Times Like These

I have a soft spot for SNL movies, and when I found out that Superstar was directed by Bruce McCulloch, one of the Kids in the Hall, I was even more excited. I saw Superstar with my then-husband and we were two of about three people in theater who laughed when Molly Shannon ran out of school in her Catholic schoolgirl uniform as Sister Christian played. Everyone else in the audience was too young to get the joke.
The song that stuck with me, though, was Beautiful by the Go-Gos. It’s played at the beginning of the movie. It’s a great summer song. I played it incessantly when I stayed in Myrtle Beach for a few extra days three years ago. I was separated from my husband, things with the Former Flame had reach the level of intolerability and I just needed time to clear my head. The weather was perfect — sunny, bright and clear. My life was anything but perfect at the time, but the song’s enthusiasm was infectious. I still think of that time in my life when I hear this song but now I can smile. Back then, all I wanted to do was cry …

My life is ever so perfect
My life has been a bed of roses
And you might think i’m crazy
So what if i am
My head is full of good things
Enough for everyone

Let me have my own world
Come in live in my world
Let me have my own world
Come in live in my world
Beautiful
Is all i see when i look at me
Beautiful
Every monther’s dream
Day by day
Things just keep getting prettier (so pretty)
Beautiful
What a wonderful life
Beautiful
Things keep getting prettier
Beautiful
Things keep getting prettier (so pretty)
Beautiful