Here are the lyrics I deciphered out of Rang De Basanti's Blaaze Track "Be A Rebel". Took one listen to decipher it. Typin it out of my experience listenin to hip hop man, 99% accurate.
Paatshala - Be A Rebel
"Say hoi ho oh hoi ho (x2)
Loose Control
Be A Rebel
Verse 1:
To the mahal of the Taj
To the Minar of Qutub
To the Kumari of Kanya (Say hoi oh hoi)
To the Panjim of Goa (Say hoi oh hoi)
To the Kaancheepuram
Zindabad Zindagood
All have something to say (Say hoi oh hoi)
They all have something to say
They all have something to say
Follow me Follow me Follow me now!
Apni tho paatshala, masti ki paatshala
Be A Rebel
Chorus:
Naa koi padne waala, Naa koi seekne wala
Naa koi padne waala, Naa koi seekne wala
Apni tho paatshala, masti ki paatshala
Apni tho paatshala, masti ki paatshala
Loose Control
Verse 2:
India and Pakistan
Bangladesh all in the soul
Khajuraho to Coimbatore
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
From the Gateway of India
Upto the Himalayas
Across the Ganga Yamuna
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
To Shirdi to the Red Fort
Rourkela Yeah u know
From Ajmer to Orissa
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
Loose Control
Chorus (x1)
Be A Rebel
Verse 3:
Amar Akbar Antony
Ram Rahim Abdullah
Searching for a bright star
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
To the corners of the Earth
What is our (search??) worth?
What is our destiny?
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
Imagine we go back in time
Free your soul, Free your mind
Take a look what do you find?
Say hoi oh hoi
(Say hoi hoh hoi)
Loose Control
One more time!!
Loose.. Loose..
Loose Control
Haha (x3)!!
Be A Rebel
"
I'm impressed with Blaaze's flow although this piece of poetry is totally weak ass stuff. I dont see any rebellion in his lyrics. They sound more like a national integration hip hop song serving shoutouts to some places in India. And the wanksta never even acknowledged his hometown, Chennai, in the one chance he gets to give shoutouts. But Kaancheepuram can't be considered actual Chennai, can it? I'm pssd off man. But for a rap pundit like me, Blaaze is the only shit we'll get to hear making some national noise. Just some half ass verses. Although his voice sounds good. Bottomline. If Blaaze ever made a true Hip Hop album, I'll cop it to hear what he has to say. And if it truly reps Hip Hop, Blaaze is the MAN.
Regarding his collabs with A.R.Rahman, I seriously dont know why he keeps giving him chances. Thats a story we may never get to hear coz of the legend' low-profile. Sigh!
Here I am wasting time writing lyrics of a wanskta who's just topped the pop charts. But Life goes on....
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Saarang Update
I got back with some of my old band mates. Well not same band. But in a new Avatar. Like old wine in a new bottle. With an addition to the lineup. We've not named the band as yet. Its gonna be Me, Joseph and Ashwin. Joseph is my old buddy from Dred Nox ( Chennai's first Gangsta Rap band... hmmmm .. memoriesss of mine .. n the songs will always play.. ). Ashwin was my tuition-mate in Appolo. The DJ is goin to be Joel, again from the Dred Nox era. Basically its very much Dred Nox without the lead MC n with a change in Attitude. No more Gangsta Rap. No more wasting time and money on pursuing music seriously. No more fancy jerseys and bling. And best of all, its goin to a one-off show. Partly me and Joseph's decision to say goodbye to live shows in the near future. Joseph a.k.a J.A.B, the moniker he used, is the best rapper in town. The flow n voice is just too good to beat. Ashwin is a newbie to stage shows outside his college. So hope he does well. And good ol' Joel is the wisest of the lot. Maybe puttin some verses in too.
Drag yourself down to "Power Chord" at IIT Saarang Bindaaz Park on January 26th around noon. You'll get to see Chennai's only Rap Band perform.
P.S : I'm gonna try taking a video of the gig. For memory sake. Anyone with a camcorder, buzz me.
Drag yourself down to "Power Chord" at IIT Saarang Bindaaz Park on January 26th around noon. You'll get to see Chennai's only Rap Band perform.
P.S : I'm gonna try taking a video of the gig. For memory sake. Anyone with a camcorder, buzz me.
Happy Bday MOM!!
