#glenn miller

[somehow-a-human]

Moonlight Serenade & Good Omens &... Lost...?

DO NOT ASK NEIL ABOUT FAN THEORY.

First off: I am a certified former band kid. I've been playing the trumpet for 17 years. I did marching band in high school & college, I served pep band march madness basketball realness, I'm a bona fide concert hall bitch, and I considered becoming a professional musician.

Because of this, the music of good omens is something I have been ACTIVELY avoiding! The risks of hyperfixating and spiraling into it are HIGH!!! I spent so much of my life deeply entrenched in music, all genres, all time periods & It's hard not to have a proclivity toward it. But I also expect it to be a huge topic and a deep hole to inevitably fall into.

But could I hold out forever? no. and something finally pushed me over the edge. Wait for it..... Lost. Yep. The fucking TV show Lost. WAIT WAIT, don't leave! STAY WITH ME!

Why Lost? And what does it have to do with Moonlight Serenade and WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH GOOD OMENS?! Well my lovelies continue under the cut with me and keep an open mind...

Okay so... Lost. Yes, the insane 2004 mystery plane crash island adventure drama. It's a wild ride, and a masterpiece and a little bit crazy, but overall pretty damn good. I've been on a rewatch spree and wouldn't you know it... parallels between lost and Good Omens kept popping up in my brain!! I mean they are both detailed intricate mysteries so it makes a tad bit of sense but there was one little detail that *might* be a *clue* so I figured I'd make a post cause why not? I promise you don't need to know anything about Lost to follow this!!

First off, what are some of the recurring themes of Lost the TV show you might ask?

Life & Death

Timelines & Time Travel

Literary Allusions (Catch-22, The Bible, A Tale of Two Cities)

Prophecies & Premonitions

Symbolism of Black & White

Yeah okay, that tracks, but look there are 121 episodes of Lost and 12 episodes (so far) of Good Omens so there's bound to be some overlap for these two ineffable mysteries.

You'll be thinking about now, "BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MOONLIGHT SERENADE?!" I'm getting there, shhh, lemme pet your hair gently and keep giving you background information to build it up shhhh...

If you've never seen Lost there is a very good chance you're mighty confused at this moment, so let me reassure you, you don't need to know anything about it to understand the connections I'm going to make. A brief synopsis is: Oceanic flight 815 crashes on an island. The plane crash survivors quickly discover the island is more than it seems to be and holds many secrets and mysteries. A lot of people die, most of them are murdered, it's giving Lord of the Flies. That's honestly all you need to know.

Time Travel & Alternate Timelines

Time travel is cannon in Lost. It's super confusing and I'm not even going to try to explain any of it here. It's honestly just not worth it. If you'd like to try and read about it, the abridged version is here, but I don't think the details are important. Just know it's real and confirmed and exists.

Okay so, In Lost season 2, episode 13 "The Long Con" two of the plane crash survivors are trying to find a signal on a radio they've found. While scrubbing they come across a signal playing Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller. One character mentions it must be from somewhere nearby, but the other counters that this type of radio can pick up signals from anywhere in the world. There is a beat and then another character jokingly adds "Or any time. Just kidding, dude."

It's later confirmed that the Lost characters in 2004 are indeed picking up a radio signal from 1940 that is playing Moonlight Serenade, a product of time travel.

Congratulations, you've made it to the point where I'm going to bring Good Omens into the mix. In season 2, episode 4 "The Hitchhiker" we open seeing Aziraphale driving back from Edinburgh late at night/early morning. Uncomfortable with the darkness and silence he asks the Bentley to "play something that's got a bit of swing? I'm in the mood for something modern."

The Bentley obliges the angel, as she always will, and we are shown a shot of the radio specifically lighting up, so we know she's tapped into the radio to play this for Azi.

But hold on. Aziraphale asked for "modern"? Moonlight Serenade is most certainly not modern. It was recorded in 1939! I'd say in 2023 it's anything but modern, maybe not in Aziraphale's long lived opinion, but certainly in the Bentley's opinion, given she's only a 97 year old car.

I think you can see now what I'm saying here. I think the Bentley picked up a radio signal from 1940, maybe 1941? Episode 4 is of course our 1941 blitz magic show bullet catch flashback extravaganza, so... it makes sense. I know we like to headcanon Crowley and Aziraphale listened to A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square in the bookshop in 1941 after the bullet catch, but what if they heard Moonlight Serenade on the radio instead?

What does it mean?

I think it could be a *clue*. A reference to this small moment from Lost and a nod to the first hint of the canonization of time travel in that series. We know Crowley can control time to some extent and we can see some evidence of time discontinuities and possibly time weirdness in season 2 so is it a hint that timeline funkiness IS happening? Do I want to get into the fact that the main character in The Hitchhiker, the Twilight Zone episode this episode is named after, is actually dead? No I don't, not now anyway.

SO! There it is... weird little connection that I couldn't get out of my brain. It just seemed a bit too... ineffable.

As always this is all for fun and all for fans! Don't ask Neil about these things, they're for us to have fun with. And something else that I don't think some people on here understand about meta-analysis; the goal of it is not necessarily to be correct. It can be, if that's your thing. Refuting peoples posts, theories, analysis, and headcanons because you personally don't agree with them and telling them they're wrong and stupid doesn't achieve anything. Meta-analysis is an exercise in critical thinking and creative writing. You could write meta about how Spongebob is a critique of the loss of christian values in modern society and you wouldn't be right or wrong, you'd just certainly be a person who wrote that for sure though. Just, be kind to each other, share ideas, you're allowed to disagree with someone's ideas or have different ones of your own but don't be cruel in saying so, don't call someone stupid, that's just silly.

