Composers Books

True story: I was in the middle of reading __Beverly__ when it was announced she was gravely ill and hospitalized.

Anyway, when __Bubbles__ first came out, I was ten years old. I devoured it and believed, totally, every word. When __Beverly__ was first published, I didn't even look at it, because what more would she have to say?

I re read __Bubbles__ recently, and was able to read between the lines: there was the idea implicit in __Bubbles__ that her life was one of unbridled joy: ok her children had challenges, but she was up to them! La, la, la... I believed that as a child, but as an adult, it seemed obvious that there's no way two such different families blended easily, no way it didn't hurt to be repeatedly rejected by Dr. Rosenstock, etc. etc.

So I finally read __Beverly__. __Bubbles__ was enjoyable, but __Beverly__ is magnificent! It's the difference between a pop tart and a homemade berry pie. It's more intense, more flavorful, and if a pit sneaks in there it just reminds you that that's what authenticity feels like. __Bubbles__ was when she was younger and still eager to please; __Beverly__ was what you see is what you get.

On to the details of her life: raised in a musical, multilingual family, with a seamstress mother (in a time when opera companies liked you to bring your own costume) and happening on one of the world's best voice teachers, growing up so that the only way she ever earned money was by entertaining--she darn well __better__ have become one of the world's great performers! She never had to sweat her way through French 1, or clean houses to pay for her lessons. On the other hand, she so changed the musical scene that you can lose sight of the fact that in her time opera stars were NOT Americans.

The tragedies of being rejected by her extended family for her marriage, and of bearing two children with handicaps, of naively becoming the head of a bankrupt arts organization are, in __Beverly__, not glossed over. They are used to illustrate Sills's resilient and complex personality.

I sincerely hope that __Beverly__ will come back into print, or that it will be used as the basis for the ultimate Sills biography now that her amazing life has ended.

Beverly Sills retired from singing when I was a child. I picked up this book at a public library on sale for fifty cents. Once I starting reading it, I couldn't put it down. Beverly never led the kind of life that was scandalous. On the contrary, she led a very dignified life with class, elegance, and grace that so few true celebrities possess today. I understood where she came from and was surprised to discover hardships like anti-Semitism in Cleveland, Ohio where she lived for 5 years when she married Peter. She became a young stepmother to three girls whose mother had suffered from mental illness. She also became a mother to a deaf daughter Muffy and autistic Petey Jr. But yet, she went on and became an inspiration for so many mothers out there. I was puzzled that she didn't dedicate something to her son but I'm sure it was an oversight. I was touched by her married life. I couldn't believe that she had such a wonderful, supporting husband like Peter alongside her. She is the heart and soul of Lincoln Center now and forever. But I have one complaint is that she doesn't write about Kennedy Center Honors Tribute. Maybe in the next biography since this book is about 20 years old.

Beverly Sills was born in New York in 1929. She is now in her seventies and Chairman at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She epitomized the iconic American opera singer, bringing the pleasures of opera, which has always been the stereotypical European pasttime to America. And what's more, Beverly Sills made opera fun, accessible and highly entertaining. Her career was obscure before she hit it big in the 60's and 70's. She had sung on the radio and on television in much the same manner as Shirley Temple did (though we know that Shirley outshone Beverly on this) and she began to tour with American operetta companies, like the Schubert Opera Company, singing Viennese operettas such as The Merry Widow and the more famous Johann Strauss operettas, Die Fledermaus, etc. Eventually, as all true sopranos do, she moved up into other roles, her first non-operetta roles were Micaela in Bizet's Carmen. In her candid biography, Beverly admits that she was turned down for The New York City Opera several times before she was finally acknowledged. This is a good lesson to sopranos everywhere who are trying to make it. Don't give up. Persistance and a confident attitude is highly important. Beverly continues to tell us about her life and opera career in this engaging biography, well-written, smart, funny and conversational.

BEVERLY'S LIFE was blessed with a successful opera career, a loving husband- journalist Peter Greenough and children. When Beverly's children were diagnosed with impediments- such as deafness, Beverly had to put her career on hold to raise her children. She is not only an excellent opera singer but a first class human being, selfless and hard-working. Beverly has advocated human rights and has participated in The March Of Dimes as well as other causes and charities, has won a Grammy award for her performance in the opera Manon, and has won two of the highest awards in the world- the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion Award. In addition to her opera career, her biographies (other than this one there is also her other biographies including "Bubbles"), Beverly has done a lot of "tv" time- she appeared in the Ed Sullivan Show singing Donizetti, substituted for Johnny Carson one time when he fell ill, and hosted her own tv talk show in the late 70's "Lifestyles With Beverly Sills" in which she was often paired with actor Danny Kaye, singer Julie Andrews and comedian Carrol Burnett. She was in "The Muppet Show" singing duets with Miss Piggy and one time even appeared in the San Diego phone book. What a life it's been.

