Imagine A World Without Music
Imagine A World Without Music
Dead and still . . .
Standing on a hill . . . no breeze, no wind.
Dining without tasting, candle light or wine.
Knowing someone but not loving,
Not touching, not caring.
Imagine A World Without Music
Meeting, not speaking.
Unpainted walls. A library without reading.
Soldiers dying, nobody caring.
Not knowing why.
Imagine A World Without Music
Empty concert halls.
Chorus robes hanging . . . just hanging.
Still band rooms, quiet, dusty bassoons.
Base drums not BOOMING.
Instruments sitting, not playing.
Ballet shoes, not dancing.
Batons not whirling.
Imagine A World Without Music
Stereos, hi-fis, victrolas, turntables not spinning.
C.D.’s, records, tapes, cassettes not turning.
iPods, Pandora, radios not playing.
MTV and VH1 . . . nothing.
Movie sound tracts talking, shooting, fucking.
Imagine A World Without Music
Julliard, Tanglewood, Pine Knob, The Hollywood Bowl, Interlocken,
Whiting Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway
The Palladium, Off Broadway, Spoleto. Monterey & Newport Jazz Festival
All please rise for the for our National Anthem
Imagine A World Without Music
High holidays Shofar service
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and their parties.
Auschwitz, Treblinka, Dachow . . .
Gershwin, Lenny, Ein Kalo Hanu, Kol Nidre,
Benny Goodman, Barbra, Yitzhak Perelman,
Forever in Blue Jeans.
Imagine A World Without Music
April in Paris, New York New York,
I left My Heart in San Francisco,
That’s my kind of town . . .
Oklahoma, KKKKalomazoo.
New Orleans, Bourbon Street.
Jazz
Vienna Boys choir.
Imagine A World Without Music
Somewhere over the rainbow.
Boggy, “Play it again Sam.”
When I Wish Upon A Star,
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Pavarotti, La Boehm, Baryshnikov, Nuriev,
Liberace, The Tree Tenors, Yanni.
Imagine A World Without Music
Joplin, Hendricks, Lennon, Buddy Holly,
Yoko, Elvis, The Boss, Elton John, Paul, Ringo . . .
Woodstock, The 60’s, the 20’s, The Charleston.
Drugs, grass, dope, groupies.
Imagine A World Without Music
Half Time, Band Take the field.
A parade, the circus, ice capades, Birdland.
Orchestra seats, The Democratic National Convention.
Hallways in college dorms, The Prom, Pep Rallis.
Dancing, Flash Dance, John Travolta,
Fred Astair, Leslie Caron, Gene Kelly Just Singin’ In the Rain,
Audrey Hepburn my Huckleberry Friend, Arthur Murray. . .
Imagine A World Without Music
Christmas, Christmas shopping, The Mormon Tabernacle . . .
Yom Kippur, I saw Mommy kissing . . .
Christ Church Cranbrook . . .
Here comes the bride.
Ava Maria
Imagine A World Without Music
Africa
Boom boxes, tap shoes, rhythm, soul, bebop
Motown, the blues, rap, gospel.
Hip, jive, jazz, boogie woogie
Diana Washington, Thelonius Monk,
Eartha, Sammy, Satchmo.
The Apollo.
Imagine A World Without Music
Steinway, Gibson, Fendor . . .
RCA Victor
Microphones, amplifiers, speakers, blenders, duplicators, equalizers
Discos, Tower Records, Sam Goodys, Amazon
Jerry Weintrub, Sinatra, Dick Clark.
Hail to the Victors . . . the tables down at Morrys . . .
Just me and my gal.
Skinny Minnie, she’s not skinny, she’s tall, that’s all
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it.
Imagine A World Without Music
Thursday nights at Maria’s Crisis.
Sidney Portier, Rock Around the Clock.
Moon River, Sarah Vaughn, Gene Krupa . . .
Pennsylvania 65000, Lady in Red.
Treble Cliff, Soprano, Joni Mitchell.
Willie, Prince, Shania Twain, ZZ Top
Ray Charles, Eric unplugged, Paul Simon,
Hello. Mrs. Robinson.
Imagine A World Without Music
Cole Porter, Rogers and Hammerstein
Johnny Mathis, Burt Backrack
On the Street Where You Live, My Fair Lady,
Julie Andrews, A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlish.
Sting, Bono, Ella,
Showers, Hockey games.
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