Oakland Chorale singing A R Rahman's Balleilakka

[srinivasamohan]

Awesome, you guys must have been really inspired to take on such a difficult task and complete it so beautifully, I can only say that I am proud to be a A.R.Rahman fan.

[DPproductions01]

Really Amazing...!!!!

[sarahlouise1657]

i don't think people understand how flippin hard this song is to actually learn and sing.

[Ersath017]

Wow it is amazing guys. I feel very proud to be a tamilan

[1947rayjohn]

excellent work.....................



[chrome9812]

Amazing! I love this, you guys rule, and your conductor was like a boss :D

[tsminnal]

AWESOME - very proud. Al the best.

[FAQ670]

rabish

[ashika174]

This is AWESOME :O <3

I love this more than the original version :')

[akakaitokid4life]

Good job guys

[Jaikumar257]

Mind Blowing... Kudos to the entire team... :-)

[mayakowhisky]

totally enjoyed it. really good performance.

[naayenaaye]

ARR,, He's gr8

[pravincpratap]

I loved it..keep it coming....

[rsashwin]

awesome :D



[sidchennai92]

u ppl r simplyy awesome



[pjothi]

Is this in Oakland California?

[twarnerpiano]

@pjothi the city is in california. The university is in Rochester, MI

[twarnerpiano]

@twarnerpiano no relation to each other

[dyan06]

this s so cool!!

[ajayadithan]

Good Attempt :)

[outofboxful]

Love it!

[kaamasutra]

Wow... worth the effort, i enjoyed it.

[jvphilip]

that was wonderful... and to get all those Tamil words (though slightly with an accent) was wonderful... may you do many more or AR Rahman's and enjoy singing them as much as we'd enjoy listening to you guys performing... cheers!

[TheNio92]

This is just amazing.

[anivj]

Thank u soooo much guys for ur effort - Proud to be a tamilian, fan of ARR & Rajini.....Love u guys....

[Shyampraveenful]

No words 2 say abt d's am stunned by checking d's out! Hands off for everyone who sung d's!

[trendyniro]

wow..its truly unbelievable!..it was amazing!...but i cant control laughter as well.

[yuvrajmetrani]

Awesome show of skill and spirit by the team :)

[yuvrajmetrani]

True!!! Music has no Boundaries :)

[1ronsfan]

Speechless in awe... Thumbs up if you're a tamilian.

[1989Dinesh1989]

I appreciate the effort the singers...

It's fun to watch and hear too...

[choraldirector63]

What an inspiring performance. Incredible energy, and according to my student who speaks Tamil fluently, a good job on the pronunciation. My choir has the music now and can't wait to get started. We will use this performance as a model. Really liked the first tenor soloist. Wish his name was mentioned in the credits. Thanks for posting.

[mahenderreddy555]

wwwwwwwwwwwwowwwwwwwwwwww



[MaheshChandrasekaran]

This sounds better than the original one...!

[siddharthmourya]

ke ka. spectacular simply superb....... ive no words 2 xpress

[jaishu123]

AMGGGGGG That is soooooo pro omg. WOW. Seriously, like, htf did you guys pull it off? Like, its a diff language and all... you sing it better than i would, and im tamilian lmao. Well, kudos guys.

[US123789]

wow ....awesome!!!!

[princeGYfan]

omg!! i am speechless!! tamil is a difficult language and this is simply AMAZING!!!!

wow!!

[vasanthpaulj]

Oh My God!! Awesome!! Oakland Chorale singing A R Rahman's tamil song. Great singing.

[GEETARANESCH]

great job! kudos to all involved! indian

[gobinathpandarinatha]

need to know onthing..why it was happened,,,, is this regersel?

[gobinathpandarinatha]

but cho chweeeeeeet

[gobinathpandarinatha]

yennada nadakuthu ingaaaaa



[upendwar]

y r all the bitches so fat ! LMAO at the fat one with glasses and a tight dress trying to "groove" .... also the American with a mridangam -> epic LMAO !

[pandbar]

As a ar rahman fan, I Really appreciate you guys....Great work....

[3624Rain]

they are all so into the song seriously this guys nailed it from the original version....superb performance guys....hatss of to ya all....ARR sir they taken u up further

[3624Rain]

i am dumstruck...hope ARR watched this...totally awesome...damn good...long live ARR and let his name go beyond the world

[rocksharry]

Thanks to u guys u were rocking and one of our tamil best song u had sang ,i'm

proud of my of my language,awesome perforamnce .Hariganesh from India .

[kaamyabhinay]

Amazing song....I love it a lot. Every singer was involved and had good expressions on face...keep rocking guys. looking forward for more such songs

[MrArjunmohanlal]

no words to say.....really proud to be an INDIAN...

