{"id":60101,"date":"2023-06-29T15:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=60101"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:41:06","slug":"explicating-golden-oldies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=60101","title":{"rendered":"Explicating Golden Oldies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m about to climb a step stool to paint a wall in my kitchen. For this purpose, Music Choice’s classical station<\/a> is not a good idea; step stools and appreciation for great music do not live in the same territory. I would not like to pause with a brush dripping on my toes to observe how utterly weird Busoni can be. (In a piece of orchestral music with “Turandot” in the title, what is “Greensleeves” doing there?)(Did you know “Greensleeves” was written by Henry VIII? So said Flanders and Swann<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

So I’ve switched to the Golden Oldies channel (1829 on Verizon), and find a need to comment.<\/p>\n

To wit, here’s Sam Cooke singing:<\/p>\n

“She was only sixteen, only sixteen <\/span><\/em>
But I loved her so <\/em>
But she was too young to fall in love <\/em>
And I was too young to know\u2026”<\/em><\/p>\n

Me: Statutory rape.<\/p>\n

Dion and the Belmonts:<\/p>\n

“One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad.<\/em>
\nI guess I’ll learn to take the good with the bad.<\/em>
\nCause each night I ask the stars up above,<\/em>
\nWhy must I be a teenager in love?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Me: Hormones.<\/p>\n

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