2008 - A musical recap

Firstly, at the outset, let me complete the required formality and wish the reader of these words a very Happy New Year! It's commonplace for bloggers at such times to look back at the year gone by and put down their thoughts. They may either describe their life over the last 316224000 seconds, or give their perspective of world events in the said time period. Well, I have always, on my blog, ventured to do something different and unconventional (at least for me!).

I got an idea while watching VH1 on the first day of the New Year. They were showing the hit Billy Joel number "We didn't start the fire". For those of you who are musically ignorant, this song is unique - in that its lyrics chronicle the most significant events and personalities of the 20th century (actually during Billy Joel's lifetime up till that point, from 1949 to 1989). So, before you move further on in this post, I suggest you get your hands on this song, and more importantly, go through the lyrics. Anyway, so watching the video gave me an idea for this post. I decided to write my own little song, sung to the same tune, chronicling the events of 2008. So here it is:

(to be sung to the tune of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel):

Economic disarray, Fuel prices in a sway,
goin' up, comin' down, where are they headed now?
Merrill Lynch, Lehmann, fallin' over in a spin,
Losses and bailouts, is it gonna end and how?

Air fares on the rise, Ozzie cricket's sad demise,
IPL, ICL, cricket lovers in a spell
Writers strike, sitcom strife, entertainment going bust,
Iron Man, Dark Knight, Why so serious??

CHORUS:
2008 is over
There were twists n turns, there were chills n burns,
2009's upon us
Gotta live our life yeah, gotta make it brighter

Medvedev, Sarkozy, Musharraf and Zardari,
McCain-Palin bow out, Barack creates history
Indo-US nuke deal, UPA back on its feet,
Israel, Palestine, Hamas and the Gaza strip

Kosovo becomes free, South Ossetia under siege,
Democracy in Nepal, Fidel steps aside for Raul
Man Utd win the double, Liverpool now top the table,
Barcelona, Inter Milan, looking unstoppable.

CHORUS

Terrorists, militants, brainwashed imbeciles,
chaos and mass destruction, taking lives at their own will
Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Kabul, Islamabad,
Last straw was Mumbai, how many more now have to die??!

Nadal downs Federer, Lewis has a glorious year,
Bindra gets his name in gold, Phelps swims to 8 and lo!
Bush ducks for cover twice, Nano stops 'cos Mamta cries,
Recession, destruction, c'mon people get it right!!

CHORUS

Somali piracy, NSG we salute thee,
Chandrayaan on the moon, Iphone debuts with a boom,
Khan wars to the fore, movie-goers still want more,
Aamir pips SRK, Sallu just gets blown away

Coldplay, Linkin Park, Big Bang with a spark,
G8 nations deliver, things just have to get better!!

2008 is over
There were twists and turns, there were chills and burns
2009's upon us
When the chips are down, keep fighting on and on and on.....

CHORUS

END

Suggestions for a title anyone???
Oh and by the way, this was my first ever attempt at something like this - never even written a poem in my life, forget a song! So appreciate your comments :)

Until the next...have a great year ahead everyone!