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OK, it’s time for me to fess up. My girlfriend is not a Beatles fan. No amount of my haranguing can change her mind. While she patiently indulges my obsession for them, quietly rolling her eyes whenever I go on one of my diatribes about them, she just doesn’t get the big deal. But, to her credit, she does like “In My Life,” which, ironically, is a song that I had a hard time wrapping my head around in the past. Don’t get me wrong here; I always loved the song and appreciated its understatedly beautiful melody (no matter who was responsible for it) and John Lennon’s unforced, nostalgic lyrics. But the sentiment he expresses is pretty brave when you think about it. After all of the lovely things he says about his past in the first section, he essentially negates it with the second. “These memories lose their meaning,” he sings, suggesting that whatever came before is rendered trivial by the existence of this new love. And the final lines are the grabbers:

Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I’ll love you more.

When you get right down to it, that’s a heckuva statement to make. Think about it now. More than a mother or father. More than a brother or sister. More than any cherished friend, living or dead. More. Now it’s just a song we’re talking about here, so it’s not like John was under oath or anything. But, as a younger man, I doubted that I could ever feel this way about someone, that anyone could ever somehow overwhelm the love that I had for my family and friends in one fell swoop.

And then I met the aforementioned non-Beatles fan.

Let’s just say I get “In My Life” now. I’m not saying that the feelings that I have for my loved ones, be they family or friends, have been somehow replaced. But when I hear the song now, I hear it as Lennon explaining that a part of you has to let go of those old attachments and give a large piece of yourself to that person you love, especially if it’s the real thing. It’s the only way it can really ever work. Now when everyone else has gone to bed, I can put on “In My Life” and dance with my Marie and sing those words (off-key, most likely, but it’s the effort that counts) with utter honesty as I look into her eyes. And if takes piggybacking on the talent of John Lennon to truly express how I feel about her, so be it. She deserves the best.

And all this for a non-Beatles fan. Who would ever believe it?

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vanpraet zei:

Wat een mooi lied

Jammer dat het iets à la indierock moet zijn, anders had ik wel een paar nummers om bij weg te dromen..

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dresse zei:

Kei hard bedankt al allemaal! Ga ze is allemaal checken. Aan allen die hier gepost hebben, 10% korting op jullie huwelijksreportage

Oh nee, als ge denkt dat het kan werken, post gerust. In mijn hoofd leek zo zachte singer song writer achtige gitaarmuziek het beste, maar uiteindelijk is alle muziek die de juiste sfeer brengt welkom. De muziek moet gewoon de getoonde emoties versterken en u meeslepen in de slideshow... als dat lukt met metal of drum'n base, post gerust

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