"We get it on most every night, When that moon is big and bright, It's a supernatural delight, Everybody's dancing in the moonlight"
It was the culmination of two things that really shouldn't mix. Work and a relationship. This pleasant fiasco set to King Harvest's glorious keyboard work and mindless lyrics. King Harvest is considered a one hit wonder, and in a way we were too. I met Hannah at work. It was the summer after my sophomore year of college and I was working for the department of residence. We had training together and I couldn't help but find myself drawn to her. Sure there were prettier girls, but the prettier girls didn't speak their mind the way she did. Or give that coy, flirtatious smile. Even her voice, nasal and catty enough …show more content…
Although we only made love once, it was an experience. The only way I could possibly describe it was electric. She enjoyed oldies music, and when we would sit in my room with her head on my chest, she would play Franki Valli while we frolicked but the more serious conversations brought out the more melancholic tunes.
"Dancing in the moonlight, Everybody's feeling warm and bright, It's such a fine and natural sight, Everybody's dancing in the moonlight."
A song that fades out with repetition is (unsurprisingly) called a repeat and fade. While there are some who accuse it of being a cop-out, I find it to be a pleasant ending, sort of like riding out a buzz or high. It's all diminishing returns. Dancing in the Moonlight ends with one of these and so did we. As time went on I could tell she was getting distant, the denouement being a late night conversation in her car about her not being ready for something like this and how we should just forget about the whole thing. As I resigned myself to this fate and glumly left the car, the song blazed on through the speakers, forever cementing its association with Hannah in my
It was the culmination of two things that really shouldn't mix. Work and a relationship. This pleasant fiasco set to King Harvest's glorious keyboard work and mindless lyrics. King Harvest is considered a one hit wonder, and in a way we were too. I met Hannah at work. It was the summer after my sophomore year of college and I was working for the department of residence. We had training together and I couldn't help but find myself drawn to her. Sure there were prettier girls, but the prettier girls didn't speak their mind the way she did. Or give that coy, flirtatious smile. Even her voice, nasal and catty enough …show more content…
Although we only made love once, it was an experience. The only way I could possibly describe it was electric. She enjoyed oldies music, and when we would sit in my room with her head on my chest, she would play Franki Valli while we frolicked but the more serious conversations brought out the more melancholic tunes.
"Dancing in the moonlight, Everybody's feeling warm and bright, It's such a fine and natural sight, Everybody's dancing in the moonlight."
A song that fades out with repetition is (unsurprisingly) called a repeat and fade. While there are some who accuse it of being a cop-out, I find it to be a pleasant ending, sort of like riding out a buzz or high. It's all diminishing returns. Dancing in the Moonlight ends with one of these and so did we. As time went on I could tell she was getting distant, the denouement being a late night conversation in her car about her not being ready for something like this and how we should just forget about the whole thing. As I resigned myself to this fate and glumly left the car, the song blazed on through the speakers, forever cementing its association with Hannah in my