It's been a long time since I wrote something and to those who are just a tad bit curious (talk about self importance) well I have been travelling quite a bit. Uprooting myself from Hyderabad I reached Pondicherry with a dear friend I like to call Peelu - in case your curious again, she has a thing for the colour yellow. Anyhow after a week of awesomeness which included a darling little sis, oops my bad, darling big girl lil sis who is almost 3 and could put a radio jock to shame, well I uprooted to saddi Dilli.
Reuniting there with mom went as expected, she hugged me and began her non-stop comments on I don't care much about myself etc. etc. Oh and yeh for the n'th time she wondered why I never went for those famour kerela massages and therapies that are, according to her, available at every nook n corner of "south".
Hmm.. well this time I guess cos of the last 25 years of knowing her I was wise enough to keep my trap shut, plus she anyhow was all excited about her school's golden jublee and an eventual reunion of school friends which was too cool.
And yeh it got me thinking that with so many jumps in life and not sticking around for more than 3 yrs in one school, would I ever be that excited? Mum and her sisters (my maasi's) have spent most of thier student lives in one school and watching them get back with thier old friends many of whom they never saw in almost 40 years made me too darn nostalgic (lately it seems to be my favourite emotion : ..)
And zooming into the present I got back to that mood by listening to old songs ranging from Denver to the Backstreet Boys - so well now coming to that lovely topic I gave to the post, here's a list of songs I randomly chose and memories associated with each...
Maybe it could be made into a tag game - member those?? So now I tag everyone who reads this post to pick out the songs from my list if any of them have a corresponding memory for you and add on more songs of your choice that make you think back in your life. These songs could be in any language of any time...I hope you enjoy tuning back in your life....
Here I go...
1). Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale - My first solo dance on stage, I was in Burma and although most of the audience didn't understand a word of that song I was known as the chappa chappa girl for the rest of the months I was in that school.
2.) Dancing Queen - This ABBA song was my first group song that we sung in an interhouse competition and we won... :) I still remember our 12th senior shivani di making us work like crazy and shifting me from base to super harmony, also I recall gargles at 10 in the night and each of us getting a mulethi to chew on....
3.) Ekla chalo re - A song I recall that we sung quite frequently in our school assemblies, it has a new meaning to me these days...so I kinda chose it above the others.
4.) Take a chance - Another ABBA number that won us the interhouse competition ... GO SAM!!!
5.) Nothing's gonna change my love for you - A song I introduced to a dear cousin who was new with English numbers.
6.) Runaway - The first english pop song my cuz introduced me to.
7.) Pal - A song that makes me sentimental every single time...it's a song for all those goodbyes shared...
8.) Leaving on a jet plane - another farewell song..
9.) Viva Forever - A song I remember as a group song and also a song I associate with one of my friends... she was a dear friend at one point of my life and even though I rarely chat with her this song always takes me back to those times we sung it in our dorm :)
10). Who let the dogs out - A song that was played during socials when our boarding school invited the boys school to visit, it was kinda hilarious cos as soon as mayo boys entered the area the girl at the juke box played this song.
11.) Final countdown - The theme and song we chose for our 10th std seniors as most girls leave after that class... it was also appropriate as the countdown for thier boards had also begun.
12.) Truly madly deeply - One of the first songs of savage garden I'd heard and was totally in love with the album all through my 8th and 9th.
13). Would you...!!? - One hellava naughty song which was quite scandalous in those days, but I loved the rhythm of the song.
14). Zombie - Kinda a negetive memory associated with this, I'd never heard of this song so my classmates used that and made me believe that they made it all up...it wasn't a healthy teasing setion, they took it too far.
15). Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka - A song I heard a lot as a kid along with :
16). Brown girl in the ring
17). Obladee oblada
18). Excuse me, Kya re - Lol ... a song I remeber rather well cos this was a song I was again clueless about and one fine day the whole damn 11th std is singing it. I kinda found out about it a few days later, but I can't forget that confusing feeling that I was missing something.
19). Tan tana tan ..chalti hai kya nau se bara - This salman khan song was a hit during the mid 1990's. It was 1996 and I can still remember the trip to Fun 'n' Food village in 6th std. We had a whole bus to ourselves and sung this song all the way.
20). Sleeping Child - A song I sung solo again in 7th I remember practising for it like crazy and winning the competition. :)
21). Jaane jaa dhundta phir raha - Most of my APJ friends can associate with this memory, we screwed up big time on stage while singing this song. It was a horrible but hilarious moment.
22). Country road - A song I always remember as been taught as a classroom assignment.
23). Yaaron - Another KK song that reminds me of the bus journeys where 2 of my friends one singing the other on the guitar practising for the teacher's day celebrations.
24). Dhoom pichak dhoom - A song that was played a lot during the outings our school took us to after each year end.
25). Kyun chalti hai pawan - Another song I remember which one of my classmates enjoyed a lot and thanks to her during our journey to a dairy we had to listen to all through the journey.
26). Get down - my first BSB song that i couldn't stop listening and dancing to.
27). Quit playing games with my heart - The song that got me my first crush, Nick Carter. :P
28). Fiza - A song I just fell in love with during my boarding days....
29). Dont wanna miss a thing ..Aerosmith - A song that is "ours"
30). Are you lonesome tonight - The first song that was sung to me and exclusively for me.
31). Chaudhavi ka chand ho - Dad sung this song for mom during our new year bonfire nights.
32). Hotel California - the 1st song I heard played by our school band, whom I thot were too cool to be students really.
33). All songs of boyzone by request - Each song is associated with my best friend ever...filled with memories of pajama nights and late night maggis and endless talks.
34). Dil Chata Hai - All songs from this movie remond me of a ourney with 3 of my closest friends after we took to our seperate lives post school and decided that just cos we are in different cities it doesn't mean we can't be together, so by the end of our 1st year of grad the four of us went out to missourie and dehradun on a journey that I know we can never have now...
35). Sharara sharara - The song that I couldn't help dancing to at an uncle's wedding and now at every lady sangeet everyone has to make me dance. (classic case of apne per pe kulhadi marna :P)
36). And I will always love you - A bitter sweet memory that taught me a lot...a person because of whom I was made to realise that life and people aren't always what they seem from the outside, she made me trust nothing after that for a long time...and yet I can't not help miss those moments (its about ....paper roses... I guess)...
37). Purani Jeans - A song thats been sung across my school life esp during bus journeys.
38). Suno na - A song a senior of mine sung when I was in Nagpur...i had never heard the song before and later when i found out that it was sung by shaan sumhow I still think it wouldve been a great song in a females voice :).
