Helplessly Hoping

So films first got sound in the late 1920s, and by the early '30s pretty much every movie had music in it.

And for the most part, movies used original score music rather than preexisting songs, but there were some exceptions.

For instance, tell me if you recognize this scene from a classic 1942 movie.

[piano music] Casablanca.

And a second by Jacques Renard.

The fundamental things apply, as time goes by.

Now, in 1931 those songs were just moderately successful, but 11 years later when the song appeared in Casablanca, audiences rushed out to buy it.

And at the time, the American Federation of Musicians union was in the middle of a strike.

Let's talk about a song that makes you sad or sustains a sad feeling.

Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Helplessly Hoping.

So,

this one...

Now I got another band for us.

This is Crosby, Still, and Nash with Helplessly Hoping.

others nearby awaiting a word gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs

wishing he could fly only to trip at the sound of goodbye