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Jammin' Karachi
April 19, 2003
Junoon at Jammin Karachi
Music in Pakistan is going great guns these days. With all sorts of music and
bands in the limelight we have a tough competition on our hands to who is the
best. Music lovers have now more reasons to go to concerts because of the great
bands like Noori, Fuzon and Junoon. Jammin Karachi was a concert held recently
in Karachi featuring Ep, Noori, Fuzon and Junoon. The venue tucked away in the
confusing lanes of Korangi, was the P.A.F yacht club far away from the city. The
stage was nicely set with all black and the weather was very nice. As with every
show or concert in Karachi, the show started late and the first band to see the
limelight was Ep. The band was full of energy but there live playing was not
that professional as firstly, they have a lot of members in the band and
secondly, they were complaining about the sound all the time. I really fail to
understand that when Fuzon and Junoon played on the same sound and set there was
no problems. Even Noori didn''t complain about the sound. Anyway Ep did covers
of rage against the machine, linkin park, limp bizkit, tool, system of a down,
Sajjad Ali and few of their own songs including, Rahguzar, Hamesha, Hum ko Azmao
and a few more. In the end Ep thanked Karachi but made an absurd comment about
the sound on the stage, which was very wrong of them.
Next up was Noori and as soon as the stepped on the stage the crowd went on fire
and every one enjoyed their own songs which they played live and they were, Suno
kay main houn jawan, jana tha humnay, bol, manwa ray, sohni chad mahiwal and tum
hans diye. Ali Noor the vocalist / guitarist of Noori was very exited and they
played really well. With the former drummer of Junoon (Gumby) playing on
Noori''s side the band is well organized musically and their coordination was
perfect.
Noori at Jammin Karachi
Following Noori was Fuzon the moment everyone was waiting for. As soon as they
came up into the blazing lights of the stage, the crowd went wild. Everyone was
going crazy, as Fuzon is the new music sensation in our country. They started
off with Dewaaney went on to Pyaar na raha, Teray bina, Khamaj, their biggest
hit Ankoun kay sagar and in the end Ankhian. The best song they did was Ankhian
and the people over there and the band went wild with an amazing solo
performance given by Shaleem, Sameer, Imran and Farhat. By that time the crowd
at the venue was all excited and were on their feet when Ali Azmat of Junoon
came up with his band. The crowd had a time of their life. They did their old
songs blended with their new songs and list was, pyaar bina, khuddi, sayonee,
saeein, neend ati nahi, garaj baras, maza zindagi ka, mera mahi, neeli neeli
ankhain, dosti and Azadi. In between Salman added that we could all be number
one and that they were really happy that bands like Fuzon are making big. On the
whole the concert was a beautiful event and also because the singers were not
singing on DAT (Digital Audio Tape) but there was ''Live'' music. Event like
these should happen more often as I am sure that there is a lot of good music to
come.
The News International
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