So in the 9 years I lived in Tehran how many times did I go a traditional Iranian concert—> Zilch
How many traditional music Cd did I buy?->Zilch
How many traditional singles did I listen to?-> Zilch
How many times did I switch channels and radio stations when a traditional music came on?-> Billions
And what a night it was. A rejuvenating night for my soul for it was my soul not body that danced to the melody of the music. Now I know why people close their eyes, smile and wave their head side to side when listening to music…I was doing that!!!!!
The best part of the evening was the encore. Once their performance was over, the crowd drew them back on stage with their cheers. They played the Iranians version of a Kurdish song they had previously played earlier. Then when the clapping of the crowd died down, the vocalist sang:
This was when my mom’s soul was revived. She started to sing along with them and the Iranians in the audience (which incidentally weren’t too many) clapped all through the song. I must confess that their version of “Ey Iran” was the best I have ever seen or heard.
Unfortunately, my phone camera didn’t have enough space to record, the quality is not that good anyway, and I was too busy enjoying the show to shoot anything anyway, but here’s a couple of videos:
VIDEO 1
More info from the Daily Star
3 comments:
I feel like I was there with you! I can almost hear your mother, so moved that she is singing along, and I can almost feel the joy in your heart to have had such an unforgettable precious moment in time.
wow! this was nice..thanks for sharing.
intlxpatr: thanks...it was unforgetable...one of those memories that would always stay with me
frieda: sorry the clips weren;t too good :(
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