About Googoosh

[pachekhar]

Very very very nice

[Ahmaad]

Ofcourse Googoosh tekrar nashodaniye!
Vali nazare shakhsie man eene ke bayad bishar ghadre khodesho bedoone!

Va harchiiiiii zoodtar az een aghaye Mehrdad Asemani joda beshe! "Akharin Khabar" ro right! khosham oomad , but dige daran hamoon formula ro over use mikonan! Specially ahangaye 2sedayi shooon...
Be nazaram Googoosh arzeshesh kehili bishtar az eenas va bayad bere ba bozorgan kar kone!! ta dobare beshe "Googoosh" hamishegi!

[mpakwood]

Although I can not yet see the images posted, I really enjoyed reading your posts about the legendary Googoosh.

My only gripe of her is that I wish she did not mix herself so much with the Los Angeles musical scene and would have kept herself in the high legendary position that she's always been known for ! To me, most of her new material, particularly those made by Mehrdad Asemani will diminish from her status in the long run; which is real shame. She should do what other legendary "super stars" do such as Barbara Streisand, where they come out to perform publicly once every few years and thus create an atmosphere of anticipation among the fans, exactly the same way Googoosh was viewed when she first arrived in Canada back in 2000. Today, she has become another LA style singer who is very "accessible" and should one miss one of her many concerts, another one will be around the corner in a few months.

I realize that most dear members here are die hard fans of this legendary diva and I include myself in that very list. I hope everyone understands that my comments are not meant to hurt anyone's feelings, nor to harm Googoosh's untouchable image. I only echo what many notable musicians have already said about her overuse of "formula" songs in the last 2 albums. I only hope and pray that she too does not fall victim to the money driven LA musical society; where making a quick buck is the name of the game among most big name singers, including those with highly respectable pasts!!!

[kamran]

Video is vey nice, she is always different.

[kamran]

Ahmaad aziz ba shoma movafegham, be omide hamkariye googoosh ba bozorgane music iran va payan dadan be hamkari ba mehrdad bekhosoos hamsedaee ke dige tekrari shode.

I LOVE GOOGOOSH
SHE IS UNIQUE
SHE IS THE BEST

[honia2002]

haven't seen that yet, shuold go check it out!

[progordie]

"Shabe Sepid" behtarin ahange Googoosh bad az Enghelab hast.

Vaghaen Mehrdady yedafam ke shode yek ahange sangin rouye shere Sharyare Ghambari baraye Googoosh besaze.

Omidvaram to albume jadid bishtar az in ahanghaye ziba vojoud dashte bashe.

Arash

[merwais]

nice

This is a nice song!

[nh1366]

You guys cant be serious!! whats soo great about that cheap video?

[Rasputin]

GOOGOSH - FOREVER BEAUTIFUL

As the Iranian Diva prepares for her New York debut at Madison Square Garden, her fans get geared up to receive her. The concert is scheduled for October 21st and will be attended by young and old from all over the world. Googoosh will reportedly sing some of her old time favorites as well as hits from her latest album 'Manifest'. The concert will be broadcast in Iran through La-based satellite stations.

Googosh, with her unforgettable beauty, shares some of her latest photos with us.

[DokhtarIrooni]

jigaresho beram!!! in ahangash koshte mano!!!

[IQ]

I am NOT a big fan actually not her fan at all.

[Rasputin]

NY OCT 2006

[Rasputin]

Googoosh & Mehrdad show in New York

OK! It is good to go to any Googoosh event. But I had a hard time convincing myself to go to this one in New York's Madison Square Garden last weekend for one obvious reason: I can not tolerate Mehrdad. After this show, he proved how right I am to feel this way. Please note that I purposely call the event a "show" and not a concert. It did not have the quality of a concert. It was way different than the one we drove to all the way from New Jersey to Toronto six and a half years ago.

The show started exactly at 9 PM. Impressive, yeh! Googoosh showed up on stage without any announcement and started with singing "Talagh". Then she made a gelaayeh (light complaint) about our habbit of being late and went on to say that the show would start regardless. She mentioned that she was honored by the presence of members of the "Pahlavi Family" (KHOSHHAALAM KE DAR HOZOORE KHAANDAANE PAHLAVI HASTAM). She then delivered an excellent medley that drove all of us crazy.

After a few more songs disaster happened... she called Mehrdad on stage for a duet. The audience was not ecstatic! No applauding! The music started and Mehrdad jumped in with his jeans and loose shirt. Then the music paused. He saluted the audience but did not hear any response back. He said "Baba Salaam!" and then went on to say how honored he was being in front of Pahlavis. He said that he remembered a time he was a nobody (probably referring to the time the Pahlavis were in power) and now he is performing in their presence! He said his knees were shaking..."I love you," he said.

I have nothing against the Pahlavis but the dialogue and the act was not up to the moment. Before the show started, when Mrs. Farah Pahlavi arrived and took her chair, people noticed her and clapped. She bowed and showed her respect to them. The Madison Squer Garden theater is not huge but not everyone noticed her. The song was "Akharin Khabar" and Googoosh started off tune. Mehrdad made it worse and it turned out to be torture!

After that, he stayed and she left. They did the same for the rest of the show taking turns. "If you want me you have to hear him!" that was my impression from the whole show. Mehrdad sang all his unremarkably cheap songs off tune. It was not hard to notice that, even though I am not familiar with his songs.

In general, Googoosh was witty and joking in between: "Once when I was khooneh nehsin (forced to stay home after the revolution), we were invited to Ghasem-Abad. You know, Ghasem-Abad, Ghasem-Ababdi dance?! Our host was preparing eggplants for Mirza Ghasemi and her husband was peeling off garlic, ignoring his surroundings. After a while, one of the guests asked him whether he realized who I am. He looked at me and said that my face looked familiar. The surprised guest asked how he did not know that I am Googoosh! The guy looked again and said "Owoo! Chetor toro nakoshtan?! (Wow! How come they didn't kill you?!)"

Googoosh performed "Man Amedeh-am", "Kaj Kolah Khan" and an Azari song "Golli Golli Tomani" with her unique dancing and adaa atvaar! She was repeatedly saying "You folks are asking too much. I am short of breath!... " And I was thinking how right she is! Why do we have to drive her to the point to sing "Kaj kolah khan"? Could we not sit and enjoy her magical concert rather than her show? She has all the elements of a great artist and can sing forever favorites like "Pol", "Do Panjareh", "Gonjeshkaa"...

What happened from Toronto to New York in less than seven years? Where are her values? I do not know how long this will last, but even people are showing their feelings toward Mehrdad openly! She would be a fool not to understand what is going on! We paid for Googoosh so why do we have to be disturbed by Mehrdad? He can not draw 6,000 people in years. He needs to realize his strength. To me, he is a great musician. We need a petition to ask Googoosh to stop having Mehrdad in her concerts! Maybe there is one and I am not aware of it!

[Parinaz_M]

Pictures of Googoosh