Scared of What Comes After

There's a reason why, regardless of how much they fight, how many hotel rooms they trash, how many times they get arrested for drunken misbehaviour, I will always love Oasis. The reason is called Definitely Maybe. 1994 was a tough time. People were doing all sorts of crazy things, like making bad music and stuff. And that sucked right. 'Cos we all know what bad music can do to the world. I mean, look at Armenia and what happened to them before System of A Down showed up. 2002 was a tough time too. A reasonably obese, and thoroughly klutzy boy of 18 had just a year and some earlier been introduced to the phenomenon of Fuckin' In The Bushes. It wasn't earth-shattering, or clutter-breaking but for our boy, and a boy he was. He didn't know the ways, means and beans of the world. And then, suddenly out of nowhere, he was at a music stall. Where he bought a tape. For half price. That is Rs.63. And it was cool, 'cos he'd had a hundred bucks to spend and now he could buy the chicken roll at the bakery stall. It was good. So was the roll.

But basically, the album was like the turning leaf. It changed the way he looked at the world and all the worldly things inside it. Like pride, self-esteem and the fact that girls would be something he always had a problem with. Till now. But more importantly, it made him cool. Like Liam, Noel and that guy who had all the right things to say at the right time. He was the Rock 'n Roll Star and he would Live Forever Up In The Sky in the Supersonic Digsy's Dinner of knowing he would never be Married With Children. And so, we all Slide Away...

'Cos we all know what good music can do to the world.


They say a picture is worth...

Reviews later. Much later. Know only that the remainder of the year is not going to be the same.