First off, happy birthday to our friend Steve C. When Tom, Tim, and I played cards with Jim last night, we reminisced about several other visits we’ve shared since we met in 1997, including one in which Jim, Tim, and Steve were all in Houston. A photo we mentioned was one in which Steve wanted to pose with our dachshunds Pete and Stevie to duplicate a photo we took of them with Tom’s brother Jeff once. Why? Because Pete had a tendency to dislike and nip strangers, but he was always fine with Jeff. Steve wanted to prove that Pete would be fine with him, too. It worked, and he got his photo.
But my favorite photo is one in which I asked them to pose like the Valley of the Dolls publicity shot. The original:
And Valley of the Dolls: Becky’s Version.
Today’s song challenge is “a song that has many meanings to you.” Dionne Warwick’s “(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls” does have many meanings to me. It’s in my iTunes library and I hear it a lot in my car.
I like your photo take of alternate valley dolls. But for songs that have multiple meanings to me, my first thought was the Darth Vader Imperial March – John Williams. It’s also the ’72 Dodge Polara theme song, and it’s useful to block out the 16 or so x-mas relentless attack of the ear worms. When I gave presentations in college and later on at work, I use a plastic tubed light saber in battle against the laser pointers. It’s even popped up when I vote against the hate laws, or protest against the state by going 25 MPH on the Interstate to work, blasting that theme because those hate laws passed anyway, banning marriage (can I vote on their divorce now?), and it resurfaced when the supreme court made all marriage legal only to be in peril once more. I’m not a Sith that lives for segregation and prejudice; I would be the good Jedi, but that march tune, when combined with the Lea and Yoda themes, brings the Force balance we hope for good.
That’s a lot of meaning! But the Imperial March is quite powerful. John Williams’s music has always been a vital part of the Star Wars franchise.