I spent the bulk of October and November preparing for our wedding and buying our first home. Buying a house at 23 was tough. We couldn’t afford much and I seemed to be driving to the mortgage company everyday with another piece of paper that they requested.
Musically, I had replaced about 70% of my old records and favorite cassettes from the old days. It was an expensive proposition but it was cool to check out some of that music again. It was kind of like a miniature version of what I’ve been doing here all year.
Apart from that, I was still mostly listening to my classical stuff and other instrumental pieces that I had accumulated. There are a couple of pieces to the Dirty Dancing story. The first goes back a ways when Mary and I first began dating for real. We were supposed to go see Dirty Dancing in the theater on a Friday night but I got detained at work for a really long time. Mary thought I stood her up and she was disappointed. Finally I was able to get a free minute to call and explain and apologize for not being able to go that night.
I don’t remember when I did actually see Dirty Dancing but it was quite a while after that, maybe even when it was on TV. The music, though was something that we enjoyed together from the beginning. We selected (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life to be our wedding song. Mary has ever since been the one thing I can’t get enough of. You should have seen our wedding reception when Mary and I did the big lift maneuver. It looked really stunning with her wedding dress floating behind her.
While Mary and I were walking down the aisle, the people that we bought our first house from were moving out. Really, that house on Cortland was only empty for a few hours before we started moving in on the morning after our wedding. My mother and sisters had decorated my room at mom’s house in our wedding colors. Blue and silver ribbons twirled from the ceiling. It was a nice surprise. It was late, we were exhausted and we had to get up early to start moving.
On a strange related coincidence note, when her twin sister got married a few years later, her wedding song was Unchained Melody. Do you see it? Both songs were from Patrick Swayze movies that were popular at the time. Both were sung by a member of The Righteous Brothers.
Many of the songs here were period pieces. I thought that was cool. Mom had a fair amount of At The Hop type stuff and I liked as a kid and still do. I have a few in my Eclectic Collection but I’ve often considered expanding my 50’s music.
(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life Yes, Mary and I did this same dance at our wedding reception.
She’s Like The Wind
Hungry Eyes
Stay
Hey! Baby
Love Is Strange
In The Still Of The Night