I believe that at the end of our lives, before we close our eyes for the last and final sleep there will be a slideshow that will happen in our minds. A slideshow which will bring in the best and the worst of our lives. I am reminded of the movie American beauty where the character (Lester Burnham) played by Kevin Spacey mouths this exact belief of mine.
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die.
I don’t know how I will die. My friends and others who love me will it is such a self-destructive idea. Yes, they are right. But I am certain of something – that I will hear the voice of ABBA resonating in my ears before I close my eyes. They are so close to my personal life that by just listening to them I am taken for a pleasant walk down the memory lane. The effect is more when I see that it is not just me who is there for this walk but also my family. Abba is fact that runs through our family. Thanks to the musical sensibilities of my dad who nurtured a deep desire and love for sane music. I remember him recalling that the first ‘household item’ that he bought off his first salary was a HMV gramophone or the LP disc player. I would like to conclude this episode of my verbal tribute by quoting few lines from the poem piano by D.H Lawrence. The spirit of music that is embedded in these lines is something that is closer to what we had at ‘Shelter’ my home at Calicut.
The glamour
Of childish days is upon me..
My manhood is cast
Down in the flood of remembrance
(To be continued….)
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