Aura of August.

Some songs just get us hooked . I change my playlist approximately every month ( a recent study on my boredom thresholds revealed this remarkably useless fact), and experiment with hitherto untried bands and sounds. And uncannily manage to get hooked on to one song and one band, atleast. (quote : the afore mentioned study) .
As August '06 draws to a close, the band of the month is Cranberries (featured numbers : Dreams, Animal Instinct, Ode to my family). Though the lyrical intention is either too "deep" or too "shallow" for me to comprehend in its entirety, the magic of Dolores's voice, blending with the sounds in the background produces an astounding effect.
Coming to the song of the month, the crown goes to "Afterglow - INXS". Addictive sounds, absolutely groovy, the lyrics simple yet elevating when in liason with the music. Guess I need to put in extra effort to grow tired of this one.

Afterglow - INXS


Here i am
Lost in the light of the moon
That comes through my window
Bathed in blue
The walls of my memory
Divides the thorns from the roses
It’s you and the roses
Touch me and i will follow
In your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As i let you go
I will find my way
When i see your eyes
Now i’m living
In your afterglow
Here i am Lost in the ashes of time
But who owns tomorrow
In between
The longing to hold you again
I’m caught in your shadow
I’m losing control
My mind drifts away
We only have today
Touch me and i will follow
In your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As i let you go
I will find my way
I will sacrifice
Till that blinding day
When i see your eyes
Now i’m living
In your afterglow
When the veils are gone
As i let you go
As i let you go
Touch me and i will follow
In your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As i let you go
I will find my way
I will sacrifice
Now i’m living
In your afterglow
Bathed in blue
The walls of my memory
Divides the thorns from the roses
It’s you who is closest

P.S : "Newyork Nagaram", the latest number from A.R.Rehman's new born "Sillunu Oru Kaadhal" seemed to have gained a permenent status in my playlist this month, though it is worth a mention here, it doesnt scale up to an instinctive hit with me. But its a song that grows on you. Kummi Adi is a catchy folksy number. As for the other songs in the collection, Soliloquist wholeheartedly agrees with Peter Tina* that they are pedominantly jazzified constipation groans.

* : My roomie.