When I was growing up,I had the chance of listening to various kinds of music. Hindi music was there but the scenario then was completely different. With no cable television(So no MTV!!!) it was the good old doordarshan that gave us our weekly feed of hindi music through its staple(now legendary) programme like chitrahar. Along with that my parents ensured that I listened to all sorts of Bengali music which included Rabindrasangeet and adhunik (modern) songs of stalwarts like Hemanta Mukhopadhayay, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Shyamal Mitra and so on. Most importantly, thanks to my mother I had the chance to listen to some lovely English music, artists such as Cliff Richards, Boney M, ABBA etc.
Well being an Iconoclast(!) I always wanted to listen something different, but as the older generations are, mother would dismiss new generation English songs as crap(Well that’s not exactly the word he used!), but I remained inquisitive. Finally MTV came to our household and lo!! Bryan Adams entered my life sending me to cloud number nine. I was blown away, but still I felt something was missing. In one my coaching classes I would often some of my friends speaking weird names. One day I asked them what were they talking of? In response to that one of my friends simply pulled my hand and wrote something no it. It read “LINKIN PARK”. Foolishly I asked(Naivety being my forte) where did this park exist., only to be slapped on my head.
The next day, one of my dear friends , Dwaipayan told me it is high time that I started listening to some quality music and recommended me Guns n’ Roses. But unfortunately for me the imported cassette was way too expensive (I got a measly pocket money during my school days).I lingered on, hoping that one day I will g
et to listen to ‘real” music.
Finally after acquiring a PC I got to listen GnR. First song I heard “you’re crazy”.Slow guitar rifts and then………madness .I was blown (yes again) and this time there was complete satisfaction. Gnr still remains one of my favorite bands even though my horizon has widened considerably.
Well being an Iconoclast(!) I always wanted to listen something different, but as the older generations are, mother would dismiss new generation English songs as crap(Well that’s not exactly the word he used!), but I remained inquisitive. Finally MTV came to our household and lo!! Bryan Adams entered my life sending me to cloud number nine. I was blown away, but still I felt something was missing. In one my coaching classes I would often some of my friends speaking weird names. One day I asked them what were they talking of? In response to that one of my friends simply pulled my hand and wrote something no it. It read “LINKIN PARK”. Foolishly I asked(Naivety being my forte) where did this park exist., only to be slapped on my head.
The next day, one of my dear friends , Dwaipayan told me it is high time that I started listening to some quality music and recommended me Guns n’ Roses. But unfortunately for me the imported cassette was way too expensive (I got a measly pocket money during my school days).I lingered on, hoping that one day I will g
et to listen to ‘real” music.Finally after acquiring a PC I got to listen GnR. First song I heard “you’re crazy”.Slow guitar rifts and then………madness .I was blown (yes again) and this time there was complete satisfaction. Gnr still remains one of my favorite bands even though my horizon has widened considerably.
1 comment:
how about the classical instrumentals? Knowing you, well this article does place certain other hues of yours upfront!
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