The Efficacy of Love to commit gross Murder of the soul

The month of Inevitable(s)

Well the month of inevitable(s) is over. Two major things happened one good and one painful. Well both were inevitable and hence bound to happen, but not in the drastic way as they did. And as always the bad ones scar you the most and make you forget about the ecstacy of the good ones. :(


In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains

....from The Boxer

My Rock Story

While I don't consider myself to be an authority on Rock Music, but since I have been submerged in the intricacies of Rock music as much as the other fella' (almost a decade now), I can sure as hell tell you one thing - It's all going down.

I have been fortunate enough to have had a taste of most of the phases of rock. As a kid thanks to my dad's love for music I was exposed to a lot of music starting from the phase of late 50's and early 60's through bands like Creedence Clear Water Revival, The Beatles, The King Elvis, Stevie Wonder (yup). I was listening to these legends even before I could comprehend what the lyrics were. The Music from that era will always have a big place in my heart.

The 70's brought along with them a new wave of Englishmen who dominated the scene for a long time. With the drug scene in US picking up speed (Mach 2!!) compared to 50's and 60's, almost all these artists started looking to the west for inspiration and of course the album sales. With great Bands like the rolling stones, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, the Yard Birds, Eagles etc. there was no shortage of creativity and Rock music was at the best stage of its life. There were a lot of artists going solo like slow hand Clapton (the god), Jimmi hendrix (who completely redefined guitaring for all the lesser mortals to follow), the omnipresent Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen (the common man's hero)etc. The most amazing part was even with so much commercialization happening the variety of music offered to the listener was amazing...there was something for everyone.

The Doors and Floyd were the biggest thing happening at that time and were always stretching the bar to the next level. This was also a time when a lot of power struggles were going on which resulted, in my opinion, in better evolution of the genre, a lot of artists also killed themselves which just highlights the amount of emotional and mental turmoil that went on their lives to get the kind of creativity we saw from them.

Then came the power rock of the 80’s with bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeath, Ozzie Osbourne shifting the focus to Heavy metal. Leather Bands, Heavy Makeup, long Hair characterized the fashion statement. This again went very well with the new Tripping methodologies adopted by the young (wonder why that’s always the case). This was the time when everything was loud and brash. Metallica is the band which is most often credited or blasted (depends on how you look at it) for taking metal into mainstream music. I always felt that this was the end of metal moving away from being niche to “for the masses”.

The pop/rock was full of bands like Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Aerosmith, The Police, Def leopard etc. who had a great following as well and were primarily responsible for getting the non hardcore into the Rock scene (m sure the hardcore’s agree).

The biggest band to come out of the 80’s has to be GNR. Most famous for their power ballads, these guyz took the whole music scene to a different level under the ostentatious leadership of axl rose and (the conspicuous but more relevant) slash. Most of the big names of 90’s started in this decade.

The 90’s were ruled by one band without any shadow of a doubt – Nirvana. Kurt Cobain came and went like a fire fly… rooting seeds in the heads of the 90’s generating which have grown into full tress by now long after he has gone. That was the power of the Grunge he and his band produced. He along with Elvis, Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Bob Dylan were the most influential artists ever.

Metallica was huge in the 90’s with the sales of `The Black Album' kicking in, but there were two other fantastic bands giving unique music though through different creative measures. RHCP was one of them which had a cult following along with Pearl jam. The lead singer of Pearl jam Eddie Vedder is one of my favourite singers and songwriters ever. The guy was basically a poet and his songs tell us why. With other bands like Creed, Van Halen, Bon Jovi etc. still producing some good music, the entry barriers were pretty stiff and no new comer could stamp their authority.

That brings us to the abysmal state of affairs right now. Apart from Linkin Park, Audioslave, Godsmack and maybe a couple more, no new band has made a mark. And those that have been able to… aren’t that great as well. The only band that I would appreciate in this decade would be Evanescence.

With the genre now becoming monotonous and with lack of creative direction nothing new is expected. The only option left is to look back to history and enjoy the ever classic bands and artists during there glory days. It’s a sad state of affairs and I feel sorry for the 14 year olds, they would never be able to relive the beauty of this form of music if they stick to the contemporary artists.

The Gift of gab

Well being in a B-School at times makes you stop and wonder how the definition of "the gift of gab" has changed. After reading about the masterpieces of speech delivery by great spokespersons as Netaji, Gandhiji, Adolf Hitler (yup tats right), I must confess the B-School hot shots would make them take quite a few turns in their grave (if not make them claw back and wack these wonkers on their heads).

Since I am graduating in marketing i have the unwanted priveledge of being privy to instances of utter gibberish in the name of "healthy discussion" by a lot of my fellow mates. Earlier due to my persistence of not getting into the "monotonous study" mode, i always felt that i shouldn't comment on the grotesque murders occuring in the name of "healthy discussion". But after loading my arsenal (thanks to the placement season coming up!!!), i can assure my readers (who might be wondering the point of this blog) that these guys not only don't know shit but also couldn't tell half of what they are saying from their backsides.

The problem stems from the fact that most marketing students feel that it is their duty and out of this acquired respect to be upright and morally monogamous to this "field". They need to enlighten others and the "others" also have this mutual respect thing going for them.

So now its a mob out to get everyone in their sights and believe me they ain't any rollovers. They have the thugs who will batter you till you loose consciousness. They have the cunning ones who will catch you when you least expect it. Then comes the mother of all- the Godfather (neta), who will preach all he can till you wish the redbull he is gulping down would actually give him wings and he would fly away to cuckoo land.

Well I hope that people understand that marketing is not just about throwing connoisseur-esque words, but, about getting your basics right. The myopia that we need to worry about is not in Marketing but in life, because marketing baby is not about ogling at the girl when everyone's doing the same, but winking at her when she wants it.

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?
Roy H. Williams

Two statements I have made many times for the past two years!!

Shadow on the Sun

Once upon a time
I was on a mind to lay your burden down
And leave you where you stood
You believed I could
Youd seen it done before
I could read your thoughts
And tell you what you saw
And never say a word
But now that is gone
Over with and done
And never to return

Why do I owe you my existence or for that matter you owe me yours?

"It was always a deal for you", she says!!

You cant make her understand, but she always said that she never would make you make her understand ... EVER!!

The shadow on the Sun is long and I wait for nightfall to be free,
the mornings were taken away from me long ago...

"I will get on, all by myself", he said to himself...lifting the collar of his best friend at that moment...his favourite grey jacket...

Rolling out whiffs of smoke, that feeling dawns on him again, he chuckles,"its happening again...maybe i am meant to be alone...by myself...clocking miles under my heels".

He starts walking analyzing the situation, how can someone be a devoted lover and talk like that the very next moment. She can talk about commitment and togetherness all she wants. Was i ever unfaithfull??..no.

Then why does she want my soul after what she has done?? She will act as if I am the only man she cares about and a perpetual god, which i detest because i know tomorrow it's gonna be someone else.


He lights up one more "milds" on his way, looks at his silver Zippo firing away eternally like a Dragon, missing his bike, the only faithful companion he ever had ...he tells himself,

"Chapter closed, I cant deal with this right now",

"freak!!! I need to stop smoking before it kills me!!".

Two statements I have made many times in the past two years!!