Some things never change…

A while ago, when I first started to write, a lot of my writing came out in the form of lists – lists of memories, music, ideas… Of course, as any well-read author will testify, the first mistake to avoid while writing is to bore the audience with endless reminiscences which mean nothing more than words to anyone outside of the author! However, the other “first” rule of writing also says write about what one knows best. Being the shallow, self-centered and completely uninteresting person that I am, I’d say that subject was me. So here’s another bit of me which is possibly just as unintriguing as the rest of me!

A while ago I discovered the “memory card” function on my HTC. Now since I am possibly the most technologically challenged person in my circle of accquaintances, it’s a major achievement to even get the darn thing working, let alone figure out its gadgetry and all that jazz! But I digress… So we have a memory card. What does it do? Well, it can store music, for starters. Now if you know me even remotely, you’ll know that there are few things I detest more than a pair of wee things stuck in my ears, making noise. I’m NOT a fan of earphones/earplugs and the accompanying idea of music-all-the-time. So what am I to do with this new discovery of mine, since I pretty much refuse to be plugged-in, in a manner that resembles cyborgs? I start collecting music.

Of course, by now, the HTC is completely out of the picture. I’ve rediscovered music. In the last few months, in a pathetic bid to cleanse my life, on one of my rampages, I’d deleted my carefully-collected music archive. Oh yes – the Billy Joel, Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias (Sr.), Pavarotti – all gone. In one major laptop-reformat. Great. And then, to rediscover them… Like meeting your favourite grandparent after a whole year away!

Anyways.

Some things never change. Music – thankfully – is one of them.

Uptown Girl – Billy Joel

Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra

Something Stupid – Frank and Nancy Sinatra

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head – B.J. Thomas

American Pie – Don McLean

Mrs. Robinson – Simon and Garfunkel

Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkle

La Bamba – Los Lobos

Party Time – Gloria Estefan

Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles

Y.M.C.A. – VillagePeople

We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel

We Are the Champions – Queen

We Will Rock You – Queen

The Baby Elephant Walk – O.S.T. Hatari

Lara’s Theme – O.S.T. Dr. Zhivago

O.S.T. Chariots of Fire

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynnrd Skynnrd

Sweet Home Alabama All Summer Long – Kid Rock

All of ABBA. There is no way I can list it all. Call me what you like, I still like them.

Hotel California – The Eagles

Man! I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain

Summer of ‘69 – Bryan Adams

Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars – Jon Bon Jovi

Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp

Alice – EVERY DAMN VERSION

Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan

Seasons of Love – R.E.N.T.

 I have to stop here since I feel a Part – II to this list coming on…

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