Its my mom's birthday today. Still, over the years, its passed by as just another day. Never wondered why. I've never got her presents for any birthday. Not that I didnt think about it, but never had the money to get her something tho. According to our "tradition", we never celebrate the solar calendar dates but follow the star birthday thing. Few days away are my folk' anniversary.
I remember my parent's anniversary last year. For all the wrong reasons. Everything was planned. We were going to lunch out. At 10 AM I got a call from a friend. Asking if I could immediately join the college band to practise for "Sa Re Ga Me" (Boys) for IIT Saarang. And after lot of persuasion, I made the choice of actually going there.
It was a rehersal. I did my part. Going by the look of it, the song I was doing was a sure one to be performed at the IIT Open Air Theatre in front of a crowd of around 1000 people. Next day, some smart guys came up with some new plan. Of changing the entire show schedule. And the song I was in was sacrificed to accomodate a large group song.
So, here I was. Missed my parents anniv with lot of discontent. Thought I'll compensate by being in a winning band for Lite Music. Did well enough to be in the show. Had high hopes of playing to a full gallery. And boom! Everything came crashing. It was a sickening feeling. Lots of lessons learnt that day. Never sacrifice family time for anyone or anything. Never commit to something that itself is uncertain.
Anyways, things have changed this year. I'm mostly going to be at home. Enjoying watchin a movie on Asianer or Surya. Maybe hit the show "Chance for Two" by Evam at 7 if possible. Oh n before I forget. Happy Birthday Mom!
I remember my parent's anniversary last year. For all the wrong reasons. Everything was planned. We were going to lunch out. At 10 AM I got a call from a friend. Asking if I could immediately join the college band to practise for "Sa Re Ga Me" (Boys) for IIT Saarang. And after lot of persuasion, I made the choice of actually going there.
It was a rehersal. I did my part. Going by the look of it, the song I was doing was a sure one to be performed at the IIT Open Air Theatre in front of a crowd of around 1000 people. Next day, some smart guys came up with some new plan. Of changing the entire show schedule. And the song I was in was sacrificed to accomodate a large group song.
So, here I was. Missed my parents anniv with lot of discontent. Thought I'll compensate by being in a winning band for Lite Music. Did well enough to be in the show. Had high hopes of playing to a full gallery. And boom! Everything came crashing. It was a sickening feeling. Lots of lessons learnt that day. Never sacrifice family time for anyone or anything. Never commit to something that itself is uncertain.
Anyways, things have changed this year. I'm mostly going to be at home. Enjoying watchin a movie on Asianer or Surya. Maybe hit the show "Chance for Two" by Evam at 7 if possible. Oh n before I forget. Happy Birthday Mom!
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
IITs Saarang Time again
IIT Madras is throwing the biggest College Bash of the year. Been like that for years now. Airtel is the main sponsor this time. Damn! No more free hutch call booths. Used to use those booths to the extent they actually kicked me out. Anyways, the event list has been expanded this time. Too many events to really list here. But the one's I prolly wont be missing are
1.Powerchords : the college band contest. sigh! memories of my Dred Nox days.
2.Decibels : for semi-pro bands. Ashok Cherian with Buddha Blown won fair n square last time but the prize went to Powder In The Ashtray(PITA). Hah! PITA split since. And BB rocks on. Ashok is simply amazing. Have worked with him in Orange Pale. So, BB will mostly be playing this time too. Cant miss it.
3.LM Nite : my college LiteMusic group will surely storm into the finals. so will be there to root for those ppl.
4. Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy Concert on Jan 26 : Need I say more? Sure hit.
5. Led Zepplica & Parikrama on Jan 29: hmmm. sounds good. having second thoughts. coz tickets are Rs.200. Not sure if I'm gonna pay 200 n end up in a mosh pit full of junkies.
6. Quiz : the best part of Saarang. the quiz that starts at 10PM goes on till 6AM till the last team is left standing. the BEST quiz in town.
Thats all lined up for Jan 25-29. So its gonna be one helluva time as usual. IIT Saarang in its new avatar is something you can't miss.
Interesting Info : I have friends working in Wipro, TCS n Infy planning to give excuses to get out n come to Saarang. Man!
1.Powerchords : the college band contest. sigh! memories of my Dred Nox days.
