Greetings-
When I was in college, my best friend Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, whose father was a high ranking Congress Party Official, loved the rock band the Police. He claimed to have once jumped in a pool in a big hotel in New Delhi somewhere that Sting was swimming in. He couldn't keep up with him, but he attempted to swim with synchronicity with Gordon Sumner himself. Something not many people can claim to have done. Venk was always talking about this big historic concert that the Police headlined in India. It was a big day for him, and he always talked about it.
"Message in a Bottle", "Canary in a Coal Mine" and "Man in a Suitcase" were some of Venk's favorite songs.
Today I am thinking about "Bombs Away in Old Bombay", which we both loved to sing and dance around to in our dorm rooms.
So I am asking you to please call your local Classic or Progressive Rock Stations and any other radio station that might play it to honor my friend and his country.
Thank you,
Erik B. Anderson
Hackettstown, New Jersey
Lyrics and more over the Jump
It's not available on the MySpace Music Player, but you can hear "Message in a Bottle on
my page today (11/27/08). Please listen to the other songs, as well.
Here are the lyrics:
Written by stewart copeland
The general scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his officers stink
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
The president looks in the mirror and speaks
His shirts are clean but his country reeks
Unpaid bills, in afghanistan hills
Bombs away
But were o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
The general only wants to teach france to dance
His army life doesnt give him any romance
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
The general scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his company stinks
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet
Bombs away
But were o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But were o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But were o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
Bombs away
But were o.k.
Bombs away
In old bombay
If the Indian Parliament didn't change the name of the port city of Bombay to Mumbai, I would indeed be singing this song with no need to explain why.
Warm Regards,
Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782
Venkatesh 'V2' Veeraraghavan, 1976-2003, RIP
Bombs away
But were o.k.