This is how it is . . .

~Musical Journey Till Now.~

I am Looking inside.. trying to remember the songs / artists that I have come to love over the 25 years of my life. And in doing so I enjoy the process of reminiscing about those days, finding and listening to those songs over again.. and sharing with you all.. with a different perspective on each.

(I have *never* been an avid listener of music, only till recently..when I have had all the free time in the world to do so.)

‘Papa Kehte Hai’

This song from QSQT, is special among all the songs. I very vividly remember, my mom teaching me the dance steps for this song when I was in UKG. The pic on the right is when I performed during the fancy Dress Competition. Guess What? I won! . Years from that time, when anyone asked me.. who was my favorite actor? My response was Aamir Khan.. and the reason?.. since I won the fancy dress comp. and the song was that of Aamir..(how intelligent ). It has remained so since then. Favorite actor – Aamir Khan.. reasons for that have changed though

Playing guitar to the tune of Papa Kehte Hai

‘Dheere Dheere Se’

This is not really a song- I *listened* to. One tends to hum songs unknowingly he/she listens to around them (which happened to be my parents in this case). In particular .. it was my Dad! He used to play the Aashiqui cassette in repeat(!), Imagine, the song playing *dheere dheere* (slowly) and we running around the house! I must admit though that the song remains a classic.. and has found a place in my playlist.

Mālavikāgnimitram (Not really a song)
This was not really a song, but an ‘act’ I did during a play in my 8th Standard. I played the prince Agnimitra. And must admit that, I still laugh at the thought of playing that role! I almost got married during the act! really! to whom? my teacher’s daughter! But then, I could not refuse the role also, as it was offered to me by the same teacher!
Details about the play? Really? Have a laugh.. look below

The play tells the story of the love of King Agnimitra, the Shunga king of Vidisha, for the beautiful hand-maiden of his chief queen. He falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant girl named Mālavikā. When the queen discovers her husband’s passion for this girl, she becomes infuriated and has Mālavikā imprisoned, but as fate would have it, in the end she is discovered to be of royal birth and is accepted as one of his queens.

The play was actually enacted as though the queen gets me (oops!) – the King Agnimitra married to Malavika (another girl).  Kinda weird, but wishful indeed!

Dev-Anand Songs
All of them. Yes. ALL. This is just another instance about repeat songs on the cassette player . Courtsey: My Dad

Angrez

This was an era, when a silly teenager wanted to compete with listening to whatever YouCanGetYourHandsOn – but strictly English songs so as to one-up his friends. But frankly, never liked any of them.. Except a few.. which were good tap tap .. like.. Brazil , Lavinda Vida Loca .

Teens

Things changed. Hormones started having their effect. And the love for romantic / melodious songs been evident since.  Those days were made memorable by BoyZone, Bryan Adams, Enrique Iglesias, Kishore Da and a lot of other artists. Most memorable songs being Zara-Zara, Mere Rang mein, Words are hard to find, Look into my eyes. ..

Hormones, really helped me explore new artists.

After-Effect.

This time was when The Beatles rose to stardom in my musicverse.. and would continue to rock it for eternity, for reasons very close to my heart.

“In the End by Linking Park” , “No Reply / Norwegian Wood  etc by Beatles”

The BE Dance.

And then there was that ShahRukh Khan dance during my Final Year of Engineering. How memorable! Please watch through that video, so as to have the Laughing Dose of the Day. Its on my FB profile.

Currently.?

Priscilla Ahn … when sings a Lullaby – I go to sleep. Such is the power of her very very soothing, melodious voice. Very similar to Dido infact.

Since I would like to know, about what have been your favorite artists over the years… consider this as a TAG. and blog about it.

To make the tag clear…

List down 5 songs running through your mind / Playlist right now.

Dhan Te Nan ( Kaminey)

Where the streets have no name (U2)

Norwegian Wood (The Beatles)

Raat ke dhai Baje .. (Kaminey)

Ama Ye.. Ama Yo (gangsta blues) (Slumdog Millionaire)

What are yours? People who are tagged by default are  Nidhi, Anoop, Chinmay, Prashant, Rujuta and Night-Flier

*This post does not entirely / necessarily capture the songs .artists / hums I love.