"Nights in White Satin" is playing on the radio. Every time I hear it now, I think of the beautiful opening sequence, with Maggie arriving on the train. As I was listening just now, I realized how poignant the song is (in relation to the movie) and how symbolic it is for the character of Maggie Evans. It really suits her. A number of the songs lyrics are applicable to her character, but these are probably the most powerful: "Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end."
I completely agree.
I was sad that they didn't use the entire song, as that could have been even more powerful, especially the last part of the instrumental which bears a striking resemblance to the work of Bob Cobert. The finale of HoDS anyone?
Yes!
And speaking of the songs used in the film, I finally got around to ordering the soundtrack from Amazon and it came today. And as I was just listening to it I was struck by how the lyrics of several of the songs are so perfect for how they were used in the film. I've already mentioned how effective I thought Alice Cooper's "Ballard Of Dwight Frye" was accompanying Maggie/Vicki's revelations of her past (not to mention how the spoken intro fit so well with Carolyn's situation). But I didn't really completely put together what a brilliant choice it was to use Barry White's "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" for Barn and Ang's gymnastic sex scene because, even through in the song everything is from the man's POV, the lyric's really work best when they're interpreted from Ang's POV.
The one song that I don't really remember specifically how it was used in the film is Iggy Pop's "I'm Sick Of You" - though it seems perfect for something that Carolyn would have been listening to, so I'm presuming that's how it was used. In fact, could it have been the song we were wondering about Carolyn listening to when Ang comes to Collinwood? (And as a sidenote, the song is certainly a perfect example of something from the Glam Era. I could have easily seen it used in a film like
Velvet Goldmine because it sounds so much like the songs used in that film.)
Actually, listening to much of the CD was practically like traveling back in time to my youth in 1972 because back then I was really into R&B and British Rock, so songs like "Nights In White Satin" (which is quite possibly my favorite Moody Blues song ever), "You're The First, The Last, My Everything," and "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" are perfect examples of what I was into at the time.
99 days 15 hours 9 minutes 27 seconds since the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows has been in release(ET)!!