Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...play an instrument, the only real way to go about learning about classical music is to go to concerts, listen to recordings, and secondarily, to read about it. Many people see classical music as an amorphous, uninviting mess because unlike many other types of music, it generally has no words to help you remember the melody. There is no substitute for listening, and listening intently...
WHICH ARTIST'S PERFORMANCE TO buy is a matter of taste, which cannot be explained but can most definitely be cultivated. If there's a piece you really like, try to listen to another performance of it. You may be shocked by the difference. Classical music lovers swear by certain artists' performances of certain pieces or certain composers...
...politician at a press conference. His colleagues give him a rousing round of applause. "I mean, could you imagine a better job? We could do the walls in black pressed vinyl. And there'd be a lot of black-light posters around everywhere. Of course, we'd have to listen to records for months before tackling it. Research, gentlemen, research. And then, who knows? Maybe we'd even make the thing in the shape of a pair of blue jeans...
...rock song: an attention-grabbing opening, a powerful hook, an extended vocal scream, and last but not least a bitchin' solo. (For those of you who are now realizing that I live in Adams House and are suspecting me of some homeground bias, let me assure you that one listen to this cut would be enough to dispel all your reservations as well as whatever wax has built up in your ears.) Although their songwriting was not always consistent and they occasionally leaned towards camp, as in the really slow and fast "Because You're Mine," the Bullet LaVolta...
...from the Kremlin. "It's a classic case of one part of the Government not talking to the other," says former CIA Deputy Director Bobby Inman. "In the intelligence community, we certainly were aware of the terrific advantage of the Mount Alto location. But the State Department wouldn't listen...