As the waves recede
Many leaves on my tree
Wither and fall away
Everything is more brown than green
Every thought is wet with memories
I listen to a lot of music and they span across many genre. In general, I love loud music - that lies on the heavier side of rock. Many a times I imagined being asked a question to pick my favorite song or music or group. My imagined answer was usually a lengthy mess. It seemed to depend on a lot of factors. Am I happy or sad? Was I on top of the world or was the world on top of me? Was I angry or in peace? Was I trying to complete a document that is overdue by more than a week? Was I driving back to some place? Was it night or day? What music did I listen to a little while earlier? Depending on many such factors it varied from Kyuss to Fates Warning to Underworld to Dream Theater to Doors to Deep Purple to Metallica to Beatles to God knows what (as in a plain God-knows-what and should not be confused with the group by the same name (if it exists that is)). But a few months back, I suddenly got an answer to that imagined and real question. I loved Deep Purple's music the most. I remember a time when I did not like one of their best songs. But that did not stay with me for long. Since that change I always loved to listen to their songs.
I love all the different Marks of Deep Purple, with an especial affection for Mark III. I can listen to their music any day for any number of times. Some songs like Child in time spook me out to hell every time I listen. Their albums In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made in Japan, Perpendicular and Bananas contain some of the best songs ever.
And Deep Purple to me is Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord. This morning I got to hear that Jon Lord was not with us anymore. His organ sections of Deep Purple songs have always been tremendous. His music will ensure that we will never miss him but keep listening to him all the time. For a long time I was very disappointed that not too many people are listening to him or Deep Purple these days. That is very sad as they made some really incredible music which time has not been able to erase.
Many leaves on my tree
Wither and fall away
Everything is more brown than green
Every thought is wet with memories
I listen to a lot of music and they span across many genre. In general, I love loud music - that lies on the heavier side of rock. Many a times I imagined being asked a question to pick my favorite song or music or group. My imagined answer was usually a lengthy mess. It seemed to depend on a lot of factors. Am I happy or sad? Was I on top of the world or was the world on top of me? Was I angry or in peace? Was I trying to complete a document that is overdue by more than a week? Was I driving back to some place? Was it night or day? What music did I listen to a little while earlier? Depending on many such factors it varied from Kyuss to Fates Warning to Underworld to Dream Theater to Doors to Deep Purple to Metallica to Beatles to God knows what (as in a plain God-knows-what and should not be confused with the group by the same name (if it exists that is)). But a few months back, I suddenly got an answer to that imagined and real question. I loved Deep Purple's music the most. I remember a time when I did not like one of their best songs. But that did not stay with me for long. Since that change I always loved to listen to their songs.
I love all the different Marks of Deep Purple, with an especial affection for Mark III. I can listen to their music any day for any number of times. Some songs like Child in time spook me out to hell every time I listen. Their albums In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made in Japan, Perpendicular and Bananas contain some of the best songs ever.
And Deep Purple to me is Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord. This morning I got to hear that Jon Lord was not with us anymore. His organ sections of Deep Purple songs have always been tremendous. His music will ensure that we will never miss him but keep listening to him all the time. For a long time I was very disappointed that not too many people are listening to him or Deep Purple these days. That is very sad as they made some really incredible music which time has not been able to erase.
