Photo of painting previously posted here was of Morning Guitar Painting, oil on canvas, date unknown, by artist Elaine Fleck.
From my earliest years, I liked the Beatles, as I like many artists and bands, but because of Riley’s talent for playing their songs on guitar and piano/keyboards, I learned to love the Beatles. I could listen to him play either instrument for as long as he’d let me, or until my parents made him leave. =) (And with that memory, let me note that today is my late mother’s birthday, and Riley was one of the few boys I knew who she kept liking through the decades.)
No matter how many songs Riley played, there would always be one for me, every time, on guitar. Though in this photo, he’s performing on keyboards, my mind will always go to that one song, one guitar, one boy. Any time this song (and a few other songs special to both of us) comes up in my Instagram feed, whether or not those are accounts I follow, I think of it as a message and leave a four-character comment on the post that’s meant to convey, Yes, my friend, I’m thinking of you, too. Riley’s birthday is in four days. How I’d love to be able to say those words in person or even on the phone. I will never stop missing him or appreciating everything we did and said and felt and wrote and listened to in all those years of friendship. I will love him always.
Today’s challenge is “a song that reminds you of someone.”
I love the guitar painting and that’s one of my favourite Beatles’ songs! 🙂 Thanks for sharing your poignant memories to go along with them. Have a pleasant week!
Thanks! I hope you also have a good week. I like that artist’s work a lot. If I were a billionaire, I’d rather buy all the art I want instead of attempting to ruin the world.
Ironically, my first goto is Lady in Red, but as usual I am compelled to change the genders. To me, it’s always been Mikey in Red, he’s dancing with me….
Mikey is colorblind and his vision of red is his favorite color, and he was such a crush during my time in high school.
I love “Lady In Red,” I really do. Changing the title to put in his name is such a romantic thing to do–like a character I might write. =)
There are certain songs from the ’80s that make me feel the vibe of that decade so much–INXS is another band who does that.