sonu nigam in harvard,USA (3)

[lovexXxmusic]

Sonu you are absolutely AMAZING.

[shrie4u]

वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये जे पीड पराई जाणे रे,

पर दु:खे उपकार करे तोये मन अभिमान न आणे रे,

सकल लोकमां सहुने वंदे निंदा न करे केनी रे,

वाच काछ मन निश्चल राखे धन धन जननी तेनी रे,

समदृष्टि ने तृष्णा त्यागी, परस्त्री जेने मात रे,

जिह्वा थकी असत्य न बोले, परधन नव झाले हाथ रे,

मोह माया व्यापे नहि जेने, दृढ़ वैराग्य जेना मनमां रे,

रामनाम सुताली लागी, सकल तीरथ तेना तनमां रे,

वणलॊभी ने कपटरहित जे, काम क्रोध निवार्या रे,

भणे नरसैयॊ तेनु दरसन करतां, कुण एकोतेर तार्या रे ॥

[shaheel256]

It's the music which sucks, the sound has not been well engineered too; the singing is great, that's why overall the performance will seem not upto the mark.

[DhiniMogan17]

what the hell sonu.. such an amazing classical singer and he starts singing a beautiful bhajan in frickin english and fails miserably

[agribizindia]

good you have taken the prayer to the west though in mutilated form

[mithoo1234]

not impressed..why English.

[lovexXxmusic]

@mithoo1234 Im guessing he translated it for the people that didn't understand it!

[1986rivu]

soulful................and thank for representing india with humility and grace.

[anilbit4]

bakwas singing..

[huzefa352]

@anilbit4 tera baap bekar

[jaya52]

God Bless Sonu!!!

[Inclusionofall]

Seems Sonu is trying hard to make it american-vaishnav jan.... And has failed completely.

[Oneravindu]

sonu is awesome..but what the hell they are doing with drums??

[mohitshah55]

sonu bhai kuchh aisa try karo jo achchha lage

jai hind

[gvndrwt]

excellent ....to the mark . Till ...what it could have been.

[gvndrwt]

he must have done something different...that's y he was invited to perform...see either they wud have invited himesh or atif them all critics wud have loved it....lol, or if they would have invited b adams ,akon, you would have loved it ...... sonu? ofcourse he is the best nd watch it how he raise us in front of them, after all he was invited, he never requested nd dis shows how grt he is ....seriously guys get well soon.

[sohamdave1]

@CSHAH : Y u ppl r always ready to cretisice??

while u r taking our culture to the ppl of other country we must give our best afford to make them understand wht we r saying so to try to addopt thier accent their way is the best way........

wll done SONU JI.........

[sonuvaibhavnigam]

sonu is my god.....wat a performance...I DOWNLOADED IT

[jessicarox85]

he is worthy of the lovely violins

[soakedinmusic1]

No wonder u were kicked out from Sa Re Ga Ma. Fukin idiot.

[mukeshmahr]

@soakedinmusic1 who???

[sonufan1]

i don't really like the english part..sonu needs to work on his american accent if he wants to sing english

[alok15281]

jai ho !!!

[friendmail2010]

I love the way Sonu sing the this bhajan. but not sure western understand it or not. it was sung by saint and poet Narsinh Mehta and very fevarite song of Mahtma Gandhi . Indian's Father of nation and freedom fighter .

[arrearth]

sonu sir if u r redin this.....u r gr8 galti sab se hoti hai...dat doesnt mean u were wrong...i likef dat u tried somethin new...4 me there is no1 above u and rafi

[kumarvasant]

Sonu ji you have insulted our Indian Peolpe n their way thinking If bush n bill gate n oprah want to know the meaning of those songs let them do some efforts get it transleted, you please do not try lick them, you are insulting Entire Bharat, you lost me forever.

[manoj464]

what an ass.... u screw up fag...

[rey1312world]

what he is doing ? he has just destryoing the beauty of song

[greenleaf81]

umm the song sung the traditional way is way better than what Sonu sang here.

[santatsbir]

I donot think people understand anything he was singing.

[mishraanandkumar]

Sonu without any doubt badly fucked up this gr8 song. Probably Sonu has started thinking himself as gr8. Off late, his attitude reflect arrogance, making fun of other singers. Not a good sign Sonu Bhai, c Lataji, revered as Maa Saraswati incarnate for last 60 yrs she is still so humble n down to earth. Sonuji check this else days r not far when people will conveniently forget u.Watch singing contests n u will find budding singers has all that is needed to show u d exit.

