"Song-ography, the 'Stairway to Heaven' edition...

"There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,

and my spirit is crying for leaving...

"Stairway to Heaven"
Berlin Wall
Berlin, Germany

"Crying Spirits"

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,

and the voices of those who stand looking...

Ooh, it really makes me wonder...

"Oh, It Makes Me Wonder"
Berlin Wall
Berlin, Germany

The Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall).  Unceremoniously erected in 1961, and on the surface dividing East and West Berlin.  But in reality, it divided so much more.  Families, a country, cultures, politics, a world, and all too often...life and death.  It was the physical symbol of the "Iron Curtain". Altho there aren't official numbers, it is said that upwards of 1,100 were killed trying to escape East Germany.  It's a statistic I take personally, as my family lived in a portion of Germany that fell behind the Iron Curtain.  Some stayed.  Some successfully found a way out.

As secretively as the wall went up, it came down with celebration in 1989.  Physical remnants remain throughout Berlin.  It's a city that doesn't forget.  I admire that about Berlin.  It is accountable for it's good, it's bad, AND it's ugly.

"Berliner Mauer"

What doesn't physically remain, is remembered via brick inlay throughout the city in the footprints in which it once stood.  Some sections, that still stand, are simple with no embellishment.

"Thank You"
Berlin Wall
Berlin, Germany

And some...are quite elaborate with the works of accomplished street artists.

...There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure

'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings...

"Can You See Me Now?"



And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune,
then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long,
and the forests will echo with laughter...

"Dancing to Freedom"

"Look to the West"

"The Window"


"Ooh, it really makes me wonder"
-Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

"When Did We Stop Being Human"
Berlin Wall
Berlin, Germany

And then, there is MY favorite...

"Echo With Laughter"

Because maybe the forests really do echo with laughter.  

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"Cinderella, Cinderella all I hear is Cinderella, 

from the moment I get up till the shades of night are falling." 

Tis true.  But gotta admit, I'm kinda hyped up to see the new movie coming out soooooon.  For those of you who are OLD enough to remember, every year while I was growing  it would be really special occasion (ALMOST akin to the yearly showing of Wizard of Oz) when the annual broadcast of Cinderella would be shown on television.  Anyone remember?  Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella.  Celeste Holmes as the Fairy God Mother.  General Hospital's Alan Quartermaine (Stuart Damon) as Prince Charming.  My FAVORITE song from that show is next week's Song-ography suggestion.  It's a Rogers and Hammerstein creation...

"In My Own Little Corner"

Cinderella

1965.  YOWZERS!  I remember watching this like it was...the 1960's.  And FYI, Leslie Ann Warren will ALWAYS be the best Cinderella in MY book.

Thanks for linking up to Song-ography.  Please try to visit some of the other participants to see their interpretations and creativity.  It really IS inspiring to see how one song/lyric can take different people in different directions.  I will be by to visit too...can't wait!

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