Journal #37 - Our Musical Vision

We have begun listening to the song "Blue Monk" by the Thelonious Monk Quartet. It is a very jazzy tune with some fun piano and sax solos. Usually whenever I listen to jazz music, I envision a black and white silent film with the music telling the story. The story I am envisioning now goes as follows : There is a man. He is currently sitting at the counter of some saloon or tavern, sipping some drink (of course not alcoholic; milk or something) with his friends around him. He is obviously a cool kid. He is the highlight of the town, the idol. He is laughing and generally just being his cool kid self. Also, by kid I do not specifically mean he is a kid. He is most likely not a kid - especially with his hearty non-alcoholic drink of milk. Let's say he is about twenty two to twenty four years old. His buddies are around the same age. Suddenly, he spins around on his bar stool, which is of course a spinny chair. He tells the pianist to jazz it up a bit and he slides off his chair. He starts to snap and bounce step over to the dance floor. People start to join him. He is dancing around and showing off his insane moves. Everyone is awed by his talents. He scans his eyes around the room, looking for the lucky lady he is going to ask to dance with him. He locks eyes with a woman he finds appealing and grins, bouncing over to her (by which I mean he is bounce stepping). She looks up with him, taking a sip of her drink. He asks her to dance, and she says something snarky like, "Not with you, pretty boy." The man laughs and becomes determined to get her to dance with him. He starts showing her his moves. With a smirk, she is amused by his efforts, but continues to reject him. He keeps at it and still he gets the same reaction. After a while, the woman stands up and pushes the man aside, to which he laughs and watches. She goes to the dance floor and shows off her equally talented moves and the man tries to dance with her. She continues to push him away, but soon it becomes a lighthearted battle. Eventually the man is able to dance with her, and then with the end of the song, the man offers to buy the woman a drink, to which she happily complies. --- That's what I envisioned.