I L(O)IVE MUSIC!!!!

Had a hectic week, my heart and mind was craving for a break. Thanks to Times of India for giving the break i needed in my most favourite form, MUSIC. The man whose songs i have been listening right from my child hood performed in Chennai, eventhough this is not the first time am attending his concert, it was different from the previous ones, this post is just an effort to jot down my 3.5 hrs of experience. Fortunately my buddy Sathya got a ticket for me. I reached the place by around 6 PM. As expected the place was crowded. But this time the crowd was different, it was composed full of college students and lower band of IT employees(i mean the youngsters). There was electrifying enthu floating all around.
Too much of mobile conversations, SMS ing happened. I imagined that if i had a specs to view the communication signals, then everything around me would appear opaque :). It all started at 7PM, when VJ adhiraj(i suppose it is him) initiated the show. The Guru came into the stage singing Jaage hain.... from Guru.
I dunno why but great music directors always have a unique voice, e.g. Raja. This man has the same too. I was a bit bored thinking that he might perform the same songs as the previous concert, but he again proved why he is a genius. He had understood the pulse of audience, this time the set of songs was completely different and it was a mix of all genres.
Then Shankar came into the stage with his national award winning song Vaaraga nadhikarai oram.... from Sangamam. When he sung the lines "Panjavarna kizhi neee parandha pinnalum....." from charanam i remembered those good old days, when i was in school and listened this song 5 times a day enjoying the music with my close buddy Vijay, i wished he was there with me to recollect. He is in bombay now. Both of us have exactly the same taste for music.Yet another highlight of this concert was a bass guitarist named Steve, he resembled actor pasupathi in his looks. Oh man what a performance with the guitar. He started with a heavy metal kinda stuff and ended in the prelude of the song "Enakoru girl friend venum...." from BOYS. I cudnt do anything but dance for the awesome beats and rhythm of the genius. The genius displayed his likeness for all kinds of music by alloting Nityashree Mahadevan a separate 10 minutes. She sung an alap for around 5 minutes with thavil and drums in background. She looked so adorable in the pattu sari. Then she sung one of my all time fav songs "Kannodu kaanbathellaam..." from Jeans. I thought he has composed some songs upto Raja's calibre. Another special needs to be given to the fusion piece done by Sivamani, Srinivas in mridangam and the thavil guy. It was mind boggling, sivamani started creating music from VIP luggage and mineral water cans. I remembered the comedy from vadivelu "Isai engerndhu varudhu theriyuma" :), this guy justifies the statement "Music is everywhere". Then the man himself sung Pray for me brother.... all of us started waving our mobile fones(the 21st century equivalent of candle light :)) In the middle he commented that "Indha maadhiri satham kettu rendu varusham aachu", i thought "Neenga chennaila indha maadhiri concert panni rendu varusham aachu". Since there was too much of dancing for us, we were exhausted, nalla velaya the ppl residing close to the ground were offering water through their windows to the ppl in ground. It means a lot to offer free water for so much ppl. It requires a good heart. Vaazhga engalukku thanni kodutha andha AKKA. We went there and quenched our thirst, aana isai thaagam adanga villai.
Then the genius continued his feat by singing "Khwaja mere..." from Jodhaa Akbar, he performed it with a simple harmonium. We closed our eyes for a few minutes and joined the man in his spiritual journey. One more interesting thing it noticed was that some caucasians started dancing for chayya chayya and maduraiku pogathadi. I was proud to see this, inspite of having zero affinity to our culture, they enjoy his music.Then the concert ended as usual with "Arabi kadalorum.." and Vandhe mataram. I left the place a few minutes before to avoid last minute rush. My only disappointment was that he didnt sing "Khalbali.." from RDB. With a happy heart, reached home and continued with my hectic week in office. Now am typing this before my system in home, inniku kaalaila naalu maniku veetuku vandhalum, thirumbi office ponumey. Pozhapu vera interest vera............

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