A friend just reminded me how old I am (unintentionally) by providing some trivia about the song "You're So Vain" which was a hit in 1972.
I thought 1972 seems like decades ago and then I realized it was.
1972. Really? Whenever I think of this song, I remember skiing somewhere in the Midwest on what was more like a bump than a true hill of any kind. My memory, faded as it is, is of a “bunny slope” with a rope tow and, as I remember, music being played on loudspeakers. (Could that have really happened?) This song is the only audio track to this memory.
She had her own memory to which "So Vain" provided the audio.
I just remember listening to it in the car with my Mom in the winter to/from school, and it was dark because it was Alaska and it seemed like it all of my commutes were in the dark since we only had daylight from like 10am to 3pm
It's funny that some memories are set to music. On the other hand it's all part of the human experience, music. First songs together and all that.
I love that some of the old cartoons used to be set to classical music or opera. Now, sometimes, when I hear a piece of music I think of Bugs Bunny. But it's clear I'm not the only one. This July Seattle Symphony is hosting Bugs Bunny on Broadway.
Big screen, Bugs Bunny, The Barber of Seville - I can't wait.
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