Saturday, August 24, 2013

Movie Songs that Make You Sigh

I just heard 'Hungry Eyes' from the movie "Dirty Dancing". Everyone recall that movie? Patrick S teaches Jennifer G how to dance one steamy summer. It was actually filmed not far from where I live, and the lake and 'cottages' are fairly the same, all these years later. Every midsummer, there's a Dirty Dancin' movie fest, with this huge outdoor screen showing the movie for 12 hours from sun down to sun up. Truly awesome time. There's also an annual remembrance service for Patrick, taken way too soon from all of us from cancer. But back to the song. . . I heard that song as I was stumbling for coffee this morning. Immediately I flashed to the scene of the movie where that song is back ground. And I caught myself grinning, singing along and even swaying a bit, early morning pre coffee. Few things manage that miracle in me. When I first saw the movie, it was November in my little town. It stayed for 3 months at our 2 movie theater. I know because my best friend's birthday is a month before mine and we treated each other to the movie for our birthdays (I could tell you how old we were, but why date myself? lol). I recall feeling WOW and I could dance, too, if awkward Jennifer could. Course I learned later of all the lessons she had to take and there's nothing in the world all the lessons could do to make my two left feet graceful. I still sigh hearing that song. And others. The haunting score from 'Braveheart', the jazzy Celtic tunes from 'Titanic', 'You'll be in my Heart' from 'The Lion King', the scores (original, of course) from the 'Harry Potter', 'Star Wars' and 'Superman'. The song for 'She Waited', my novel soon out, would have to be Jessica Andrews-- 'Helplessly, Hopelessly, Recklessly', which describes exactly how Kylie feels after a few weeks with Master. When you read it, you will see exactly why that song fits so well. Here's to movie songs that make you SIGH. I feel a movie day coming on. . . .

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