Illayaraja Singapore concert

Tonight was the concert at Singapore expo hall 7.

Lots of cars entering the car park and people waiting to enter the Hall but the crowd was well managed. I managed to park my car fairly quickly and although there was a long queue waiting to enter the hall, the line moved quickly.

Tonight was also the night I had tickets for Sunset Boulevard starring Sarah Brightman at MBS. I had bought those tickets some time ago but I had to give that up cos I really wanted to come for this.

A 4 hour concert. He sang a few songs himself but what was amazing was that he stood on the stage for the full 4 hours. At the age of 82! Sometimes I wonder what I would be doing if I get to the age. Some people do have remarkable lives

I felt that the sound at Star Theater for the 2018 concert was better. The instrumentation then was also better. I think they were better rehearsed then. Also the songs then were more familiar to me. Also the last concert featured some very established singers like Mano and Chitra. This time the quality of the singers was rather average.

Still, apart from the songs I was not familiar with, the other songs were the ones I know and like and they brought back good memories. Good that “machanai parthingala” from Annakili, the song that made him famous from his first movie was performed.