If your LOVE sounded like a SONG, what song would you want it to sound like?
I've always wanted to get asked this question. Actually, that's not true. I just thought of it yesterday. But I'm asking myself now. Because I can. Granted, I'm not in love, or close to anything resembling love. Except for the nagging crush I have on that cute pitcher in my co-ed softball league. We've never spoken, but I know we're destined to be together.
So I guess this is more a matter of what I would want my love to sound like once I find it. And here it is:
"The Kiss" -- composed by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, The Last of the Mohicans
I chose this song because it encapsulates everything love should be, but isn't. At least not in a society that watches The Bachelor and Rock of Love often enough to keep them on the air. Where's the angst? Where's the loss and suffering? Where's the sacrifice, people?! Love used to mean something. You had to toil for love. But now it's as if the word gets prostituted so carelessly -- people jump at the chance to say it as quickly and as often as possible -- that it's become an empty sentiment, trite and unremarkable. I want my love to be extraordinary. I want it to be Daniel Day in Mohicans. Zhivago-worthy.
And after I've lost love -- either to death, or to a perky and petite paralegal named Kimberly ('cause life usually works itself out in cliches, right?) -- I would want it to sound something like this:
"Barbara Allen" -- performed by John Travolta in A Love Song for Bobby Long
I'm curious, what song would you like your love to sound like?
Honorable mentions:
"Cry to Me" -- Solomon Burke (featured in Dirty Dancing)
"Feeling Good" -- Nina Simone >> Actually, this song is sex. Topic for a future post...
"Kissing You" -- performed by Des'ree in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
"Walk Away" -- Ben Harper
"Clair de Lune" -- Debussy
