I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
Cause I've got to be free
Free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
...
A gathering of angels
Appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope
And this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me...
-- "Come Sail Away", Styx
I'm in a song-and-experience mood to discuss about Pokémon matters, so I'm going to throw in another one. This rather old song seems to come across to listeners when the circumstances present themselves, whether they're relevant to the themes or situations involved with the song. The same is (or was) true for me personally, and being a Pokémon fan, things revolved back to that, making it worthy of a discussion with that relevance and on this blog.
The song is by a rock band and consists of a soft part and a hard part, which could be construed as the "verse" and "chorus" respectively. It brings up the virtues of sailing on the open sea... and sky, if the "chorus" is of any suggestion. It's slightly melancholic yet optimistic, which may explain its association by some people to memories of both qualities. And then there's the association with some facets of pop culture - Pokémon for this purpose.
Even if they don't actually sail on the sea, every Trainer can be considered to "sail" on their Pokémon journey - to meet Pokémon of the land, sea, and sky, all of which can be made to fit the premises of the song in some way. Certainly, not all of the memories may be happy, but as the "captains" of their journey, the Trainers will deal with them in the best ways possible, and they'll go wherever they go for the experience - something familiar to many.
Meanwhile, the song is similar in spirit but somewhat different in message and radically so in genre to another song I brought up some years ago, which has an alternate (but commonly mentioned and recognized) title of... "Sail Away". Yet for Pokémon Trainers specifically and fans of the franchise in general, they'll certainly take all that in however it's possible for them to do so, and the message of being able to go places remains relevant in that way.
As a footnote, this song may have something to do with, erm... some actual (new) "seafaring" business that also happens to coincide on this particular day, albeit one of the imagination and one that last year had forged a link to Pokémon (in an alternate form). But that's not really for me to deal with on this blog; that's for myself to enjoy later. Regardless, it's another pop culture facet that can now be an "adjunct" to Pokémon in some ways.
"Sailing away" is a common prospect where boats, ships, and other vessels of their kind are of concern, and this can apply very much for Pokémon and other realistic realms as much as it does for real life. Much is to be found in the effort of doing so, even if the vessels and the media they're on are only figurative. There's a "song of hope" in all of those cases, and there's always the call and the answer to go through it as much as possible.
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Two years ago: The "Reject" Terms
Three years ago: Zacian, the Sword-Wielding "Menace"
Four years ago: "Plus Moves" in Pokémon Games
Five years ago: Thundering into the Vortex
Six years ago: A Taste of the Poison Paradise
Seven years ago: Everybody, Polkamon
Eight years ago: Action or Strategy?
Nine years ago: Thank Heaven for Little Boys
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