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Reader writers – music that shaped their lives
Beethoven, James Taylor, Beatles, Faure, The Cure, Jerry Lee Lewis, William Byrd
The End of the Innocence by Don Henley helped get me through a bad time at the end of a soured love affair.
The Woes Of A Woman In Love — Barbarella
....We've reached the end of the line. I hope your dreams turn out fine.
Notes Give Pathos to Clouds — Laura McNeal
.... I played Beethoven's sonatas until the spine of the book broke.
Trouble Man — Dodie Bellamy
....Track 10 is called "Life Is A Gamble." Its rhythms stop and start,
The Hiss Was Bylsma Himself — Matthew Lickona
....It was the first classical music that had ever gone to my gut.
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The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations and photos (plus easy-to-read typography).
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My Junior High High — Jennifer Ball
....When James Taylor and Carly Simon divorced two years later, I thought, "What hope is there for romance?"
An Album with a Singer — Geoff Bouvier
....My favorite album by the Beatles, although it's a difficult choice, is Abbey Road.
We Carried Each Other — Deirdre Lickona
....U2 was a little like my Catholicism.
The Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk — William Crain
....There was singer Richard Butler, sounding like Johnny Rotten playing the part of Casanova.
Whoooooooo — Mary Montgomery
....Baba O' Riley" was the anthem of 20-somethings everywhere who find themselves suspended in limbo.
Stranded — Patrick Daugherty
....We toured roadhouses, small towns, fairgrounds, and passed the hat.
Black Celebration by Depeche Mode — Drew Goodmanson
....Through their lyrics I began to transition from the safety of childhood.
A Rage Against Monotony — John Brizzolara
....There was something so tough in Eric Burdon's voice.
Alto Workouts — Dave Good
....At the vortex of all this raw talent was a kid named Hollis Gentry.
In Love with Two Daughters — W.S. DiPiero
....The Evans-Davis Concierto begins with faint castanet cricketing.
Joni's Hejira — Bill Hayes
....The kind of soul-searching that only comes from time spent alone.
Love-Drunk Kid — Rosa Colwin Jurjevics
....I turned to the only people I could: John, George, Paul, and Ringo.
A Summer on Desolation Row — Ken Kuhlken
....After the nifty Mike Bloomfield guitar intro a procession of chilling images comes.
Could I Start Over? — Mark Halperin
....Faure's Requiem is a reminder of lost love for me.
Family Music — Ernie Grimm
....What better way, Marya opined, to reject rock and roll than to make better music.
Forth From My Pioneer Speakers — Thomas Larson
....I began with Bernstein recordings.
Leontyne and Me — Jangchup Phelgyal
....I am at graduation ceremonies at Yale. Leontyne Price sits on the dais.
From "American Tourist" to "Loser" — Ollie
....A measure from "Dancing in September" spilled out.
The Ultimate Love Song — Rachel Kempster
...."Just Like Heaven" ranks as my favorite Cure song of all.
Loud, Shrill, Piercing, and Unpleasant — Jim Morris
....Jerry Lee Lewis was a terrible person, but he stayed true to the music.
I Grew Weary of Three-Chord Rock — Mary Grimm
....My favorite CD is The Hilliard Ensemble singing William Byrd's Masses for 3, 4, and 5 voices and "Ave Verum."
This story, from which these excerpts are taken, first appeared in the Reader on August 11, 2005.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Reader writers – music that shaped their lives
Beethoven, James Taylor, Beatles, Faure, The Cure, Jerry Lee Lewis, William Byrd
Reader writers – music that shaped their lives
Beethoven, James Taylor, Beatles, Faure, The Cure, Jerry Lee Lewis, William Byrd
The End of the Innocence by Don Henley helped get me through a bad time at the end of a soured love affair.
The Woes Of A Woman In Love — Barbarella
....We've reached the end of the line. I hope your dreams turn out fine.
Notes Give Pathos to Clouds — Laura McNeal
.... I played Beethoven's sonatas until the spine of the book broke.
Trouble Man — Dodie Bellamy
....Track 10 is called "Life Is A Gamble." Its rhythms stop and start,
The Hiss Was Bylsma Himself — Matthew Lickona
....It was the first classical music that had ever gone to my gut.
^^^^^^^^^^^
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations and photos (plus easy-to-read typography).
^^^^^^^^^^^
My Junior High High — Jennifer Ball
....When James Taylor and Carly Simon divorced two years later, I thought, "What hope is there for romance?"
An Album with a Singer — Geoff Bouvier
....My favorite album by the Beatles, although it's a difficult choice, is Abbey Road.
We Carried Each Other — Deirdre Lickona
....U2 was a little like my Catholicism.
The Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk — William Crain
....There was singer Richard Butler, sounding like Johnny Rotten playing the part of Casanova.
Whoooooooo — Mary Montgomery
....Baba O' Riley" was the anthem of 20-somethings everywhere who find themselves suspended in limbo.
Stranded — Patrick Daugherty
....We toured roadhouses, small towns, fairgrounds, and passed the hat.
Black Celebration by Depeche Mode — Drew Goodmanson
....Through their lyrics I began to transition from the safety of childhood.
A Rage Against Monotony — John Brizzolara
....There was something so tough in Eric Burdon's voice.
Alto Workouts — Dave Good
....At the vortex of all this raw talent was a kid named Hollis Gentry.
In Love with Two Daughters — W.S. DiPiero
....The Evans-Davis Concierto begins with faint castanet cricketing.
Joni's Hejira — Bill Hayes
....The kind of soul-searching that only comes from time spent alone.
Love-Drunk Kid — Rosa Colwin Jurjevics
....I turned to the only people I could: John, George, Paul, and Ringo.
A Summer on Desolation Row — Ken Kuhlken
....After the nifty Mike Bloomfield guitar intro a procession of chilling images comes.
Could I Start Over? — Mark Halperin
....Faure's Requiem is a reminder of lost love for me.
Family Music — Ernie Grimm
....What better way, Marya opined, to reject rock and roll than to make better music.
Forth From My Pioneer Speakers — Thomas Larson
....I began with Bernstein recordings.
Leontyne and Me — Jangchup Phelgyal
....I am at graduation ceremonies at Yale. Leontyne Price sits on the dais.
From "American Tourist" to "Loser" — Ollie
....A measure from "Dancing in September" spilled out.
The Ultimate Love Song — Rachel Kempster
...."Just Like Heaven" ranks as my favorite Cure song of all.
Loud, Shrill, Piercing, and Unpleasant — Jim Morris
....Jerry Lee Lewis was a terrible person, but he stayed true to the music.
I Grew Weary of Three-Chord Rock — Mary Grimm
....My favorite CD is The Hilliard Ensemble singing William Byrd's Masses for 3, 4, and 5 voices and "Ave Verum."
This story, from which these excerpts are taken, first appeared in the Reader on August 11, 2005.
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