WSC Music On A Nostalgic Note

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Yesterday - The Beatles

The most covered song in history, with over 3,000 versions having been recorded. The song shows Paul McCartney’s longing for the past; a time before his loved one left him. In a biography about Paul McCartney, it was theorized that this song was actually an homage to his late mother, Mary–rather than a lost girlfriend or spouse, as he was still in a relationship with Jane Asher. According to McCartney, he dreamed of the entire melody before he arranged the music with George Martin. Because McCartney’s dream gave him a vision of the melody rather than the lyrics, he first arranged the melody and then worked on the lyrics. That’s why the song at the beginning had the title “Scrambled eggs”, and opened with “Scrambled eggs | Oh my baby, how I love your legs”.

Maroon 5 – Memories

A part of Maroon 5’s album “Red Pill Blues”, the song is a reflective look back at the past, while also paying homage to those in our lives who may no longer be with us. The progression of “Memories” borrows from the harmonic sequence of “Pachelbel's Canon” - a famous late 17th century canon created by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. The song was a commercial success for Maroon 5, peaking at 2nd on the billboard hot 100.

Ali Haider -  Purani Jeans

Ali Haider is a Pakistani singer. He had a number of songs in the 1990s, including "Purani Jeans", which appears on his 1993 album Sandesa. The song is in Hindi, with the singer reminiscing on his years in high school; Staying up at nights, going home in the mornings by jumping over the wall. Going in alleys and smoking cigarettes, and finding your first love.

Gao Xiaosong - You who sat next to me: 

A Chinese song, about a man who used to sit next to a girl he liked in class, he describes the girl and ponders upon what happened to her, and whom she married with? The narrator is now all grown up, he has a family, and he tells his wife stories about this old desk mate he used to like.

Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick - Sunrise, Sunset

A song out of the famous musical “Fiddler on the roof”. The song takes place during the wedding of Tzeitel (Tevye and Golde’s daughter) and her childhood friend, Motel. The first half of the song has Tevye and Golde as they wonder how time flies, whilst the second half has Hodel – Tevye and Golde’s second daughter – and Perchik wonder about their own future, hopefully together. 

Them Mushrooms - Embe Dodo

Them mushrooms is a popular Kenyan band established in 1972 by the Harrison brothers: Teddy Kalanda, John "Bishop" Katana, George Ziro and Billy Zarro. Their main inspiration was the likes of Bob Marley. I cannot find anything about this song \n Oh okay, the next article has some info – Basically Embe dodo is an adaptation of a traditional African style of music – Zilizopendwa  (literally, "those which were loved"). This style’s impact on East African culture is undeniable, it has been reimagined countless times, and is loved by both young and old Kenyan people.

Back to the future using Mr. Sandman

Wsc staff links to a video showing the scene in which Marty McFly (main character in the Back To The Future films) arrives in the year 1955. The scene is accompanied by the song “mr sandman”, a true 50s classic, which sets the mood of the era. During the scene Marty slowly starts spotting evidence to the fact that he’s in the 50s, there’s old timey posters, a car promoting an old American mayor, and finally a newspaper showing the date “November 5 1955”.