I wonder why when my mood is upset I try finding out things which will cause me more anguish and succeed in make me more upset than I initially was! Perplexing eh?
Like today...I spent almost half of the night looking for reasons if people hate Bon Jovi and for that matter Richie Sambora (the band's guitarist for those who are not aware), and for what reasons.
I knew I'd find a lot of haters...true Bon Jovi ain't the most popular band around...but it pained me to see that a lot of reasons given by people basically consist of the following:
a) They don't have talent
b) They a pretty boys who sing for girls only ( any guy who likes their music is apparently gay!)
c) They have no originality
d) They are an obsolete hair metal band who should have retired like their 80's counter-parts
e) They themselves are gays (one VERY popular reason!)
f) They are cheesy and they are not metal but they say they are...
and scores of others along those lines......
These people are even of the opinion that most people who in fact like Bon Jovi are:
a) Girls (or gays)
b) Have no taste in music whatsoever
and they are also kind enough to share these insightful thoughts:
a) Bon Jovi sux
b) GnR rocks...Axl kicks Bon Jovi's butt.....Slash can kill Sambora's solos....(Replace it with any other band, lead singer guitarist you prefer)
c) Bon Jovi are horrible
and the like.............
Well I for one do like the band, very very much so, it's the band that made me fall in love with glam rock of the 80's, which then made me want to try different bands from even older eras, ultimately made me the classic rock fan that I am now...... so does that mean that my taste in music is for shit?
Yes I am a girl, yes I do think the band has talent, has originality and hasn't gone out of style in the almost 26 yrs its been formed.
I am a diehard fan yes.....will I bash up anyone who criticises my favourite band...no!
I love Bon Jovi...doesnt mean that others should nor should I force them to! True they may not be in the same strata as Rock Gods Zeppelin (whom I'm also a HUGE fan!) or the Stones(also fan!) or Bob Dylan.....nor may be Sambora the equivalent of Hendrix(fan!) or Page(obviously fan!) but they do have talent.
They have some highly original and memorable songs! Almost all their songs are easy to sing or hum along with.....simple songs about people and daily life.....
Don't know about people but sometimes I prefer songs like these than others with 'heavier' lyrics.
As a genuine fan (not a fangirl who says everything which they put out is Gospel!) I will say that they lost steam around 'These Days'. That album in my opinion is their best along with 'Keep The Faith'. 'Crush', 'Have a Nice Day' are ordinary (Ironic since the 1st album I bought was Crush...I was 12!). 'Bounce' was good in my opinion.....under-rated. 'Lost Highway'-hmmmmm still an album I have mixed views on....I like all songs (generally like all Bon Jovi songs....albiet in specific orders....though their are some few songs which I dont mind listening to but just won't prefer to if their are some of their better songs available!) but it seems that I have a hot/cold kinda opinion to it.....listening to it really depends on my mood!
I am slightly bugged that they are playing it safe....not taking any risks (well hello.....been arnd for 26 years now.....taking a risk won't cause any harm in the fan following....who knows.....old fans may love it!)...it makes the band look absolutely commercial.
Still they do make some of the best music now compared to majority of the 'whin-y' bands with similar music and lyrics saturating the atmosphere now.
Also another thing which bugs me is the comparision of Sambora's guitaring skills with other guitarists!
True that most people who know me or are close to me in anyway know that I'm obsessed with this man.....in my eyes he's right up there with the best guitarists...but people feel that he's a talentless hack who can't play any riff properly and give such comments like : "Slash owns him" or "Can't compare this talentless hack with Hendrix" and stuff!
Since I am not a particularly good judge of guitaring skills (I'm more of a vocalist person.......and yes I do believe that Jon's voice has gone for the worse after 'Crush') I won't give any judgement in this matter....only will cite a personal opinion that Richie Sambora has never been allowed to explore his full level with the guitar in Bon Jovi (anyone who's heard his solo albums will know that he has a neat style of playing!). The only time he was allowed some free reign.....we got Dry County...and God was that solo wonderful!
He is a talented musician....I wont put him in the 'God' catagory maybe for most....but he's definitely close to it for me! (he has a nice voice too......raw but passionate...definitely sexy!)
In short I'd say that I love Bon Jovi, I love them inspite of their mediocrity (acc. to some), lack of originality/talent, I love them with all their flaws, I love them 'cause they only aspire to entertain and they do it quite well (for 45+ men....over 25 odd years ;)!)....I love them mostly for the fact that they got me into Rock n Roll and saved me from all these idiotic crap like rap, hip-hop and nu-rock!
Bon Jovi is my 1st band....and will always remain my favourite.....and I sincerely hope that they release their next album with a 'These Days' feeling!