[anthonyjithin]

one racist among 25k ppl...

[jjalukkas]

WHo is that ass who disliked this video??

[ThePradeepmek]

oh my god stuuning rahman ur the beauty of music

[kimberlycrystal21]

wow totalyyyy awesom!! stunning perfomance.. i am Tamil, Indian. i just LOVE this song! when i hear'd ur perfomance i am even more in love with the song! u guys had so mush enthusiasm and energy and so enjoy'd singing till the end :)

THUMBS UP TO THE GUY WHO SANG SOLO .. those are hard tamil words dont know how u memorized and brought it nearly equal to tamil pronunciation !! great man!

AWESOME GUYZ !!

[gtimpanist]

having been a part of this performance, I can only say thank you to all of you commenting and appreciating the hard work that went into it.

[bobyieeee]

@gtimpanist - Awesome performance by u all.. Hats of to u all people who did this amazing work..!! Really we hav to thank u.. Thank u so much..

[nermai]

Unbelievable! Awesome! I speak this language and follow such songs closely! This was released in 2007.

Hats off to hard work, practice, pretty tough pieces in Lyric in some places. Most importantly the tempo is maintained throughout the song with a typical American touch of enjoyment and dance in involvement!!!! God bless!!!

[ProudIndianJoe1]

@gtimpanist u guys were just amazing,,,,, I showed this to all my family.. my mom just loved it... her eyes lit up,,, that's the effect this performance had on ppl especially Indians,,, Loved it, would love to hear more tamil songs from u... I can only imagine the hardwork that went into this performance keep it up...

[Indralia]

@gtimpanist Hey guys it is a beautiful performance. I can see a tremendous effort had gone into this. Though I'm a Tamilian, this is the first time I'm hearing this. Now words can describe this. You guys rocked!!!

[mindcruise]

@gtimpanist You guys were delightful. Thank you.

[1989Dinesh1989]

@gtimpanist Super Machi (Dude).. :-)

[gonzo1982able]

@gtimpanist hey u guys did really well....i know that song n its one of my fav.....its tamil lines were not pronounced properly or not that much of perfection but it was sooo good....enjoyed it....

[jonesjjj100]

@gtimpanist Really cool guys, Very nice to hear you sing Tamil. There was not much difference. And... look into the energy and involvement the whole team had... Really awsome.

[pisdiz]

long live ar rahman

[kvishva]

really very nice, amazing performance .....thanks to everybody.

[kvishva]

really very nice, amazing performance .....thanks to everbody

[jacobji]

It is topnotch, i really disliked the original version

[dosti45]

i was soo stunned and amazed when i first heard this. it is definitely proven that there is there is no language boundary when it comes to music. I am an indian, and you guy really nailed this number... you make us all very proud!!! Hope to hear from ya'll ... keep up the good work guys, it;s a 10/10 for me !!!

[ashokramkumar]

Stunning and awesome. None of them even have papers in their hand, they have completely memorised it. There is so much of energy in the song and performance

[satthiyan]

Wow....Amazing.Keep it up the good work.

cheers,

satthiyan

[TheRadzz]

lol...wow... i cant even sing that song coZ its so bloody hard! am i m tamil!

[navitha150607]

this is simply awesome..!!!!

[akshayababu]

ammmmmazzing.....emotions, gestures sooooo genuine....meditative.....trul­y takes the mind offffff..

[Saloofia]

wow...its amazing!!!!!!i am speechless....its a great effort.....

[Shovelware]

Karrakkilum anda potta yerne sunoralli chodi mai ke pottum attam seillendru onu kidhal dhonam. Mangal attam satyam.

[shanikukku]

hhhhaaaaaa,amazing thank u rahman.

[shanikukku]

hhhhaaaaaa,amazing thank u rahman.

[LorenzVasanth]

Oh...my goodness...It is just brilliant !!! Tamil as it is difficult to speak but these guys could make the song sound so natural...! I can imagine how much effort would have been required for an American Choir to sing a Tamil song specially with the pronouniciation and singing it by heart....Really Amazing !!! I have great respect for this Choir and i feel deeply honoured as a Tamilian. Thanks for the post.

[baaaanu]

HOLY CRAP. Tamil is hard enough to speak but these guys blew me away. I give them so much props for this amazing work. My tamil father was so proud to see this. A billion thumbs up .

[lalubharani]

Mind blowing performance ;-) ;-)

[albari79]

Iam exited & terefied while watching this viedo!!! Iam proud 2 say that iam in living  A.R RAHMAN generation........