BEVERLY'S CAREER: All the nuances and backstage stories of her opera performances are to be found here. Beverly talks of her dislike for the role of The Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute. The character has only two high-calibre arias and a finale ensemble but for the most part the Queen is backstage waiting her cue. Beverly amazed audiences at the Vienna State Opera singing the Queen's high F's in late 1960's. Her performance in Handel's Julius Caesar launched her career. It was her Cleopatra, with the taxing coloratura and lyricism that got her officially recognized. She had sung in English before in Douglas Moore's original opera of the late 50's "The Ballad Of Baby Doe". She would continue singing lyric coloratura roles such as Lakme, Zerbinetta (Ariadne of Naxos) Lucia Di Lammermoor, Manon, Thais, Marie from "La Fille Du Regiment", Violetta from La Traviata and Queen Marguerite from Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots as well as Queen Shemakha from "Coq D'Or." But this was only the beginning. From 1970 to 1973, Beverly performed a revival of Donizetti's Tudor Queen Trilogy- Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux for the New York City Opera, her beloved home company. These roles are demanding and risky for a light-voiced soprano, but although Beverly admits to having shortened her opera career because of these heavy roles, she reaped its benefits because they were sold-out, sensational performances that no other soprano has since surpassed. It was the role of the fiery Queen Elizabeth that landed her a cover in Time magazine and marked her best moment in her opera career. Other fiery, challenging roles Beverly tackled included Lucrezia Borgia and Norma, all to great acclaim. Beverly recorded several operas on LP's in the 70's several of which have been reissued on cd- including a lush box set of the Tudor Queen Trilogy of Donizetti, compilation albums of bel canto arias, Mozart and Strauss concert arias and her performances in brand name operas. We will never forget the glorious life of Beverly Sills.

I REALLY enjoyed this! I must say that this is a captivating and extremely well-written book. It's so conversational and light-hearted. She's delightfully frank and writes about every rumor and story you've heard about her. No frosting the truth here. She discusses in wonderful detail every experience, good, bad, scandelous, embarrasing happening that contributed to her fabulous career. After reading this, I found myself completely admiring this woman's strength, stamina, and courage. She had a lot to deal with in her life and got through it all admirably.

This is the only book that I have read about Parker. So I can't compare it to other works. BUT it is a very enjoyable read. As the cover states there are extensive interviews with people who knew him best, including various ex-wives. Various incidents that are in the movie are described here, so I assume Eastwood, or whoever wrote the script, probably consulted this book. But, what is interesting is that the Book states that Chan and 'Bird' were never legally married. Don't think that fact was in the Movie.

This book is less acclaimed than Ross Russell's book, but is far better than the latter. Reisner knew Bird well and he interviewed most of his associates. It's Bird in the words of those who knew him. A great piece of work!

this book was about an epic struggle of a jazz musician in a New York city life.Im 16 and i play a lot of jazz and parker was a geat influence on me and my playin i worship him as a mucican and a jazz ico

This book shows the life of Parker through the eyes of many of his collegues, friends, and family. Robert Riesner should be commmended for his work on this material because it's informitive and gives views of Parker through people that were in his life. This book is a must read for all "true" Bird fans.

To put it simply, this is IT. The One. Order it.

Berton's book is a nice read but there's information in this book that changes the whole scope of how we should see Bix's depression/nomadism/problems. I'll not print it here, you'll have to read it.

Suffice it to say that of all the "reasonably available" books on Beiderbecke, this is the beginning AND the end.

Probably not the starting point for the neophyte but still, "THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY".

Previous Bix Beiderbecke biographies were marred by too much trivia and speculation. The late Philip Evans was the ultimate Bix biographer, but his books overwhelm you with minutia. Jean Pierre Lion depends heavily upon Evans' landmark research; in fact, he is quick to acknowledge all of the great Bix research by Richard Sudhalter and others.

