Last Friday, I had lunch with two adorable little people I met through this blog. Untainted by the passage of time, they are about to embark on a journey of love and discovery to the land where Sita met Ravana, and was subsequently rescued by the monkey God.
This one is for them - as a reminder that magic often happens when the classes meet the masses. U2's version of Hallelujah is like fine red wine to the grapes of Leonard Cohen's lyrics, but it took a middle-of-the-road midling-talented dreadlocked Jason Castro to deliver a bit of its rich bouquet to the 32 million people who watched the finals of American Idol last week.
Dear M and P, may the Lord of Song be by your side always.....
7 comments:
many many thanks for those wishes! the 'meeting pleasure' was mutual...
the song is an all time great...btw, have you heard the jeff buckley's version of the song from his fine album 'grace'? its better than cohen himself...
hear it here http://youtube.com/watch?v=weygNZphUxI
and i would anyday go for this than...
ofcourse it is, in fact I first wrote his name on the blog, but then I edited that out because I prefer Bono's spoken version, it has a scary surreal quality about it...the images on this youtube video are just not right for the song though they are great by themselves....but many people don't have access to Buckley, whereas they do watch prime time tv...it's all about the reach, peach....!
totally agree on the mismatch of the images and music.
once upon a time i used to trip on Bono's radical take on the song.
'its all about the reach, peach!'....like that. am sure you would have used this usage in some presentation.
Hi!
I came to your blog for the first time today guided here from Manish's blog. Must say was completed floored.
Have read your interviews and seen your photographs for so long. and then suddennly to be able to walk into your space on blogland was awesome.
Reasons am floored:
1.you are more than a successful professional and yet find time to blog and share your thoughts
2.your passion for animals
3. The lovely shots of China u took
Hoping to read about many more interesting places and people here.
thanks pinku, though honestly the photos in china weren't all taken by me, i just whacked them off my companion's camera without giving credit!!
having known both m and p for a while, i am sure it was a delightful lunch. only wish i could make it. the apartment sounds lovely. but i have just moved in. and yes, i am sure it would be quite impossible for me to afford it.
but thank you so much for saying it.
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