Brain Freeze

Monday, February 21, 2005

Of Megaphones and Loudspeakers

I woke up bolt upright at 5:30 am. Then, came the daze... "uhh.. What am I doing up so early?"After the initial confusion, came to my ears, the (sweet?) sounds of Attukal Pongala..
I might be putting the cart before the horse here.
Here's the horse..
I live near a temple, (also known as Kavu). I don't have a problem with that. What I DO have a problem with is the fact that, come Shivaratri, or Attukal Pongala or Mahanavami, up go loud speakers on our compound wall, and there comes music blaring out of it all the way from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm.
I could've lived with that too. But then they insist on playing the SAME songs over and over again. It goes to the extent that whenever I hear the word "amme" , I complete it by humming "Amme Narayana, Devi Narayana"...
I COULD've existed even with such a handicap. That's when 2 people, with voices that would put most of the wannabe-American Idols ("They made such a HUGE mistake! I WILL be a big star!") to shame, come and belt out their numbers into the microphone. Between all the grating music that is played, they belt out film numbers that are hardly better.
Well, it could've been worse. About 5 years ago, they used megaphones. That used to drive most of the inhabitants of the houses, close to said apparatus, crazy.
I will teach them to mess with me. So, here's to my music system and good music. Cheers!

Copy-write Shrutz :: 12:37 AM :: 15 Sneaky Remarks:

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