Journal #37- Blue Monk

Many unique images come to mind when I was listening to Blue Monk.  During the introduction, I was thinking of an old run down western town, with very few inhabitants.  I imagined a person walking down the street and the only noise around was this song playing from a near by saloon.  As the song progressed I changed my opinion and the image of the back streets of New York came to mind.  Since the Harlem Renaissance played an important part of the jazz age, I guess this image makes sense.  In this section of the song, I pictured a tomcat walking down the alley, like an image out of the Aristocats.  The calm sense that the song portrays makes the image seem like it is night time, and all around is quiet.  As the song progresses, I get the image that I am in an empty saloon that has a lone piano player just playing away.  To me, the song almost seems depressing, yet their are many exciting parts to it.  As the bridge of the song plays, I got a picture of an old fashion tap dance show.  Im not sure where this image came from, but the beat of the song makes it fit.  During the quiet, slower section of the song, I saw a cat sneaking up behind a mouse, once again in the backstreets of New York City.  It continues to trail the mouse for sometime as the music stays quiet and in a steady beat.  When the dynamics increased, I pictured the chase getting closer and when the melody comes back, I saw the image of the cat and mouse cut out to credits like at the end of a movie.  For the remaining seconds of the song, I saw an image of the credits rolling down the screen until the music cut out.  I was surprised at the amount of imagery that comes to mind after just listening to a song.