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There is a song for everyone, for every mood and every occassion. One song / music is not necessarily superior to another one in any way. Its an art and everyone has a taste and a point of view. I LOVE music..I even learnt the Hindusthani Gharana classical music. However, I must admit I am more inclined towards film music and ofcourse the western music. Here in this blog I just list these songs that I can listen to no matter the time, place and the mood. They are my all time favorite.

1) I wish it would rain by Marvin Gaye (Norman and Whitfield sessions)

I just luuuuuuuuuuv this version of the song by Gaye. He is a legend, all his songs are fantastic. Its just that the lyrics of this song, Gaye's sexy voice and the music- its MAGIC!

2) Dear Life by Anthony Hamilton

Just like the above song, this song has such great lyrics and the rendition by the singer is oh so magical!


The rest of the list contains songs in random order( I like each one of them equally).

# You are my angel by Shaggy and Rayvon

It has a special meaning in my life and so I love it.Hip-hop has never sounded that romantic before this song came out.

# I'm back in the NewYork Groove by KISS

I like the attitude and the beats of the song

# Striptease by Hawksley Workman

Sexiest and the grooviest song of all time. Listen to the song..you will really get the urge to do a striptease..heheheh

# Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

It is "THE" Orgasmic song. The raw sexual surcharges hits you like a torpedo.

# The Little Things by Danny Elfman

The Ultimate Attitude song. This nonchalantly saying " Can't care about the world anymore" is so very me.

# Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows

Its the peppiest, funniest, cutest love song. Everytime I hear it I end up dancing. It just lifts my spirit to the seventh heaven.

# November Rain by Guns N Roses

Its the ultimate love ballad.Period.

# Cannonball by Damien Rice

Truth be told I love each and every song by Damien Rice. He sounds heavenly and the guitar oh the guitar!

# This Kiss is Criminal by Faith Hill

Well it could have been just another love song, but using the word criminal to describe a kiss is what got my attention. The lyrics is just the way I like to say things, so I love the song..hahahah

# Minstrel Boy by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros (Film Version)

I always love march beat, war songs and this song has got it all..the beats,the war-time emotions and the lyrics.

# Mujhe Tum Yaad Karna - Mashaal

This song has such beautiful lyrics- it gives an idea how long-distance love relationships should be. I love it to the bones.

# Could No9 by Bryan Adams

Oh My Dear..thats Bryan Adams...lovely lovely song..my life...

My Song!

This is my song: The Little Things by Danny Elfman

Have you heard the news?
Bad things come in twos
But I never knew 'Bout the little things

Every single day
things get in my way
Someone has to pay
for the little things.

And I'm through with the stories
And I'm sick of my shoes
And the walking and the talking it's got nothing to do
with the final solution
It's a box full of tricks
and I'm through with repairs when there's nothing to fix
when there's nothing to fix
when there's nothing to fix.....

......And it all comes down to You.

Let the headlines wait
Armies hesitate
I can deal with fate
but not the little things

Armageddon may
arrive any day
I can't get away
from the little things

With my violent curse
and a bucket of tears I could
look at the sunlight
and I'd feel no fear
With a mountain of maybes
and some icarus wings
and I'm honored dilusions
and one little thing
and that one little thing....
That one little thing

.....And it all comes down to You


Have you heard the news?
..........
Someone has to pay
for the little things!

SRK, Smoking and NRIs

Watching SRK perform along with the Indian Cricket Team in some function makes me wonder- is he a man or a machine..I mean he is present in almost every event related to media industry and not related to media industry. Does he ever get some sleep or what ..does he eat?I know he smokes..Smoking Kills..but by the looks of it I'm not sure anymore.I mean look at him, he has so much energy..He is like what 43-44; Young guys like Dhoni who are almost half his age were finding it difficult to do the jumps and rolls he was doing.
Anyway coming to the point this SRK is here-there-everywhere..Mr.Omnipresent I must say. You may hate him or love him but you simply cant avoid him!
Who is this phenomenon? From acting in Traffic rules videos for Doordarshan to TV seriels To telefilms to Movies..it has been a meteoric rise for this guy. Most people I meet are critical of him..he hamms too much, he cant act at all...well I can only say you may fool all people sometime but cannot fool all the people all the time. He has been able to do that ..so i guess if he cannot act he can definitely entertain. I dont know how many fans he has in India.but I can tell you for sure every Indian living abroad will definitely watch his movie. NRIs are like crazy for a dose of SRK entertainment. Even Emiratis are crazy about him.
I still remember the day I went to watch Main Hoon Na at Cinestar in Citycentre( my fav hangout place in the whole of Dubai)..the hall was packed--shared by Local Arabs and Indians ofcourse. It was my first SRK movie viewing in Arabland and i was surprised at the fan following SRK had in Emirates. They were singing songs!I was like OK i get it now..SRK you are really a Huge star with NRIs.
When you are away from homeland for a long time, you want to remember all the beautiful things related to it...the sweetness of it and SRK films have huge doses of them.
I guess NRIs like the bold-beautiful colours, song n dance for every ocassion, glitzy clothes present in almost all SRK films. And ofcourse the main ingredient is the Love factor. You can hardly go wrong with a love story movie if well told. Like,for instance Titanic (James Cameroon one) was a huge hit practically everywhere it was screened. Because the main story was a love story and that too a doomed love story! SRK is the king of romance and i guess so he is the King of Hindi film industry. Let me tell you an incident how known SRK is in Dubai. One day I caught a screening of Swades in Cinestar, did some shopping in Carrefour and hoped into the first taxi I got. After sometime, the taxi driver(a arab local) asked me"madam, you not going to the Shahrukh khan show tonight?" Actually SRK was in town with his team to perform for a show called Temptations or something like that... I thought why is he asking me ..then i realised i was wearing a Salwar kameez. I smiled and said "No, i just watched him in a film today" He is like" Madam, this is Shahrukh Khan...not movie, LIVE!....everbody going there" His emphasis was so much on the word live and he couldnot believe that I an Indian wouldnot like to watch SRK perform live!
Oh SRK you are really big time favourites with NRIs and Arabs..you maynot be the greatest actor but you are definitely a great entertainer!