At first I was afraid I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side;
But then I spent so many nights
Thinkin' how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And so you're back from outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I'd've known for just one second you'd back to bother me
Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
('cause) you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did I crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not.I. I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive;
I've got all my life to live,
I've got all my love to give and I'll survive,
I will survive. Hey hey.
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
Kept trying' hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart,
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself. I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you,
And so you feel like droppin' in
And just expect me to be free,
Now I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's lovin' me
Go on now.. etc.

Gloria Gaynor - I will survive

Ajit is crazy about this song... He heard it for the first time when we watched "The Replacements"... I've known the song for a while though... and I used to like it... But after hearing it about a zillion times (thanks to Ajit :P).. I've become addicted to it too... I'm a little high right now.. twas freaking cold today.... my hands nearly froze while trying to get the groceries in from the car.... wanna go watch swades.... a new year is coming... mabbe this year will be better than the last (this one is from The Counting Crows: A long december.. a must hear)... just for the record... 2004 was even worst year of my life.... and I wish i cud just wipe it off.... but then life doesnt give you that priviledge.. well... as my current fav. song goes... I will survive....

Singin' out LOUD!

I was reading pompy's blog and somewhere between the headphones and the bus, it reminded me of something that happened a couple of years back.. It was embarassing but out and out hillarious... Well, for our last semester in BIT we had to do a full time project and I was working for this company in Okhla (10 bucks to anyone who can find out the name of the company ;))... I used to take this chartered bus from my place to there and it was a good long 1 1/2 hr bus ride :(... But that was not the worst part.. the bus driver dude, had this one tape - I found out later that it was of the Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor movie 'Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya' - and he used to play that over and over again and boy did he bug the hell out of me.. damn I hated those songs.. Well, one fine day, while coming back from office, I have my walkman and I'm wearing out the GNR live era tape 2 side B songs 1-4 as usual (for the uninformed, those songs were, Sweet Child of Mine, Knocking on Heaven's Door, Dont Cry and Estranged) :) and the bus driver is playing his stupid music as usual... Now I have this bad habit of singing along (more like croaking along ;)) with the songs that I really like and I'm doing the same... After a while I realize that everyone in the bus (I was sitting on the last seat) is staring at me... So I pause the tape and lo and behold the bus tape is off.. and everyone till the cleaner of the bus could hear me trying to emulate Axl singing Knocking on Heavens Door :D... Thankfully though my bus stop was near and the minute I got off the bus I couldnt stop laughing like crazy..... Well the same thing happened a few weeks ago.. Just that the scene was the grad lab.. and the audience as it turns out was Ted's group meeting and Lori and Linda ;).. The song was the same... Moral of the stories: Play GNR music on speakers, not headphones :)..

Well this blast from the past made me think of the songs that I really really love to sing out loud.. Here's my top 5 singin' out loud songs (WHEN U ARE ALONE IN UR ROOM/CAR!!!) of all times (ala John Cusack in High Fidelity, where he is making a top 5 list of everything, including the top 5 breakups of all times ;))...

5. Chumbawumba - Tubthumping . I havent met one person who wud not want to shout this song out loud.. They may be one hit wonders but man this song is so much fun to sing out loud.

4. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Free Falling. I used to do the same thing that Tom Cruise does in Jerry Maguire, soooo much.. Even before I saw the movie.. Its so awesome when he goes 'And I'm freeeeeee.. free falling'

3. AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long. Need I say much about this one.. Anyone whoz ever heard it would wanna sing it out at the top of their voices...

2. GNR - Knocking on Heaven's Doors (The Live Era Version). My nemesis.. But a mind blowing song none the less.. I sing this when I'm happy or just really really pissed off.. I love it when Axl goes, 'We got one more time to go, lets make this one reach the heavens'...

1. Pearl Jam - Black . One of my most favourite songs.. Its not much of a shout out loud song but the part which is gonna be the lyrics of the day, is the one which makes me wanna sing (and sing loud) this one over and over and over again... I cannot describe in words what this song means to me..

Honorable Mention: When I was 16 I used to listen to MLTR :)... Their song 'Someday' was one of the firsts of the above mentioned category for me and hence deserved a mention.

P.S. - I didnt put Bryan Adams - Summer of 69' in there because I'd anyday headbang to that then sing it out loud :)...

my lyrics for today:

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life.
I know you'd be a sun,
in somebody else's sky,
but why, why, whyyyyyyyyyyyyy
cant it be, oh cant it be,
mine...

Pearl Jam - Black (from the album Ten)

The White City

I think Tolkien came to Duluth before he wrote about the white city of Minas Tirith... Ok this is a bad analogy but yeah, every Duluth resident woke up today to their own white city.. There was a lot, I mean a LOT of snow outside.. and its darned freaking -15 C outside right now... Life sucks and then you die. right??? But, the hunter dude is back in the sky... hez my favorite.. and... The dude was finally like, 'umm, mabbe you should work on the writing till I come back next week'... and I was like 'YEAH BABY!!!'... Well neways, so I havent started writing yet.. But I will. soon.. If neone is interested in making 50 bucks per chapter, just mail me :)...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet,
And whither then? I cannot say.

(J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)