But Mr. Lion, a French business executive with a deep passion for early jazz, has taken a very refreshing approach to the Bix story. As a Frenchman, he's able to stand back and put Bix in the context of the American Roaring '20s. The book is biography, part social history, part travel book. It's great reading, and not ruined by self-indulgent musical analysis. Lion wrote the book on the assumption that his readers already know a fair bit about Bix's musical contribution.

Mr. Lion traveled to virtually every single spot in America where Bix had an important moment. Given that Bix died at age 28, it was possible. And his book is full of his wonderful little photographs of these historic sites (old hotels, city streets, private homes, ballrooms, etc.) as they appear today. That may prove to have the greatest appeal to Bixologists. You can toss Jean Pierre's book in your car and go on one heck of a across-country field trip.

Like almost all jazz histories, this book won't sell well, and Mr. Lion obviously didn't create it for money. But it's a little treasure for jazz buffs - so don't let this one slip away! I immediately read it from cover to cover, and because of its beautiful visual appeal, it will be pulled from my book shelf for many years to come. Felicitations, Monsieur Lion!

This could be the definitive book on Bix. It has everything, lots of pictures (the publisher did it right and put the pictures where it relates to the text and not all together in the middle of the book which is cheaper for the publisher), copies of important documents and new information about his life not mentioned in other books, an embarrassing arrest of a High School age Bix that has either been throughly suppressed by the Beiderbecke family and/or a blind eye turned to this incident and ignored by previous biographers. When I first read about the incident I thought to myself I didn't need to know that and it kind of bothered me for a while. When I finished the book I had to admit that I really enjoyed the book and the research by the author was very extensive and thorough, at times uncomfortably so. Which is what a good biography should be. Highly recommended.

Incredibly well researched and eminently readable, "Bix" is a mandatory addition to the library of twentieth-century historians, Beiderbecke fans and casual listeners alike.

I got this one in hardback from the public library before I bought this paperback version. I liked the hardback version, but I was disappointed with the paperback version and here's why:

It appears as if the pictures are copies of copies of copies taken out of the the original hardback and copied right on some copier rather than done correctly all over again, and there is at least one VERY GOOD picture M I S S I N G!!!!--one of my favorites--where Bob is reading a magazine or paper up close and he has his hat on. NOT DONE RIGHT IS ALSO A TOP FAVORITE: the one where Bob Dylan is playing chess at a French cafe--REALLY REALLY GOOD ONE, I love that one very much--but it still seems COPY OF COPY OF COPY quality--IT IS DARK AND GRITTY. The quality of the pictures in the original hardback book are FAR superior. and I SEE it. I did a copy of the one at the cafe on a copier before I returned the book to the library and believe me it is BETTER quality than the one in this paperback version!!! AAAAHHHHH!!! Maybe people won't notice, but I do notice it. Unfortunately I had to return the hardback book to the library.

P L E A S E TELL THE PUBLISHER TO R E D O THIS BOOK PROPERLY AND RESPECT Bob Dylan's fans because we want quality pictures. This book deserves to be done again properly. Paperback is okay to save the forests, but the quality of the pictures has something to do with the process and technology that they use. They just dished out a paperback version and copied the pictures from some other copies (as I see it) just to make money with no concern about the QUALITY OF THE PICTURES.

May I also suggest Dylan: Visions, Portraits & Back Pages as a book with FAR FAR FAR FAR SUPERIOR quality pictures and it even costs less!

Please do this PICTURE BOOK all over again, PUBLISHERS!!! These pictures deserve FIRST QUALITY production.

These photos will absolutely break your heart.
They will break your heart absolutely. If you love Dylan and the mythology he created around himself, this book will give you a glimpse behind the curtain. The images of Joan Baez and Dylan are so gorgeous you'll want to duck out of your busy life and cry for five crucial minutes. The image of a back-lit Bob and a shadowy Joan in profile is a just, simple ode to these monoliths. These photos give us what we've intimated about Bob all along.

many of these photos became icons over the years. not only absorbing photos of dylan, but classics of the photographic art. dylan was lucky during this period to be photographed by so many excellent photographers: kramer's work is the best

This seems to be a reprint of a book that first came out in the 60's. I still have my copy but it's a smaller format than this reprint. It is chock full of great photos of Dylan being whimsical and eccentric, posing in a studio setting. Very professional. All seem to be from the "Highway 61 Revisited" period (1965)when Dylan affected a "mod" style of clothes, including polka-dot shirts and Beatle boots. This is a treasure for any Dylan addict. Except for one essay, the book is all photos without text.

