Friday, October 5, 2007

A Live Concert

A scene in a concert in Pokhara. After a long wait the program coordinator welcomes the main performer . The main performer happens to be a big hit in the the nation and in every radio stations as well as the local television channels. The girls go wild they hear his name. From behind the curtain the artist comes up on stage on a clean pair of jeans, nicely done hair, trendy goggles, white collared shirt and a with formal shoes on his feet. he waves at the crowd high up in the air and yells, "Hey hey hey how is Pokhara? Are you ready for some rock and roll?" The yes yes word could be heard from the crowd. The singer then starts off his performance with his hit single with it's track in the background. His hit number happens to be a remixed song.

Some kilometers away from the venue there is yet another show going on. The crowd members aren't chanting any names. The first featured band enters the stage. They are a group of four members and they all seemed to be dressed in rags, messed up hair and the smallest guy in that band has a torn converse shoes on his feet. They don't interact with the crowd but grab their instruments and start loosening their hand and throats. They start the show with a self composed riff. Though the melody is very new to the crowd, they seemed to be enjoying the tune and the song already. The band doesn't stop anywhere and continuously starts another song the wordings of which goes like this, "Dharmasankat ma parey mero afno ragat ma bhujdina liney chu Ishwor ko naam, Jay samvo". The original performers of this song is none other that Dhristi fronted by Iman Shah not a hit on the mainstream but the crowd loved it in an instant.

These are two different sites which could be seen in most of the live shows. Which one of these do you call a concert?

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