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I just saw Singh Is King. Haha, I don't believe myself

I'm amused and disgusted all at once. But a little more amused. I usually can't tolerate slapstick Hindi comedy, but I just had to get this weird urge out of the way. To be honest, I really didn't have this kind of movie in mind when I wrote that, but I guess I've been wearing my Punjabi genes a bit often these days. I was so into it today that I even started digging the music. Seriously, listen to it.

Heck, try calling me!

P.S. - My namesake was fun too :D

Coldplay is giving away FREE downloads of their new album!! Monday 9am UK time. AWESOMENESS!

Friday is also the day when the free download of the album will become available right here on Coldplay.com. If you want to be among the very first to have it, then set a reminder for 9am UK time, as we can now confirm that's when the download will be going live. Click here to find out what time that is where you are.
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Downloads will be available on Coldplay.com. Check http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=393

I can't wait! :D

I've got this writer's block

I get this writer's block,
It comes as quite a shock,
And now I'm stuck between a hard place and the biggest rock.

In my own head consumed,
I sit back in my room,
It's like the tapestries of life get tangled in the loom.

Ha, I wish I could've made this up myself but, unfortunately, I've got this writer's block. I just picked up this lyric from a house track I heard a long time back in a David Vendetta set.

No kidding, I can't think of anything serious to write these days. Am I way too jobless to think of anything serious? Or am I out of my 'depression'? Whatever it be, I need it to end.

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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Viva La Coldplay

Coldplay rocks. Or soft rocks. Or probably alternative rocks. Or whatever you wanna call it. But they sure do it bloody well.

It's settled then. They're definitely in my top 3 all-time favourites. Bryan Adams, Coldplay and Evanescence - in no particular order.

I got hold of Coldplay's last album, Viva La Vida, only this past week. And I loved it. Just 2 hearings and I already have a favourite song. See why.

Yes!

When it started we had high hopes
Now my back's on the line
My back's on the ropes
When it started we were alright
But night makes a fool
of us in the daylight

There we were dying of frustration
Saying "Lord lead me not into temptation"
But it's not easy when she turns you on
Sin, stay gone

If you'd only, if you'd only said yes
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God, only God knows I'm trying my best
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness

So up they picked me by the big toe
I was held from the rooftop, then they let go
Dizzily screaming 'Let the windows down'
As I crumble to the ground

If you'd only if you'd only say yes
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God, only God knows she won't let me rest
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness
I've become so tired of this loneliness

 It's easy to see why this song is so awesome. Incredibly moving, incredibly hard-hitting, incredibly appropriate. Yeah, there are quite a few others on the album that I absolutely fantastic, but this one stood out for some reason. Here, give it an ear.


P.S. - Someone get them to tour Mumbai!

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.

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