astad deboo, being cyrus and the coffee song
Astad Deboo:.
had always wanted to see him perform while i was in bombay, but never ended up doing so. had the chance recently, and though it meant a 2 hour train-cum-bus ride, one way, i just had to take it...i'm a sucker for good dance performers.
and it was truly worth it. the theme was "nav-rasas". it was not really the contemporised rendition of the classical that i had anticipated. rather, the stylised movements were at once modern and classical. and even the transition from one mudra to an unexpected one seemed to flow seamlessly. in particular, his rendition of "anger" and "love" were stirring.
the 10 girls in his troupe were deaf and mute. so they didn't dance to the rhythm of the music, but to that of the counts in their heads. quite amazing. they could have smiled more, (in the "joy"' rasa), but i thought they were remarkably synchronised, really graceful and wonderfully self-assured. a big thumbs-up for them.
Being Cyrus:
watched it recently and really enjoyed it. found it refreshingly different in concept, and found saif very impressive. the parsee stereotype, i thought, was well-portrayed, though dimple rattled my nerves a bit. but perhaps that was the intention.
The Coffee Song:
every single time osibisa plays on our system, i can't help but smile...i totally love their beats and joie-de-vivre. and in this case, the lyrics. how in the world did they come up with a song like this one...
"you date a girl and find out later
she smells like a percolator
her perfume was made right on the grill
they've got an awful lot of coffee in brazil"
"there's an awful lot of coffee in brazil"
had always wanted to see him perform while i was in bombay, but never ended up doing so. had the chance recently, and though it meant a 2 hour train-cum-bus ride, one way, i just had to take it...i'm a sucker for good dance performers.
and it was truly worth it. the theme was "nav-rasas". it was not really the contemporised rendition of the classical that i had anticipated. rather, the stylised movements were at once modern and classical. and even the transition from one mudra to an unexpected one seemed to flow seamlessly. in particular, his rendition of "anger" and "love" were stirring.
the 10 girls in his troupe were deaf and mute. so they didn't dance to the rhythm of the music, but to that of the counts in their heads. quite amazing. they could have smiled more, (in the "joy"' rasa), but i thought they were remarkably synchronised, really graceful and wonderfully self-assured. a big thumbs-up for them.
Being Cyrus:
watched it recently and really enjoyed it. found it refreshingly different in concept, and found saif very impressive. the parsee stereotype, i thought, was well-portrayed, though dimple rattled my nerves a bit. but perhaps that was the intention.
The Coffee Song:
every single time osibisa plays on our system, i can't help but smile...i totally love their beats and joie-de-vivre. and in this case, the lyrics. how in the world did they come up with a song like this one...
"you date a girl and find out later
she smells like a percolator
her perfume was made right on the grill
they've got an awful lot of coffee in brazil"
"there's an awful lot of coffee in brazil"
posted by sattva at 6:38 AM
7 Comments:
Haven't heard much of Osibisa but the quoted lyrics make me wish I had :-)
Haven't seen too much of Astaad Deboo's performances either, maybe one, but I've seen him a lot. He used to live above our office in Cumbala Hill and he was good friends with my boss :-)
just good friends, ghost?!
s, watched astad live at jahan-e-khusrau in delhi a couple of years ago, and didnt enjoy the performance much. he is talented and twirls (in particular) most beautifully but his facial expressions are somewhat harsh. doesnt work with shringar, definitely not with sufi.
osibisa - havent heard of them in a while, but images come to mind :)
ghost, cool :)
g, i'd heard the same about him actually. but his facial expressions for love and devotion were the most tender and pure i've ever seen. can't imagine his style with sufi, tho'.
Kundalini: If you knew my boss, you wouldn't ask this question :-)
Sattva, is that Daku Potato (hope I got the name right) still a part of Osibisa?
I once shared a, ahem, smoke with Astaad Deboo at I-Rock many many years ago. (or was it at the Tull concert? Some show in Rang Bhavan, definitely.) He was really cool. After all, he's the only Indian who's been onstage, albeit briefly, with Pink Floyd.
Yeah, Ghost, "good friends" indeed ;)
ghost, i think darko potato passed away sometime ago. and talk about weird names...one guy in the band is called "lasi-si"!
km, :) didn't know he'd been on stage with floyd! thanks for visiting.
ghost, i like yr spelling of 'darko' better than the real one :)
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