Archive for October 20th, 2005
Stuck in my head
Thursday, October 20th, 2005
I felt the most ecstatic joy a few minutes ago, and I just have to explain it. Forgive my verbosity.
I have had a song stuck in my head for as long as I can remember. I’m not kidding. I had a melody and a lyric and a general feeling all bunched up in this little memory and I had no idea where it came from or when or who sang it.
I remembered this: “School books, in fancy colors, la-la la la la laaa la la-la…” and the melody that went along with it. I even wrote down the notes several times so I wouldn’t forget, and I thought it might have been Alison Krauss, hence, not only have I listened to every song Alison Krauss has ever sung (ever), I have also e-mailed and sent letters to her several times over the last six or seven years with the written notes and what lyrics I can remember, just to see if she knew the song. I never heard back, of course. Read the rest of this entry »