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[amenirdis]

In September, 1983 I went to the beach with four friends. I was fifteen, and we stayed at her parents beach house with her mom, who kindly stayed out of the way. We went to lay out, and lying on my beach towel in the sun, the red haze visible even through sunglasses and closed eyes, I heard this for the first time.

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[elfscribe5]

Ah yes, Billy Joel. Music can be so evocative of a particular time and place. Thanks for sharing yours.

[amenirdis]

It really can be. I can remember just how that moment felt.

[tricksterquinn]

I'm curious how that felt...

[amenirdis]

Chills, lying in the hot sun. Chills, and I could see every word he sang. Actually, I took the feeling from Gull's first scene with Pythia, when she looks into the fire, from my feeling at that moment.

[tricksterquinn]

I have never heard that song before.

Oh, my.

[amenirdis]

Written in 1973. Yeah.