Unchained Melody

[hilandmum.livejournal.com]

I'm taking an online writing class, and one of the first assignments was to talk about what inspires your writing. I've taken inspiration from songs before, case in point, a House MD story I'm posting at FF based on Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry. But as I was thinking about this last night, quite unbidden, I thought of the title of an old song, the Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody.

Now that would be a great title for a Who-fic, wouldn't it? Who cares what the words of the song are. But wait a minute! I remembered those words. Things like:

Oh my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long lonely time,
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?

and then later, OMG, :

Lonely river flows to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea, yeah!
Lonely river sighs "wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home,
Wait for me.

I always wondered about the disconnect between the title of this song and the words, but now we know the connection!

Mum

Comments

[blencathra.livejournal.com]

LOL!  You're right!!  Although Handcuffed Melody might be a more appropriate title.  :-D

BTW are you a member of spoiler_song or watch_them_run.  I think the ladies there would be interested to hear this.  :-D

[hilandmum.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about either of those communities! I'll have to check them out, and perhaps cross post there. Thanks!

Mum

[blencathra.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :-)

They are both excellent River & Doctor/River comms.  :-) 

I've always found that the Search Facility on LJ is pretty useless & I just accidentally stumble on good communities.  Here's another you might be interested in -  doctoreleven

[mmgage.livejournal.com]

Oh what a great idea for a story! I hope you run with it. :)