Thanks for the update ..Please do write a review of the show. Interested to know what all was shared.
Is the show over ? What songs were performed after Saaindhu Saaindhu ?
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Thanks for the update ..Please do write a review of the show. Interested to know what all was shared.
Is the show over ? What songs were performed after Saaindhu Saaindhu ?
Kaadhal oviyam - started with Telugu (by SPB) and ended with Tamil (king)
Ananda Ragam ketkum
Maasi maasam is playing now (SPB) in Telugu. Raja few minutes back in a discussion with Balu mentioned how good lyrics elevating a tune to a high level and mentioned abt this song the way nice words of telugu sat properly on the tune.
Overall the percussion sound coming very good. That experience I will never feel from youtube uploads I guess. Live experience makes this whole hall as a heaven.
OMG! Vanithaamani from Vikram! Drums sound-la seat starts vibrating! With romanctic balu!
Telugu version of Thak Thak.. SPB honey soaked voice entertains the whole audience.. I like this event package - it brings best of both from Tamil and Telugu..
Updating the list
1) Janani Janani
2) Om Shivoham
3) Jagadananda
4) Ithu Sangeetha thirunala
5) Shenbagame
6) Mouna Mana Neram
7) Ninnukori Varnam
8 ) Idhayam Oru Kovil
9) Lalitha Priya Kamalam, Rudraveena
10) Thogai Ilamayil - SPB
11) Ennodu Va Va Enru Sollamatten
12) Madurai Marikozhundhu Vaasam
12) Azhagu Malar Aada
13) Naanaaga Naanillai
14) Anandha Then Kaatru
15) Tholin Mele
16) Naan Thedum Sevvanthipoo
17) Balapam Petti Bamaballu
18) Ninaivo Oru Paravai
19) Thamthana Thamthana
20) Oliyile Therivadhu
21) Sorgame Endraalum
22) Priya Oh Priya
23) Naan Porandha Vandha
24) Naan Porandhu
25) Saaindhu Saaindhu
26) Sundari Kannal
27) Maate Mantramu
28) Katril Varum Geethame
29) Anandha Ragam
30) Enno Raatrulostayi
31) Vanitha Mani
32) Unakkum Enakkum Anandham
33) Poovarasampoo Poothachu
Anything after this , please update.
Raja has taken us to heaven - by Thenral vanthu.. With Chinnakuyil!
Thendral Vandhu Theendum is it ? Was it after Poovarasampoo ..
Hope that there was no feedback or overwhelming bass or any one instrument dominating... Sounds like great start (on time) and lots of music ? Looking forward to a review about the whole program...Quote:
Originally Posted by venkkiram
first of the vidoes out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvpasqdfkI whistling seems to spoil the fun again...
இசையை தரிசனம் செய்துவிட்ட சந்தோஷம்! வாழ்க்கையின் முக்கியமான தருணங்களில் ஒன்றானது..
SPB calling Raja as the greatest composer of this era
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekSGKB5_h4M
Final list of songs performed at NJ concert ..
1) Janani Janani
2) Om Shivoham
3) Jagadananda
4) Ithu Sangeetha thirunala
5) Shenbagame
6) Mouna Mana Neram
7) Ninnukori Varnam
8 ) Idhayam Oru Kovil
9) Lalitha Priya Kamalam
10) Thogai Ilamayil
11) Ennodu Va Va Enru Sollamatten
12) Madurai Marikozhundhu Vaasam
12) Azhagu Malar Aada
13) Naanaaga Naanillai
14) Anandha Then Kaatru
15) Tholin Mele
16) Naan Thedum Sevvanthipoo
17) Balapam Petti Bamaballu
18) Ninaivo Oru Paravai
19) Thamthana Thamthana
20) Oliyile Therivadhu
21) Sorgame Endraalum
22) Priya Oh Priya
23) Naan Porandha Vandha
24) Priyathamma
25) Saaindhu Saaindhu
26) Sundari Kannal
27) Maate Mantramu
28) Katril Varum Geethame
29) Anandha Ragam
30) Enno Raatrulostayi
31) Vanitha Mani
32) Unakkum Enakkum Anandham
33) Poovarasampoo Poothachu
34) Abba Nee Tiyyani Debba
35) Thendral Vandhu Theendum
36) Prema Entha Madhuram
37) Jagadi Jagadi Ja
38) Oram Po
Great selection of songs and am sure whoever attended the concert would have thorougly enjoyed the mindblowing music..
