Tuesday's Song Of The Day

Hello Everyone, (all 1 of you)

I spend the last day of each month making a mix cd for the upcoming month. For February it will surround all types of love songs. January's theme was about new beginnings. Here are the 1st 5 tracks if you're wondering:

1. U2 - New Year's Day

2. Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus

3. Weezer - The World Has Turned And Left Me Here

4. The Cure - In Between Days

5. Wilco - Pot Kettle Black        (I put these two back to back since the instrumentation sounds eerily similar)

I will discuss the 6th song since it is January 6th.

6. Talking Heads - Seen And Not Seen

Listening to these cryptic lyrics I was shocked by how this sums up one of my old script ideas. This is found off of Talking Heads fantastic Remain In Light released in 1980. The song is about personal identity and the media's influence on people's identities. 

The song begins with the narrator looking at people's faces in books, tv, and magazines. He feels that somehow these faces are right for him. And by keeping these ideas in his mind that in over 10 years his own face will subtly change to a face he desires. He even believes that most people share his ability. He thinks that people change their face to better suit their personality or people change their personality to better suit their new face. This is why he believes 1st impressions are correct. He thinks that some people may have made a mistake with their new face arriving at an appearance that bears no resemblance to them . The narrator wonders if he has made this same mistake.  Wow. My head is spinning. 

Well, my story idea I had awhile back dealt with personal identity, mistaken identity and plastic surgery. That idea that what's on the outside doesn't necessarily match what's on the inside. Vice Versa. How much does plastic surgery change someone? Does it change them that they are a different person? Can it change them into a different person? Can subscribing to a new belief change a person? How can one manipulate the whole cosmetic surgery era to suit their own needs? These are all things seen and not seen.

Thanks,

Kristofor