Saturday, May 06, 2006
Thank you for the music
Music makes me smile, laugh, sing along, cry, sink, soar, all pumped up, melancholic, ecstatic, and other myriad emotions that really just have to be felt to be known.
Some of the best moments that I've felt ....
Lying on my back in front of the hostel mess, looking up at the starry sky, listening to "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (the 23 minute version) and slipping away into the soundscape.
Dim lights in the room and listening to Ghulam Ali ghazals, with his mastery over voice modulation, and that hint of playful mischief when he stretches the timing of his smooth voice over an extra bar. I almost see him smiling through on some of his classics like "Hungama kyon hai barpa" though I have never seen him live to have memories of the same.
Being part of the crowd at Independence Rock/Mood Indigo and headbanging away to some classic heavy metal without worrying at all about the headache that I would be having for the next two days.
Alanis Morissette's angst-ridden lyrics and unconventional singing, Kishore Kumar's voice crooning out those golden melodies, Hemant Kumar's soulful numbers where his voice quivers and brings on those goosebumps, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) when he bites on his angry lyrics and riffs away on some really complex rhythm pieces, Hetfield's (Metallica) deep baritone on Nothing Else Matters, Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey when they soar away to the upper reaches of singing limits, stay there and deliver a lungful, Mark Knopfler's staccato song delivery and beautiful finger-picking, Pantera's complex structures, throaty growls and blazing, killer leads, grand Western Classical pieces, Joe Satriani when he creates path-breaking music on his guitar that most just hope to learn in a lifetime, Bob Marley's reggae which almost makes you start hopping on your feet and sway along, 80's pop with its wonderful tunes, Karen Carpenter with her poignant lyrics and emotion-laden voice, the crazy antics of The Doors, Nirvana's radical chord progressions, Eddie Vedder's (Pearl Jam) unique singing style, Slash's leads that cut through and countless other gurus!!
Music takes me places far away. Immersed completely, I don't need any other "influences" to get high as can be.
Thank you for the music!
Some of the best moments that I've felt ....
Lying on my back in front of the hostel mess, looking up at the starry sky, listening to "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (the 23 minute version) and slipping away into the soundscape.
Dim lights in the room and listening to Ghulam Ali ghazals, with his mastery over voice modulation, and that hint of playful mischief when he stretches the timing of his smooth voice over an extra bar. I almost see him smiling through on some of his classics like "Hungama kyon hai barpa" though I have never seen him live to have memories of the same.
Being part of the crowd at Independence Rock/Mood Indigo and headbanging away to some classic heavy metal without worrying at all about the headache that I would be having for the next two days.
Alanis Morissette's angst-ridden lyrics and unconventional singing, Kishore Kumar's voice crooning out those golden melodies, Hemant Kumar's soulful numbers where his voice quivers and brings on those goosebumps, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) when he bites on his angry lyrics and riffs away on some really complex rhythm pieces, Hetfield's (Metallica) deep baritone on Nothing Else Matters, Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey when they soar away to the upper reaches of singing limits, stay there and deliver a lungful, Mark Knopfler's staccato song delivery and beautiful finger-picking, Pantera's complex structures, throaty growls and blazing, killer leads, grand Western Classical pieces, Joe Satriani when he creates path-breaking music on his guitar that most just hope to learn in a lifetime, Bob Marley's reggae which almost makes you start hopping on your feet and sway along, 80's pop with its wonderful tunes, Karen Carpenter with her poignant lyrics and emotion-laden voice, the crazy antics of The Doors, Nirvana's radical chord progressions, Eddie Vedder's (Pearl Jam) unique singing style, Slash's leads that cut through and countless other gurus!!
Music takes me places far away. Immersed completely, I don't need any other "influences" to get high as can be.
Thank you for the music!
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splendid! (a very boring adjective, compared to the ones u've used, but nevertheless.....)
Loved this one "Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) when he bites on his angry lyrics"..... even though i don't have the nerve to listen to Megadeth, i get the essence :)
You might want to check out the latest entry at sidin.blogspot.com, he's looking for a handful of writers... who knows, u could chip in as a music critic!
Loved this one "Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) when he bites on his angry lyrics"..... even though i don't have the nerve to listen to Megadeth, i get the essence :)
You might want to check out the latest entry at sidin.blogspot.com, he's looking for a handful of writers... who knows, u could chip in as a music critic!
# posted by 
: May 08, 2006 8:03 PM
: May 08, 2006 8:03 PM
hey,
could quite identify with the emotion...u really gotta have it in u to feel it... there's no high in life as much as music can give...
One thing though-even though u play the guitar primarily, have u ever felt this way: when the first strains of voice(or the strings in case of the guitar) floats out through the mic,perfectly clear and resonant with the note you are hittin, doesn't it just feel like hot lava searing thru ur feet into ur guts,and suddenly this incredible heat goes thru a flip and tumbles gushing down like turbulently,cold waterfall, leaving u lightheaded and dazed in just a few notes??!!
just a thought...
-deepthy.
could quite identify with the emotion...u really gotta have it in u to feel it... there's no high in life as much as music can give...
One thing though-even though u play the guitar primarily, have u ever felt this way: when the first strains of voice(or the strings in case of the guitar) floats out through the mic,perfectly clear and resonant with the note you are hittin, doesn't it just feel like hot lava searing thru ur feet into ur guts,and suddenly this incredible heat goes thru a flip and tumbles gushing down like turbulently,cold waterfall, leaving u lightheaded and dazed in just a few notes??!!
just a thought...
-deepthy.
Forgot to add this... yes indeed Thank God we have "know" of r sensitivity of each frequency of sound we know as music... and for the silences between them, that we can identify as rhythm...
:)
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