Waiting for full fledged reviews and videos of the show.
I saw a tweet saying "1 Apr 87 Notes are read by Raaja "
Can somebody please mention which song it was and any background story pertaining to it ?
Thanks to njv we had great seats - 6th row from the stage right in front of Ilayaraaja. Great concert. All the singers sang well. Ilayaraaja looked divine. His voice is so divine. The orchestra was great - kudos to Balesh on shenanig
Shenai - SpB and Mano demonstrated their affection for Ilayaraaja. Ilayaraaja was depending quite a lot on them for making announcements/comments to the crowd. The choir singers were good. The guy Senthil who sang in different voices was terrific. Ilayaraaja announcing the names of the orchestra was classy - especially when he announced Sebastian the violin player who had been with him since his first movie, announcing cello sekar as son of kunnakudi vaidyanathan and thanking prabhakatr. Overall, a great experience. My love and admiration for for Ilayaraaja has only increased much more!
ninnukkori varnam I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by skr
Wov! It seems Ilayaraja have seen my request. My fav the awesome "Tholin Mele" frm Ninaivellam Nithya was played in NJ Concert. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKIw...ature=youtu.be swargame endralum
ராஜாவின் விஸ்வரூபம் - இதயம் ஒரு கோயில் - அவருடைய கையசைவுகள் அரங்கத்தையே கட்டிப்போடுகிறது..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63P2MTItmdA
KR - I was on 4th row and couldn't see you since I was going back and forth. Glad that you had better/best view.
Maestro is so simple and very casual. I will post my experience with maestro later.
Being on the stage with raja sir is not even a dream I had in my life and it happened. I am more than blessed.
One of the bouncer was so moved by raja sirs music yesterday and he said he want to honor him by taking him to a nice restaurant.
He mentioned that His music is not Jazz, not Hip-hop, not blue but its his. He also said he was very well connected during the whole show.
You are blessed njv, please do share your experience with the maestro
I agree.. not may would get a chance like that. Balaji.. you are very fortunate to get an opportunity like that... something you can cherish for ever....Quote:
Originally Posted by buggle
நின்னுக்கோரி வர்ணம்!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxvbn3B8JDQ
Raja : அடுத்த பாட்டு போலாமா!
Mano: அடுத்த பாட்டு உங்களோடு இணைந்து பாட
Raja : ஓ! என்னோட நீ சேர்ந்து பாடப் போறியா ?
Mano: இல்லை
Raja : உனக்கும் எனக்கும் டூயட்டே இல்லையே :rotfl:
5 Hours of just MUSIC..... SPEECHLESS... It was amazing to see the huge crowd enjoying the music till 11:30 PM :clap: Raja's pure magic :thumbsup:
On High.......
a. Chitra Chechi singing Ninukori - almost the whole auditorium joined the song (clapping)
b. Mano Shenbagame - When he finished both the charanam, there was a huge applause. Neat singing as always
c. SPB and CHitra - Mounamaana neram, especially when SPB finished it in Tamil :clap:
d. Raja Raja Raja - Idhayam oru koil, humming vandha pothe... had goose bumps... aprum it was sheer magic again
e. Mano and Chitra - AND NOT TO FORGET Arunmozhi.. when he missed the flute after the chorus, Raja made them to it again and he proved it was a ONE OFF case and what followed was a FLAWLESS presentation...
f. All of a sudden, without any hint... the auditorium heard the most soulful Aalap... then the chinnakuyil joined the Maestro in Naan Thedum Sevandhi poovidhu... :goosebumps:
g. Karthik - Filled the auditorium with his magnificient voice OLIYILE... wished he had chitra for company :sigh:
h. Yes, Once again he proved "HE WAS RAJA" and has tied the entire audience with his music with his Sorgame Endraalum... esp when he stopped during the saranam and sang the lyrics without music... the crowd brought the auditorium down with their claps... PRICELESS MOMENT
i. Sundari Kannal and Thendral Vanthu -- Both the songs took us directly to HEAVEN.... Chitra supporting in both the song... SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF THE EVENT :bow: couldnt control it... almost in tears :(
j. Lasttt BUT THE BEST.... Raja and SPB closing it off with style... Then pandi cheemayile in Telugu and then Raja singing it with his LYRICS :bow:
Suprises!!!
a. Vanitha Mani - Didnt expect even a bit... wow!!!!! the drums shook the whole auditorium....
