In the Sandbox #17

Nightwalking/Daytalking prompt, which, I realize, is weird

Nightwalking, in my experience, is never done with someone else.

But we can try, can’t we?

I was inspired by Bittersweet, only to the extent that it validated the insanely morose music I’ve listened to for years. Awful stuff, generally, but music I’ll still stand behind, like The Moody Blues song “The Actor.”

Good one, Justin!

“Thank you, Michael.”

(Like that exchange would ever happen. First of many Daytalking/Nightwalking missteps.)

HOWEVER.

I probably first saw the film Melody as an “Afterschool Special” when I was a preteen back in the early 1970s, on TV. I saw it again years later after our family moved to “the farm.” I posted on Completely in the Dark how it affected me then.

While the above YouTube clip/trailer is focused on the sweep of the movie’s story, I’d like to highlight the music class scene (shown in the screenshot), as it appears in the film, if I can get my own DVD of Melody put up here, with that scene, I will…

Otherwise, today’s In the Sandbox is about connecting with other people through the bittersweet music that has shaped our lives. While you might think the Bee Gees’ “First of May,” from the Melody soundtrack is my choice, you’d be wrong, wrong, wrong. The song I’m thinking of is actually included in the film in that aforementioned music room scene, and it’s played as a duet (“Daytalking,” if you will) by the two protagonists, Daniel and Melody. It’s an old melody (pun intended) that my late parents wanted me to learn in French.

Long story there, best saved for another time.

Of course I have a thousand bittersweet music choices, but steadfastly refuse to say anything further until you—yes YOU, dear subscribers—chime in first.

So, here is today’s prompt:

1. Pick a bittersweet song from your memory (it could be from yesterday, it could be from a decade ago, it could be from infancy) and tie it to a feeling you had that accompanies your listening to the song. Please be as detailed as you can.

See you in the comments!