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My five -- Deepa Karup
Megadeth
Symphony of Destruction
A tough choice to make. “You take a mortal man, and put him in control. Watch him become a god, watch people’s heads a’roll.” With its strong political content, it’s remarkable that a song written in the early nineties is fully valid even today. Trust for its vulnerability and honesty, Dawn Patrol and Holy Wars for its solos, and this one for its energy!
Don McLean
Vincent
An early seventies’ song, inspired by the life of Vincent Van Gogh, this track is way ahead of American Pie — which Mclean is most associated with.
McLean’s words set to a very simple tune, take you on a journey through Van Gogh’s paintings.
Roy Orbison
In dreams
Must admit that I stumbled into this song rather late in life. David Lynch’s cult thriller “Blue Velvet” (1986) has the villainous yet suave Dennis Hopper crooning to this song. The mike in his hand, his body swaying in that very retro fashion… the song has become a part of me.
Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
High Hopes and Comfortably Numb are equal contenders, but I chose this as my Floyd favourite.
The starting solo which leads up to the rather poignant song is beautiful, to say the least.
The song is romantic, deep and even heart-rending. It’s haunting actually.
Led Zeppelin
Stairway to heaven
This is by far the easiest choice I made. This is Led Zeppelin’s best track without doubt and competes only with his own number Kashmir. The only reason I hesitated to put this one down is because it’s everybody’s favourite. There are so many layers to this song that every time I listen to it I am in a different dimension.
Those that almost made it:
Beatles: Blackbird. It’s not on my first list because I cannot bear to choose one song. They’re all favourites, even the silly and prissy ones!
Simon and Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence, Scarborough Fair, Dangling Conversation… impossible to choose.
Cradle of Filth: Nymphetamine. A heavy metal band, this track is one of the more popular ones.
(Deepa Kurup is a reporter with The Hindu, Bangalore and a big time rocker)
My Five is a personal list of the five greatest tracks in popular music
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