2/21/2012

We were singing, "bye-bye, Miss American Pie."

I was 14 when I first heard "American Pie" by Don McLean in Tehran. I went by Ahang-e-Rooz/Beethoven, where Mohsen Agha Chamanara would generously play any song for us after school and would cheerfully help us choose which LP to buy with our allowance that month. In my heart, where my treasures of childhood, first loves, lost loves, complicated loves, and finished loves, along with all kinds of nostalgia are kept, this is one of the pieces of music that sits prominently and is never forgotten.
Tonight I was struggling with a piece of unpleasant work, something that just wouldn't end no matter how hard I tried to finish it! Then I heard the playful beginning notes, and then the whole song started strolling out of the side room, where my older son was listening to music behind a closed door. I don't know which one made those tears escape my eyes, the joy of an important piece of memorabilia of my childhood jumping out at me again, or the joy of knowing that my son might find that music appealing enough to play all by himself.
Life is good tonight. I am a fortunate woman with great memories in my past and absolutely precious treasures in the side room, behind the closed door. A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they'd be happy for a while....

10 comments:

neghneghoo said...

Thanks for refreshing golden memories dear Nazy,

Nazy said...

Thank you, dear and kind Parviz Jan. Heeh! Do you remember Mohsen Agha Chamanara at Ahang-e Rooz/Beethoven on Khiaboon Pahlavi? Time it was and what a time it was, it was (this one borrowed from Simon and Garfunkel!).

Nazy said...

Anyhow, the nostalgia was so overpowering, it made me write a blog after a very long time. I miss blogging. Maybe I'll stay and write some more.

neghneghoo said...

Thanks Nazy, I do not remember knowing Mohsen Agha Chaman Ara, but I do remember Beethowen music shop balatar az Charrah Pahlavi. It was a world all for itself. Jvooni kojaee ke yadet be kheir ;D

neghneghoo said...

And I'm looking forwatrd to see more of your blog posts. You know I never quit, I have a sickness for writing (maraze neveshtan daram).

سرزمین رویایی said...

نازی جان
این فید شما آپدیت نمیشه. در نتیجه بلاگرولینگ ما که بر اساس فید کار میکنه شما رو نمیبینه و نشون نمیده و خود منم که با ریدر میخونمت نمی‌فهمم آپدیت شدی
چاری بیاندیش از بهر این مشکل :دی

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Hyacinth said...

I checked your blog on a whim, to see if you had posted anything new, and I was instantly transported to my childhood in Tehran, where my uncle would always sing Bye Bye Miss American Pie(very loudly and very off key) :) Happy memories...

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Anonymous said...

BTW..... keep writing girl.....