It was last weekend that a get-together at a country-side location was planned with friends. Friday evening came and we headed for the location. The trip was fun with lots of people, lots of food, lots of cokes and sprites, lots of teen patti tutorials by the masters which were followed by actual sessions :) Then a semi- night out and an early morning vada pav and chai --Bliss :) Then a visit to a temple followed by food, more food and fun with carrom sessions, plus of course the very very famous DURGA ki coffee :)
Evening was planned to saved for "Thousand Oaks" or as the guys called it-- The Temple!!!
Well for those who donot know what T-Oaks is, its a kind of a hard-rock cafe with drinks and starters.
We chose to sit inside. The place has an amazing sound proofing system. Before entering the interiors, you have no clue on how loud the music is in there. Totally rocking with a good surround sound system, the place is a little cramped up I would say. But little do the rock buffs mind that. Drinks, food and music is all that really matters to them I guess.
It turned out that I was the only girl amongst the six of us who had gone there.Apparently, I was the only reason that the five guys were even allowed inside, being a couple's night. Liberal doses of Thank You's continued to flow from each of them in between the starters and drinks.
After the music started inching towards Floyd and what not, I could almost see the transformation in all the guys there :P With each song that the DJ played, their eyes would close and heads would start banging in the air. One guy was strumming away the virtual guitar with almost insane intensity. Rest of them singing as loud as they could.
While I was amidst this hysteria, I could not help but wonder what the madness and dementia is about. Guys banging their heads, swaying to the music, strumming away imaginary guitars, in a bid to catch the notes, singing out as aloud as possible -- well thats what is my definition of this genre of music --ROCK :)
Although I have to admit that the hysteria does catch you at some point in time if you sit there for a while.
But I guess I have miles to go before I become a hard-rock fan and exhibit all the attributes of being one!! :)
Rock in general is a kind of music for me but when they all start banging the floor, as if guitar baj nahi raha theek se to aisa lagta hai ki...woh ek aadmi ke sir mein dard tha usne socha baki sab ke bhi kar donga and did it.
ReplyDeleteNo offence to any kind of music but cant help it with the opera singers and hard rock.....
As they say u realize it only when u actually experience it and u experience it only where there s a need for it. Its like horses for courses - u listen to different genres of music in different moods/circumstances/situations :)
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