2.Decibels : for semi-pro bands. Ashok Cherian with Buddha Blown won fair n square last time but the prize went to Powder In The Ashtray(PITA). Hah! PITA split since. And BB rocks on. Ashok is simply amazing. Have worked with him in Orange Pale. So, BB will mostly be playing this time too. Cant miss it.
3.LM Nite : my college LiteMusic group will surely storm into the finals. so will be there to root for those ppl.
4. Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy Concert on Jan 26 : Need I say more? Sure hit.
5. Led Zepplica & Parikrama on Jan 29: hmmm. sounds good. having second thoughts. coz tickets are Rs.200. Not sure if I'm gonna pay 200 n end up in a mosh pit full of junkies.
6. Quiz : the best part of Saarang. the quiz that starts at 10PM goes on till 6AM till the last team is left standing. the BEST quiz in town.
Thats all lined up for Jan 25-29. So its gonna be one helluva time as usual. IIT Saarang in its new avatar is something you can't miss.
Interesting Info : I have friends working in Wipro, TCS n Infy planning to give excuses to get out n come to Saarang. Man!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Aathi Movie Review
Shit! I dont know why I'm writing this. Let this serve as the most honest review on the net before you're bombared with either 'totally for' or 'totally against' reviews.
The plot if pretty simple (masala-family-sentiment-mama ponnu-vivek comedy-vijay being a college guy-baddies kill his family-revenge-all baddies killed off-end of story). Sorry for spoiling the suspense, but Aathi is not really worth watching for a true movie fan. Maybe once.
I'm not going to reveal more about the story as it involves "the most number of wasted charecters". The talented people wasted are Vivek, Prakash Raj, Livingston, Vijayakumar, Nazer, Manivannan, Santhanabarathi, the female who plays Anni plus plenty of other people who've done much better roles before. For a die hard vijay fan, this is a must watch.
One thing very unusual about this movie is the songs. There are 3 family-type songs, 2 romantic songs and only one proper dappan-kutthu number. Bad for Vijay's standards. That too badly placed. So, if you expected another Sivakasi in the songs part, you'll end up coming out with a long face. The USP of the movie is the entertainment.
Yes. Must be wondering how its entertaining even after I almost wrote the film off right? Well, for starters, the voice of the villians, the heroism of the Vijay, the role of Trisha along with non-stereotype Vijay song-dance sequence is the entertainment. Plus, add in Vivek Comedy. Which is very similar to what you saw in 'University'.
There is too much family sentiment, boring flashbacks and bad songs. This may suit an older audience but for the college-goer, this is one of the worst movies to actually see. But you can come out of the theatre smiling. The stunt where Vijay rips off a Santro Car's back door when its moving at around 50kmph is one such "comedy" scene where the whole theatre was laughing/hooting/screaming. Another being the dialogues where he has a one-on-one meet with the villian "RDX". Another scene where Vijay starts dancing to a saavu-melam waiting for the baddies to hit him, reminds you of the "Suravali" song in dhool.
Overall, the movie is about how Vijay and Trisha overcome the bad guys. Credits to be mentioned for Sai Kumar(a kannada villian) for his "ok" potryal of screams n shouts. Vivek deserves a pat too for some nice dialogues. But he disappears in the 2nd half. Not one song worth mentioning. Oh! The song 'Aathi varaan' in the end credits will be noticed if u stay that long. And at the end they even show a Jackie Chan style making of the movie.
Plot : Pretty far fetched and boring. P.S No logic too.
Acting : Notably Trisha (she looks dashing too) and Vijay for his stunts n sentiment.
Pros : The movie gathers speed towards the end of each half, all stunts are comic to watch(e.g chopping head(grfx), shirt on fire for 10 mins n no burn marks(grfx)), Vivek Comedy
Cons : Vijay's looks(ughhh), bad Songs, too many charecters, too many goons too
Why you should watch it : If u a Vijay Fan, must watch. If not, watch it one time to have the laugh of your life. The stunts will drive you crazy.
Why you should not watch it : hmmm. If you dont get tickets. Or simply not interested in laughing your ass off.
Overall : 4/10
The plot if pretty simple (masala-family-sentiment-mama ponnu-vivek comedy-vijay being a college guy-baddies kill his family-revenge-all baddies killed off-end of story). Sorry for spoiling the suspense, but Aathi is not really worth watching for a true movie fan. Maybe once.