[kattahar]

To evolve as a musician is to break out of the traditional mold and develop your own style...artistic license some would call it.

When was the last time you sang a bhajan in front of the Harvard faculty and they sat in to rain to listen?

He starts of with the traditional version then moves into a modern english rhythm

[wizardleg]

Sonu fuckedup nice song.Listen to LataJi how she sang this song.This Sonu forgot Gulshan Kumar who gave him break.I never saw him talking about GulshanKumar.

[akshayy006]

I'm very disappointed by hearing this performance from Sonu.... He has messed up an amazing song and should have sung it the way it originally was... the song has lost it's magic and feel... and such performance at a gr8 place like Harvard disappoints me even more...

[lusti89]

feelz like sumone dieddddd

[gopipara]

hint of reverd fx would have made all the difference, but still mind blowing =)

[RoshanDrummer]

lol he had funny hair there

[MsSXCL]

He totally rocks!!

[llallittashaki]

Incredible Performance, Incredible Music

[vishant27]

This is d 1st time i m hearin this song by sonu nigam ... this song is one of my favourite song since childhood n i like d way he translated.... incredible.... n of couse not only gujarat but he is representing india in harvard so cheeeeeeeers...!!!

[kintalshah]

It should be appreciated for sure....i m gujarati and know the complete meaning of this song written by narsinh mehta...the meaning is as same as it is in original.....great creation...by the way i would love to say " fuck off" to those assholes who thinks tht sonu sung the wrong one....if he had made his mind to sing any cheap song like main hoo na or any fucking-stuff than he wont b there at harvard...ok????

[UTubeChecker0]

I am afraid, although your reasoning is right, the words used are wrong and does not represent Indian culture.

[padyster]

Whatever He has uptill now is Grt!!! No Criticism....

Absolutely Fab-tastic

[igowithaflow]

hes so good looking here!

[tinytaurus17]

what a boring song. he shoulda sang one of his hits.

[NIPUNMARWAHA]

He was there to show desi musical culture

if they wanted to do main hoon na or stuff like that then they could have just called any desi kid in Boston to sing it I am sure there are plenty of indian guys in "college town" that would be willing to sing kareoke.

in short this is classy and classic not just the usual bwood stuff

[tinytaurus17]

yeah but this variation of the song with english is just tacky and not as great. maybe he should have stuck to the original?

[findalankar]

i absolutely agree with you tinytaurus17

[tinytaurus17]

thanks findalakar!

[UTubeChecker0]

I have heard this particular performance more than 100 times and am still hearing.....Incredible Performance, Incredible Music makeup, Incredible Musicians, Incredible Sonu Nigam!! God Bless Him Forever!!

[chiniwillly]

interesting tune.. idk about that translation... nice effort sonu nigam is skilled

[LordKrishnaMyHero]

Wonderful Sonu. Jai Sri Krishna!

[planetvikas1]

I think Sonu's effort should be well appreciated....he is trying to explain the Hindi Lyrics by singing it in English in between. In this way he can entertain whole crowd with complete meaning of the Hindi song...Well done....!

[abhijitsax]

Gora means - white man who speaks in english. Music has no language, if sung well you can enjoy any song!

[marwachoco]

i love the song and its a great song but agar hindi mai hota toh, the english version is not that great i guess, but i loved the hindi one

[hassnain87]

wow man exelent always inspisiring

[abhijitsax]

Completely lost the song somewhere. It must be Sonu's worst ever performance. why try and sing in English in front of goras. show your talent in the language you are a natural in!!

[dipak91]

sorry to say that he is trying to impress white people and lost the soul of the song.

why the CHAMCHAGIRI?

[millie085]

Impress white ppl u say? U ppl are so small minded its not funny! White ppl are normal ppl they're not superior to no one!!!! Sonu dont need to impress anyone, he is great LONG LIVE SONU!!!

[saqib09]

you are so fucking right my friend. \m/ Fuck you dipak91

[achalneupane]

tabla gaaye baasuri ke dhoon

[rajkiran1982]

I wonder why he has changed the popular music. It lost that enchanting feel. However, sonu is great

[losangelesstrippers]

For harvard students they sure suck in music. I guess we can say one thing is for sure. Harvard's music side sucks.

