For today's selection . . . a figure skating montage set to Joni Mitchell's "River."
A lot of songs can affect Me emotionally . . . "River" is one of the few that is genuinely, routinely, tear-inducing whenever I hear it. Perhaps it's the juxtapositoin of personal loneliness expressed in the context of the Christmas season, I'm not sure. But the song gets to Me in a way few songs can.
The ice-skating montage works with this song, for Me. The loneliness of the figure skater, there, amidst the packed arena -- every flaw or success instantly, totally on view. And almost perversely, the shots of pairs skating seem to actually intensify that effect, as if there being two people sharing the wrong end of the microscope together accentuates the loneliness of that pursuit.
Update: I was told just now that today happens to be Joni Mitchell's brithday . . . serendiptiy rules.
1 comment:
great song, lovely video. They work really well together. Some fo those falls looked really nasty mind you!
Happy B'day Joni!
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