Re:verie: Sweet, Sorrow-full, Sounds of Music 

Setting the Stage: Read, reflect on September 9th post as Prelude: optional, optimal...

Interlude, Gratitude, Attitude: An interlude, what we used to experience as "Intermission", was a time besides when you could rush to the restroom, beat the crowd after "holding it" for FOMO (now known as), a critical part of the movie, whereas others got in line for another round of popcorn, and yet others cleansed their palate, perhaps after eating, drinking something sour...All this prior to the second half of the play or even, back in the days where we went to the drive-in in our PJ's, we readied ourselves for the "second feature", which played out after it finally got completely dark out...hopefully something a bit scary. We were also treated, during intermission, with various music, sometimes scores from other films with which we could relate. Those that might evoke memories, associations, cause us to pause, daydream even..."an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing (or un-) state..." or, what Webster and others refer to as an "archaic" usage, "fanciful or impractical idea or theory" Of course, such a state of mind, mood, could happen at any time, anywhere, evoked by sounds, sights, smells -- sensory systems that in turn prompt (dis?)associations...some of which we "revere" others we find...well, irreverent, even the same songs heard at different times...of the day, night, times in our lives, circumstances we have come to associate with the...

Sound(s) Of Music: The songs, musical score from the musical "Sound of Music", released on "April Fools Day" while I was just a young lad, well before I was "Sixteen Going on..." became an instrumental part of our collective experience, and collectively endorsed by "The Academy", which included an Oscar for "Best Scoring of Music", some of which became a part of our collective intro to the musical scale in grade school ("Do-Re-Mi"), how music could be learned and enjoyed by all, even by those of us who were 'tone deaf' or, as Randy Jackson was apt to say, even while providing words of encouragement on "American Idol", "...a bit pitchy". Songs that were initially associated strongly with Julie Andrews, I mean "Maria", (the 'troublesome' aspiring nun) and her eventual, to-be-adopted Von Trapp children, most of which were a source for inspiration, aspirations ("Climb Every Mountain") Eventually, I even experienced a professional uplift when, hearing the same song I had heard more than I could count throughout childhood, well before it had been done over in (Ariana) Grande style-- the words and ideas of which I have often used to lighten up some in my audience when they are experiencing anxiety, worries day or (more likely) at bedtime, the kind of "cognitive restructuring" that Maria induced when she offered the words "When the dog bites...you can think of a few of your favorite things"🎜Nice, eh? Yep, I sure have gotten a lot of mileage, uplift from this and some other songs from the original score, but it was only recently, at the oddest of times, that I found myself in yet another moment of reverie, humming a tune, recollecting some of the words, and ultimately looking up the lyrics to making sure I was "getting it right" (even if a bit pitchy), the words and meaning that all of a sudden took on new ones...

Same Song, Different Day(s): The words, the visions of earlier times, that come to us via associations, whether we are in moments of ecstasy or agony, those that may even become "classically conditioned"...this time and place, was for me, once again, during a morning workout while listening to the news of the day, and then later, while showering, whistling and humming various tunes that were embedded in my head (the type of resonance we can all relate to, for better or worse)...it suddenly came to me, while I was out of reach of pen and paper and thus, found myself singing it over and over until...I could get it all down...which I then re-organized into yet another post for this blog...on behalf of those reading it this very day and for those way distant in the future who might yet find it useful...recorded for posterity, for those who may not be experiencing quite as much prosperity...

"Something Good": Or, in my own words, we might re-'entitle' -- "Something for Everyone" Sung in any key, the key words that conveyed some of the themes of today (a glut of government spending), which, with a slight pivot, may become the memes of tomorrow...from the original "Something Good" from "Sound of Music" which were sung in duet style by Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews when their respective characters found themselves falling hopelessly, helplessly, tenderly...Yes, a moment of sweetness which, for me, on behalf of those who might hear them decades into the future, under different (financial) realities, waking up to a "mountain of debt" that has been passed down to them, might find the same words striking a sour, if not sorrowful, note ( "deaf ears?")...the legion of Generation $? who, upon reflecting on our current spending may rename our generation of legislators "Ex" as in Excess. And who could blame them if they re-write, at least re-arrange the words to fit the mood of the day, time, generation, feeling once again hopelessly, helplessly: "Perhaps I had a wicked childhood...I must have done something...Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could..."😖😟😢$$$ 

Final Analysis: In my warped sense of humor, on behalf of Gen $? I can also hear the encouraging words of Randy Jackson, commenting on my re-write, "You made that song your own, dawg!" 

Talk about being pitchy, out of tune with reality.