mskmoorthy
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With winter in full swing one becomes introspective (thanks to NPR for adding more ammunition.)
1) I was reminded of this song yesterday "cats in the cradle and the silver spoon" by Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sri Prasad2ji has posted (and the thread is closed)
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/chit-chat/11017-beautiful-but-sad-song-our-life.html
The youtube link given there was broken - Here is a working one
[video=youtube_share;KUwjNBjqR-c]http://youtu.be/KUwjNBjqR-c[/video]
2) Bill T. Jones Picks Schubert's 'Winterreise' : NPR
First couple of paragraphs from that website:
"As cold weather descends on most of the country, we're asking for winter songs — songs that evoke the season, and the memories that come with them. So far in our series, we've heard some lighthearted or slightly wistful tunes, but this next song goes to a far icier place. It's the choice of the celebrated dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
His winter song comes from "Winterreise," — or "Winter Journey" — by Franz Schubert. It's a song cycle about a solitary traveler in a savage winter whose heart is frozen in grief. Jones chose the last song in that song cycle: "Der Leiermann," or "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man."
"For me, it's the musical arrangement underneath," Jones tells All Things Considered host Melissa Block. "It speaks about a bleak landscape. And this bleak landscape takes me back to a day when I was in fourth grade out on the edge of town, looking at a snow-covered highway many, many yards away from my window — I should've been paying attention, but I was dreaming.
"And then I saw a lone figure walking across on a very, very cold day," he continues, "and you know how it is when the wind blows and you have to turn your back against the wind, and I felt so sorry for that person, and then I realized it was my father."
1) I was reminded of this song yesterday "cats in the cradle and the silver spoon" by Harry Chapin Cat's in the Cradle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sri Prasad2ji has posted (and the thread is closed)
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/chit-chat/11017-beautiful-but-sad-song-our-life.html
The youtube link given there was broken - Here is a working one
[video=youtube_share;KUwjNBjqR-c]http://youtu.be/KUwjNBjqR-c[/video]
2) Bill T. Jones Picks Schubert's 'Winterreise' : NPR
First couple of paragraphs from that website:
"As cold weather descends on most of the country, we're asking for winter songs — songs that evoke the season, and the memories that come with them. So far in our series, we've heard some lighthearted or slightly wistful tunes, but this next song goes to a far icier place. It's the choice of the celebrated dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
His winter song comes from "Winterreise," — or "Winter Journey" — by Franz Schubert. It's a song cycle about a solitary traveler in a savage winter whose heart is frozen in grief. Jones chose the last song in that song cycle: "Der Leiermann," or "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man."
"For me, it's the musical arrangement underneath," Jones tells All Things Considered host Melissa Block. "It speaks about a bleak landscape. And this bleak landscape takes me back to a day when I was in fourth grade out on the edge of town, looking at a snow-covered highway many, many yards away from my window — I should've been paying attention, but I was dreaming.
"And then I saw a lone figure walking across on a very, very cold day," he continues, "and you know how it is when the wind blows and you have to turn your back against the wind, and I felt so sorry for that person, and then I realized it was my father."
