MUMBAI, April 27: Savage Garden-if the name is any indication then this would be just the grist for the Script and Stage Performances Scrutiny Board's Morality Mill. The committee, reactivated after Minister for Cultural Affairs' Pramod Navalkar's strictures on rock music is at present busy pouring over the lyrics of the Aussie boy band that is scheduled to play in town on May 2 at the SNDT Grounds.This is slated to be the first major show by an international gig after Michael Jackson in 1996.And going by the scrutinising committee's reactions so far, there should be no hitch in the show. Most of the popular Savage Garden numbers are squeaky clean. There are no F words and rude allusions to human anatomy in Truly, madly, deeply or `To the moon & back - two of their biggest chartbusters.However, the culture policemen are in a bit of a dilemma over ``four lines'' of another number - Universe. The said lines in the romantic ballad go: ``Well I'd like to take you, as I find you/ Imagine our clothes are onthe floor/ Feel my caress so soft and gentle/ So delicate, you cry for more.'' The board chairman, Shantaram Nandgaonkar, said if all the 17 members agreed that the lyrics of Universe were erotic or even mildly vulgar, they would have to ask the organisers to delete them.And his team is not stopping at just that. They'll be at the venue also watching your every step. ``We will not stand any form of vulgarity from the audience.they too have to maintain some decorum during the show,'' Nandgaonkar said. He elaborated that shouting obscenities or ``dancing in a vulgar fashion'' would be considered bad manners.``We will be sending our men to the show to ensure that none of the members in the audience take off their shirts and dance wildly,'' he added. He, however, is not against dancing per se. He said that since chairs haven't been provided for the audience at the venue, they might as well dance. But, it should be in ``proper manner'' without hurting ``anybody's sentiments.''The band comprising DanielJones and Darren Hayes is being brought to India by a Bangalore-based company DNA Networks Private Ltd. The Australian pair met four years ago in a local bar in Brisbane and their songs have been international hits.Apart from Savage Garden, the Board may soon have to deal with the British rockers Paul Dianno of Iron Maiden and Jess Cox of Tygers of Pan Tang. Both are slated to perform in Mumbai and Pune in the second week of May.Their lyrics, however, have not yet been submitted to the Scrutiny Board. ``I have to tell Paul Dianno in advance not to use abuses like the `F' word when he performs in India,'' said a worried Michael Waidande, director of Fight Against Narcotics (FAN), which is organising the show.
