“Don't Dream It's Over” by Crowded House

Like many of you, I’ve also been closely watching the spread of the Covid 19 virus. As the numbers continue to rise I couldn’t help but think of Stephen King’s The Stand and its detailed vision of how society would handle an apocalyptic pandemic. Now that schools are closed indefinitely and the streets feel eerily empty, his vision doesn’t seem that far off.

The first song that popped into my head after the WHO listed this as a pandemic was not REM’s “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” but one that showed up in the 1994 ABC TV miniseries of King’s Novel. It was from an early scene where actress Molly Ringwald finds an old record player in the garage and her Crowded House album. The scene and music perfectly captured the moment, where all that was left were her memories and a fellow surviving neighbor’s embrace.

I actually never liked this song when it was originally released in 1986. Maybe it was my childhood crush on Molly Ringwald or the way the scene was directed, but after listening to it depicted that way, my mind was changed.
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This is a crazy moment in time and I hope people can find a way to take care of each other instead of fighting over hand sanitizer and toilet paper.