The background music just got my attention. When the song ended, I rewound the tape (back when tape was a thing) and played it again. And again and again.
That scene has been replayed in my life a few times.
Streisand’s Memory. Springsteen’s American Skin*. Paula Cole’s Carmen. Johnny Cash’s The Mercy Seat. Billy Joel’s A Minor Variation and Light as the Breeze. Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah. Eagles’ The Last Resort. Arcade Fire’s Neighborhood #4. Jimmy Buffett’s Beautiful Swimmers. The Doors’ The End.
And probably others, but those pop into my memory today.
Seems to me, a halfway decent psychiatrist should be able to diagnose mental disorders from that list.
What would your list be, and what would it say about you?
*Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMqWAiWPMs
Back in 2014, I found myself waking up everyday to a different song in my head. It seemed random because I didn't remember hearing the song play on the radio, and the songs differed every day for many months. After a while, I started keeping a record (no pun intended). Sometimes, they were very old songs, and sometimes contemporary music and also varied by genre. Anything from Ray Charles, The Beatles, Debbie Boone and The Platters to Maroon 5 and John Legend to Jefferson Starship to Billy Joel to Vince Gill. Rarely was the same song repeated. My "wake-up" songs stopped as abruptly as they started, and the experience has not repeated since.
ReplyDeleteI kind of miss it.
I remember seeing UFOs over St. Louis back then, They were shaped like vinyl records and seemed to be spinning slowly - something like 34 rpm.
DeleteAdd Michael Crawford's Music of the Night to the list.
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