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Music, Pandora's Box, Sugar Drops and Snake Bites, and the Shortest Distance Between a Smile

by Naheed Kamal
EVERY nowand then Dhaka city gives us a chance to celebrate the Joys of living in the form of a fair, show or a concert. Concerts arc big hits in Dhaka. The first concert of this season was held at the Sheraton Hotel on 24 June. The bands were Dhaka's three popular ensembles. K-OZ (pronounced Chaos) opened the show with a subtle version of one of Enigma's compositions. K-OZ is one of the older bands of Dhaka. They started way back in the mid eighties and I still remember seeing them perform for the first lime. They were very Impressive.
The original band members have come and gone and left a weaker group to follow through. Yet both Shamlm and Cucchu on Vocals alternately, carried off thetr tracks quite well. They sang "Ice, Ice baby" and "Black or White" (long with a zany dance sequence by Shamlm) plus "Kingston town". "She drives me crazy" and other tracks. When Pandora's creations exited, the stage was occupied by one of the city's up and coming rock bands with remarkable talents Sweet Venom. They were Just that sweet but deadly.
The band Is driven lo perform simply by their musical abilities. They needed no dance routines or costumes to impress the crowd. They made it worth the 300 Takas spent on the ticket and they made it worth it for the rest of the evening. The band comprises of the twin brothers : Sunjoy on vocals and Joy on drums. Ditto on lead guitar and Sh-umon from "Renaissance" made a guest performance at the bass guitar. They gave awesome renditions of "Stairway to Heaven". "Fire” and Ditto drove
the crowd mad with a soulful "Johnny be good" (for an old friend somewhere tn the crowd!). The added drum solos and bass solos plus Dittos frenzied guitar playing with the pick In his mouth was the ultimate performance so far
Thi lr music is basically hard nx-k and metal tracks but they sing and play well enough lo carry the crowd lo a frenzy. Here was a band with real performance power. Need wc
ask for more?
Well, even if we didn’t ask for more we got more. The pleasure was all ours when "Miles" went up on stage and broke on through to the other side" (with all of us). They followed up with some of rocks
best giving us the ultimate mu •leal experience when they sang tracks like. "Time". Clapton's Bad love" and other Floyd and Doors songs. By the time the concert ended every-
body had been satisfied and satiated. The audience could not have thanked the bands enough for the Joy they gave us.
Most of the concert goers were there • to enjoy themselves. While others went to ... well. "Dreas up?" A lot of people seem to mis* the essence of a "rock" concert. There to a difference between rock and classical and there should be a difference in how one Is dressed for cither. Bui to each his own and if one Intends to show to the world that red and gold are one'* favourite colours, who are we to complain?
The different group* who went to the concert varied. There were those who had a good time and let it all hang loose; while others sat through the entire concert like prime donnas or mannequins. The first group smiled and clapped. The second just sat there and there was a doubt as to whether they were human or not. They showed no signs of registering anything that they heard apart from "trrltalton" with the noise (71). Noise? My Ood. what did you expect at a rock concert, a meditation chamber?
True ft was a little noisy and everybody shouted themselves hoarse. Isn't that why you came to the concert in the first place, to enjoy yourselves? (Oh sorry. you are the mannequins and aren't those used to display clothes?)
Perhap* the thrill of the concert lie* in how hyped up one ts and that depends on how well the bands perform. Al) gimmicks aside, the music needs to "get to you". Both Sweet Venom and Mlles gave us a real doze of rock n' roll and K-Oz? Well, they were there Just for that a little chaosl