I was watching a TV documentary last night, which featured some epic footage of the suffering in the Pacific war from 1944-1945. Towards the end, the soundtrack used was an old pop song, of a girl group singing in harmony, "Tonight You Belong To Me". I believe the song must have come from an era slightly later, as it sounded vaguely like pre rock and roll pop music of the early fifties. However, the effect of this song, which told of a world many of those young men never lived to enjoy, or were too disturbed to enjoy, was profoundly moving. Somehow the contrast of a banal pop song to the shuddering footage was more powerful than any "sad and serious music" could ever have been. It left me with two questions for fellow Mudcatters. Firstly, who can tell me anything more about that recording? I know I had heard it many years before, without knowing anything about the artist.
The other question is, what examples can you tell me of strange connections of pictures and film, which moved you profoundly?