get to concerts. What have been your > memorable ones? > > 2009 - Paul McCartney "Good Evening London" - by far the best concert ever. > Me and the missus borrowed money from her parents to pay for the tix, we > were living in Oxford). > 2019 - U2, Mumbai (travelled from Delhi) > 2018 - Judas Priest, Mountain View > 2008 - Ian Anderson, Anoushka Sharma, New Delhi > 2002 - Deep Purple, Mumbai > 2002 - Pandit Shiv Shankar Sharma & Ustad Zakir Hussain > > Regrets - haven't been to any good Carnatic concerts, missed Mark Knopfler > and Iron Maiden when they came to Bangalore, gave away tickets I'd won to > No Doubt in Bangalore 1998 in exchange for a t-shirt. Also came just short > of going to a Paul Simon at Queen's concert in 2018 (apparently his last > one). > > > > > > -- > *Get your 'vaccine' from 'fake news', lies, half-truths, manipulated > truths, propaganda and general B.S. at my media buddhi newsletter > <https://mediabuddhi.substack.com/>.* > > H R Venkatesh > Director, Training and Research, BOOM <https://www.boomlive.in/> > John S. Knight Journalism Fellow 2019 > <https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2019/h-r-venkatesh/>, Stanford > University > Twitter: @hrvenkatesh >
