The drudgeries of life
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
November Rain
It was well past midnight, yet sleep refused to entertain me.
Insomnia is a nice girl friend, but it's when she becomes your wife that all hell breaks loose. Then sleep also refuses to be a good mistress.
Way up on the 11th floor, at this ungodly hour, the silence is deafening... Not even the crickets can be heard.
And that's when the rhythmic pitter-patter breaches the calmness. Yep, it's November rain.
Standing on my balcony, it felt as if hundreds of stars had descended to Earth, acquiring a yellow tinge in the process, and I was observing this lot through a constantly downward-moving tattered curtain.
And then the background music starts off as if on cue. Guns n' Roses, November Rain. Coincidence?
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
Do they have songs for every context? Or is it we who discover something relevant in songs to match the situation we're in?
Whatever.
Like Steven Tyler sang it once, "... I could stay lost in this moment... forever"
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Nothing like it!
Long long ago, I had seen this movie named Aa gale lag ja... good ol' Hindi movie from the yesteryears!
After all these years, I have somehow managed to retain in my memory one of its songs even though I've forgotten what the movie was all about (save for details like Shashi Kapoor and his handicapped son singing songs in and around a skating rink somewhere in Himachal).
Tera mujhse hai pehle ka naata koi is one helluva awesome song, and though I love strumming a plethora of songs on the guitar, this one has gotta be my favorite!
Love playing this stanza in particular:
Waadein gaye baatein gayii, bheegi bheegi raatein gayii,
Chahe jise mila nahin, toh bhi koi gila nahin...
Apna toh kya jiye mare chahe kuch ho,
Tujhko toh jeena raas aayega...
Jaane tu, ya jaane na... maane tu, ya maane na...
I wish I could've translated it, but I'm tired of being lost in translation...
Just soak it in, will ya? :)
