Friday, September 13, 2013

A song on my lips, a thought on my mind

So we've all heard of the "Oh when I listen to this song, I'm reminded of this place I was driving through, this person cos I had a crush on him/her and I used to listen to it a lot when I thought about him/her and I went through a lot of tissues back then cos I had to cry a lot and this is so mushy I should be shot or eaten up like that Bournville ad".

Right? No? Hmm. Weird.

Anyway, given the fact that music affects me (like actually affects at a neurotic (neuronic?) level n shit) and certain pieces of music tend to affect me slightly more than the othersulu, I tend to attach a lot of importance to what kinda music I listen to and each of the pieces that I do. However, I'm kinda lazy/scared to go looking out for new music cos I feel I might get let down by searching for crap and also heng hudkbeku anta gottilla..Top of the charts 2011? Best rock music of 2012? Critically acclaimed progressive rock? Best upcoming fusion artists?

Sometimes I tend to get links to bands like Therapeutic Lizards (TM), Megalomaniacal Vulvas, Depressed Voodoo Maidens.

Most of the time. And I'm a picky ass, so I tend to be havings a bad juju in this and slightly disappointed I end up.

So to avoid, I rely on recommendations. I give encourage* to ppl to send me links, give me pointers, recommend stuff that they've liked. And mostly ppl around me have something in common with me wrt musical tastes, so there's a high chance that they'll send across something I like, 1, maybe 2 out of 3 times at least. If not I shoot them in the head like Tommy Lee Jones does in MIB.

Anyway, the main point of this post is that I have a slightly different hash tag when I'm listening to a song. I also remember, almost automatically, who introduced me to a particular song, and give a vote of thanks now n then. It's for songs that have had an impact on me, and the person leaves an imprint; a whiff of a good memory. Of course, some songs also have a nicely painful association which won't be delved into here (for cliche avoidance and aforementioned heartache reasons).

A sample list, and a smidgen of gratitude to the folks who made me n the song one :)

White Room (Cream) - Partha
One More Time (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - Sac
Tangerine (Led Zep) - Pragnya
Clearly Quite Absurd (Deep Purple) - Venky
Fragile (Sting+Stevie) - Sheetal
Long Train Running (Doobie Brothers), Nothing Rhymed (Gilbert Sullivan), Wild World (Cat Stevens),                    Mary had a little lamb(Stevie Ray Vaughan) - Bruce Lee Mani (Amen!)
Free as a Bird - Deepthi
Rocky theme - Madhu

... (three dots means list goes on but right now I've to get to work and can't right anymore OK?)

Hopefully the people reading this will listen to something from the list and link me with it? :)

* : The grammar error in "give encourage" is so funny it's addictive; I've started using it in serious contexts too.