Ilayaraja concert in Toronto

Vidya Bagchi wrote:There is one in nj too. Saw many ads for it.

doofus_maximus wrote:One item in my bucket list crossed off.
Seeing SPB, Ilayaraja, Chitra, Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Karthik, Madhu Balakrishnan, Vivek, and 70 other artistes perform was legendary.
SPB and Ilayaraja were miles ahead as compared to others on stage when it came to singing live.
Madhu Balakrishnan should sing more. He was awesome.
Hariharan was terrible.
Among the ladies, Chitra and Sadhana Sargam were very good.

Driving 5 hours from MI to Toronto in a snow storm and getting stuck in traffic for 2 hrs near the Rogers Center were all worth it for 4.5 hrs of pure magic.

Don't miss it if there are any shows near your place.

confuzzled dude wrote:

doofus_maximus wrote:One item in my bucket list crossed off.
Seeing SPB, Ilayaraja, Chitra, Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Karthik, Madhu Balakrishnan, Vivek, and 70 other artistes perform was legendary.
SPB and Ilayaraja were miles ahead as compared to others on stage when it came to singing live.
Madhu Balakrishnan should sing more. He was awesome.
Hariharan was terrible.
Among the ladies, Chitra and Sadhana Sargam were very good.

Driving 5 hours from MI to Toronto in a snow storm and getting stuck in traffic for 2 hrs near the Rogers Center were all worth it for 4.5 hrs of pure magic.

Don't miss it if there are any shows near your place.

Wow! 70+ sounds great man. SPB has great stage presence, he engages crowd and keeps them interested by sharing anecdotes. Hariharan was bad a few years back when he toured with AR Rahman.

Impedimenta wrote:
Too many events in NJ....and my daughter seems to play a part in half of them, at least it looks to me that way considering how much i drove her around for rehearsals all weekend.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
Welcome to the world of Helicopter moms.

Your life is now entering a kombolete new phase....for the next 20 years.

How time flies.

bw wrote:i attended an SPB concert years ago in the US - he was in a really foul mood that day - complained that they had to do all the work themselves, had no helpers, audience should be mindful of that, blah, blah and blah. we were subjected to a grand lecture on respect, understanding and other such matters. all this coz the audience was egging him to sing some specific songs.

doofus_maximus wrote:

bw wrote:i attended an SPB concert years ago in the US - he was in a really foul mood that day - complained that they had to do all the work themselves, had no helpers, audience should be mindful of that, blah, blah and blah. we were subjected to a grand lecture on respect, understanding and other such matters. all this coz the audience was egging him to sing some specific songs.

you know what you are? you are party-pooper. Here we are, singing praises and you come along and HAVE to say he was shitty once.

doofus_maximus wrote:

bw wrote:i attended an SPB concert years ago in the US - he was in a really foul mood that day - complained that they had to do all the work themselves, had no helpers, audience should be mindful of that, blah, blah and blah. we were subjected to a grand lecture on respect, understanding and other such matters. all this coz the audience was egging him to sing some specific songs.

you know what you are? you are party-pooper. Here we are, singing praises and you come along and HAVE to say he was shitty once.

panini press wrote:

doofus_maximus wrote:

bw wrote:i attended an SPB concert years ago in the US - he was in a really foul mood that day - complained that they had to do all the work themselves, had no helpers, audience should be mindful of that, blah, blah and blah. we were subjected to a grand lecture on respect, understanding and other such matters. all this coz the audience was egging him to sing some specific songs.

you know what you are? you are party-pooper. Here we are, singing praises and you come along and HAVE to say he was shitty once.

We have another word for that around here... it's "snooty."

BTW, there used to be a Telugu TV series hosted by SPB. It was a singing contest. My dad was a huge fan of the show. Unlike most singing contest hosts, though, SPB had some serious ambitions to change the world for the better with his show. So each episode he would spend a few minutes on a grand lecture on issues like waiting for your turn in a wedding buffet line, not traveling on the foot-board hanging on to city buses, not reciting out loud the next line in a movie you are watching for the fourth time in a theater, etc. I don't know if he's still doing the show and / or the lecturing.

panini press wrote:

BTW, there used to be a Telugu TV series hosted by SPB. It was a singing contest. My dad was a huge fan of the show. Unlike most singing contest hosts, though, SPB had some serious ambitions to change the world for the better with his show. So each episode he would spend a few minutes on a grand lecture on issues like waiting for your turn in a wedding buffet line, not traveling on the foot-board hanging on to city buses, not reciting out loud the next line in a movie you are watching for the fourth time in a theater, etc. I don't know if he's still doing the show and / or the lecturing.

Hellsangel wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
Welcome to the world of Helicopter moms.

Your life is now entering a kombolete new phase....for the next 20 years.

How time flies.

I had to look that up. And then there are stealth helicopter(mom)s that quietly hover in the background. But officially they don't exist.

Maria S wrote:Here he is with one of my fav.stars/actress/producer/businesswoman..Madam Radhika:)
Granted he is not the "typical Indian movie hero"..who can leap and catch the lady..he is like a big teddy bear- Chris Christie walks slowly, breathing a little hard..but has a powerful voice and personality:)