"Stormy Weather" Etta James-At Last!

The title track of this album is probably one of the most overplayed wedding songs of all time, maybe even the most overplayed love song of all time. Period. However I ran across this gem of a song, believe it or not, quite recently when I sat down to watch Tom Ford's A Single Man. A story about a gay man who is haunted by his lover's death of which he cannot openly grieve over, can't attend the funeral, can't do anything but attempt to deal with the passing days minute by minute. Julianne Moore plays his confidant who deals with her own personal problems by swilling heavy doses of booze and overdressing.

And while at times the film was a little, well, not really of interest to me the style of it was perfect and the acting was superb. The scene in which this song is played is in the home of Charley (Julianne Moore). George (Colin Firth) is fixing a drink and Charley throws on the record player. They break out in slow dance across the living room, the camera focused on mostly their faces. The pain in each of their countenance captured on celluloid and regurgitated on vinyl.

It is perfect. I often think that a song cannot exist without a scene to place it in, I would be surprised to meet a person who can't explain a scene for every song that runs around their head on a daily basis. If they exist I feel for them, if they don't grab what I am saying then maybe this can set the example.