Saturday’s Song – Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross

Pretty much each day for two weeks now, anywhere from momentarily to hours at a time, I hear in my mind the song Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) by Christopher Cross.

The impetus for putting this song in my head was a comment made on Facebook about my supermoon photo (the one with the jetliner passing by).

The comment, by a friend of my brother (who’d shared the photo on his Facebook page), said of me (the photographer) when she saw the photo, “Was she stuck in between the moon and New York City?”

It was a catchy comment and I immediately remembered that line from Arthur’s Theme. So, now, spontaneously or when I look at my photo, the song starts playing in my head!

It’s a great song that some of you will remember from the 1981 movie Arthur, which starred Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud.

There’s a melancholy quality to the song, well at least to my sensibilities there is. I’m not sure if it’s rooted in the story of the movie, the tragic death of Dudley Moore, or the passage of time I feel as I hear the song.

In any event, I’m happy to share the song with you, perhaps with some hope that I have expelled it from its constant return to my mind!

Here’s the photo that inspired the comment.