In a Class of Her Own - I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt - literary song video

YouTube ^ | 27 March 2021 | Mary Van Deusen

[mairdie]

"In a Class of Her Own" is the Chinese version of the Korean "Sungkyunkwan Scandal." A poor girl disguises herself as a boy and becomes a student of an historical academy. Both of her roommates fall in love with her. This song shows off the one-sided love of the young rebel roommate.

[mairdie]

Longer version:
"In a Class of Her Own" is the Chinese version of the Korean "Sungkyunkwan Scandal." A poor girl, Wenxi, in order to have money to buy medicine for her brother, disguises herself as a boy and becomes a student of the academy that trains bureaucratic officials. Both of the boys who become her roommates fall in love with her. Lei Zexin is the rebel trying to bring about change in the administration that killed his brother. Feng Chengjun is the cool scholar whom Wenxi falls for. This song shows off the one-sided love of the young rebel.

[mairdie]

“In a Class of Her Own” - 36 episodes on viki.com

https://www.viki.com/tv/36696c-in-a-class-of-her-own

[mairdie]

I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

... - rebel discovering she’s a girl

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don’t patronize
Don’t patronize

‘Cause I can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no you won’t
‘Cause I can’t make you love me, if you don’t

... knowing she’s a girl, the rebel bought her a hairpin, but she speaks name of the other roommate

I’ll close my eyes, then I won’t see
The love you don’t feel when you’re holding me
Morning will come and I’ll do what’s right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

I can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no you won’t
‘Cause I can’t make you love me, if you don’t

... long instrumental - loneliness of the rebel, ending with him telling the winner of the girl to not make her sad, then the rebel leaves the room for good

[mairdie]

PING to music video from Chinese version of Sungkyunkwan Scandal

[SaxxonWoods]

This tune has an interesting/unusual chord movement making it enjoyable to play.

[mairdie]

Since the Korean Sungkyunkwan Scandal can't play on YouTube, you can watch those videos for comparison from my website:

Sungkyunkwan Scandal – I Will Hold My Ground – Darryl Worley

Sungkyunkwan Scandal – If You Were a Woman - Bonnie Tyler

Sungkyunkwan Scandal - He's a Rebel - Bryan Adams

Sungkyunkwan Scandal - Night Song - Jane Olivor

Sungkyunkwan Scandal - Walk Like a Man - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

[mairdie]

I find it compelling, but didn’t know why. That might be it.

[dfwgator]

I believe that’s Bruce Hornsby on piano. A classic case of someone who should just shut up and play.

[Bonemaker]

"...I can't make you love me.."

Well there was a way about 40 years ago (albeit for a short time).😎

[MAAG]

Listen to the women sing, it is a wondrously beautiful expression of her heart, ignore the video.

[mairdie]

Or, better, use the drama of the music to internalize the story. That’s what literary song videos do.

[mairdie]

You’re clearly younger than me. The sixties and seventies had some wonderful aspects that lasted for a very long period. My very favorite fashion period. Tunics that required exquisite posture.

[sit-rep]

On a Friday or saturday night, why dont you start some music threads. Freeper Canteen is the same little clique its shown itself to be for 20 years now. what makes it truly pathetic is, for example, after about 10 or more posts, the little little simple people come in and compliment and rave about all the other post in between mine, and not acknowledge any thing from anyone execpt the same select few... prettty pathetic. I like yours. never do you let a contribution go un appreciated/acknowledged...

I am watching 4 at present...

“I hear your Voice”
“River Where the Moon Rises”
“Mouse”
and “Times”

[mairdie]

I love people and I’m fascinated by all the things they know and I don’t. Most of the threads I put up fill with information that enriches and excites me. Free Republic is FILLED with people who know music. There are real musicians, composers and performers. People who’ve studied either academically or on their own. Several composers allow me to use their music in these music videos and it thrills me.

As for the rudeness you’ve found, it seems to be endemic to FR. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s like high school cliques. My major interest in high school was astronomy and telescope grinding. Not a popular pasttime. The only thing I can think is that the rudeness stems from people enjoying some emotion that hurting another person creates. I can’t understand it. Mother taught me empathy explicitly when I was a child. I learned to see thru other people’s eyes. Maybe it needs to be taught. But I’m grateful to mother for teaching me, and try to stay away from people who find pleasure in hurting others. That’s their problem, thankfully, not mine.

On YouTube, I block rudeness and try to respond to the vast majority of commentors. My pleasure is that they’re frequently in languages that I can now translate thru Google and feel an absolute joy that there’s a place to connect with people of so many nationalities and interests.

[mairdie]

I’ve been watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g49HXHSoLtg
Please Love Me
Excellent!

https://www.viki.com/tv/37512c-princess-jellyfish
Princess Jellyfish
passionate about it; husband is, as well; I’m logging it now for music videos

https://www.viki.com/tv/35734c-devilish-joy
Devilish Joy

https://www.viki.com/tv/37702c-in-house-marriage-honey
In-House Marriage Honey

Another Priest novel has been dramatized besides Guardian,

https://www.viki.com/videos/1179979v
Word of Honor

I’m gritting my teeth to get beyond them puncturing guys with roofing nails.

Sorry to admit that I tried:

https://www.viki.com/tv/36957c-dr-cutie
Dr. Cutie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiIj2fNjyqc
Only Side by Side with You

https://www.viki.com/tv/37031c-a-love-so-romantic
A Love So Romantic

[wardaddy]

She aced that Del Shannon number...

[mairdie]

Bonnie Raitt - Runaway - 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPzcZNgVfpA

https://timscoverstory.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/runaway-del-shannon-bonnie-raitt-the-ventures/

[simpson96]

Linda Ronstadt & Bonnie Raitt - Blowing Away

[rlmorel]

I saw Bonnie Rait open fo the Allman Brothers back in the Early Eighties at concert at UMass in their stadium.

Bright, beautiful day.

I remember her band had a Tuba. Not a sousaphone...a Tuba!

[mairdie]

I actually prefer Linda Rondstat. She makes me feel like singing along at the top of my lungs.

Smallville - Silver Threads and Golden Needles- Linda Rondstadt - Lana & Lex
https://youtu.be/P793QzdL2KY

Cadfael - Love is a Rose - Linda Rondstadt - Rose Rent Episode
https://youtu.be/nSOhxXl-05k

Alias - It Doesn’t Matter Anymore - Linda Rondstadt - Jack and Irina
https://youtu.be/3KA6MNqnShk

Lord of the Rings - Long Long Time - Linda Rondstadt - Aragorn and Arwen; Aragorn and Eowen
https://youtu.be/-ua2SsHlLck

Blakes 7 - Different Drummer - Linda Rondstadt -Servalan
http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/b7/video/Blakes-7-Different-Drummer-Linda-Rondstadt.htm