Songs for the Few :(

I could not for the life of me decide on a poem or song for everyone in the class. The more I thought about it, the more I became aware that I don’t have a wide enough working knowledge of these works, or that scraping by on an existence of job, school and more job has driven them from my mind. That’s something I’m trying to remedy. Anyway, I did think up a few, eventually. Here they are.

For Josh, “Never Surrender”, by Martin O’Donnell. It’s upbeat, and a bit quirky (hey, it‘s from a video game soundtrack!), but still has an air of determination.

For Frank, “Lost Keys” and its immediately following track “Roseta Stoned”, by Tool, because the set is a little freaky, and I know Frank would appreciate that, and the story seems to be of a mysterious character thriving through adversity and sickness.

I tried to think of something for Kelli’s piece, because it was very sad, but beautiful. I think I would go with “The Grey Havens” from the Return of the King film soundtrack. In that scene wonderfully illumined by James Galway’s flute, longtime companions are parting for what will be a long, long time, and will not meet again until the afterlife.

I know this is a pathetic entry, since I only scratched the surface of my classmates, but alas, my compendium of knowledge is just not holding up when I try to pick out songs for the rest of you. I could pull stuff out of a hat, but it wouldn’t be a real match, and seems like a tacky thing to do.