One of the most liberating experiences, according to me, is driving alone at night with good music.
In one of the theaters in town, which was located in a rather quiet part of town, Manoj Shyamalan's Lady in the Water was running in theaters well past its sell-by date. Considering the fact that fantasy movies had always had a strange appeal to me, it was not surprising that I decided to go watch this movie.
I got my chance soon enough. In no mood for crowds and desperately craving alone time that night, I decided to catch this movie when a party was being thrown.
A weekday, the theater was quiet and almost empty with me and just a few others.
The details of the movie escape me.
What I do remember was my drive back home along on one of the most dimly lit and loneliest streets I'd ever been on, with Alan Parson's Silence and I playing softly on my car stereo.
We're two of a kind
Silence and I
We need a chance to talk things over
Two of a kind
We need a chance to talk things over
Two of a kind
Silence and I
We'll find a way to work it out.
My only company was Eric Woolfson's quiet voice singing about silence inside the car;
and the silence of the night outside: carefully quiet, and sublimely hopeful.
16 comments:
I suppose the leg's healed then if you're driving? :) Or is this a look back in time?
All the driving I've done was on the crowded streets of Bombay, so I will have to take your word for it.
Good! I thought I was the only one who likes to watch movies all alone once in a while.
And that song! Was it a co-incidence or you played it on purpose!?
Oh that being a liberating experience? Yes, I would know!
Ever tried it on a rainy evening? That too a bike ride? Phew! :)
Ever tried it on a rainy evening? That too a bike ride? Phew! :).. Specially on the less traffic roads of Kerala :-)
Good portrayal of what happened :) and ya, like varun asked.. was it coincidence or..?
@Idling
I'm yet to find a theater in India that is empty even on weekday nights. Population, illa?
anyway this was a look back in time. :)
@Karthik
back atcha! :D
@Liberal
You can take my word for it. :D
@Varun
You're not alone in wanting to be alone! And the song-a bit of both, I guess. :)
@Gradwolf
I'm sure you would. :)
@sujeevitham
Welcome to the blog. Nope, havent tried that :)
@Vibushan
Glad you enjoyed reading it!
driving. night. silence + humm of car. soothing music. just I. myself. living in the present. life's simple joys.
nice post!
There are moments when I love the silence and loneliness but generally I love crowds and noise. The music of a MTC bus squealing to a stop. Aahh. Should write a poem about it sometime :)
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
I like to renew friendship with silence once in a while too...its refreshing :)
Favorite songs and drives always go together well. I always love it when I'm traveling by ABT with a great song playing in my mobile; 2AM in the morning.. all the others are asleep.. and you look out of the window.. Its awesome!!! Not that its the same as ur post.. but a bit similar..
Ensoy!
@Mambalam
do. :)
@Kaushik
That song is sheer brilliance. and ya silence is a must in all relationships. :)
@Chiju
nice!! :)
Cha came here to say same pinch. But no, you beat me to it. :(
oops dont know how i missed you, Sriram:
Yup, love that hum!
@Kaushik
ada pongappa!
Envy u :).
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