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A math guy's random thoughts. |
| A math guy's random thoughts. |
For today, I've got a song I bet no one knows. Continuing with the notion of connecting songs to things I've written, this one appears in my story:
This story, which is a post-modern commentary on modernity (how's that for lit-babble?), is about a modern-day real estate developer looking over a fin de siècle mansion located at 666 Zeno Lane. It seems the place is haunted, and includes a slipstream passage to 1908 where he hears this song playing. The story is rife with metaphors and symbolism, staring with the address and the title. The latter references fictional frogs croaking away on the house's decayed grounds and Aristophanes because why else have frogs in a story? I'm not sure the story works as a ghost story or as an extended metaphor, but it was kind of fun to write. For sure I jammed in as many obscure references as I could. Here's a link to the song, taken from a 1908 recording. It's kind of scratchy. |
| Today's song is Leonard Cohen's brilliant song Hallelujah. For a link to the song, I'm going to include the single most moving performance I can remember, the cold opening to Saturday Night Live following the 2016 US Presidential election: In terms of the "soundtrack of my life," this is the proper link. However, the theme for this blog is supposed to connect to stories I've written or am writing. I used this song as an inspiration for a chapter of a yet-to-be-released novel, so that's the current connection:
I've temporarily made this chapter public, although without context it probably won't make sense. The real reason I wanted to include this song relates to the mystifying lyrics--the secret chord mentioned in the first verse. What's that about? It's a secret chord that David played. The next verse refers to the story of David and Bathsheba, the married woman with whom he had an affair--an affair with disastrous consequences. So, the "secret chord" must have something to do with that, but what? Well, it turns out there's at least one possible answer, one rooted not only in the the music itself but in scripture as well. Indeed, the explanation identifies the secret chord musically, but also metaphorically, and in a way that provides a deep, spiritual understanding of this song. The real reason for including it in my soundtrack is this understanding of the music and the lyrics. Watch the analysis. It's well worth your time. |
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Take on me is an excellent choice.
Interesting... and thankfully, not germaine to me at this time 
