Music and Lyrics

Today, I made use of the best technology I've come across for a while now. We'd gone for some Froyo (frozen yogurt) with some of my friends to our favorite place in Squirrel Hill, Razzy Fresh. As I entered the parlor I heard a familiar song. A song which I'd heard consciously and sub consciously on several occasions in places like coffee shops, ice cream parlors, malls, cafeterias....always faintly playing in the background.

I never really new what the song was, but I knew that I really liked it. So, I told this whole story to one of my friends. Also stating that I wish I had knew which song this was so that I could download it.

My friend, the proud owner of an i-phone said "I can help you there!". He just held the i-phone close to one of the speakers and triggered an application. Soon the application spat out the band, album and song name. To my delight of course. Now thats another reason to buy an i-pad :)

By the way, this is a really nice song. I'm glad I can hear it without falling to pieces in desperate search for it. Thanks to my friend and his i-phone.

http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-script/breakeven-falling-to-pieces/GB1100900335

And the lyrics

http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/the+script/Falling+To+Pieces/

Choti Si Baat

There are probably not more than a couple of movies I've seen more often than this one. Its one of the cutest movies ever made - simple, entertaining and insightful. I don't know who this actress is, but she's so right for the part! Amol Palekar, on the other hand, is at his usual best. Colonel Julius Nagrendranath Wilfred Singh has given my so many kicks and highs as a kid. I thank my mom for introducing me to this genre of cinema and Choti Si Baat is my favorite amongst the lot.

I hope this song had a piano version. I can even imagine it in my mind's ear. The song has a beautiful melody and is sung with casual brilliance. Maybe the next time I get my hands on the piano, I'll try this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h1Vc_ur0Dg

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow"

Leaving Home

I just spent my best few days in this country last week, visiting a friend in a part of the globe I hadn't even heard of before last year. Now that I'm back to Pittsburgh, I feel like I'm back to KGP after the winter break.

Amongst several things we did in those few days, was playing cards. Of course, with music in the background...great speakers too! We heard our favorite tracks, revisited some forgotten songs and traveled across the dimensions of time and space in music.

But for some very weird reason, this song stood out in my memory. It connected probably as a true representation of the house, rather home, that I visited. Just like the "gaon" in the song, there was love in the air and a feeling of being loved.

If you know me, you know what I'm talking about and whom this post is dedicated to.

http://new.saavn.com/search/virasat

Song: Ek Tha Raja

By the way...this was an awesome movie, with shockingly good music from Anu Malik.

Other songs from the film are also highly recommended.

Try,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAzmlFpDg7A

"Melody and rhythm find their way to the secret places of the soul"