Airport musings

[twirlgrrl]

I think in music a lot. I'm often singing songs in my head, or hearing music in everyday noises, and when playing word association games my first answer is almost always from a song lyric.

Browsing the bestseller rack here at the airport, I just realized the lyrical conceit that Wally Lamb uses to name books: She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, and now The Hour I First Believed. Do you immediately hear all three songs in your head when you read the book titles? I'm thinking that at least one of them might be a generational miss for some of you. But if more than one of them drops the needle on the ol' mental Victrola, which one comes back to you and repeats the most? Which one is playing in your brain pan riiiiiiight... NOW?

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[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

the only one i know, which is now playing in my head a little, is the hour i first believed. i wasn't fully familiar w all the lyrics (just googled). also the version in my head is ani:



... but the part that is really in my head starts at about 6:50.

in general i spend far too much with kids' tv show music in my head. though pop songs and show tunes are in there a lot too.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

It tickles me that that's the one you knew, and especially that it's Ani's version you pull up.

Surely the other two are so ubiquitous that you're familiar with them, just not lyrically:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOpO-PpA-k

[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

ok, i know the this much is true one but not the she's come undone!!!

[eac.livejournal.com]

Spandau Ballet is now stuck in my head. (I don't know the last song...)

[alexisyael.livejournal.com]

Yup, me too -- it's also the only one I knew immediately.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

A while ago I was at a hippie campout with various pagans and freaks, and for some reason we started singing Amazing Grace... I was amazed (npi) at how many people could sing at least the first verse all the way through. So I think of it as a relatively universal song. I'm sure you're aware of the song in general but just weren't clued in to that particular line.

[jennifergroovy.livejournal.com]

All three go off in my head right away, assuming She's come undone is in reference to the song Undun by The Guess Who. Interesting they spell it 'Undun.' I wonder why. I've always loved that song.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

You and I, we come from the same generational slice somehow. :) And I didn't realize until now that they spelled it Undun.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

i tend to think in song lyrics too. didn't know the first one though.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

But you do now, right? I feel like it must be unavoidable in this world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8