I suddenly remembered this fond mental picture that would be embedded in my mind forever that I would always associate with this song. It was the 29th of July 2007 at Pecos, and in the mayhem that was the Pub Rock 2007, Bangalore (sponsored by RSJ, if not for which I probably either wouldn’t know about or even care), with the final show being held at Le Rock on Rest House Road, I managed to catch a breather and slack off work with a friend of mine.
This guy, Sudhanva and I went to Pecos, where he had to meet his friends, two women and another guy. I sat down there, not feeling the inclination to do anything for that instant in time, and we proceeded to make small talk that was centered primarily around racist and dead baby jokes and such.
In the midst of all this, while sipping on beer after having promised to quit drinking forever for the third time in as many days (all in jest), while the others were puffing away, the Peco’s macha began playing a song – which one else but “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” by CCR.
All of us knew it, we all sang along happily and in that fleeting moment, I actually felt good that I was there and not anywhere else in particular. With the exception of Sudhanva, there is nobody else there that I am friends with, but the half hour of good times, for some strange reason, would be stuck in my mind because of that song.
Quite arbit and out of the blue, really.
