Raja - Live in Concerts - Madurai Concert Telecast/Videos

[Bala (Karthik)]

I loved the way the audience were shown being in the zone for "Aayiram Thamarai Mottukkale" (saw a re-telecast show in Sun TV where Gangei Amaren recollects the Thiruvizha devotion song origins of this tune and how Raaja used it for an intense love song)
Nitpick is that the thump in the percussion was missing (The prelude was fine. I mean the "du du dum, du du dum" groove)

[Bala (Karthik)]

<Possible unwarranted harsh fanboy reaction Alert>
The best comment from the celebs on the show was from Naresh Iyengar
"Thanks Raaja sir for giving us good music" - Reminds me of that awesome youtube comment left in some Raaja video (Thumbi Vaa i think. Someone posted "it's a good song". The reply went like this (not verbatim):
"Oh, it's a good song? Then you must be either Bach or Mozart to reduce this song to merely a good song........"

[app_engine]

Nitpick is that the thump in the percussion was missing (The prelude was fine. I mean the "du du dum, du du dum" groove)

+1

Same way, I couldn't sense the tremendous adi-dhadi drum sound that follows the chorus in the beginning of idhu oru nilAkkAlam prior to the guitar. (the "dat-dat-di-dadichchi-dum" cracker sound)...

I think rAsA had used too many types of drums / percussion instruments over the years & bringing them to this stage & getting the same sounds for this variety of songs would be near impossible...I felt the drum punch was missing in the first interlude of madai thiRandhu which took away some of my thrill...

kidaiththa varai lAbam

[Bala (Karthik)]

Napolean/Arunmozhi on flute, needs special mention. He is fighting an army of violinists single handedly

Superbly/interstingly put

[skr]

Check this out
A full youtube link of the entire concert spanning 4 hours

[baroque]

skr & youtube host Thanks.

Ilayaraja the greatest!

Raja vaazhga!

vinatha.

[agifinuqh]

Endrendum Raja Live in Concert - Part I - High quality video can be downloaded from:
Single Link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c19c...irvani_com_avi

Split Links:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c19c...ni_com_avi_001
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c19c...ni_com_avi_002
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c19c...ni_com_avi_003

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

The same guy who posted the entire program on a single youtube, he has also posted the past 2005 Concert in 4 parts. Just handy to keep his youtube profile page to reach both the concert - http://www.youtube.com/user/thomasruban

[baroque]

Sakala,
thanks for the 2005 concert videos link.

cherish it man.

You tube host.

end of the Thursday evening, nammku isai virundhudhaan with the 4 links.


vinatha.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

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