My Pet Goat
I'd like to hear a rendition of the story about the "Pet Goat" that Bush was reading to the class of children on 9/11/01. Somebody must have either read it dramatically or set it to music.
William
"American Tune" by Paul Simon
Always wished I had thought to sing it at the vigil at the park slope fire dept. on Union Street shortly after the attacks. So moving, thoughtful, determined, guardedly optimistic, and based on Bach.
Tina Kelley
RISE - September 12th, 2001
Recalls to my mind the resiliency of the human spirit.
Jason
Prelude Op. 28 no. 15 "Raindrop"
It is delicate in some ways but strong and bold in others. It seems to be about finding beauty and overcoming, in spite of all the pain and ugliness in the world.
They played this on Polish radio after the plane crash that killed some of their leaders recently.
They also use this in the movie Kurosawa's Dreams.
It's just beautiful and seems to assuage the pain--yet the feeling of beauty is intense.
Michael Chabler
Rise, September 12th, 2001 by Brian Hugh O'Niell
It is an amazing song the epitomizes how we all felt the morning after 9/11.
ryan brown
"Oh My Brother" sung by Eddie From Ohio
Eddie From Ohio, an effervescent and witty folk-rock band from Virgina, came to a club in lower Manhattan, on Leonard Street, I seem to recall, for a previously scheduled show in the week following 9/11. (They deservedly have a loyal following, but have receded into the background, alas, since the lead singer developed breast cancer a couple of years back). The four-person band informed the crowd that they had had to cobble together instruments at the eleventh hour from friends of theirs in New York, as the club was below Canal Street and the guards stationed at the Canal St. road blocks would not let them take their touring truck and its contents through. They were not deterred, even as the audience was palpably dispirited from the events of the previous week. I have seen this band perform at least 8 times, but I have never seen them rise to an occasion as they did that evening, playing and consoling us with a life-giving ebullience and humor. At some point, the group launched into a heartbreakingly plaintive ballad called "Oh My Brother," which brought the room to an instant hush. The lyrics of the song, (which they had recorded on an earlier CD and subsequently re-recorded in a somewhat improved version for a CD to benefit a 9/11 fund) had taken on a new depth and meaning as a result of the 9/11 tragedy. At the song's end, there was no applause: the entire crowd was sobbing audibly, as one. The lead singer was so moved by the response, she said a quiet "thank you," and the room fell silent as we all pulled ourselves together again. It was electrifying, one of the most cathartic moments I have experienced at a music performance. It was the beginning of a long healing process for folks like myself who reside in Lower Manhattan and witnessed the tragedy, and it will remain in my memory whenever I recall those dark weeks.
Jan Stuart
Faure Requiem in D minor
To qoute the composer:
"a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."
To me: exquisite, peaceful ,hope.
Barbara Mansfield Wensberg
Rise-September 12, 2011 by Brian O'Neill
Written by my dear friend Brian the day after, as we were all still walking around Hell's Kitchen in a trance. I didn't hear it until now. I was in the shower listening to Robert Palmer singing "Addicted to Love" when I heard the news.
Pearce Bunting
Appalachian Spring
For me, this is quintessentially American music. It begins bright, has a dark stormy section in the middle, but ends with a peacefulness and optimistic feeling. The music always brings me both joy and sadness. It makes me feel somehow connected to this country.
Lois Levy
10,000 miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
I was listening to this CD - Party Doll - in September of 2001 and this song w/ its haunting melody and a message of departure, remembrance and eventual reunion seemed right for the moment and somehow comforting as I thought about all of those victims making their last calls to loved ones.
lisa florio
SHASTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)
I know this is rather a large work to program, but I hope you would consider at least to play the final movement. This movement shows how a great city almost torn to threads makes a remarkable recovery and regains its majesty. Listen towards the end of the movement when the brass enter with the opening theme of the first movement. If a true classical music lover doesn't get goose pimples, he's not alive.
FRED GARRISON
3rd Movement of Igor Stravinsky's: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 1
To me this movement is a real tear jerker and seldom heard. Let people know that Stravinsky could be tender when he wanted to be. The performance I enjoy is the one with THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA under the direction of ANTAL DORATI. A LONDON release No. 414 456 2
FREDE GARRISON
The Well-Tuned Piano, La Monte Young
I think this 6 hr 24 minute solo piano performance would bring great depth of concentration and meditation for the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary memorial day. although it is currently out of print, the work was released on DVD in 2000 and WNYC has it in their library. It is an extremely moving and uplifting piece of music, evoking many moods over the 6 + 1/2 hours and bringing listeners to a profound state of being.
Marian Zazeela
RISE - September 12th, 2001 by Brian O'Neill
It's a beautiful, deep, heartfelt, uplifting piece
Heidi Siegell
"Bend" by Ben Sollee
Ben's simple track, which invokes 9/11 but quietly, somehow encapsulates both private themes of love and grand narratives of nations at war. I'll also second the earlier suggestion of "Spem in Alium" -- marvelous idea.
Michael
In my life & Two of us by the beatles
In my life is a clear choice - I moved to NYC in 1999 and had just started to make friends - so I knew people (who knew victims of 9/11) when it occurred you think of loved ones and I thought back to my best childhood friend and that song and now it has a whole new meaning ~going “home” and the image of “ chasing paper getting nowhere” – quite the contradiction.
David Golab
I will choose to listen in private.
I donate to this station and the reason I do is that I have confidence in the programing - including what might be broadcast on 9/11. I think asking what music is wanted on 9/11 is minimizing the observance to the lowest common denominator - like Facebooking "what people Like!" Reminds me of The Year's Top 10 on New Year's Eve. People can all decide what they want to listen to -or not - on that day, and shouldn't be prodded to engage in a contest of whether their suggestion(s) will "win" and be played. I'm really dismayed by this disrespectful promotion and disappointed in the station.
From - a 9/11 survivor.
savtah
"Rise" by Brian Hugh O'Neill
"Rise: September 12th, 2001" is a beautiful uplifting
tribute written by Brian Hugh O'Neill, a native New Yorker, the day after the towers fell. It is stunning. It can be found on his website www.brianhughoneill.com. I can send you my copy of the CD; just let me know who's attention I should send it to. It's also available for sampling and/or download through i-tunes. I promise you will be moved and inspired by this song. Thank you for your time. TRACY SALLOWS
Tracy Sallows
Tubthumping(i get knocked down) by Chumbawamba
I used to work at the WTC for the PA along with a number of family members(brother, sister, uncles, cousins). None of us got hurt except for my brother and he's still hanging in. We have many great memories of the buildings as they were a big part of our lives. So, we all remember the good times too.
Andrew
