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Aviraj Saluja

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Mar 14 / 4:00am

Coldplay Conundrum

So I'm mostly going to be in the US of A around late July; will be there for some time, and that's left me in an irritatingly difficult position. You see, right about that time, my current favourite band, and one of my top 3 of all time, is gonna be touring there. Now, the issue is this - should I go ahead and indulge myself in something I've always wanted to do, at a time when the focus is on saving whatever little money I can? Or should I be all 'sensible' about it, skip it 'this one time' since "they'll always come back again"? And then there's the other issue - who do I go with? Company matters, man, and I'm flying alone. Well, that actually depends on where I attend the concert. Looking at the dates, it seems like I can only go for one of the shows in California. That's possible without going out of the way because I can just fly Pacific and land at SF.

You see, I'm not really a concert guy. As in I haven't been to too many (though I would've liked to). The only 2 concerts I've been for were both Bryan Adams in Mumbai (Bryan Adams = God, remember?). And I want to go for this one only because it's Coldplay. In fact, I still think I'm just rambling on and dreaming about this coz it'll never really work out. I don't think I'll be able to take a decision on it very soon. And when I do, even if I decide to go, my luck tells me it'll be all sold out by then.

Oh, bummer.

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Jan 5 / 12:02pm

Back to you, Bryan

Bryan Adams is God to me. It's true.

Bryan's music heals me like nothing else does. It worked first about 9-10 years back, when I was still in school. That's when I first heard his music and fell in love with it. It wasn't funny the way he had a song for every, and I mean every damn 'situation' in my life. Over time, I started listening to him only when I felt low. His slow ballads were my poison. And they worked like a magic potion. His music would make me feel sorry for myself, it would make me cry. And then magically, only in a few hours I literally forgot that I was depressed. I'm not kidding. The guy's a genius.

Today, after years, I felt like listening to Bryan Adams again. Today, after years, he made this cold rock of a heart gulp its own blood and cry. Today, Bryan Adams became God all over again.

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This is the song that got me all teary-eyed today. I'll Always Be Right There - from the album MTV Unplugged - his best by far. It seemed so apt today.

I'll Always Be Right There by Bryan Adams  

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