The Sound of Silence
You are enjoying a stroll in an empty park on a fine day, you come upon something suspicious and upon examining it you find yourself gaping disbelievingly at a bag full of money. Or you are being taken to tasks by your boss and a lightening appears out of blue and strikes him on the head. Take your pick. These are incidents that will certainly light up one's day - certainly mine. The ecstasy one derives from these can be paralleled only by the ecstasy of discovering good music by chance. (Why the hell don't you come to the point in a jiffy, you ask! Well, brevity and eloquence have never been my forte. Beating around the bush, is. :P )
I happened to experience that ecstasy a few months ago when I was watching a movie. Not very long ago, the most important work in my life was playing cricket on Saturday mornings and following it up with a movie at home with a bunch of half-wits who also happen to be my bosom buddies. In a moment of rare brilliance, S suggested that we watch The Graduate. In retrospect, I am glad we didn't throw his suggestion out of the window as we normally do. I did enjoy the movie and have watched it three more times ever since, but what caught my attention was the title song of the movie. The Sound of Silence. (I have a pleasant memory associated with that movie and that's what makes me watch it again and again. My lazy bones permitting, I shall write a post on it sometime.)
I don't think there is any other song that has made a better first impression on me. The first time I heard, I was hooked. I have heard a million times ever since but each time I hear it I feel a sensation that is no different from what I felt when I heard it first. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Sound of Silence.
The Sound of Silence isn't my favorite song of Simon and Garfunkel. Mrs.Robinson, is! Here's to Mrs.Robinson.
If you don't hear the Sound of Silence or don't find Mrs.Robinson attractive, you and I may never see eye to eye on music. :-P
P.S: I'm a music illiterate. I know as much about notes and pitches as Kalaingar knows about English literature. However, music is one of the few things that makes my world go round. It is well within your rights to think that I don't qualify to write a post remotely related to music, but this is my blog and I will write whatever crap I want to write. So there! :-P
I happened to experience that ecstasy a few months ago when I was watching a movie. Not very long ago, the most important work in my life was playing cricket on Saturday mornings and following it up with a movie at home with a bunch of half-wits who also happen to be my bosom buddies. In a moment of rare brilliance, S suggested that we watch The Graduate. In retrospect, I am glad we didn't throw his suggestion out of the window as we normally do. I did enjoy the movie and have watched it three more times ever since, but what caught my attention was the title song of the movie. The Sound of Silence. (I have a pleasant memory associated with that movie and that's what makes me watch it again and again. My lazy bones permitting, I shall write a post on it sometime.)
I don't think there is any other song that has made a better first impression on me. The first time I heard, I was hooked. I have heard a million times ever since but each time I hear it I feel a sensation that is no different from what I felt when I heard it first. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Sound of Silence.
The Sound of Silence isn't my favorite song of Simon and Garfunkel. Mrs.Robinson, is! Here's to Mrs.Robinson.
If you don't hear the Sound of Silence or don't find Mrs.Robinson attractive, you and I may never see eye to eye on music. :-P
P.S: I'm a music illiterate. I know as much about notes and pitches as Kalaingar knows about English literature. However, music is one of the few things that makes my world go round. It is well within your rights to think that I don't qualify to write a post remotely related to music, but this is my blog and I will write whatever crap I want to write. So there! :-P
It happens to be the same way as you did that I also bumped into Graduate. Great song! :-)
ReplyDeleteYour thought on meeting eye-to-eye with music is so much like a declaration; but it is true!