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Then it was time for a song. For some reason it had to be "Roll Over, Beethoven." Roll over, Chuck Berry. Anyway, singing is only a minor part of his performance. His job is to walk along the edge of the stage smiling, flashing peace signs to his fans, and pointing at individuals. Obviously, he is also expected to touch as many of them as possible. By this time, everyone had left her seat again to be closer to Bobby. Anyone still in her seat was standing on it in order to see-and be seen by Bobby...
After finishing "Roll Over, Beethoven," he moved into his originals, which, after all, are what we came to hear. There was "Little Woman" and "Easy Come, Easy Go." They sounded just as great as they do on the records. But the pushing and shoving in the mob around the stage was getting out of hand. Some of the girls were really taking a beating. I stayed in my seat out of fear. Suddenly Bobby hustled off the stage, and the emcee came out to warn everyone to get seated or else Bobby wouldn't come back. Those were strong words...
Concerts at the United Nations often include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which ends with the choral affirmation of Schiller's Ode to Joy: "All mankind shall be brothers . . ." The U.N. was founded 25 years ago on that dream. Disillusionment over its failure to achieve this goal has become a permanent feeling, like a chronic toothache...
...produced are pleasant enough. On this record, half of them are played by her, and half by pianist Peter Katin, Mrs. Brown's playing is definitely not inspired, in any sense of the word. Pedestrian is a more apt description. The pieces Katin plays are somewhat boring: a "Beethoven" Bayatelle which is just that, a piece of little interest revolving around an absurdly simple little figure; a pensive, delicate, yet only mildly competent "Schubert" Moment Musicale; a "Chopin" Impromptu in F Minor which is rather heavy and plodding; and so on through Lizst, Debussy, and Brahms, and over...
...Europeans may have trouble identifying the monarch of Belgium, just about everyone recognizes Merckx, the reigning king of the road. One of the most popular athletes on the Continent, the handsome Belgian dominates bike racing the way Brazil's Pelé rules soccer. Fans hail him as the "Beethoven of the bike." Sportswriters call him "the synthesis of bulldozer and adding machine." France's own great racer, Jacques Anquetil, simply shrugs: "Unbelievable...