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Originally Posted by Miduhyo
I live in OR, we get plenty of rain but not much snow xD I'll try listening to it during a snowy day, though. Maybe listening to it at the right place at the right time will shed some light on it. Personally I like listening to Close to You during the winter times. Any other time of year that song does nothing for me but during winter, on a peaceful white night, it's perfect. When I lived in AZ as a teenager, we got a terrible snowstorm and I was snowed in by myself for two days because my parents were in Phoenix at the time and couldn't get home at the fault of the weather. I was a bit freaked. I was high in the mountains, secluded, lost electricity, wasn't all that stocked up on food, and every time I called the phone company they couldn't give any sort of indication when the power would be back on. So I had nothing else to do but listen to my iPod and watch the snow fall. Close to You came on and for five minutes I wasn't worried. It was really peaceful, actually. Everything just... fit. Falling snow. White mountainside. A still wind. Fire cackling in the hearth. (Still didn't get electricity until afternoon the next day and my butt was frozen to the seat I was on, but whatever.) Even now, near ten years later, when it snows, especially at night, I try to recreate that moment. Turn off the lights, light a fire, turn on Close to You and watch the snow fall.  Sounds cheesy, I know, but that's what's music is for, I suppose, creating memories even just for yourself.
... I just realized this had nothing to do with what we all were talking about but this just came to mind so I'd thought I'd share. Sorry for the blubbering. Listening to and/or talking about Ayu's old music gets me reminiscent I suppose! xD |
I love this story!! I mean it must of been a scary experience but the moment that was created for you and the music is beautiful. I do “corny” stuff like that all the time. Actually Close to you is one I try not to listen to until Christmas Eve, and the moment it fit really perfectly for me once was when I was out walking after it had just snowed and it was all glittery and fresh on the ground. The night was so still and I walked past a church nearby and outside it had the nativity scene set up and all these little Christmas lightup figures as decoration (the shape of two white deer made up entirely of lights, etc). It was so perfect, and the church has a huge bell tower and so it really fit perfectly given that the bells play a prominent role in the arrangement of Close to you. Before that I think I hated the song, lol.
Last year I listened to it on Christmas night after all the festivities died down. I was staying at my moms for Christmas and she just built like a log cabin home and there’s a little log guest house. I walked outside to settle down and stood outside the guest house and gazed at the house all lit up, the lights reflecting off the untouched snow. Christmas tree and lights visible through the windows. And the night was completely still. It was beautiful.