My Blue Speck

For years, I have thought that Music would make a good religion. But there possibly are more kinds of music than there are religions. So basically, music would just become another way of dividing us into more groups, which is exactly the opposite of what a good religion should be.

Also, I don’t hate, or feel even the slightest level of dislike towards any religion. But when it comes to music… there are a few, so-called-artists, towards whom I feel great hatred. Actually, not towards them, just their music. And I am definitely not pleasant when I’m forced to listen to it. Quite a few of my like-minded friends also feel the same way.

So perhaps music is best left as what it is, just music, almost whatever you want it to be. It makes you cry, it makes you smile, tap your feet, dance along, groove to it. It is a tool, a medium, a release, a prayer, perhaps even a  place you can call home.

Personally, I prefer music in it’s “purer” form, as just music, minus the words and all. It almost seems like cheating. You were supposed to express whatever you were feeling through only music, yet you chose to put in “subtitles” in the form of lyrics. Which is why I prefer songs by Joe Satriani, and lately even classical music, both Indian and Western.

Love Thing (Joe Satriani) speaks to me in ways that no words ever can. The music of Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) just grips me and takes me to a different place. To be honest, I’ve never even tried to think about what the lyrics mean! Our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, another song who’s lyrics elude me, has this haunting tune that, for some reason, just makes me feel immensely sad. Perhaps Tagore got it wrong, because, I think that a National Anthem should sound happy and cheerful. It should make you feel proud of your country, while reminding you of her past. Something like Waving Flag  (K’naan), would be my suggestion.

So after a month of my alleged return, I am finally writing my first post this year, as a married man . Although, I must mention that this post has absolutely nothing to do with marriages and weddings n all.