Songs...

Almost all of us listen to songs and actually like listening to songs... Sources are varied... Even though the iPod has started off an MP3 player revolution... there are people who still use conventional means like cassette tapes... (Gramophones... anyone?)

Anyway, my subject is not about that... a bit narrower... Favorites among songs...

Slow melodious, classical, extreme rock... and hundreds of other genres...

Then there are songs for different moods...

Now... more to the core... how do you feel listening to a particular song...?

A dance track for example, keeps you racy... at times... I sometimes picture myself playing in a basketball match with these songs running in the background...

Rock music... is again... something you can listen in the day-time when you are not in any particular...

I am not into any Hard or Extreme Rock and so I have always wondered... How does one feel when you heard nothing but metal disturbed by some voices in between...? Strange...

Then something slower... classical... no voice... just music... it takes some to a different place and I am yet to experience it...

Romantic and other melodious songs... also have a similar effect...

So my opinion about songs... before I commence I must say that there are always exceptions...

A song must move you if you are really to enjoy it... and some of those moments are lying down with the music playing... some thoughts picture up in your mind and along with the music... it is an amazing experience...

In this regard, I remember one amazing artist... who does that quite easily... He does not require complex pieces of music or anything... The mix of music, voice is so... moving...

He is from the Tamil Industry and has captured lakhs for more than a decade... just pure music... which these days is losing its identity to Western Music... This is about Tamil music only...

The Tamil Artist - Ilayaraja

The best songs... Flashback songs... songs which bring up memories... of friends... or situations or anything...

I think I need not explain much about it... A song which was playing during an important event... or a song you liked during a particular stage of your life... etc...

There were some songs which brought memories of my mother... though the song itself has nothing to do with it...

At one point of time... I used to hear a song too often and the song, its melody and all paints a wonderful Flashback...

The song... Phil Collins... Another Day in Paradise...