Journal Response #8

How does hearing the actual version of the song "It's all in the game" affect your view of the scene where Sonny watches Dorothy and Jim? Was your perspective of the scene changed at all? How?

I liked being able to hear a song from Sonny's time. It helped me connect with the way he was feeling. I actually cared more about what happened to him when I heared that song. I have many songs in my life that bring back memories. I think I can remember how I felt a little bit more by listening to the songs that got me through those times. There is a power in music that makes us feel certain ways when we listen to it and I think that that is amazing. There are so many layers to music and even if ten people are listening the the same song they might all have different reactions.

I thought that hearing "It's all in the game" made me realize that Sonny really went throught the things we are going through. He really lived in Coalwood and he loved Dorothy. Even nearly fifty years later we can understand part of a strangers life just by listening to a song that played while his heart was broken. I think that it is important to pause for a minute and think about how much music defines us. At least a quarter of the songs on my ipod have a story to go with them. It's part of me and maybe fifty years from now, my kids will listen to the music I liked and ask me about it.