Random Thoughts

the more complex things become, the simpler they seem to be. human body is apprarently very simple until you realize that till now scientists haven't been able to model even the movement of our fingers perfectly. the hottest thing is robotics these days, after all that hype about humanoids, is the behvaviour of ants, birds, and fish. their so-called non-sensical movements which seem to be random are found to be much optimized for the type of tasks that they do, and scientists are trying to model their behavior on robots which some day could be used in rescue operations and space missions. telecom industry, to devise routing algorithms for wireless networks, is finding inspiration in pigeons and swarms of little insects. and some years later, the source code for the most complicated website on internet may contain not more than 100 lines. the so-called organic models have the capacity to make redundent all types of database maintenance and data-mining algorithms.

however, this post is about music. after listening, and immsersing myself in almost all types of rock & roll which range from pyrotechnics (Rammstein), psychedelic (Pink Floyd), echoing sonic landscapes (U2), techno (Radiohead) and good old hard metal (Guns n' Roses), i am finding beatles the most sonorous of them all. the simple un-adulterated sound of acoustic guitars and steinway pianos can produce the effect which modern rock bands will die for. their lyrics also plain and simple, like the words you will say to your sweetheart or to yourself when you are alone. and the mouthargon in "Love Me Do" is a delight for anyone has ever tried playing it.

some years ago i was amazed to read in the newspaper that a collection of Beatles published songs was sold out within 2 hours of its release. people had started queueing in front of music stores from as early as 20 hours before the release. i am proud to say that i would have done the same thing then, had i got the opportunity. and no wonder that they are the few bands in the world who rose to billboard no.1 with their first song - "Love Me Do". N-Sync had done that with their song "No Strings Attached", but then they had their professional lyric writers, composers, and a whole army of promoters behind them. Beatles had nobody.