It was 7:45pm on Saturday the 17th day of September 2005...

By Ali Anari

     It was 7:45pm on Saturday the 17th day of September 2005, we entered the great western forum. Only    one word can explain the situation outside and around the building and that is "Crowded" this was the mecca of googoosh fans this was the one location in the world that love was being shared and smile was everything that you could see. After parking out car I called my friends and they had already been seated inside the building with 16000 full capacity including the backstage.

     We had to line up for the security check before entering the Erena, after all America is at war and with a crowned of at least 14000-15000 security is not an option but a must. Just like passing through the airport each and every googoosh fans had to enter through metal detectors, this was no problem for many people who all they though about was to get in and to see their love perform.

     We were seated at around 8pm yet the croud continued to rush in through the hour. it was around 9:10pm when the lights went off and more peopled rushed in. let the concert begine.... "yeki bood yeki nabood gheir az sedaa hich ki nabood" Shahyar ghanbari spoke of googoosh and opened the night to heaven when he said "sahneye ma ghazal poosh.... SEDA SEDAYE GOOGOOSH" at this time you could not hear your ears.. the croud went bolistic. The over tour of Talagh was played and googoosh entered in an angelic wonderful orange-yellow dress flashy but classy yet sexy and gorgeous... She opened her arms and bowed her fans and waisted no time to say: "didin goftam mishe... didin shod" she was not in panic like her first world tour this was a different googoosh, this was more like googoosh's daughter, she was 30 years younger and happier and she was GOOGOOSH...

     The first song was chellenesheen which is googoosh's favorite and ours too. what a performance you could hear a pin drop the crowd was just speachless. She then started to sing the golden songs of before 1979 and she sang them all one after another but not in full yet full indeed. full was the word of the night, full of love, full of dance, full of googoosh style magic.

     Googoosh stepped away from the stage and Kambiz came on the stage with his dancers and sang chocolate... Kambiz then brought 4 soccor balls and said these balls have Googoosh's signature and Ali Daie's signature on them who wants them, and the crowd went nuts.. he through them to 4 different corners of the building.

     Googoosh then came on the stage in a dashing sexy RED dress that bloow everyone mind. "is this Googoosh" everyone called. OH MY GOD she was lovely and SEXY!!! can you imagine how she was.. She had coloured eyes and a no match style of dance that was seen no where before..

     She sang some songs and killed some people in her red dress she called on Ali daie and  Bijan the Beverly hills designer, and Zia atabai and others who were present there at the concert and thanked them. She then sang few more songs including her new sings from manifest then called on people and  said: " we will returned in 20 minutes and then I like to see everyone has 1 manifest in their hand" people screamed and went ballistic and responded "not one but ten".

     The second half was even better, Googoosh came with a blue lavish dress with her her this time down and danced like there is no tomorrow, there were fans who could not breath one person beside me was coming down with low blood pressure and she was just not well, and Googoosh was just rocking the stage in front of 14000+ crowned of Persians and non-Persians...

     At the same time each song that was performed the screen behind her displayed the name of the songs writer, composer and the arrangers and showed videos where applicable. at the end of the show the screen ran the credits and special thanks with pictures to go with it. it was highly professional and once again unique.

     Googoosh mentioned that because people had come late she had to cut the show shorter due to Forum policy and she skipped some pages regretfully. maybe People will learn to one day show up on time at concerts like this.

     Among the most notable songs that was not performed by Googoosh was "pishkesh", "koli", "kooh", "mordab". "zartosht the album". Among last news the album all songs were performed except "pire mashregh".Among most memorable songs that were performed was "man amadeam, makhloogh, khalvat, I believe".Among manifest she sang 3 songs... tracks 1, 2, 8.She sang most of the duets with Mehrdad including "nasle ma" and this one specially she maxed out her voice even though she had a cold...

     Googoosh mentioned at the beginning of the concert that she had a cold and that she was sorry yet there is nothing she could do to control its occurrence. But don't let that fool you, her voice did not resemble that of a sick person at all. She was the same googoosh only better...