Today I found out what the opening song will be for the play I'm in, which is exciting and I have to say, it is an excellent choice: 'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed.
The fantastic thing about this song is that it can be interpreted to be a hopeful, uplifting and sweet song or it can be seen as reminiscent, depressing and ironic. I guess it depends on how you are feeling at the time, but either way, it is a beautiful song. Today in one of my lectures ('Music in theatre') actually spoke about the different techniques of using music in theatre, and because I'm a nerd and really enjoy lectures (well, that may be because I'm doing amazingly interesting subjects, not going to lie) I found it extremely interesting, especially now that we have incorporated in this song in the play. Don't you love it when after many years of learning pointless things, like trigonometry, in high school, once you go to uni you finally get to learn things that are applicable to what you do in real life!
Anyway, back to Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day': was released in 1972 as the B-side to 'Walk on the wild side', which is probably one of his most famous songs, if not his most famous. 'Perfect Day' opens with the piano and the slow beat of the drums and his voice is so gentle, that it really does evoke a strong emotional response. The lyrics are so simple, but that is part of the songs brilliance, because even with the statement-like phrases, eg. "feed animals in the zoo" you can visualise everything, but each individual listener will respond by imagining their own personal experiences with each of these activities. Hence, the janus-like interpretations and probably why so many other great musicians have performed their own cover to this song.
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