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December 2003 Event Reviews
 
Love Boat, London UK
Eid Soiree, London UK
Junoon - Hammersmith Palais, London UK 2003
 

 

Love Boat, London UK
Saturday 6th December 2003
Hmm - well, what can we say.... The flyer said first 200 people 15 only... well, we think they were luck if there were even 100 there. The dinner started late - with main courses still being served at 11pm - 8.15 start? Temple Pier yacht... hmm ok boat yes - yacht - hmm, maybe a few years ago...
The only compensation was the amazing view - which was way better than the belly dancer, who "although is pretty, lacks in the dancing technique area" (quote anon man!). We thought - no matter, and looked
sleeptalk.com or sleepwalk.. you decide
we decided..... sleepwalk :o(
forward to the music the rest of the evening.... not sure what happened, but one minute bhangra, the next minute jungle... then back to bhangra... then a bit of house... huhn???? The other rooms fared even worse & by 1am the boat was even emptier than it had been all evening. The main dining room had been filled with the main crowd - only packed as nobody bother to move the dining tables. Saying that though, the crowd was great, mainly mature 25 - 40 olds. The men were respectful, even with the amazingly beautiful & scantily clad women! Sorry, but it was a real let down & we were really disappointed. 2/10
   
Eid Soiree, London UK
Friday 5th December 2003
Attractions Event Eid Soiree was held at the swish central London restaurant Shezan, Knightsbridge. Driving past Harrods with the Xmas lights switched on in itself was pleasant intro to the rest of the evening.
Upon entering the restaurant we were registered and escorted into the mughal themed bar area, where mehndi was being applied in one area, kusseh being sold in another, all in aid of raising money for Shehzad
Roys Zindagi Trust charity. Unfortunately the live percussions, followed by the singer Asif Raza were mainly ignored as the crowd - 18-25 year olds, with a few older crusties up to the ripe old age of 30 -
mingled, chatted and jested. The evening was a roaring success so far as meeting new people in general... but maybe not for meeting Mr or Ms Right, but nobody seemed to care especially as the evening finsihed off with the guests very own self organised Kareoke!!! All this with not a single alcoholic beverage consumed!!!! Great One Attractions!!!! 9/10

Junoon - Hammersmith Palais, London UK 2003

Sunday 30th November 2003

What can we say about Junoon, other than - even after a decade of music they've still got it!

The evening started late (come on yaar- its a desi function) with Junoon coming on stage around 10.30pm and as soon as they came on the crowds didn't care that they had been waiting since well before 7pm to see their legends!

The crowd consisted predominantly of 18 - 25 year olds - and did that desist the oldies team at www.asiancommunity.net - NO - we showed the youngsters how its done!

The event had the electricity of a rock concert that would put any heavy metal band to shame. (It still weird seeing a bunch of desi's headbanging and bhangra-ing at the same time though!!!!)

The evening started off with DJs playing a good mix of Bollywood & Bhangra to get everyone in the mood.

The evenings' comperes were Razia & Ray. Razia was a definate hit with the boys - as we were constantly bombarded with "Hai Razia" & "Raziaaaaaa" every time she came on stage!

They introduced a dance troupe from East London - "who danced" & jiggled to everything from 60's tracks to funky arabic tunes.

The dances were followed by a band from San Franciso who had released an album "Born Confused" - and yes - they were definately confused - as nobody could quite make out why they were there.

They sang a few tracks, which seemed to be a fusion of jazz and rock, the predominatly desi crowd were polite for the first two numbers, however soon lost their patience and booed them off stage. Luckily Kashif came to the rescue, and then once Razia came on - all was forgotten & forgiven!

Then finally - they came - they conquered & they crashed the music system! The crowd LOVED it!

They played everything from Dam Mast Qalander to Heereh & a couple of tracks from their new album "Deewar" - the crowd did not stop pumping / jumping and headbanging (even on the slow tracks!).

They were loved & they knew it!

... however as all fairytales come to an end, so did the concert around midnight, with an encore sneaked in at the end.

All in all, it was an amazing experience, with a very well behaved crowd, who were just there to enjoy themselves. A Pakistani Rock Concert.... with no fights... who would've thought of it! 10/10

   
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