I'm not going to reveal more about the story as it involves "the most number of wasted charecters". The talented people wasted are Vivek, Prakash Raj, Livingston, Vijayakumar, Nazer, Manivannan, Santhanabarathi, the female who plays Anni plus plenty of other people who've done much better roles before. For a die hard vijay fan, this is a must watch.
One thing very unusual about this movie is the songs. There are 3 family-type songs, 2 romantic songs and only one proper dappan-kutthu number. Bad for Vijay's standards. That too badly placed. So, if you expected another Sivakasi in the songs part, you'll end up coming out with a long face. The USP of the movie is the entertainment.
Yes. Must be wondering how its entertaining even after I almost wrote the film off right? Well, for starters, the voice of the villians, the heroism of the Vijay, the role of Trisha along with non-stereotype Vijay song-dance sequence is the entertainment. Plus, add in Vivek Comedy. Which is very similar to what you saw in 'University'.
There is too much family sentiment, boring flashbacks and bad songs. This may suit an older audience but for the college-goer, this is one of the worst movies to actually see. But you can come out of the theatre smiling. The stunt where Vijay rips off a Santro Car's back door when its moving at around 50kmph is one such "comedy" scene where the whole theatre was laughing/hooting/screaming. Another being the dialogues where he has a one-on-one meet with the villian "RDX". Another scene where Vijay starts dancing to a saavu-melam waiting for the baddies to hit him, reminds you of the "Suravali" song in dhool.
Overall, the movie is about how Vijay and Trisha overcome the bad guys. Credits to be mentioned for Sai Kumar(a kannada villian) for his "ok" potryal of screams n shouts. Vivek deserves a pat too for some nice dialogues. But he disappears in the 2nd half. Not one song worth mentioning. Oh! The song 'Aathi varaan' in the end credits will be noticed if u stay that long. And at the end they even show a Jackie Chan style making of the movie.
Plot : Pretty far fetched and boring. P.S No logic too.
Acting : Notably Trisha (she looks dashing too) and Vijay for his stunts n sentiment.
Pros : The movie gathers speed towards the end of each half, all stunts are comic to watch(e.g chopping head(grfx), shirt on fire for 10 mins n no burn marks(grfx)), Vivek Comedy
Cons : Vijay's looks(ughhh), bad Songs, too many charecters, too many goons too
Why you should watch it : If u a Vijay Fan, must watch. If not, watch it one time to have the laugh of your life. The stunts will drive you crazy.
Why you should not watch it : hmmm. If you dont get tickets. Or simply not interested in laughing your ass off.
Overall : 4/10
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Change of track
Its a funny thing when u evolve in life. You explore new horizons, learn, gain more knowledge about something you know. You get a clear picture after some time. Sometimes, you hear learned people say "Learning is a never ending process". True. But the most funny thing in life is when you have to make choices. Decide. And always end up not being happy with what you choose although you dont show it. "Its ok. I'm happy". There are some pretty big decisions to be made which can change my life in more than one way. Read on..
Sunday, January 08, 2006
15 reasons I didnt post for 15 days
1. I have a brother who lives in the U.S of A who 'visits' his 'home' for 15 days every 1.5 years. It doesnt help much when your sibling has an age gap of close to 10 years = kind of a generation gap. You see the transformation of a young-share-everything-with-me kind of bro to a family-guy-dont-have-time-for-anything bro.
2. Its a new year, the thought of getting older. Goin to turn 21 in 4 months (Legal age for a male 2 get married in India. Heard the new radio mirchi ad?)
3. Had an uneventful new years eve filled with stares at the computer screen, filling up the room with smoke, listening to B.I.G, reading Wikipedia, watching South Park, wondering what I was doing sitting on my ass instead of party-hopping like some of my "cool" friends.
4. Busy fixing up (buying) my Final Year Project for the frekin Anna University Degree. 6 Months away from becoming a certified Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
5. Trying to convince my dad AMD is ok even if he cant afford to get a P4 3.2GHz. Running around getting quotes that show AMD is cheaper
6. Googling to find out the address of A.R.Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Harris Jayaraj. Finally found it at some glamourchennai website. Not much help as I still have to go in person to give my demo cd. Too much work. So postponed that to next week.
7. Making a lot of music using Fruity Loops 5 Producer Edition. Exploring and finding out I didnt know how to use it all this while. This software is too much!! Best for an aspiring music director who can understand how to use it.
