Where were you? Where will you be?
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills "Ah, peace throughout the land"
(That's the song I hear)
I'd like to teach the world to sing (that the world sings today)
In perfect harmony
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves
Quick, what's the brand associated with this song? Quick, where were you when this song was being played everyday on TV and radio?
I was in high school. For me, this song brings back an era, not a specific time and event. When I sing the song in my head today it touches on nostalgia, catchi-ness and brings me back to a time frame that today, my memory is fuzzy of. I vaguely remember the song getting burned out.
This is a shame. I wish for clearer memories - especially when set off by such a vivid trigger such as this song.
Twenty years from now, I'll be writing here of Vertigo, U2 and the iPod. For the last six months or so, this song has been the ringer on my phone. And I can, with clear head, see the black-silhouetted dancers and the neon colors. But will I remember this era? Will I associate it to a place?
I have a better chance today because I journal. The key for me is to make specific entries now that are related to this commercial and tune.
Hello, hello... (Hola)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (dónde estás?)
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
Except you give me something...
I can feel, feel
Where are you now? Where will you be?