Ever since I can remember, at most given points in my life, most days in my life, I’ve had songs or tunes of some sort stuck in my head. When I was ten years old, I had a song from the Tamil movie ‘Bombay’ in my head coupled with a picture of the sultry Sonali Bendre strutting around in her Alukkas sponsored jewelery filled outfit to , quite strangely, matching the beat of the drums that Rahman sequenced for the song. That was then.
As this post is being conceptualised(I love sounding all academic), the song stuck in my head is a song from a Malayalam ad where the now famous Kavya Madhavan comes running in with two sarees in her hand and sings “aiiii vanaloo vanamal”, heradling the arrival of the newest detergent into her life. (The ad has been taken off the air, probably on her request; it being a damage to her stature and all). The point I think I’m trying to get at is that do most people have tunes bungee jumping around in their head at all points in time. I guess, it’s impossible to know. Well,the point I was trying to make is actually a question and an argument. (Why do I always complicate things).
The argument I propose is as follows(there goes the academician in me again.Ha). Do only the most creative of musicians get the best musical ideas? I’m not too sure. It’s probably the musicians that are capable of executing the ideas, but that does not mean the rest of us don’t have as good ideas. Don’t you think it’s possible that a person sitting next to you on the bus could by some chance have a better tune than say an Eric Clapton or a Warren Mendoza(Zero). I say yes. Why not? Maybe, it’s possible that some guy sitting in Wisconsin could have written a better starting riff to Layla. At the risk of being stoned to death(I don’t mean the state of inebriation) , I would say yes it is possible.
Maybe some of the world’s best musical ideas are some we’ve never heard. I’d like to think so. Having said that I sincerely hope my father does not read this post.