I know I promised that I wouldn't write the really serious stuff here but this is something that I felt I needed to vent.
All around us people are born and they die. It is not about these 2 realities that I feel so uneasy but what comes in between..........life and how we live it.
As far as history goes...every culture, every civilization, every God-Knows-What has been governed by rules. Not that I begrudge rules....there does exist a need for some order, some balance but sometimes I find these rules cumbersome.
Society and its rules-little mannerisms of politeness reeking with insincerity, hypocritical views of how men and women should live and behave, bug me to no end. I'm a rebel...maybe not in the truest sense (though what is the truest sense....no one can answer!), but I do generally rebel what is expected of me by society.
What has made me annoyed on this particular day is the concept of urban life!
Take the example of a child born a few years ago and in most of the cases his or her life will be something like this: being born, growing up, going to school, going to college, getting a job, getting married, having kids, seeing their kids grow and repeat what they did, retiring from work, and dying.
Why oh why can't someone do something different? I don't know maybe not get a conventional Job, encourage their kids to do something out of the ordinary, not get married, do something which they'd only dreamt of.....possibilities are endless........
I for one am not going to grow older and see my life wasted in such a useless, worthless way......I mean sure people are expected to do those things....it's the natural order of things....way of life as it should be according to everyone but its boring...its monotonous and certainly not the way I want my life to be.
From those things I stated I'm sure of one thing I'm not going to do.....that is to get married....and by default everything associated with it.
For the life of them most of my peers, my acquiantances, relatives, whatever..can't understand this. For them its unnatural, unusual, inconceivable that I'd want to do something like this. "How can you not get married? Think of the the time when you'll be older, you'll need someone beside you, you'll need your children." This is the sort if thing I don't believe in. I don't know why but more the people tell anything along these lines the more I feel rebellious!
They cannot understand that some people are meant to be different, think things differently, feel the extreme desire to break free of those invisible shackles which binds people to the stereotypical view of life.
When I've mentioned to anyone that I find the concept of marriage monotonous and uninteresting, many can't understand it. I have to find excuses about career, economic freedom and stuff (which of course are also reasons but not as strong as the feeling of being free, being different!)
I also know that these views are only mine.........I don't expect to be approved of it but hell be damned I'm going to do whatever I what to do with my life!
Aptly titled so!
I honestly did not have any time to come online and update my blog, what with my birthday falling on the 21st, my exam on 23rd and my coming back home on the 24th & 25th!
Therefore there are quite a no. of things I'd like to touch upon starting with my b'day.
Truth be told I had a blast even though the tension of my upcoming exam was gnawing at my heels! Had a small party with my group-mates in the afternoon and went with my rommie to have dinner and get (sort of) high at night! :P
My group-mates gave me the best gift.....one I really appreciate...2 CDs, 1 of and old AC/DC album and another an old Joe Satriani album. Guess they know my choice....oh wait! of course they know my choice....I'm too busy ranting them out during our in-between-the-classes discussions. :) hehehe
Anyway, my roomie and I had a crazy time....what with trying out new stuff to eat and smoking a 'hookah' (which really was quite an experience.....coz you start feeling sort of 'loose' and spacey!).
On the whole I enjoyed my b'day a lot. But its safe to say that the next day, i.e 22nd of January....I did not sleep at all coz I had to cram for my exam. Now here's where I was proven that William Fichtner is indeed really lucky for me!
As before my previous exam I watched a couple of Prison Break episodes on my notebook and spent quite a bit of time on Fichtner_Firsthand just looking up the pics and vowing (still have to do it though!) to make some new pics for all the Fichtner princesses and maybe (note the MAYBE) write a fan fic of my own (unless I'm feeling very lazy).
I passed my exam on the 23rd also with a good grade....and you can't imagine how grateful and happy I felt for my 'lucky charm'! ;)
24th and 25th were crazy with catching 2 flights, waiting in transit and all the other shit associated with air-travel. I swear that I hate travelling by aeroplanes. I'm claustrophobic, and have sinusitis since I was a child....and both play up 200-fold when I'm inside a plane! So its like a living hell....an agony which I can only find momentary escape when I sleep.
Strange thing is though, I've been a frequent flyer since I was a mere child of 3, flying approximately around 4-5 times a year (which increased with my age) and still I haven't been able to adjust to it! Oh well...gaining wings and flying is more metaphoric and philosophical for me I guess.
Now that I'm safely home I feel great albeit tired.... hence I've decided to stop writing now and give myself some rest! ;) ;)
cheerio!
Ok...let's face...tennis is the one sport I'm seriously obsessed about.
