This is totally awesome !! I cant believe I am actually seeing one my great heroes live. Hope there would be more forthcoming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wAzFY7mQMU
Monday, December 07, 2009
C.Ramchandra live !!
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Watching Mannada live
The previous Sunday provided a musically sublime morning. Accompanied by my family and also my uncle, I day rnthralled for about a couple of hours as that great legend of Indian cone music Manna Dey took us down melody lane. Though his voice has lost a lot of it's brightness, Mannada could still come up with a commendable performance which is made even more remarkable when one recad that the man is past ninety. But I am certain Mannada would not like that to be a point of consideration.
I watched Maanada live foe the first time more than three years ago and to his great credit there has hardly been any change in his vocals. He still is sufficiently daring to take on "laagaa chunarii me daag" and "jhanak jhanak torii baaje". He also sang "zindagii kaisii hai pahelii" and "fil jaa haal sune" with lots of gutso.
Mannada walked on to the stage a full hour late and he walked into a standing ovation from a full house. Admirers and devotees of the man and the musical age he represents formed majority of the crowd. And then the were the few corporate boggies who were there just for the publicity.
What was most painful about the concert was the organization. There was a kit to be desired in the way the show was started- a silly speech and a roll call of the sponsors. Each of the spinsors' representatives Paige their obessiancw to the grat man though it got a little silly when one of them called for a 60 second ovation. This after Mannada had walked in barely a few moments earlier to a huge ovation which he himself had politely quitened. Our "chief guests" never change!
Mannada started with a prayer to the Maker "jisakaa koi nahii usakaa to"- a rather surprising (and disappointing) choice considering the wealth of high quality devotional songs he has sung. Then he sang a couple of non-film geets. The audience sprang to life with his next song "dil kaa haal". He next tried "sur naa saje" and this was easily the worst piece of the concert. He struggled with the high motes and also struggled to keep to tune. But happily thobgs improved with "kaun aayaa mere man ke dvaare" and further with classical songs like "phul gendavaa naa maaro" and "jhanak jhanak".
With local artiste Divya, he rendered some popular duets. Divya did not exactly set the hall on fire. Her singing was perfectly ordinary.
Mannada also sang a few of his ppular Bangla songs. But just as he appeared to be getting well and truly warmed up, the sponsors sent a message that tome was up and the hall had to be vacated. Another case of bad organization. We were deprived of the customary finale "ae mere pyaare vatan".
It was a memrable day indeed. It was a wonderful experience waching a legend at work. May God bless him with a long life to enthrall future generations of music lovers.
I watched Maanada live foe the first time more than three years ago and to his great credit there has hardly been any change in his vocals. He still is sufficiently daring to take on "laagaa chunarii me daag" and "jhanak jhanak torii baaje". He also sang "zindagii kaisii hai pahelii" and "fil jaa haal sune" with lots of gutso.
Mannada walked on to the stage a full hour late and he walked into a standing ovation from a full house. Admirers and devotees of the man and the musical age he represents formed majority of the crowd. And then the were the few corporate boggies who were there just for the publicity.
What was most painful about the concert was the organization. There was a kit to be desired in the way the show was started- a silly speech and a roll call of the sponsors. Each of the spinsors' representatives Paige their obessiancw to the grat man though it got a little silly when one of them called for a 60 second ovation. This after Mannada had walked in barely a few moments earlier to a huge ovation which he himself had politely quitened. Our "chief guests" never change!
Mannada started with a prayer to the Maker "jisakaa koi nahii usakaa to"- a rather surprising (and disappointing) choice considering the wealth of high quality devotional songs he has sung. Then he sang a couple of non-film geets. The audience sprang to life with his next song "dil kaa haal". He next tried "sur naa saje" and this was easily the worst piece of the concert. He struggled with the high motes and also struggled to keep to tune. But happily thobgs improved with "kaun aayaa mere man ke dvaare" and further with classical songs like "phul gendavaa naa maaro" and "jhanak jhanak".
With local artiste Divya, he rendered some popular duets. Divya did not exactly set the hall on fire. Her singing was perfectly ordinary.
Mannada also sang a few of his ppular Bangla songs. But just as he appeared to be getting well and truly warmed up, the sponsors sent a message that tome was up and the hall had to be vacated. Another case of bad organization. We were deprived of the customary finale "ae mere pyaare vatan".
It was a memrable day indeed. It was a wonderful experience waching a legend at work. May God bless him with a long life to enthrall future generations of music lovers.
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