everything that signals the advent of one of the brightest phases of the indian calendar is in place there is a slight nip in the air and from the way our evening reverie gets interrupted by intermittent explosions and riotous laughter it is clear that it is diwali not that one would fail to notice it because the way the marketing arms of every conceivable commodity go into overdrive around now youd have to be living under a rock to miss the diwali buzz now as is mandatory with festivals of every stripe across the world music is a big part of every celebration and the festival of lights is no different we dig up all the classics needed to put together the ultimate diwali compilation cd that can match every bang and sizzle of the festival with sonic booms of its own just push play and have a blast eruption by van halen the track that introduced the twohanded tapping technique to the guitar lexicon and revolutionised the art of the rock solo like nothing else before it the impact created by eddie van halens instrumental showcase was so tremendous musicians spent the better part of the eighties either trying to sound exactly like it or indulging in bouts of oneupmanship all of which failed miserably to live up to the sheer explosive power of the original make some noise by eminem the real slim shady and his mentor dr dre gang up on this shout out and a glorious sound it is too the verses flow uninterrupted with eminem proving his credentials as a rapper whos outrhymed the best in the business to emerge as one of the most successful mcs in hiphop ever a great track for getting everybody on to the dance floor and going seven shades of mental having a blast by green day perky threechord poppunk chugathon by the californiabased trio who have since then metamorphosed into modern messiahs green day never started out wanting to be role models but the fab success of their major label debut dookie took them to a place where they were kings of the rock roll realm and architects of a new sound having a blast is exactly what it says it is a whole lotta fun the perfect audio companion for diwali jumparounds light my fire by the doors some trivia about what is arguably one of the doors greatest songs ever auto giant buick wanted to buy the rights and change the chorus from come on baby light my fire to come on buick light my fire all other members agreed but jim morrison called up the company and promised that hed personally smash a buick on a tv show if the proposed commercial was aired the song is a brilliant jam and a musthave on any rock compilation firecracker by josh turner a song about a woman whos hotter than the proverbial firecracker and who goes off with a great big