And since today is the 19th of January......its the 1st day of the 'happy' Slam....all tennis fans you guessed it right....It's the 1st day of the Australian Open....one of the most fun and lively grand slam tournaments in the tennis calendar.
Now to make it clear for everyone....I'm a Rafael Nadal fan, so any comments against him will have serious repercussions! :P
Seriously though I like a host of players for their style of playing (both male and female) and I know a majority of the players playing in the circuit now even if I'm not a huge fan.
I enjoy tennis, though I know that it's sort of like an intelligent man's game.
True most people don't have a lot of patience to sit and understand the rules of playing the game, understanding football even cricket is easier in many aspects, but watching the beautiful angular shots, listening to the soft 'thwack' of a tennis ball against a racquet and seeing it ricochet around the court has a different appeal!
Here I'd like to clarify that I like Nadal not because of his physical appearance rather I like him for his aggressive style of play on court and his shy demeanor off it!
He's definitely a fan favourite.....especially since he provides his own blogs for his fans to read in most major tournaments......
What makes him feel ordinary is that he has ordinary interests which an average 22 year old has! He likes playing games......loves chocolates.....guess there's nothing else to mention now! :)
I will definitely support him in the tournament..........hope he'll stay fit.....and about him winning or not...can't guarantee it....but would love to see him hold the trophy! :)
Now that its established that I love Classic Rock....I can go on to expressing more about my love for music.
My greatest regret is that I can't play any musical instrument, except a classical Indian one called the harmonium (if you don't know what it is or how it looks like just google it up! :))
I would love to learn how to play the guitar...Seriously its one of the coolest instruments out there.....a bit cliched but there you have it! I honestly love every twang of a guitar string, played the right way of course.....
One of my fantasies involves a guy of my dreams seducing me with a really loud rock song with a neat and passionate lil riff playing in the background.
One of the things which puzzles me is that how most of my peers seem to find rock music loud and un-hearable while they listen to the absolute crap of these days which they consider the best thing since potato chips!
They cannot seem to find the beauty hidden in the songs I seem to like.
Now here I'd like to insert a teeny bit of information: I don't like most of today's rock bands either....most of their lyrics are to 'whine-y' about how bad everything is, how hope is gone and almost every band's style is the same! Its really boring!
I love how every old band seem to have a distinct sound to them even if they were of the same eras!!!
There are some things I noticed about some bands I like (I think other fans can recognise them too) which I'd like to list here starting with my all time fave, Bon Jovi.
For eg:
Bon Jovi: there songs generally have two main verses, with the main chorus interspersed in between, with another small verse which comes mostly before the main guitar solo and ends with a repetition of the solo fading to the background or with a loud note.
Led Zeppelin: Characteristic trait: Long songs with beautiful solos....not only from guitars....from drums, flutes and what not and, mostly, very little amount of lyrics...with lots of sexy "ooohs" and "aahhhs" from Robert Plant.
Skid Row: Songs usually feature two main verses with the chorus in between and they end off with some gorgeous guitar solos.
Aerosmith: Loud, crazy, wonderful songs with lots of lyrics! Their type of songs really suit Steven Tyler's voice.
Kiss: two main verses.....occasional third verse and main chorus....songs usually end with a bang!
These are some of the things I noticed......funny how your mind sub-consciously picks up these lil details when you don't even realise it!
Till next time.....
And that's exactly what I mean!!!
I passed my first exam with a grade 4......which is equivalent to scoring around 80-90% from a 100!
No silly 'flu virus could keep my spirits down!
And the striking Mr.Fichtner did indeed prove as my lucky charm!!!!! ;)
Honestly keeping up with my current obsession......I watched around 3 of my favourite episodes of Prison Break (Its not even worth mentioning that I only did so to watch Alex Mahone!) the day before my exam.
I was so nervous......and it didn't help in anyway when my mind started co-relating different parts of the human body which I was practicing for before my exam with...ahem different parts of Mr. Fichtner's anatomy....( GO anyone? )
Also did not help was a lil file I found tucked away in fichtner_firsthand bout a nurse's guide to human anatomy, Mr.Fichtner-style!!! ;)
God I swear.....though I didn't sleep that night except for an hour and a half, instead of the usual brain clashes people have before exams....different theories and stuff mixing up with each other.....I had some really steamy clashes of William Fichtner and all the good parts of human anatomy!
Guess it all worked out perfect in the end......I got a good grade....and I'm honestly grateful to this man for helping me out!!!
Let's see how lucky he prove's to be for my next exam on 23rd Jan! ;)
(Though my b'day's coming up sooner....and I'm focusing more on that!!)
Till my next post........
