From Reckless, Into The Fire November 29, 2007
Posted by Vikas Tandon in Music.Tags: Bryan Adams, Music
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While for most fans of Pop & Rock music, Bryan Adams’ music has defined our teen/college years, his music has been so popular that its unfortunately been played ad nauseum, stripping it of some of its clean, songwriting beauty.
Fortunately his Into The Fire album has been spared the unrelenting airplay, although I would rate it among his best works. Released in 1987, the album was sandwiched between two of his biggest commercial successes, Reckless and Waking Up The Neighbours (WUTN), which is probably why its not considered a huge success. Yet, its probably his most “honest” music. The songs (music and lyrics) come across as a lot more “straight from the heart” and have a more raw, edgy feel, compared to the more factory-made sounds of his post WUTN music.
My undoubted favourite is Native Son, a song about the plight of North American Native Indians. No fancy production tricks, just a simple, clean structure and melody. Heat of the Night, Into the Fire and Rebel are fantastic too.
If you long for the original, earthy, rocker-next-door, white-tshirt-blue-jeans music of Bryan Adams, check out Into The Fire.
More philosophy in music July 4, 2007
Posted by Vikas Tandon in Music, U2.1 comment so far
This time its U2. Recently came across this simple but profound (??) line in one of their songs (can’t remember which one now, i think it was from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
“You miss too much these days if you stop to think!”
So true!
Blackstratblues.com May 14, 2007
Posted by Vikas Tandon in India, Music.2 comments
I came across this fantastic album by our very own Warren Mendonsa (Guitarist of Mumbai rock band Zero) who goes by the name of Blackstratblues. The album is called Nights in Shining Karma and in true cyberage style is available for download from www.blackstratblues.com. It is brilliant music in the guitar instrumental genre. I believe it would be unfair to compare it to any other artiste’s style but suffice it to say that if you like Blues Rock, go grab this one.
Not only is the music fantastic, the production and engineering is absolutely world class. You could be listening to an album from any major artiste produced at any top studio in the world.
Way to go Warren. Hope this is the first of many great pieces of music to come from you.
Sting – Poet, Philosopher, Visionary April 6, 2007
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I was listening to “The Dream of the Blue Turtles” (Sting’s first solo album after The Police broke-up) after a really long time. The song Russians never fails to give me goose bumps. And the relevance of his really direct and extremely powerful lyrics even in today’s context really struck me. Here’s what it reads like:
“In Europe and America, there’s a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer’s deadly toy
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the President
There’s no such thing as a winnable war
It’s a lie that we don’t believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don’t subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us, me, and you
Is if the Russians love their children too“
Fantastic.
More on the Roger Waters Concert February 22, 2007
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For those who can’t get enough of Pink Floyd, and want to cherish the memories of the recent Dark Side of the Moon concert, here are two excellent accounts (from gigs of the same tour elsewhere) that I found. The first is particularly powerful.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/09/29/105808.php
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3945154a4500.html
Injoy!