Love you all, do something kind for yourself today <3

ps. The moment I see Michael Sheen with blonde hair come January I'm gonna bark like a dog, that's all. Thanks.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #aziraphale #crowley #michael sheen #david tennant #crowley x aziraphale #good omens theories #good omens clues #ineffable mystery #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #ineffable spouses #ineffable divorce #ineffable fandom #good omens fandom #good omens speculation #good omens theory #good omens analysis #good omens parallels #moonlight serenade #glenn miller #lost #oceanic flight 815 #the twilight zone #the hitchhiker

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Glenn Miller on his birthday #botd

#glenn miller #big band #old hollywood

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon Soir 🆕️🎺🎹👌💙

Glenn Miller 🎶 String of Pearls

Animation Rui Barbosa

#new clip #glenn miller #clipanim #string of pearls #rui barbosa #jazz music #music video #clip music anim #youtube #bon soir #fidjie fidjie

[that-plague-doctor]

me when a man from the 1930's sings about love and romance

#and me knowing ill never get love as they do #this is for a very niche group sorry mutuals #al bowlly #glenn miller #tommy dorsey #cab calloway

[asgoodeasgold]

Mother and son, Matthew and Ysabeau, Matthew and Lindsay.

I just adore them. Their dance together was so beautiful, the chemistry palpable. Two wonderful actors creating magic on screen.

📷 Sky/Bad Wolf A Discovery of Witches (2018) s1:04 my edit

Here is the music piece they danced to (Glenn Miller's Tuxedo Junction):

#matthew goode #matthewgoode #lindsay duncan #a discovery of witches #adow #adow s1 #adow edit #glenn miller #big band music #Youtube #beautiful vampires #vampire

[oldshowbiz]

The Downtown Los Angeles landmark Angel's Flight as seen in The Glenn Miller Story (1954).

#glenn miller #james stewart #dtla #filming location #angels flight

[mastersoftheair]

also, going a Little crazy HEARING glenn miller's "in the mood", but not actually SEEING the man! am i joke to the them (the MotA team)???

#i guess this is what you call a consolation prize but HEY! i'll take it lol #masters of the air #hbo war #e4 #glenn miller #masters of the air spoilers #mota spoilers

[taraross-1787]

This Day in History: Glenn Miller disappears

On this day in 1944, big band leader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel. He and his plane were never found.

Miller was a much-loved and successful musician of the era.  He had a string of big hits, such as “Moonlight Serenade” and “In the Mood.”  He’d worked on a few successful movies.  He was married to his college sweetheart!  He had two kids.  

In short, he was a man with A LOT to lose. But that didn’t stop him from putting everything on the line for his country.

Miller was in his late 30s when World War II began. Because of his age, he didn’t have to volunteer. He could have simply stayed home in America throughout the war.  But he didn't.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-glenn-miller

#tdih #otd #this day in history #history #history blog #glenn miller #rock music #music history #world war ii #wwii #sharethehistory

[figureskatingcostumes]

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani's free dance costumes for the 2011-2012 season, seen here at the 2011 Finlandia Trophy, 2011 Cup of China (also 2011 NHK Trophy), 2011 Grand Prix Final, 2012 US Nationals and 2012 Four Continents (also 2012 Worlds).

Their music was In The Mood, Moonlight Serenade and Chattanooga Choo Choo, all by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Which is your favourite? For me, they got it right first time. (Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

#Maia Shibutani #Alex Shibutani #Shibutani Shibutani #Figure skating #Ice dance #2011 Finlandia Trophy #2011 Cup of China #2011 Grand Prix Final #2012 US Nationals #2012 Four Continents #Glenn Miller #Glenn Miller Orchestra #United States #In the mood #Chattanooga choo choo #Moonlight serenade #Sweater vest #Braces #Tie #Orange #2011–2012

[thethirdman8]

#miles davis #1957 #glenn miller #1944 #SoundCloud

[citizenscreen]

The Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller during rehearsal for a broadcast of the CBS Radio program, “Chesterfield Time” in 1939.

#the andrews sisters #glenn miller

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon Matin 💙🎺 👌🚂

Glenn Miller 🎶 Chattanooga Choo Choo

Animation de Rui Barbosa

#music vidéo #glenn miller #clipanim #rui barbosa #jazz music #chattanooga choo choo #clip music anim #trains #youtube #bon matin #fidjie fidjie

[venusforfran]

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 💌💛 (UR ALSO MY FAVORITE MUTUAL SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO SEND IT TO SRRY!!)

IM SO HONOURED AWW. Dont apologise lovely!!🫂🫂

Okay okay. Let me preface by saying I have a very old music taste, 20s, 30s, 40s. I especially love jazz.

1. It all belongs to me- Ruth Etting (totally not a lesbian oldie)

2. Body and soul- Jane Russell (I fall asleep to this one every night!)

3. These foolish things- Frank sinatra (makes me cry everytimee)

4. Youre more than a number in my little red book- The drifters

5. Moonlight serenade- Glenn Miller (another classic!)

#glenn miller #frank sinatra #jane russell #ruth etting #30s #20s #music #mutuals #ilyyy ♡♡

[vintage-every-day]

Here is Glenn Miller (1904-1944) and his version of "Jingle Bells". Reccorded on the Bluebird label, it also featured Tex Beneke and The Modernaires on vocal. It was recorded on October 20, 1941. 

#vintage #swing #christmas #glenn miller

[frogeye-pierce]

The Best of Glenn Miller Vol. III (1969)

#for @glennmillerorchestra ;) #glenn miller #music

[oldshowbiz]

In the Mood by the Glenn Miller Orchestra is from 1939.

However...

Hot and Anxious by Flecther Henderson is from 1931.

Tar Paper Stomp by Wingy Malone is from 1930.

Was the most famous big band song of all time plagiarized?

#glenn miller #big band #jazz #mp3 #Youtube