b. Chitra and Anitha singing Tham thana tham thana thalam varum... Great, Great, Great...
c. Priyadarshini's Poovarasampoo was flawless.. she deserves more
d. Ramya and Yuvan signing Ninaivo oru paravai.... Man, you ought to listen the gal doing the humming towards the end of charanam :clap:
e. Anitha, Ramya, Priyadarshini... These girls gave everything they had... simply amazing....:bow:
Wished......
a. Hariharan and Sadhana were there... they could have saved "Kaatril varum geethame" - all time favourite
b. Bhava wasnt given those songs...
c. My favourites weren't sung in telugu :cry: Maasi masam, Priya oh Priya, Mounamana neram, Idazhlil kathai.... wanted to hear it in Tamil...
Couldn't understand what went wrong/planned for Unakkum enakkum was very confused.. :roll:
Typical Raja, when he went mad at the crowd "2 months practice panninatha paada vidunga" "ithu than enakku thara mariyathaiyaa"... then when he made them play again Madura marikozhunthu (prelude), the shehnai part.... amazinggg Raja all over the venue.....
I just didn't want the concert to finish... wanted more and when Raja bowed in front of the audience... could stop my TEARS... was blessed to witness this LIVE.... PRAYING for a long life for this MAN and wish he continues to entertain us for manyyyyyyyyy manyyy more years
Great :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
were u in the group who were brought to stage...??
It was a well organized show by the organizers... :bow: :bow: and THANKS for not spoiling the show with having Vivek/Gopinath....
We should have avoided the first hour mokkai of that lady :cry: semma mokkai good that they didnt come in during the concert.... THAPPICHOM DA SAAMI
Very much true svaisn. I also have the same feeling/thought like you. I couldn't control my tears when he bowed. Even now when i think of that moment, tears started rolling...Quote:
Originally Posted by svaisn
svaisn
Yes. I was fortunate and more than blessed enough to be on the stage. White shirt, beige pant.
Thanks
njv
NJV, Thank you for all the help!. I am lucky/blessed to make it to this show.
Lucky you :) wish I had known u in person... unga thayavule Rajave pakkathule paathirukaalam :) anyways, no regrets....just want to listen to him.. athu pothumQuote:
Originally Posted by njv
njv - Take a bow. This concert was just terrific. Please convey this to the whole team. I won't be surprised if this remains one of the best concerts of Raja ever.
I am totally surprised how they pulled off every Telugu song with ease given that they were all last minute additions. I totally loved all telugu song choices too.
Thank you, really!
Im really happy for all of you who got to attend this spectacular concert ..By seeing the song list and updates , it seems like it was the best ever concert of IR ..
Even in Endrendrum Raaja in Chennai which was a whirlwind experience and Bangalore one where the sound quality was great we didnt have this many songs performed..
Congrats njv .. Considering that there were no plans in the beginning to even have a concert in the first place , the way it has come out deserves a thunderous applause ..
For many of you it must have been an unforgettable experience.. I hope and wish this event will be telecasted in India ..
Waiting for you njv to post exclusively about Raja..
Hope you guys had the opportunity to have dinner with him and ask some interesting questions regarding his music , website , digitisation of his songs , BGM etc..
Hats off yet again for the effort :)
Thanks. We had dinner with raja sir, but it was crowded heavily and could t ask much, but I asked few questions and got favorable answer to most of it. Questions I received and asked raja sir areQuote:
Originally Posted by skr
1. Meenakshi Sthotram, BGM tracks - in digital form - wait for announcement soon
2. Possibility of doing Italy like concert - probably the only question that brightened up his face
3. possibility of some major western media (BBC, CNN like standard) doing his documentary
Since I haven't received any questions about website, I didn't ask him. There is a team working on his website. If there are any specific questions, I can direct it to them. I myself is going to suggest 1 question per day/week and possibility of interacting his global fans thru online.
Few things
1. I didn't ask these questions during dinner night, but asked him during other time I had with Raaja sir.
2. I myself is not associated with IDreamMedia. I am a friend of CEO of IDream media and a very very fortunate volunteer. Even Raaja sir don't know it.
3. I myself doesn't know music. I tried hard to learn and never got it, but more determine now to try again. Any pointers here would be of great help. So in couldn't ask questions that were too technical (something to do with selection of particular raga for a song or how he select scale for a song).
