First Post

Hello everyone!  My name is Nandini Singh, and I am a fifteen year old American with an Indian background.  If you can't tell by the nature of this blog, I am in love with music, especially classic rock. Pink Floyd, the Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, U2 and many, many more drive me to insanity with the sheer amazingness of their music.  And of course, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Elvis, Little Richard...the list of musicians and artists that I love could go on forever. 

Being January 1st, 2013, the time to start new things, and being that I'm close to the abyss of the college application process, I've decided that I had to do something useful with my time rather than sitting on Facebook and playing xBox. The blog of someone else who was my age sparked my attention, and with urging from my mother, I decided to create this blog.  For me, this blog will be a way to finally be a full on rock fanatic to anyone who wants to hear, as most of the people I know nowadays would rather discuss The Wanted or One Direction (not that there's anything wrong with that).  Also, I hope this blog can be a way for me to connect with other people who share the same interests and passions as me.  From what I know of the classic rock fandom, there is not a greater, more devoted group of people on the planet!  Whenever I meet someone with the same music taste as me (and trust me, in high school it's pretty rare), the conversation pace immediately picks up and the interest level is peaked. At the New Years Eve party I attended yesterday, one of the older men couldn't believe that I knew all this music, and was so passionate about it. The conversation we had afterwards was one of the most enjoyable of the night.  So I'm hoping that this blog can also bring forth many people and conversations similar to that one.

So, some more things about me.  Some of my other passions are watching great movies (last one I saw was Les Miserables- it was phenomenal!  Please go check it out and bring tissues!), reading, obsessing over Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, and great food (Bobby Flay's Burger Palace- go check that out too!).  My main sports are swimming in the winter and rowing in the spring, and I tried out water polo this fall- but let's just say that wasn't a pleasant experience.

My favorite band by far is the Beatles.  Although my love for many other artists runs extremely deep, the Beatles will always be number one for me.  I can't even remember when I first began to listen to them- growing up every little kid knows Here Comes the Sun or Yellow Submarine.  But in seventh grade, I bought their box set and was exposed to the whole discography.  And to sum it up shortly, my mind was absolutely blown.  I had never even heard music like that.  It seemed almost impossible for songs like A Day in the Life to even exist, when around me Rihanna and Justin Bieber featured on every radio channel.  I fell in love immediately, and have not fallen out of love since.  I'll be the first to say that not all of their songs met the resonance of the Beatles, as every band has their faults.  But the fact that the Beatles achieved everything they did in less than ten years and broke up before they were thirty years old is unbelievable.  Every single album, especially beginning with Rubber Soul, was innovative and changed the world of music.  Although song writing pairs such as Jagger/Richards, Waters/Gilmour, and Page/Plant have established themselves in their own ways, none have been able to match the legacy of Lennon/McCartney (in my opinion).  Discovering the magic of the Beatles was like breathing in a breath of fresh air- and without them, I would never have found Pink Floyd or the Rolling Stones, or any other rock and roll artist.

My favorite song is always a tough decision, but I'd have to say I have a few.  If I had to pick only one,  it would by One by U2.  I have no idea why.  It might be Bono's voice and the way he sings it as if he's almost in pain, or the beautiful guitar intro, but I think it's just the message of the song and the way in which it's put together as a whole.  The lyrics really speak to anyone who listens to it, and over time they haven't lost their magic for me.  Another song that I absolutely love is Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones.  The purely wild feel of it is great, and I love Mick Jagger's voice and the 'ooo, ooo's in the background.  While reading up on it has given me some sort of idea what the song is about, it's still a mystery and I love that.  And that one line, 'every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints' The best thing about this song, or rather Beggar's Banquet (the album it came from) is that this album was released when the Stones stopped trying to be the Beatles.  They botched that and decided to go their own way, and it turned out to be one of their best albums (and the beginning of the big four).  The last song is featured on the Band on the Run album by Paul McCartney and the Wings, and it's Let Me Roll It.  This song is just so different then everything else Paul put out post-Beatles, from his voice to the words to the amazing guitar riff.  People slammed him for writing that song in too much of a 'Lennon Style', but I think it's just something completely different.

So, a little bit about the set up of this blog.  I put the 'Songs of the Week' section so that I could give everyone a few good songs to listen to.  While this is a blog about mostly classic rock, a few of the songs might just be a good song that I've found that I've been listening to.  Like right now, the song 'Bloodstream' by Stateless definitely isn't classic rock, but I really recommend listening to it!  As for the posts and content in this blog, I have lots of ideas and the posts will probably switch in between personal (like this post) and factual/informative.  If you have any ideas to make this blog better, please let me know!  There'll be a lot more up on this site soon, so stick around!