The day goes down

That song, the one by the Eurythmics, that performance of it in particular, the one my baby posted last night had me in floods and floods of tears. It is one my favourite performances of one of my favourite songs ever; it's taken from Wogan the show that used to be on the BBC1 at 7 o'clock Monday through Friday each week many moons ago. It was a chat show hosted by, as the name of the show suggests, Terry Wogan, if you're of a certain age I'm sure you'll remember it.

To this day I remember the exact moment that the Eurythmics played that song and if memory serves correct it was an off the cuff performance, I'm certain they weren't due to perform; hence why they're sat on the sofa on the set rather than on the stage. I was only a kid and it was the first time in my life that music, a song, a performance stopped me dead in my tracks. I remember sitting in the chair watching it in complete silence with my mouth open wide, transfixed on the moment - the song, the lyrics and the intensity of the performance. I remember the hairs on the back on my neck standing on end and the tears welling in my eyes; I kid you not even back then, as a child, it brought me to tears. I didn't know music could have such an effect, could move people so much, could provoke such emotion, it was a revelation; it was the first time I'd heard the song. And I remember the audience, like me, sat in total silence and stillness overawed by what they were watching and listening to, it was beyond anything I'd ever seen before in the music sphere; it was a spectacle of pure human emotion and an outpouring of the human soul.

I guess it kick started my love affair with music, I mean up until that point I was into heavy metal - Iron Maiden, Motorhead and that kind of stuff; just for the guitars, drums and general noise of it. That performance changed me, when I had enough money I went out and bought the album, in fact I still own it on cassette tape - "We too are one" its a great album, which was quite a departure from my normal listening habits. I was struck by the lyrics, that's what got hold of me and wouldn't let go - the heartfelt, personal and emotional stories they were telling; it just made some kind of connection inside me. I never looked back and up until this day that's the kind of music I search out and love; the music that I can relate to in some fashion, that feels like an old friend and has the ability to effect me personally and emotionally. I've felt tears well up in my eyes many times since whilst listening to music, watching a performance or going to a gig; maybe it shaped me in other ways too, in the books I read, in the films I watch and as a person in general; I don't know but maybe............

It haunted me since the day I watched it on television, it's something I have never forgotten and one of very few things I can recall clearly despite the years. I often used to search for it on the internet always without luck until I eventually gave up the ghost, thinking I would never see it again. Whilst I was at my boyfriends on Sunday he put a Eurythmics CD on, it didn't have the song on it, but it reminded of the performance and I told him and Rach about it, I recounted the story above to them. Between them they hunted the exact performance down and my baby posted it on here for me. The sentiments of the song were perfectly echoed in the beautiful words my baby left for me and like the first time I watched it, the second time just touched my heart and had me in floods of tears. It took me back to that very moment, it was exactly as I remembered it, if not better, because this time I was watching it with someone I love.......

Well don't you cry now, don't go drowning in your tears

Haven't you learned anything after all these years?

All God's little children are beautiful and pure

And you're as good as all of them

Of this you can be sure

And we are just the same

Underneath the shadows of the sun

And we are just the same

No more, no less than anyone

All the people of this lonely world

Have a piece of pain inside

Don't go thinking you're the only one

Who ever broke right down and cried

That's when the rain comes down

That's when the rain comes falling down

This is for the broken dreamers

And this is for the vacant souls

And this is for the hopeless losers

This is for the helpless fools

And the burnt out and the useless

And the lonely and the weak

And the lost and the degraded

And the too dumb to speak

And the day goes down,

And the day goes down,

That's when the day goes falling down

And the day goes down...