On a Sunday it was suddenly Eric Clapton who brought 'Tears in Heaven'. Was it Tears for Fears who said 'Everybody wants to rule the world?'. DesRee and Terence Trent Darby with the silken 'Delicate', 24 by 7 taking to you a fast paced 'Take me away", Bon Jovi keeping the faith, Guns N' Roses welcoming you to the jungle with Axl Rose's sexy hairdo in 'Yesterday'. It was then the beginning of the end for Kurt Cobain. Just as I was getting so hooked to the Seattle band he put a bullet through his head. Quick. I wrote an ode to the man. So did a few more million fans. India had stepped into liberalisation. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh had 'freed' India from License Raj Economy. The youth were beginning to bang their heads more vigourously. Death metal was in. Rap was what they needed. Hip was to be. As we watched Pearl Jam sing 'Jeremy' somewhere in Iraq there was a war breaking. Karnataka and TamilNadu were at loggerheads on the Kaveri issue again. A woman was barbequed by her husband. U2 was singing 'Is it getting better? Do you feel the same?...One love. One dream...We are one. But not the same'.
The 90s rolled on towards the new millenium. Alisha Chinai, Baba Sehgal, Shweta Shetty began their combo musik ishtyle. Then came Daler Mehndi and Jessi with their Bangada..Clinton was singing the same with Lewinsky scandal. Stone Temple Pilots going 'I'm half the man I used to be...'
Enter 2000 with Lopez 'Waiting for Tonight'..Osama the nightmare begins. But then it does not. It has another name called BUSH. 9/11 crawls under America. Gujarat's Godra is nothing compared to this. Anti semitism rules. The world has declared a self destructive war. Against one another. No one knows why. Maybe because Hutchence sings 'Not Enough Time'. Flashback late 80s. Fast forward 2007. Everything's turned a full circle. Regionalisation is in. Love thy backyard. At a barcoded price tag. Everybody please wear some sunscreen. Global warming and Al Gore and the Nobel on your screen.
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