I also want to thank Tfmpage hubbers, because thru this forum I learned enough to not mess up with Raaja sir.
I tried to help hubbers in anyway I could. If I didn't respond favorably to any hubbers (mostly picture with Raaja sir or what's his schedule, so we can visit the place and see glimpse of Raja sir), that's because the minute I bring people (including my own kids), he will lose trust on me.
Than you indeed. Many people volunteered to only get glimpses or Raaja sir and never did any work, but you did helped us, so thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by NMK
went to the NJ concert. venue was very good, it was great to see the crowd building up before the concert, there was awesome sense of excitement/anticipation in the crowd, felt like being in a close family function.
there was delay, concert started at 7PM. "NJV" , based on your posts, I am assuming you were the person on the stage before the concert with the lady in blue sarree, you did a good job, cant say the same for your co-host :)
the concert started with an instrumental piece raaja said was composed for this tour and then it was janani janani, I get goosebumps just typing that up, it was surreal seeing him. just that was worth going to the concert.
Did not want to start the post with a negative tone, but there were issues. while i didnt have great seats on the floor like some other posters seemed to have had, i did have decent seat ($100) on the lower level about 20-30 rows above the floor almost in straight line from the stage. when i walked in, i was bracing myself for awesome sound. But when the concert started, it was like music out of a boombox. It was very very frustrating, it sounded like just speakers up front near the stage were on, I don't know how they setup sound for rock concerts which must happen at this venue but if it was this way people would ask for money back. it was as if no rehearsal was performed earlier to test the sound. I am not technical enough to explain what was wrong, but there definitely was not enough bass, couldnt hear the chorus, it was tough to hear Ramya's voice in saindhu sanduh etc,.. it went on like this for nearly half the concert, by the time they hit Sundhari kannal oru seidhi everything seemed to have been taken care of, it sounded great except they cut off Chitra's mic right after an interlude for a couple .
Good:
Vanitha mani was pleasant surprise, was great
Raaja, at least at the beginning was in good mood, was having fun singing.
As always, SPB, Chitra, Mano and Karthik, for that matter all singers (except one) were very good
thamthana thamthana had a new arrangement was very good. IR said it was done specifically for the tour as well. crowd asked for a repeat, mano was stand-in MC and didnt really get what was requested
there was very little random speechifying on stage, once the music started it was all about music for good portion of the first half
Raaja appreciated the telugu version of the lyrics for maasi maasam, whatever people say about him not appreciating wordings is not accurate
At one point SPB said, "I have been asking him to do tours for a while, i am glad he has finally started". Raaja said that he would like to but it takes a lot of effort and despite everything they do, mistakes happen on stage and every time that happens he feels thousand pin pricks. He was very honest (as always) and humble about it, felt like he gets demotivated by it.
He credited Karthik (raaja) for helping him with arrangements for thendral vanthu (again, this was another song that got messed up by sound where i was sitting) and several other songs
there were lot more good stuff like these
not so good:
He did lecture the crowd at one point when there were repeated requests. he even implied that it was disrespectful. I think his point was that they have prepared several good songs and it will not be fair to just play something without preparing ahead...
Karthik was heavily under utilized.
Songs were great for rabid fans like us, but some more peppy songs would have worked the crowd better.
Dont think he can handle multilingual audiance, would be nice if he just let SPB take over tamil/telugu mix of song selection and addressing the crowd in english. I think telugu fans felt a little let down.
Yuvan, Karthik raja and karthik attempted an impromptu (at least it felt that way) rendition of "roading mele" it didnt work very well
Bad:
There was a clear sigh ("ayyoo..") in the section of crowd where I was every time Bavatharini was asked to sing, clearly the weakest singer.
Sound
Overall it was well worth it. Hope he does this again, but I doubt he will.
Have lot of things to share.. I will write a detailed report and post tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr9sPZADYEE
Idhayam Oru Koil - my little piece of video in HD quality.
I am not the person on stage, but I am the one who suggested him as Plan B. If I had been there on stage at 6 PM, it would have been an empty auditorium by 7 PM. BTW, it wasnt a delayed start, but a planned delay, so all people can come in. We are waiting for accurate status of how many people showed up after 6 PM, but we expect this to be ~20%. Thats how all concerts are done.Quote:
Originally Posted by motte_dhaasan
Dont assume anyting about Raaja sir. We all have surprises awaiting... watch out facebook.com/Ilayathalam. I strongly suggest you to subscribe to the page as well.