Date: 1-1-01

SPECIAL - A MUSICAL EXPLORATION OF TIME

By AVI ARDITTI

[THIS NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL ORIGINALLY AIRED 12-31-97. ]

((CUT 1: SYNCOPATED CLOCK))

ANNCR:

THIS IS SHEP O'NEAL WITH A SPECIAL ENGLISH PROGRAM FOR THE NEW
YEAR. WE PRESENT FIFTEEN MINUTES OF MUSIC ABOUT . . . TIME.

WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH A FEW EXAMPLES OF MUSIC ABOUT
TIME. YOU JUST HEARD A SONG CALLED "SYNCOPATED CLOCK."
AMERICAN MUSIC WRITER LEROY ANDERSON WROTE IT MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO.

TEN YEARS LATER, THE GROUP BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS PROVIDED
MUSICAL PROOF THAT ANY TIME ON THE CLOCK IS A GOOD TIME TO DANCE.

((CUT 2: ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK))

IN NINETEEN-SIXTY-FIVE, A GROUP NAMED THE BYRDS RECORDED A SONG
THAT SEEMED MODERN. BUT THE WORDS ARE OLD. THEY ARE FROM THE
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE.

((CUT 3: TURN! TURN! TURN!))

COUNTLESS SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT TIME. MANY SONGS ARE
ALSO ABOUT TWO OTHER FORCES THAT SEEM JUST AS UNSTOPPABLE -- LOVE
AND DESIRE. THIS SONG BY JIM CROCE CAPTURES THESE EMOTIONS.

((CUT 4: TIME IN A BOTTLE))

JIM CROCE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO LIVE. THE SINGER DIED IN AN
AIRPLANE CRASH IN NINETEEN-SEVENTY-THREE. HE WAS THIRTY YEARS
OLD.

ANOTHER SONG ABOUT LOVE AND TIME IS SUNG BY ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS GROUPS OF OUR TIME, THE ROLLING STONES. IN THIS SONG,
TIME IS AN ALLY.

((CUT 5 : TIME IS ON MY SIDE))

AMERICANS SING A TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH SONG AT NEW YEAR'S
CELEBRATIONS. IT IS "AULD LANG SYNE." POET ROBERT BURNS WROTE
IT IN THE SEVENTEEN-HUNDREDS. IT IS ABOUT KEEPING ALIVE THE
MEMORY OF OLD FRIENDS.

A BANDLEADER NAMED GUY LOMBARDO HELPED MAKE "AULD LANG SYNE" A
MODERN TRADITION. THE SONG HAS BECOME A WELL KNOWN SIGNAL OF THE
BEGINNING OF ANOTHER YEAR.

((CUT 6: AULD LANG SYNE))

THIS SPECIAL ENGLISH PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN BY AVI ARDITTI AND
PRODUCED BY LAWAN DAVIS. THIS IS SHEP O'NEAL.

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Source: www.voa.gov/special/