New Light Shed on Song for Ten
Haven't posted here for quite a while, but I wanted to link people to some excellent stuff on Behind the Sofa, concerning the music of Doctor Who.
Down at the bottom of the page (you have to scroll down past the E7 review), Stuart Ian Burns has this to say about the last verse of "Song for Ten":
But my admiration for the song’s sky-rocketed recently after hearing the final verse and realising that it could well have been an oh-so subtle hint that Rose was not gone for good: “Well I woke up today and you're on the other side / Our time will never come again / But if you can still dream / Close your eyes it will seem / That you can see me now and then.” If Rose is to be the subject of this year’s Doctor-less episode, then I wonder if it’ll tell the story of the fourth series from her point of view, showing her attempts to communicate with the Doctor across the void, seeing him (and Donna) now and then. Whatever happens, I can’t think of a better song about finding and losing love, about saying goodbye but never forgetting. Who needs The Beatles, when you've got Murray Gold?
Isn't that a brilliant idea? I must admit, I'd never cared for the revised Song For Ten - I always dismissed it as a bit of a hasty rewrite cobbled together for the CIN Concert after Doomsday. But this makes me see it in a whole new light. The two added verses are like a little summary of S4 - one from the Doctor's POV and the other from Rose's. Quite brilliant.
Down at the bottom of the page (you have to scroll down past the E7 review), Stuart Ian Burns has this to say about the last verse of "Song for Ten":
But my admiration for the song’s sky-rocketed recently after hearing the final verse and realising that it could well have been an oh-so subtle hint that Rose was not gone for good: “Well I woke up today and you're on the other side / Our time will never come again / But if you can still dream / Close your eyes it will seem / That you can see me now and then.” If Rose is to be the subject of this year’s Doctor-less episode, then I wonder if it’ll tell the story of the fourth series from her point of view, showing her attempts to communicate with the Doctor across the void, seeing him (and Donna) now and then. Whatever happens, I can’t think of a better song about finding and losing love, about saying goodbye but never forgetting. Who needs The Beatles, when you've got Murray Gold?
Isn't that a brilliant idea? I must admit, I'd never cared for the revised Song For Ten - I always dismissed it as a bit of a hasty rewrite cobbled together for the CIN Concert after Doomsday. But this makes me see it in a whole new light. The two added verses are like a little summary of S4 - one from the Doctor's POV and the other from Rose's. Quite brilliant.