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heard this song while traveling in foothills of himalayas in a taxi.

it is a real gem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTs4SK7Xmk

For those who have seen Michael Jackson’s famous dance video of the “Smooth criminal” must have been amazed by that impossible looking 45 degree lean. When I saw it for the first time, I thought of all weird explanations of how that could be done. It looked physically impossible. And yes, at that point of time I didn’t have any clue about the centre of gravity crap and even if I had I wanted to keep it isolated from my favorite dancer’s exceptional move. To feel somehow that only he can do the impossible, and it happens, we usually keep our favorite performer’s way beyond the laws of physics or any other logical explanation. continue reading…

Now that I am at it, no rock song has been analysed as much as this Zeppelin one .Surfing around the net you will find people geuinely convinced that this song is about Page recruiting for Satan (or something to that effect) and there are people that think that the piper plant refers to is Jesus Christ (they have put their interpretation and their logic on websites too). continue reading…

Being a hard core fan on rock music I would obviously like to believe that rock lyrics have some meaning. It would pinch me if somebody would say in a booze soaked party that yeah it’s a great song, nice lyrics, of course it doesn’t mean anything. Does it really mean nothing?!  continue reading…

My heart says Zeppelin but my brain knows better.

Rock and Roll fans in general and Metal fans in particular would elevate their favourite musicians to an embarassingly lofty status.We all (fans ) want to believe rock and roll is an art form and our favorite band was one hell of an act , the likes of which has been never seen since nor will ever be seen again. continue reading…

“ What really knocks me out is a book that , when you’re all done reading it, wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it “

-          J D Saligner in Catcher in the Rye

People are still mooching off Jim Morrisons fame by analysing his “art”.Lousy books and ridiculous documentaries on him are plentiful and their only agenda is too swindle his fans who continue to believe he was a visionary genius (or something of the sort).Then there are many who continue to mock his fans for their lack of basic schooling to see that Morrison was a rank amateur and not a proper poet. continue reading…