Theos-Talk Archives (October 2001 Message tt00044)

God Bless The USA, by Lee Greenwood. 'Talk about heart felt emotion. Talk
about depth of feeling.' Is patriotism not a relevant issue?
Bill

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> From: DNisk98114@aol.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Theos-World Music...
> Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:25 PM
> 
> Relevant Music 
> 
> On Steve Rowland's monumental John Coltrane radio documentary being
aired on 
> NPR stations, "Tell Me How Long Trane's Been Gone," there's an
interesting 
> segment about "Alabama." Trane wrote the composition in 1963, as a
reaction 
> to a racist church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four
precious 
> young girls.
> To put to the test the long standing rumor that Coltrane patterned his
melody 
> after the cadence of Martin Luther King's moving eulogy, Rowland
superimposed 
> the Coltrane composition and the results were rather startling. Hearing
the 
> music on top of King's speech, and how perfectly in tune Trane's tenor
was 
> with King's voice, it's obvious just how deeply Trane was indeed touched
and 
> inspired by King's words, which spoke of the incident being "the greatest

> tragedy of our time." Even more amazing is just how moving and affecting 
> Coltrane's playing is on this track. Talk about heartfelt emotion. Talk
about 
> depth of feeling. Coltrane's music was of its time, and the fervor of the

> sixties informed everything he did in his last seven years. 
> 
> In fact, there were a number of artists back then who wrote music,
sometimes 
> with words, and sometimes without, that was informed by the times. Music
that 
> spoke to the issues that were at the forefront of our culture 
> 
> When was the last time you heard a performance, or a recording, that
spoke to 
> any issue at all? 
> 
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