It takes two to tango, three's a crowd, and it takes four tuneless freaks one superlatively tuneless to create a home production of wonderwall. Bassless BA deserves special mention, this endearing man has no conceivable association with music and thank god for that. 4 hours was the time it took us to realise that bassless BA is truly bassless and the best job for him other than providing the laughs was video recording the production. This was our first ever attempt at recording music, the rest of the band comprised of Manny Madonna on vocals, yours truly on the guitar and the surprise of the night was Inspector Gadget a.k.a. Sivamani not on the drums but on a foldable wooden table, a plastic box cover, business the board game(an indianised version of the british monopoly much like our production) and not drumsticks but a wooden spatula. We learnt the hard way that neither do stainless steel plates nor do upturned aluminium vessels double up as a cymbal, only cacofonix would find good use for them.

I hadnt played my guitar in over 6 months, it was but natural that it would take a while to pick up the chords and timing the rythym. 19 hearings of the song later i was prepared to play without the song and all i wanted bassless BA to do was to sing the song. Unfortunately, as lovable as BA is, for him singing and reciting poetry deserve the same melody and as for timing, if by divine intervention he got his cue right, he mispronounced words and went back and repronounced them, much like an 8 yr old learning how to read. But all will agree that he is truly an 8 yr old at heart. Several failed attempts later, Manny Madonna came to the rescue, he paraded in with his bobbing gait and camouflage pants. For whatever reason Manny had gone home for 2 hrs to remove his lenses when i had at home all the lens solution and lens cases a guy can ask for. 12 hearings of the song later Manny sat himself down, clutched the lyrics paper firmly in one hand and a wooden spatula in the other hand to beat himself to get the timings right, and like the eternal romantic trying to serenade his lover, brilliantly mastered every note and nailed all the timings perfectly. We were so proud of ourselves and overwhelmed with enthusiasm that we decided to record, but all we needed was Sivamanis acoustics. By now BA had listened to the song nearly 35 times!!

Sivamani arrived late and was appauled at our understanding of what can substitute for drums, we tried plastic boxes, plastic box covers, ladles, spoons, vessels, and for the first and last time my room was a kitchen and i was the head chef trying out the acoustics of my equipment. A foldable wooden table, a plastic box cover and the box of a board game were the eventual winners. Dinner, 2 coffees and another 10 hearings of the song later Sivamani was ready to play and he played like a man posessed, considering the equipment at his disposal it was truly a commendable performance. By now, BA was bored to bits, and we were a bass drummer short, so we gave him a plastic container and a spoon. After a few short lessons on timing, we began, and 1 verse into the song Bassless BA struck, with the result singer and bass drummer were still on the first verse and drummer boy and guitarist had reached the chorus. You know you are a struggling performer when there is a round of laughter from the audience(aka my 10yr old sis) instead of the more conventional applause. So that plan bombed badly.

Maybe BA was better suited to the piano and all he had to do this time was to play one key throughout the song. This time his much feared alter ego Mr. Bassless had not yet struck. Then the complicated part. There is a pause of 4 beats after the second verse in the song. Lets just say that it was one pause beat too many for BA to handle without help from Mr. bassless. Another round of rapturous laughter.   

All band members unanimously decided that BA should be kept away from any musical instrument and that mother would take over his position on the piano. BA had the honour of videographing and recording the song and he finally found his niche.

The recording studio comprised of a headset microphone and a computer. With bassless BA at bay we thought we had all the gremlins sorted out. This time with everything going according to plan the drums aka foldable wooden table, literally folded on itself during our first attempt at recording. What was amusing was that the thud of the table folding was in perfect sync with the song, more so than Mr. bassless. I unfolded the drums( thought i'd never say that) and all was in readiness for the second attempt.

Finally, we recorded it. 

BA had endured nearly 6 hours and close to 60 hearings of the song and it was only natural that the next morning he would be singing the song to himself and but ofcourse his melodious voice woke us up from a deep slumber. 

I think BA deserves the most compliments for bearing with us and still cheerfully video recording the whole night.

A decade ago, Noel Gallagher and the oasis wrote and composed "wonderwall" in their album "whats the story morning glory". I'd strongly recommend youll to please listen to the original before you listen to our version and not the other way around. Feel free to be critical, love to hear your opinion.

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