Rehearsal: The Epic Musical Saga

On The Wings Of A Dream (1983) John Denver

On the Wings of A Dream (1983), Written and Performed by John Denver

A pondering about life and death and about how short a time we get to be here, this one echoes the Rehearsal theme/tagline: "It's About The Journey."

They whys of life are big and usually unanswered, but the path, the ride, is filled with wonderful things along with not-so-wonderful things. It's a roller coaster, a guessing game, an endurance test, and a gamble. As one of my characters eventually says: "There's no such thing as safe. It's all a risk. You just have to try to make the rewards along the way worth it." (May be edited somewhat before publication.)

John Denver was part of the first conversation Duncan has with Susie and his new band mates, the night he arrives in Lakewood, Massachusetts. Stu, the keyboardist, makes fun of Denver and Susie jumps in to say she likes his music. In return, Stu asks "What do you know? You're a girl." Of course she fires back at him, full of fire about what she knows. If you read the 1982 entry, you'll realize this question comes back around full circle when she's asking herself the same.

But that's life. We know what we know. Then we think we know what we know. And then... we realize we don't really know; it's all just a guessing game where we choose what we think is the best option at the time. In the meantime, it's quite a ride.


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This is entry #10 for

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Barrel of Monkeys  (E) An annual interlinked musical blogging challenge! Runs every September. #1987725 by Jeff

[This final entry for the contest is not the final entry in this through-they-years video series, since Rehearsal runs through 1987. I'll keep going after the contest to fill it out.]