By Rhea Kapur (VI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a friend who loves rock music. Floyd, The Who, The Byrds, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2026you name it, Sanjana knows it. I don\u2019t just mean their greatest hits, either; she is no poser. Sanjana highlights the forgotten gems, the underrated masterpieces: Cream\u2019s \u201cBadge,\u201d The Beatles\u2019 \u201cIt\u2019s All Too Much.\u201d And she has the exceptional ability to detail every step of a rock musician\u2019s life and loves by memory, whether it\u2019s the history of Bon Jovi\u2019s Sanctuary Sound recording studio (built in the basement of his New Jersey ranch home!) or George Harrison\u2019s spiritual beliefs (he embraced Hinduism and transcendental meditation). I knew next to nothing about the genre before I met her, so the fact that I can recall all of this now\u2014thinking alone, off the top of my head\u2014I\u2019d say that only further confirms how vibrant, how infectious, how\u00a0real<\/em>\u00a0her love for rock music is. Sanjana taught me that rock has a beat, a rhythm, a personality and character like no other. It\u2019s an anthem that pulses in stride with your heartbeat, she\u2019d say\u2014one that pushes you to float and strain free and live in the moment, the literal embodiment of\u00a0carpe diem<\/em>. There\u2019s something brilliant and creative in rock music: where else can you find a haven where soul, extraordinary lyrics, and every metal instrument imaginable meet in the heat of intensity, charisma, insanity,\u00a0thrill<\/em>? To consider a genre powerful enough to define a generation, and to journey back in time while listening now and still feel that indelible, mythic mark\u2026it\u2019s an extraordinary thing. Difficult for me to articulate, but Sanjana\u2014she understands it, she really does. I don\u2019t think I see rock music at her level\u2014what I described is a mere taste of how she feels about it\u2014but honestly? I prefer it that way. Rock reminds me of how different we both are, and of how we\u2019ve grown together to find comfort and our own special place in that difference. That is, without a doubt, what I love most about our friendship. This holiday season, friends, I encourage you to embrace the eccentric music tastes of those you hold dear. Who knows? You might find a couple hidden gems of your own. By Rhea Kapur (VI) I have a friend who loves rock music. Floyd, The Who, The Byrds, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2026you name it, Sanjana knows it. I don\u2019t just mean their greatest hits, either; she is no poser. Sanjana highlights the forgotten gems, the underrated masterpieces: Cream\u2019s \u201cBadge,\u201d The Beatles\u2019 \u201cIt\u2019s All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4232,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions\/4232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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