Beatle it out...

Part 1 : Before Time

I saw her standing there.
She said, "Do you want to know a secret?"
I said, I want to hold your hand.
I knew she had a ticket to ride, so i decided to act naturally.
"Its only love, and you like me too much"
Oh Darling,But I want you. Love me do... even when i'm 64?
"I will, but you got to hide your love away"
And I love her.
We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.

Part 2 : Suspended Animation

We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.

We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.

She said, "Help! Dr. Robert!!"
But, we never come together!
"Baby its you! Call Dr. Robert....Wait... I feel fine...and your bird can sing now."

We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying. Oh, yesterday.


Part 3 : Agonising Ecstasy

Tell me what you see...
"A long, long, long, long and winding road and a nowhere man"
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, then...
"Oh darling, but I want you"

We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying. Oh, yesterday.

G O O D D A Y S U N S H I N E

Baby! you're a rich (wo)man !
"I'm so tired, pass me my Savoy Truffle!"
Sure, Honey pie.

We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying. Oh, yesterday.

B L U E J A Y W A Y

"Babe, the two of us, got to carry that weight, across the universe"
But, I'm only sleeping...
"Babe! I'm looking through you... you're here, there and everywhere!"
But, I'm only sleeping...
"No.9, No.9, No.9 No.9"

But still, We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.

D I Z Z Y M I S S L I Z Z Y

"You never give me your MONEY!!"
But, I'm only sleeping...
"The Taxman, wont tolerate your helter skelter way"
What goes on???
She said,"SHE said... MONEY... thats what i want"
Help!

But still, We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.

"Think for yourself, or you won't see me."
but babe, all you need is love
"No,I dont intend to live on penny lane"
(well, she IS a woman, and I wanna be her man).
"Theres a place...."
Where two of us can be?
"--no reply--"
OK, I'll follow the sun. But babe, dont let me down.
"I will... not"

And again, We'd twist and shout, get a taste of honey and be flying.


Part 4 : Decay and De-value

T H E M A G I C A L M Y S T E R Y T O U R !

I've got a feeling, Misery. Love, ..love me do.
"I will"
Oh!Darling
"Let it be"

oh Darling?
"--no reply--"
misery...

Girl??
"--no reply--"

good night, good morning, good morning, goodnight
"--no reply--"

oh, yesterday.


O N L Y A N O R T H E R N S O N G

"...You may think the chords are going wrong,
But they're not
He just wrote it like that"

.. "Hey..."
BABE!
"You're a day tripper"
I'm a loser?
"something..."
someother guy?
"Rich man... rich"
I'm gonna sit right down and cry
"I'll be on my way"
Hello? "Goodbye"

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I Saw her standing there... I should have known better...

bitch.

Moving mountains is easy...

Journeys are interesting, whatever they maybe, however imposed, in retrospect always interesting. Largely, we choose where we go; doesnt matter if your Daddy's got a car, a scooter or a truck... man want to go, man will go... child dont want to go, gets two on its bum-bum, and will be forced to go. Tough.

Most journeys however, end up being ignored and earn an almost non-existential place in the pool of greys; that cesspit-styled, culturedly volatile, relentlessly ablutionary place... phew! In non-wiki-folks terms, easily forgotten. Mr.Mani says/quotes :

"Brevity is the soul of humour"

... I'm in short supply of all three.

Rapidly dwindling memory pools notwithstanding, some journeys migrate to mindly havens, replete with exaggeration and sometimes displaced in time... we are progressive. (disclaimer)

This is about one of those 'journeys'.

Take :
1 Swaraj Mazda
1 Rock Band
1 Rock Band Manager
7 Roadies/groupies/free-loaders
1 'Out-station' show
1 Long and winding road (bumpy too)

My first 'tour' with the band, also my first experience of being part of the headlining act! What thirrlls i say! Loaded with whiskey for the booze-partees, and Orbits... for me, we set forth... of course, not before Jungle Boy took a nice dump, while sadly, S.Yacoulb, the enormous homophobe, didnt. This partially set a 'drone' for most of the journey ...

S.Yacoulb : "I want to do kakka"

... nice.

While the booze-partees were getting drunk, I was getting queasy. Bus journeys are not for the weak of stomach. Enter orbit. Chewing gum helped prevent me from decorating the insides of the mazda with last night's dinner. So, i slumped in the back-most seat, menky-cap et al, ears protected from wind, while the baais made merry, and S.Yacoulb droned on; Annoyance Galore Inc.

Bad roads, pop songs, air laced with whiskey burps and nicotine, and the relentless drone of excretory yen. All summed-up to a soul filling experience of my first time.. . that is, travelling with the band. Made me wonder, is this what the "rock'n'roll", 'Band Scene' is about?

Smoke, booze and bad jokes..
Bumpy roads, queasiness and diesel fumes..
Long hair, tatoos and red-brassieres...

Most certainly NOT!... not red bras atleast... that was just S.Yacoulb at her prime.

Just when I felt my overbearing thoughts push me further into skepticism towards the whole 'Band' scene, amidst all that smoke, music and confusion, it happened... pragmatically magical, surreally lifelike...

...we all started singing. Just like that...

Time-out here, to refer a 'similar' scene from one of my all time favourites, "Almost Famous". That scene in the bus, where Russel Hammond, the lead guitarist, now wrapped in a towel, settles in after a night of flight. And Elton John's "Tiny dancer" sets in...



..as do the voices of everyone aboard, gradually.

Back to my story; we didnt sing Elton John. It was "Bed of Roses" by Bon Jovi, but what the hell...
It was pretty much like that... and yes, it was GOOD! It was a bonding of sorts, a 'come together'... right now, our own Lucy in the sky with diamonds, space truckin' across the universe.

With all our voices weaving complex overtones and harmonics of unrestrained cacophany, I felt like it was ALWAYS like this;

I was, am and will be here.

Thats what a 'Rock Band' is about... that feeling of allegiance, not in a jingoist sense, no. Its just good to be part of a tale; any part, even the tail.

Its good to belong.