The Bombay Bombshells

No, it's not the name of a new Bollywood movie. It happened to be the name of my friend, Billy's band when they were still around. I think they were defunct for a few years now.

I brought out a CD-R of him playing the band's songs live in the NTU Communication Studies recording studio. Like before, I was really tickled by his songs about unrequited love and subtle lustiness. Sorta a less-eloquent version of Jarvis Cocker, if you will. "Down" were a blantant rip-off from Radiohead's "Bulletproof (I Was)", transposing the same chords and tempo for the song's bridge. And Billy unabashedly acknowledged this fact years ago. Gotta love him for his spunkiness.

"Office Romance" was about ... well, an office affair or romance. Bloody hilarious... with the kind of melodrama which... well, you can only find in Bollywood movies. I thought the chord progression was pretty cool. Too bad, there weren't any band performances for these few songs.

Well, I think Billy had better start writing something for Grace, his long-suffering girlfriend (long-suffering cuz he ain't written a tune for her yet, she had complained to me once). Heheh