Sunday, January 20, 2008

It's Just Love...

It was one of those jobless evenings, book in hand, music streaming in through the radio. The time when i still didn't own a comp. And then.....it was love at first note! Fell in love with the beautiful melody that was more vocal and acoustic than any of the music oft played on the radio just the instant i heard it. The name of the band was unfamiliar and rather amusing. The very next time i got hold of my bro's comp, i searched his itunes for the song. My bro gave me a look that said is-this-your-"ooooohhhhhhh-u-Must-listen-to-it"-song ?? But dunno what it is about some music and me; the appeal is so immediate and lasting, so brilliant and compelling, so exhilarating and completing! Music is just the Magic that Moves my World!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY

Jusssssht an amaaazing song :) So simple in it's lyrics, yet so true! One of the songs that pep me up todally!!!




Absolutely everybody,

Everybody needs a little loving,
Everybody needs somebody thinking of them.
Everybody needs a little respect,
And whatever it takes,
I’m gonna get it.

Everybody needs a hand to hold,
Someone to cling to
When the nights are getting cold.
I’m no different,
I am just the same,
A player in the game.

Absolutely everybody,
Everybody, everybody.
Absolutely everybody
In the whole wide world.

Absolutely everybody,
Every boy and every girl,
Absolutely everybody.

Everybody needs a human touch.
I can’t live without it,
It means too much to me.
Everybody needs one true friend,
Someone who’ll be there ‘til the very end.


And absolutely everybody breathes,
And everybody, everybody bleeds.
We’re no different,
We’re all the same,
Players in the game.

Absolutely, everybody,
Everybody, everybody.
Absolutely everybody
In the whole wide world.
Everybody breathes,
And everybody needs.
Absolutely everybody.

Absolutely everybody.

Every boy and girl,
Every woman and child.
Every father and son.
I said now everyone,
Yes now everyone.

Everybody needs a human touch.
Everybody, everybody needs love.
I’m no different,
I am just the same,
A player in the game.

Absolutely everybody.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Shakespearean play. One that I have not read before. My attempt to read the synopsis of the play on the net didn't last more than 2 lines of text. All that I knew when I entered the Auditorium was that Midsummer is a romantic comedy, involving 2 couples!

When Tim Supple, the director explained that the play is performed in 6 languages, little did i know that he meant all the 6 languages were going to be used on the same stage, in the same performance! The play spanned English, Malayalam, Tamil[I cannot differentiate between the 2 languages, tho can attempt to follow a few words,them being Dravidian languages], Bengali[can only realize that the language being spoken presently is Bengali], Marathi[hmmm, not really sure if it was used in the play, or maybe I did not realize Marathi was being spoken], Hindi[aah, one language i could follow thankfully, but was used rather pitifully!] and a little bit of Sanskrit. When i first heard the Duke speak in Malayalam, I was spellbound!The next few minutes were painful trying to interpret which language was being spoken n what the character intended to say! Tim Supple's advice to us to relax and watch the play even if we do not understand many of these languages became clear now. And we did the same. And this, I must say, is the best example that art has no language barriers. We could follow the play without having to follow each dialogue . The dialogues themselves became rather trivial and the emphasis of the actors lay more on their voice modulation, dialogue delivery and their body language itself. But the dialogues in this play were by no means substandard as the English verses in the play were indeed beautiful!

This, by no means was the end of the creativity and abstractions by the Director. This in fact was the beginning! His interpretation of Midsummer is more crude than sensitive, more vibrant than mellow, more abstract than conventional. It does not deviate from the actual story, but his portrayal of the story is simply commendable. His fairies do not fit the general notion we have of fairies, with silvery wings, angelic faces, beautiful silken linen etcetera. His idea is a welcome change. They are naughty tree dwellers, adept in all sorts of acrobatics, so nimble and agile on stage. They actually climb up ropes on stage, jump on to the stage from heights of say 8 ft! There is simply a lot of energy in the entire play!! It also is very bold and explicit in showing the bond between the lovers in the play, but not in an embarrassing way.There is tremendous fire and passion in the play, the music adding to it with it's crescendo. The music, the stage settings, the dance sequence, the song sequence were all brilliant. Puck is simply the life of the play, with his naughty look, his omniprescence in such an unnoticeable way and his subtle ways of changing scenes on stage!

Overall a very very interesting interpretation of Shakespeare's play, one at the pinnacle of creativity, a brilliant change from the usual interpretations involving Shakespearean English.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Something seems to have changed..

I just feel a positive vibe, a vibe that says everything will be alright, you are beginning to do the right things now! All my old dreams are coming alive once again; beautiful dreams that i had given up on are resurfacing again. Everything seems abstract yet i know i will find clarity.

Something seems to have changed...