I Pink therefore I am…

As I do every few months I was cleaning out my music CDs and DVDs today. They have a habit of getting into the wrong cases and then finally disappear without a trace especially if they are very expensive or rare. While doing this I noticed something peculiar. Peculiar because I am an engineer MBA and, as everyone knows, engineer MBAs like the sort of music they can listen to while lounging on grass and breathing in fresh clean air and, especially, vice versa. But wait. I actually have albums by people like:

Enigma
Bryan Adams
Dire Straits
Boyzone
Bon Jovi
Yanni
The Bee Gees
Hootie and the Blowfish
Boney M etc. etc.

While I completely detest Metallica, Iron Maiden and all of those types and have nothing by them. Even when it comes to Pink Floyd I can hardly stand just a couple of tracks (Gasp! You say?). I find most of the songs just too weird. To me it all sounds like:

(Deep booming sound)

Completely wasted guy: Coming intooh the dahrkness…

(Twang… boom)

Anywhere-ere-ere but where you are… are…are (echo echo)

(Crash… shuffle shuffle… pouring water…)

Light is where the truth begins to gargle

(Crash… tinkle tinkle… bang…)

The smoke is green… or blue… even (very grave vocals…) magentaaaaaahhhhhh (climax then fade)

Repeat

You get the picture right. But I also find Raveena Tandon very hot, Celina Jaitley an eyesore and I positively adore Amisha Patel. Nothing makes my heebie-jeebies go hubba-hubba like Kareena Kapoor. Is this a problem? Will I become socially outcast? Am I abnormal?

I am scared… scared… scared… scared… (Twang!… CRASH)

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Pantha

I think Sidin learnt not to comment about music - there was kind of an unanimity against his taste. Well it's good for the readers (and himself)! Goodluck with the new book by the way. Can I get hold of a copy in London?
PS: Metallica Rocks - you need to play the guitar to understand them!! In India, you might not get music which are a bit alternative like Goo Goo Dolls or Jack Johnson - try those if you can. They are good *but* should be about your taste. A last word of caution: stop listening to Boyzone otherwise I (and I am sure a few more) will stop reading your posts ;).
Somdeb Sengupta

Dude .. i happen to see your blog after being refered by a frnd .. i liked a few .. but with this one u disappointed me ... ur comments about Pink Floyd really hurt .. yes ... see .. no1 is perfect ..and so u r ... u ve a good grip over language but i must say .. ur music taste .. well nothing .. u lack taste in this field ..
K

You are really good!!!(the posts) n thats all I wanna say.
Floyd

All kinds of opinions!

Floyd rules is an eternal fact.

And as they say, it takes all sorts to make the world
deruda

I think you achieved your goal...wanted to stir things up a bit, and you did, n how!

Because personally, I don't think there could be people that went 'hot' about the women you mentioned.

And music, well, there are dudes that faint on hearing Himmesh Reshammiya (I hope I din't spoil his numerological niceties with the spelling), so youo could co-exist with them.

All I can say is that Bon Jovi was probably wiping his snot on his elder sister's frock when Iron Maiden were rocking away...
Barbienan

For sure if u r positive about Amisha Patel as an actress then abnormal.But it shouldnt bother you. Seeing the number of commentators in your blog it doesnt seem so that u r or may be outcasted..
In The Shadows

I havent read all comments. Just wanted to say that PinkFloyd actually grows on you. You wont like it at first. Listen to the few radio-friendly ones couple of times and move to the wierder ones.

BTW, even I find the earlier albums of PF a bit strange. Those were the days when they were high on drugs. Which album did you listen to. I recommend that you start listening to Pink Floyd with "Division Bell" and then the Wall. The wall is bit like what you described, but follow the lyrics. One of the best lyrics I have ever heard. Not for nothing was the PF leadman Roger Waters considered the best lyricist.

On Raveena, I too found her hot. Curves at the right places and the right amount of chubbiness. ;-) Same for Amisha. Dont agree on Kareena though. Maybe beautiful, but I dont find her so , plus too much attitude.
In The Shadows

I havent read all comments. Just wanted to say that PinkFloyd actually grows on you. You wont like it at first. Listen to the few radio-friendly ones couple of times and move to the wierder ones.

BTW, even I find the earlier albums of PF a bit strange. Those were the days when they were high on drugs. Which album did you listen to. I recommend that you start listening to Pink Floyd with "Division Bell" and then the Wall. The wall is bit like what you described, but follow the lyrics. One of the best lyrics I have ever heard. Not for nothing was the PF leadman Roger Waters considered the best lyricist.

On Raveena, I too found her hot. Curves at the right places and the right amount of chubbiness. ;-) Same for Amisha. Dont agree on Kareena though. Maybe beautiful, but I dont find her so , plus too much attitude.
Domain Guru

Rock music is now a fave weapon of mental destruction for FBI guys too...

They have used it extensively in Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq..if it was good, they would'nt have played it, would they?

" In Afghanistan, Zakim Shah, a 20-year-old Afghan farmer, was forced to stay awake while in American custody by soldiers blasting music and shouting at him. Shah told the New York Times that after enduring the pain of music, "he grew so exhausted...that he vomited." In Guantánamo Bay, Eminem, Britney Spears, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica (again) and Bruce Springsteen ("Born in the USA") have been played at mind-numbing volumes, sometimes for stretches of up to fourteen hours, at detainees. And at Abu Ghraib, Saddam Salah al-Rawi, a 29-year-old Iraqi, told a similar story."

- from http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051226/bayoumi</... is illuminating to know that rock music, which we seem to worship blindly - because not liking it would be so un-cool and so un-herd - is considered a form of torture...in fact, it is even said to be an assault on human rights..

If you've any doubt, do a google search for 'torture music'..

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