My internship's over. No more Fridays in my life for a year at least. I'm just itching to write because I just went through some fools' blogs, and I kinda went - Oh, I have one of those too!
Please bear with me while I indulge myself.
After that, maybe, we can, you know..
1) Tripping over Christopher Walken in a Mumbai local is brilliant! 'You know...'. Mr. Walken, thou art the Lord.
P.S. Marcellus Wallace does not look like a bitch!
2) Please don't use the word 'mate' if you're not Aussie or English. It's really not pretty.
3) Facebook privacy? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL! Your governments have always known everything about you. Your home address, your telephone number, how old your children are, your bank account numbers, your vital statistics (no wait, that's just Playboy). And now Facebook's using your info to direct ads towards you and you've got a problem? Talk about being stupid. No wait, talk about celebrating the fact that you're stupid. And there are people who want other people to quit Facebook. Seriously man, I know we're hit by recession and all, but have you ALL lost your jobs? Boppana, do something about this, please. Thanks.
4) The other day, one of my friend's friends went - "Robbie Krieger would own Slash's ass."
Really, what does that even mean? Are you trying to say that if you were judging a guitar competition, Krieger would win over Slash? Really? What does that even signify? You're whack.
The Doors sucked. Sorry, but that's the truth.
Oh, and G'nR were a lot more fun.
Led Zep FTW!
5) I've had this conversation over and over in the past few days with people and I really want to put it out there once and for all: The Beatles VS The Rolling Stones.
With the possible exception of a certain Mr. Shakespeare, the Fab Four of Messrs Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey are the most influential act in entertainment history. They were there, in front of the screaming girls, before the Drug Lord took over and sent them to Lucy in the Sky. They got the girls, a lot of them, holding their hands and making them moan. And in the short time that they were around, they sang about love, and love, a little bit of help, and a lot of love.
The Rolling Stones were there too. Always. Just watching and playing their rock and blues tunes, with Micky strutting on stage as Reefkeef figured out how to survive Armageddon with the roaches, en route to becoming easily the greatest band to ever perform live. Oh, and Jagger probably has an army of illegitimate children hiding somewhere, plotting world domination. And the legalization of marijuana too. (#GOFORIT, MAAAN!)
Tom Wolfe put it quite simply: “The Beatles want to hold your hand,” he quipped, “but the Stones want to burn down your town.”
Ever since the swingin' 60s, the music listener has always faced the question - who do your loyalties lie with, the clean cut, mop-topped Liverpudlians, or the streakier, wilder, bad boy babies from London?
It's a question that seems to be unanswered by all, but clearly, anyone who's listened to music for what it says, will swing to the Stones! The Beatles came to stand for the flower power, while the Stones were more Left leaning, turning their behemoths of musical careers into subjects for post-doctorate studies in culture.
The Beatles today are an icon of manipulation of the masses while the Stones continue to rock on as the masters of what they do. The Beatles, a motley crew of four rag-tag musicians from Merseyside presented to the world as Four Respectable Gentlemen (Fuck that, The KINKS FTW!), while the Stones from the sub-urbs of London, took on the world with rock-star schlock.
To this day, The Rolling Stones are the highest grossing band ever. The Beatles' music has been played in outer-space to greet fellow Beatle-maniac extra-terrestrials.
The similarities between the two are uncanny.
Draw your own conclusions.
But remember, you can't always get what you want. =)
6) "Honestly, your band sucks." (Indiecision ad behind some random rock mag in Bombay. Take a bow!)
3 comments:
Here's my two cents regarding Facebook privacy thing. I personally dont think these people are over reacting. A site like Facebook which has earned people's trust over all these years to an extent that they go on to put up very very personal stuff about themselves choosing to share it with a limited audience should've known better. You cant put people's personal photos, family information, relationship status etc. in the public domain just like that without even intimating them. Zuckerberg himself was a victim when Facebook decided to let go the privacy restrictions and his personal photos got exposed. You can always expect worse from a bunch of people who can pull off such a snafu. The paranoia is pretty much justified.
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I want to meet the guy who compared Robbie Krieger and Slash. Why would you do that? Just enjoy what they do and get lost. He's been watching too much reality TV.
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