This challenge, started by @jokossita here, is a great incentive to dig into those dusty old memories. Music can have powerful associations to a life long forgotten - hopefully more good than not.
Day 16
A song that has made you cry
Teenage angst is the theme I went for with this challenge. All those feelings of unrequited infatuation, loneliness, hurt and frustration builds up inside the emotional center and then suddenly leaks out of one's eyes as soon as the first haunting notes are played ...
So what song did I choose? Careless Whisper by George Michael
From the song's Wikipedia page the background to the story behind the song begins:
Michael and Ridgeley wrote the song when they were 17, taking inspiration from stories from Michael’s early romantic overtures. Michael explained in his autobiography, Bare, that much of the song's content is based on events from his childhood.
George Michael goes on to explain how naughty he was as a teenager, as he dated more than one girl at once. Tsk, tsk.
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While George Michael recorded this song as a solo artist, he co-wrote it with fellow Wham! band member Andrew Ridgeley (as quoted above); and the duo was still together during this project.
On George Michael's Wikipedia page it is noted that:
Following his death, many charities revealed that Michael had privately been a supporter of them for many years.
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I put that pesky 'leaky-eye syndrome' down to being allergic to saxophone music. Yeah, that's it ...
This is the list from which the music challenge is based off of. I will be modifying some of the questions if more fitting.
Come along on this musical journey with me.
