Personal Sound Tracks

Picture this: When you were a kid you caught your kid bro stealing from your grand pa's wallet. Your kid bro turns around and spots you. The thought that is racing in your head is 'Got the b**tard. I am gonna nail him this time.' Your kid bro's face is pale, his lips are quivering and nostrils are flaring. The tip of his nose is crimson with embarrassment. What sound did you use to express the sweet taste of victory or the high that the moment of absolute power? Here are some choices:
1) "Taan-tada-daaannnn!" followed by 'wait till I tell mom' or,
2) The guttural "hainnnnnnnnnnn!" expressing shock over his heinous crime or,
3) A single, vociferous "TTaaaaaaannnnn!" that expresses 'Gotcha!'

As story tellers, kids use (at least used to. I don't know if kids tell stories now a days) sound to make their stories interesting, to keep the audience hooked, and of course, for special effects. I used to be thrown out of class for varied reasons when I was studying in Little Flower Convent in Chittoor (A.P). Say, your shoes are untidy; they'll make you sit under a tree in the playground the whole freaking day. It was a blessing in disguise for us, rebels. The only way to kill time sitting under the tree was to tell stories. And, boy did we use sound tracks?
"...and he kicked the bike to life {hrrroooooooooooooooooooooon} and sped away"
�He started belting them bad boys {dishkkyaaamm! dishoooom} and some times {oooooh bakaaaavv!}
"The villain kidnaps his parents and his pet water snake. The siren on his bike starts blaring {kneeeeowww kneeeowww}"

You get my drift? Quite a few of us give our sound tracks up I guess. Correct me if I am wrong. But my good friend Dickens has not. He uses the following sounds to express various sentiments:
"Zoop-Zoop-Zoop" (represents...er... sorry, can't publish it)
""Zupaack-Zupaack" (used in situations like 'when the cop catches you and discovers you have no license... you know what he'll do to you right? Zupaack Zupaack baby'.

If a picture is worth a 1000 words, a sound is worth at least 500. Check the novel that you are reading right now, you'll see how the author has used sound to create the experience (Peter Straub does it I guess). If you take the sound track off all horror movies, they will not scare you. Not you, not Sachin, not Sourav, and not even the witnesses-turned-hostile of the Jessica Lal case.

Silence is golden, but sound is fun. What do you think bro? Taaaaaannnnnn! (gong signaling the end).

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