[ramanan86]

that was brilliant!!! :)

[Carelele64]

WHaw ! amazing, this a first ! really good

[ProudIndianJoe1]

This is Just AWWWWEEEESSSSSSSOOOOMMMMMMMEEE­EEEEE.

Amazing amazing is not a word.. This is beautiful . I’ve watched it ten times already just showed it to my mom dad and everyone.. It’s great to see Indian music, culture, A R Rehman liked by others . Gr8 job gr8 pronunciation,,, In credible… Hatts off to the conductors the performers everyone who came up with this.. Y not more Indian songs it will be fun…

[bobyieeee]

@ProudIndianJoe1 - thnk u so much :)

[Kruba4789]

really good , good job guys and girls luved it !!!!!!!

[pvramesh20]

Very nice work. How did you guys get the idea of re-creating this song?

[timmiriarts]

Amazing and awesome effort. Can I have WAV file of the performance?

[TT920906]

this is soooo sickk ahahah love it

[absolutevodka69]

i cant sing that fast tho..even thought i speak tamil..its like impossible for me

[vikyman07]

awsome dont understand a single word but liked it...:)



[wilsonsalim]

so sweet guys ..... much appreciated. cheers

[mightyhwak1]

amazing guys fantastic good work being a citizen of India i am proud of you

[RoyalChampion]

Wow, I can't imagine how fun it must be performing this song!

[kaipulla003]

amazing .... India is Great, Indians are great.. hats off to the whole team here ...was fantastic. Thamizhan endru sollada thalai nimirnthu nillada

[swtgal84]

This is the best performance I have seen..good job guys!!! ^_^

[fedexrules28]

the lady got it spot on..including the accent..i cannot believe it..and that too in tamil..i salute her performance..the chorus when you guys started feeling it was better than the original..one thing i want to tell you guys..if you know the meaning of this song, you will be very proud to have sung it..it talks about my motherland's natural resources, its ethinicity, culture and how one cannot ever forget it...this is such a proud day for me..thank you guys!

[vijayratinam85]

Fantastic..i am stunned....

[vijayratinam85]

Fantastic..i am stunned....

[annakale]

Speechless ! Whew.. what an energy !

[wwfkarthi1]

Hats off Guys, Gr8 performance

Cheers

C.karthi

[sousai1961]

wow no words to say simply thanks to our A R RAHAMAN

[gtimpanist]

Thank you everyone for enjoying our performance. I can tell you that performing with this amazing group is an experience unlike anything you can imagine. Feel free to poke around see the many stunning qualities of this hidden gem choir in Michigan. It will never get the true respect it deserves.

[pk2manik]

Amazing................... Great

[mehigle]

This is the Oakland Chorale (Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan).  Director is Dr. Michael A. Mitchell....Thanks for liking everyone!

[njmadhav]

rehman is a legend...if they try to xplore more back to his old tracks dey cud find amusing stuf which cud b a miracle wen presented on stages lik dis...

[eiignes86]

Namme Kamathu..Meddu....Savadi Makkelz!

[samhrm]

Amazing HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[lipinep]

no words 2 express my feelings......tooooooooooooooo­­­o good.. i know hw diff to say tamil ithink they dont know the meaninng of the words but they enjoying that song and AM PROUD TO BE AN AN INDIAN ... hats off FRIENDS

[sasikumarg1983]

hooooooooooooooo hoooooooooo

[raghavaalizee]

no words 2 express my feelings......tooooooooooooooo­o good..:)



[anojansmart]

This is amazing, kudos to everyone who was part of this!

[jeffrypaulson]

excellent work...hats off

[anandharidas]

I am speechless after seeing this. I can only imagine the effort that has gone into this performance. To master this song which is in a totally different language, to memorize it and perform with so much of ease is just not easy.. This is the 9th or 10th time i am watching it. Unbelievable energy....Congrats to the entire team for this amazing performance. Hoping to see more such videos...

[demolit10n]

MARVELLOUS....................­......

[agopals]

Amazing energy.... i can feel it. Hats off guys, conductor...... too good. Loved every bit of it.

[alfehere]

Rahmanji the ambassodor of indian music!!!!!!!!!!

[vishwas82]

wow.. i am stunned.. amazing.. wanna thank every singer here.. lovely.. i can see how much fun every one had doing this... the conductor was actually dancing.. :-).. thanks for posting it.. instantly shared it on my facebook..

[vishwas82]

wow.. i am stunned.. amazing.. wanna thank every singer here.. lovely.. i can see how much fun every one had doing this...

[rajseth2003]

Real inspiration...real music lovers...proud of you guys.....

Music has no barrier...proved it once again...joy and soul touching music

[sonoftheshoulder]

superb !

[landseaskyearth]

i can only thank u for uploading thanks.

realy music have no bouder.