Monday, November 21, 2011

Just a day? Definitely not.

If majesty were to be defined with an example, look no further ahead of this one from the legendary Balamuralikrishna. As I have mentioned earlier, he is one of my favourite vocalists, this song being no lesser than any other as a reason. Needless to say, his concert was the event I most looked forward to last Saarang. (What transpired during the concert itself is a different, rather unfortunate story.)

Oru Naal Podhuma, as sung by M.Balamuralikrishna for the movie Thiruvilayadal.



Also should be mentioned the mangalam of his own composition with which he usually concludes concerts. (Trust me, some day in the future I will be able to tell which ragam it is by listening to it.)


Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Watch out, the world's behind you

After coming across a mention of The Velvet Underground somewhere recently, I decided to give this legendary 60's band a try. Cited as one of the most influential groups in the history of rock music, they faced surprisingly little commercial success. Quoting Wikipedia quoting someone, "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band". Though I just started on them two or three days ago, I've been haunted by their songs ever since. Here are a couple.

Sunday Morning, by The Velvet Underground.



Beginning to See the Light, by The Velvet Underground.


I'm sure they have many more such awaiting me.

PS: About the sentence with the quote above - start a quotation in a sentence, end it in the sentence. Put the period after the quotation mark. I believe this makes more sense than the commonly adopted alternative.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

As Darwin once said

(If I am ever unable to meet any deadline of any sort over here, blame it on my Operating Systems Lab.)

I discovered The Kinks earlier this week. I only hope there await me many more such discoveries that are as pleasurable.

Two songs this week too. Both by The Kinks, of course.



Apeman, by The Kinks.


And my favourite of theirs,
Lola, by The Kinks.


Also check out Autumn Almanac and You Really Got Me, for which they're most famous.