[youghatiya]

What a video.He sings quite well.How old is this video.Huh,dude.I can say that he does,at least,5 hrs of practice of music.Great Singer.God bless him!

[krutik1980]

The original or rather authentic version can be found if you search for 'Vaishnav Jan Ashit desai'

[krutik1980]

I agree. The beauty of this song lies in its simplicity and the ease with which it can be sung by everyone. Also, translation could have been just printed and distributed to the public.

[bhopalan]

I think the calibre of a true singer lies in touching hearts by their performance which does not necessarily requires translation of words in some other language. Rythm and music is universal I think.. and they do touch hearts. Melodious is melodious irrespective of whatever language it is. Feels like he raped the melodious Vaishnav Janato! I abs love Vaishnav Janato:(

[pimezon]

hey i am a better singer than him and I look better

[mansi101590]

he is the best singer there ever is and was!

[gromell]

no adam preached islam. but the devil influenced people like you to forget the true teaching. prophets after prophets like Moses, Abraham, noah, jesus (PBUT) were sent to bring people back to the real path. but they did not listen. and deceived by the devil they laughed like you are laughing now. i hope u actually do get the real light before u die and rot in hell so that the later doesnt happen to you.

[okletmeenter]

hello brandonakavenom! ur just wrong "islam" was the first religon in the universe

[mananius]

haha, sorry there, your wrong. please do your research first.

[dancergurl914]

um. why must singers with the talent of sonu nigam try to americanize their skill needlessly? he's good at what he does because it's hindi, and there is really no reason for him to try to manipulate that, whether he's in harvard or not. please. preserve the integrity of the music.

[indiandramachick]

i think he was just trying to relate to the crowd and make them feel like it was more of "their" music.

but yeah, a lot of singers/stars have started trying to become more Western and it sucks.

[ib422000]

You are right on wth that observation. I have been sickened by the crass, noisy, cheap behaviour of these great singers and other performers on screen and stage. So much true culture being sold out for the smell of money. I have seen Rafi, Lata, Talat, Mukesh and C.H.Atma live many years ago. They brought dignity and class to their live performances. Sonu has a great voice, but I walked out of his show in Houston some years back. Not what I expected. Cheap Michael Jackson imitation show.

[brandonakavenom]

great bhajan!''hinduism'' the first religon, soon the words of shiva will spread the world over,the bigining, the present and the future,Brama, vishnu and mahesh.

[akarshik]

fantastic effort by singing this song both in hindi and english. Sonu is great singer of this Era. God bless him with long life.

[cshah19]

i think why the english didnt sound too gr8 is that he tried to accentuate it in ammerican way...famous indians who come abroad try to do that...rememeber aishwarya on oprah and letterman? its not important how u speak..just what u speak!!

[cshah19]

overall this is gr8 composition and the message is brilliant...eng trans for the locals to get the message...india is the only land i believe with such virtuous and simple beliefs..thats why whatever little's left of how glorius and magnanimous it used to be still transcends all barriers of religion and prejudice. it's the essence of what india is all about!

[dhirajmangal]

Singing is brilliant..but I didn't see any need for english singing( Which frankly was not amazing)

[pranavraj1]

ya! that drummer screw it a bit with the roll and cymbels. But I love the way how everyone ignores that flaw and continue with the show.

Sonu! great job on the rendition, especially the english translation of the thing.

The violinist is good too and so is the bassist.

[lastchild01]

amazing, but the musicians pissed me off, especially the drummer who couldnt keep time (not the tabla player, he was fine)

[hassnain87]

SONU SHAZDADAAAAAAAAAAA

[sunilcazri]

best

[ODOSS]

Superbe !!!!

[manav0is0back]

sonu rockssss

[candyluver27]

hes a really gud singer but he looked so droky hear

[shivangbali]

Oh come on you people! If you are seeing this video and hearing this song, GET THE MESSAGE! Also stop discussing the past and it's not about being Gujarati, Marathi or Punjabi, etc. It's about being INDIAN---an egalitarian!

[niravmehta1986]

Well now you, sonu nigam! please tell one more thing! if gujarat can give that beautiful song to the world then gujarat never can be harmful. gujaraties are really loving and caring. "the real past is not godhra but the real future is gujarat!"

[nudepal]

kay ko shanpatti karta hai tum? it was just real what happened post godhra. it would come after every godhra.