Last nite, Chitra and I went to see 'Strings'. They were playing in Oakland as part of their 'Zinda Tour'. I've been listening to Strings ever since their first video 'Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar' released way back in the early 90s. Back then they were just a bunch of teens. After a long hiatus they came back in 2000 and released Duur, which had a reworked version of 'Sar Kiye'. Even Chitra loves their music. So when we got an invite from Prem to go to the concert, we jumped on it. Even though the auditorium where they played sucked, the band was still great to listen to. After they played some of their hits, they started doing covers of mainstream songs like 'Koi Kahe' from Dil Chahta Hai, 'Jaanu Meri Jaan' from Shaan and then songs from other artists like Ali Haider's 'Purani Jeans', Saagarika's version of 'Disco Deewane' and a few others. I enjoyed it, but would've preferred if they had sung more of their own songs.

But the best part of the nite was when the band invited everyone up close to the stage for the final set of songs. We were up in cheapest section and had no access to the stage area. But I sneaked in with Chitra to the floor level and we wriggled up all the way to the front. We had a great time for the last 15-20 mins of the concert. I snapped this picture using a cellphone camera.

 

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