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I'll be back, vows Adams
Copyright 2001 Newindpress 2001-05-06

BOMBAI: On a day like today, 15,000 Bryan Adams' fans are trying to outbeat the 1.5 lakh watts of pulsating rhythm hitting a square 10 on the rock richter. Who ever thought the 40-year-old Canadian rocker doesn't rule, was never gladder to be proved wrong at the National Stock Exchange grounds at Goregaon.

Adams, whose metaphor for life is ``18 till I die'', vent his views about his third rock concert in Mumbai. Sporting a T-shirt, silver 'tulsi mala' and a red 'tika', Adams looked every bit the foreign tourist than the teenage heart-throb rocker that he is.

``Sometimes the songs come very easily and sometimes they take longer and it actually depends on each individual song,'' said Adams, about the evolution of his compositions.

``I don't really concern myself with the business of music, but do my own thing,'' said the star, who has one Grammy ('Everything I Do') and several Grammy nominees to his name.

Speaking about the rest of his band, which includes guitarist Keith Scott, and drummer Mickey Carry, Bryan Adams was nostalgic about all the roadshows and live gigs they had performed together.

``The best part about live shows is that you are performing and the worst is that you are always on the road, travelling,'' he remarked.

``I'm one of the wrong people to be asked about bootlegging and I really hope it stops and the scene changes soon,'' Adams said, when he was asked about the Napsterisation of music.

Another issue which received an equally tepid reply was his message to the youth regarding drug abuse:

``I really don't know. What can I say _ just be careful and take care of yourselves,'' he said.

Asked whether he would dole out a song for India as he had crooned 'Black Pearl', inspired by Jamaica, he told this website's newspaper that e hd not found anything inspirational in India yet.

``But India is a great country and one day I'd love to tour the whole of it,'' he claimed.

Adams's new album, which comprises eight hits, will be out by October and will hit the stands soon, he promised.

``I don't really know anything about Indian music,'' said the Robin Hood of pop.

Displaying discontent about the beaurucracy behind organising big events like rock shows in India and not being able to perform in New Delhi and Kolkata, he said he hoped it would be easier in a few years for more and more artistes to get to perform in India.

But to all his fans, soon to moan 'Baby When You're Gone' as soon as the show is over, Bryan Adams has promised he'll be back to steal more hearts.

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