8. Sticking to the close-to-2 month old resolution taken on Nov 13,2005 to "stop" drinking. Restrict to a maximum of 1 or 2 drinks under 'maximum peer pressure' situations only. So far only 1 such situation arised (Day of last exam). Pretty good start.
9. Tryin to get my hands on the new video by Damien "Jr Gong" Marley song ft Nas, "Road to Zion" video. Have a link to the file. No idea abt quality n stuff. Get it here
10. Building a phone-tapping software that digitally records from your phone using a bluetooth tweak. Phone-tapping seems to be the 'coolest' thing to do now. Work in progress. Not sure if I'll get it done.
11. Logging to every website for the 'most' awards. Voted wherever I could for "most hated person of the year" for Tom Cruise and Paris Hilton. Hurray, they seem to have topped every mag n site.
12. Registering my profile on Shaadi.com to try n work out a marriage thing where I marry an NRI in the Gulfi. In 4 months time, any NRI there can vote. So I can earn well as well as call myself a true Indian. But no luck there! Minimum age is 21. Refer reason 2.
13. Windows-shopping(yes Windows) on eBay looking for funny stuff. But I came across grosse things like "Pubic hair of Michael Jackson" and "Toothbrush of Nelson Mandela". Damn! There must be some kinda restriction to put up stuff for aucion. Last time I checked, both were bidding at $50,000.
14. Trying to shoot a video-film using a Sony Cybershot 4 MPXL Digicam for my first short film, titled "Who killed Mr.Freedom Pants?"
15. Updating my MMS collection from desitorrents.com. Desitorrents Moblie section rocks.
Ok. That just about sums up my activities for the last 15 days. And I continue groanin, one day at a time.
2. Its a new year, the thought of getting older. Goin to turn 21 in 4 months (Legal age for a male 2 get married in India. Heard the new radio mirchi ad?)
3. Had an uneventful new years eve filled with stares at the computer screen, filling up the room with smoke, listening to B.I.G, reading Wikipedia, watching South Park, wondering what I was doing sitting on my ass instead of party-hopping like some of my "cool" friends.
4. Busy fixing up (buying) my Final Year Project for the frekin Anna University Degree. 6 Months away from becoming a certified Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
5. Trying to convince my dad AMD is ok even if he cant afford to get a P4 3.2GHz. Running around getting quotes that show AMD is cheaper
6. Googling to find out the address of A.R.Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Harris Jayaraj. Finally found it at some glamourchennai website. Not much help as I still have to go in person to give my demo cd. Too much work. So postponed that to next week.
7. Making a lot of music using Fruity Loops 5 Producer Edition. Exploring and finding out I didnt know how to use it all this while. This software is too much!! Best for an aspiring music director who can understand how to use it.
8. Sticking to the close-to-2 month old resolution taken on Nov 13,2005 to "stop" drinking. Restrict to a maximum of 1 or 2 drinks under 'maximum peer pressure' situations only. So far only 1 such situation arised (Day of last exam). Pretty good start.
9. Tryin to get my hands on the new video by Damien "Jr Gong" Marley song ft Nas, "Road to Zion" video. Have a link to the file. No idea abt quality n stuff. Get it here
10. Building a phone-tapping software that digitally records from your phone using a bluetooth tweak. Phone-tapping seems to be the 'coolest' thing to do now. Work in progress. Not sure if I'll get it done.
11. Logging to every website for the 'most' awards. Voted wherever I could for "most hated person of the year" for Tom Cruise and Paris Hilton. Hurray, they seem to have topped every mag n site.
12. Registering my profile on Shaadi.com to try n work out a marriage thing where I marry an NRI in the Gulfi. In 4 months time, any NRI there can vote. So I can earn well as well as call myself a true Indian. But no luck there! Minimum age is 21. Refer reason 2.
13. Windows-shopping(yes Windows) on eBay looking for funny stuff. But I came across grosse things like "Pubic hair of Michael Jackson" and "Toothbrush of Nelson Mandela". Damn! There must be some kinda restriction to put up stuff for aucion. Last time I checked, both were bidding at $50,000.
14. Trying to shoot a video-film using a Sony Cybershot 4 MPXL Digicam for my first short film, titled "Who killed Mr.Freedom Pants?"
15. Updating my MMS collection from desitorrents.com. Desitorrents Moblie section rocks.
Ok. That just about sums up my activities for the last 15 days. And I continue groanin, one day at a time.
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