Rock show which rocked hard on us...

I wake up in the midst of a dream scared for as nothing's happening according to my plan. I get up to see the trees waving at me and waiting to pull me into itself and make me also dance, but the sun is already down which gives me a sinking feeling. I try to forget all that and give a call to my friends as to when they are coming to the much awaited rock show. One by one things fall out of place, friends arent replying and I getting anxious as I wanted to attend the show from the word GO. So I try every now and then and thank god few reply and go to there place and pick them up.

The rock show starts at 7.45PM as I wait to get my nerves loose. We form a closed group of buddies and the whole world of mixes of emotions is forgotten for the moment. Then the show starts rocking with one my favorites "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd and we all start the sacred ritual of all rock listeners "Head Banging" which has no meaning to all the non listeners. Its the fastest way to go into the state of perpetual madness. We shout tearing apart our vocal cords the favorite part of the song "we dont need no education, we dont need no cost control" with voices so loud to hurt our own ear drums. The next one comes from a local rock band singing a vedic chanting which suddenly makes a lot of sense "tamosoma nirgamaya" the calmness it gave was above all with drums and guitars ranging there pitches from low to high and higher. The guitars made me go crazy and the fusion songs just looked awesome. After a few of these things first time I heard a song which has never been played in this tone "saare jahan se acha" and audience amazed and sings along with great valor as though we stand on the battlefield.

The first part ends this way leaving behind a sense of oneness among audience. The great Indian rock band Parikrama lands with the Queen song "We will, we will rock you" and we sing along and I trying to grasp my breath with there speed by singing my favorite lines "you got mud on your face, u big disgrace, kickin ur can all over the place". Then they sing songs of there own band unheard of me and my thought wonders of things like marketing and concepts of marketing as I understand clearly how to sell ur CD's and Cassettes in which they fail horribly in persuading me. Then they come with AC DC and Iron Maiden and they almost forgot the gods of rock "Metallica" and my favorite Linkin Park. I wait patiently for songs of these bands and they appear no where near, but just ringing in my own ears as I sing silently. Then the show ending comes with a mix of loud hard rock music with the vocalist shouting long enough to make me deaf. We all head bang for the times we spent together, times we hated each other, times we fought, times we just loved for being here and times of loneliness that we will have to face after graduation. The rock show ends with a feeling of happiness and sadness which I will carry all my life to tell my future generation that there exists happiness and sadness at every moment and depends on the persons mind whether he wants to hurt himself or motivate oneself with the hope that these shows will become bigger and comes back to you with the people you love.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them." This is one quote I carry to live life with hope to say all that nothing's impossible and try to believe what all you can do in one's life and others too if you think you are capable.

Life sings and try to dance accordingly.
I sign off. Good luck
Love Chetan Umarani