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Question of a Song Related To This Movie

posted 18 years ago by dmd3287
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Hi, I'm new here and The Time of Their Lives is one of my favorites. I must have seen it 20 times growing up, but somehow it isn't on TV any more. I actually have two questions, if anyone knows I'd appreciate it. First, is it out on video? Second, and my main question, does anyone know if the song by Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind, refers to this film when he says the line, 'Just like an old-time movie, about a ghost from a wishing well'? For years, I've thought of this film when hearing the song, and when I found this forum, I read the comments and was surprised no one mentioned this as a bit of trivia. Maybe it's just me and I'm totally off about this because I never heard anything about it, but I was wondering. Does anyone know? Thanks so much.

[–] leccese7 18 years ago

The movie is available on DVD and Video. Go to any local store in your area or if you shop online you can pick it up on like AMAZON or something like that. Thanks for the Gordon Lightfoot tidbit , very interesting never thought to associate it with "Time Of Their Lives ". Well done and good luck.

[–] Jeffersonian710 17 years ago

I always wondered that, too!! I am glad I am not the only one...I think that perhaps you could be right. A lot of his music has these little alliterations hidden...I like to think it is, anyway...

"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed."

[–] Fillumfan 15 years ago

Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
Example: In cliches: sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy. Wordsworth: And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
I think you mean references or connections.

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[–] MystMoonstruck 10 years ago

I think the intended word is "allusion".

(W)hat are we without our dreams?
Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC

[–] nyseasons 17 years ago

I know there was a classical song playing throught the movie as well, does anyone know the title of that song. Please reply to [email protected]

Thanks very much.,

[–] myer-4 17 years ago

The classical tune that Melanie plays on the harpsichord is from Boccherini's String Quintet in E.

[–] Nelfarion 17 years ago

Geez, I always have the same thought when I hear that song. I've heard it more and moe lately (thanks to Duane Steele's cover of it, and it's been bugging me. I, too, remember this movie being played a lot in the 70s, when I wa sa kid, but I haven't seen it in maybe 30 years. I'm dying to see it again, btu can't find it for anything (and no credit card to get it from Amazon.) :( It, too, was my favourite of all the A&C flicks.

[–] yankee_dant 17 years ago

I believe TMC is the channel that shows this movie. it was on TV a few times in the past few years. i watched it one night about a year ago & again I believe I saw it on TMC (Turner Movie Classics). You should check on line with that channel to see if/when it will be on again.

[–] drivernjax 9 years ago

I won't deny the possibility that Gordon Lightfoot was referencing this movie in the song. However, the well in the movie wasn't a wishing well. It was a water well. You can tell from the windlass roof that the original sign was attached to.

[–] cleverestbunny-430-409659 9 years ago

True, but singing "wishing well" sounds more romantic than "water well".

[–] chihara 8 years ago

Great observation! I spent two years as a visiting professor at the Universities of Alberta and Victoria during 1969 - 1971. The radio stations were working real hard to meet the required "Canadian content" quotas. I got pretty tired of hearing Gordon Lightfoot over ana over again (I was fine with Ann Murray and Joni MItchell).
Still, as soon as I read your post, my mind's ear heard Lightfoot singing that line.
Although I still don't like the song, it will resonate with me a little better now.