Bob Dylan fans will enjoy this book that features over 100 pages of Dylan quotes on subjects ranging from music, the 60's, drugs, love, his idols, songwriting, and more. Everybody knows that Dylan was a wily and occasionally malicious interviewee, and this book reflects that. I laughed out loud several times at his witticisms directed back at the hollow questiosn that were put to him. However, there are some very pointed answers that he serves up here as well, that seemingly give a real insight into his persona, his life, and his views. There are also a lot of high-quality pictures. My only complaint is that the book is a little short-you can easily read it all in one setting, though it's probably a book that you'll go back to time and again to see what Dylan offered up on a particular subject-it would have been nice, for instance, if it had a section where Dylan commented upon particular songs of his, such as was done in the Leonard Cohen book in the "In His Own Words" series. Still, Dylan interviews are always hard to come by, and this is the best copendium you'll find featuring them.

This is really a (the) great book for the base of a Dylan book
collection. Each of the 112 pages comprising this paperback
has at least one photograph, and many pages have two or three!
In my mind the pictures alone are worth a binding of their own. They
include many of his co-workers, and famous peers. After looking
at all of them for the first time, you really get a "feel" for
the environment in which he has been working (living) for the
last 30 - 40 years.

The entire collection of quotes (quotes and pictures are all you get, folks)
are catagorized by a plethora of topics, which enables quick referencing,
so you really should learn ALOT about his PERSONALITY.
I say "personality" because the quotes are in
conversational mode, candid, ranginging from silly quips and
understatements to very sincere and thoughtful comments; the way
I imagine he shares with intimates. This is not a stilted,
unemotional, professional collection of aphorisms, and I feel better informed
as a result.

This book contains a compilation of Dylan's own words, transcribed from interviews, press conferences, radio, and TV shows. Complete with scores of pictures, In His Own Words is a must for any Dylan fan. Dylan dons persona after persona, and the results are quite entertaining.

A must for any Bob Dylan fan, this book contains an ecclectic collection of Dylan's responses to reporters and others.

Joe Ely has written an epic poem of life on the road, full of wisdom and insanity, that careens from Austin to Denmark, youth to age, and the bright noise of backstage to the profound silence of the stars. Ely has seen it all, done it all, and lived to sing the story in this fine feast of a book. Nibble it or gulp it down, but read it and let it feed your soul. "When a man knows not his next destination, any road he takes will get him there on time," Ely says. With this book, the veteran singer/songwriter arrives in fine style.

This excellent road journal by Texas Rock and Roll icon Joe Ely is an enjoyable, refreshing read. It would make a great gift for anyone interested in music. This year Ely was selected for a lifetime acheivement award by Americana. You can go to NPR.com and key word Joe Ely to hear an interview with the author about this book. There are also songs, of course. I absolutely promise you that you will love this book!

Johnny Hughes, author of the Lubbock novel Texas Poker Wisdom.
Texas Poker Wisdom

I am very pleased with "Bonfire Of Roadmaps" by Joe Ely. It is a book to savor over the years ahead and to take on long road trips when I travel. And, if I stay home, then it is a book that can take me on Joe Ely's road trips.
I feel blessed that I was able to sit in the front row at Joe Ely's multimedia presentation of Bonfire Of Roadmaps at the Texas Book Festival held in Austin on November 3rd and 4th, 2007. The audience was packed and enthusiastic. A line formed at the book signing following Joe's readings and songs and video. I was very pleased to have Joe sign my book for me. Later, Joe Ely and Joel Guzman and Joe's band filled the space around the Texas Capitol steps with their magical music and lyrics. Joe was deep into his songs and making every effort to fill each listener with the unique blend of country, roots, wisdom, adventure, personal challenge, disappointments and triumphs of which his music is composed. Much of the time he sang with eyes closed as he drew from deep down the well of his own life experience. I will always remember this concert and I have the book to bring back the feelings of the road, feelings that Joe Ely was kind enough to share with us all.

Joe Ely is a first class musician. Once you start listening to him, you can't stop, and now he gives us a poetic glimpse at life on the road. Bonfire of Roadmaps delves into the hard life, triumphs, and trials of life as a modern day troubadour, and it is a great read. The chapters flow rhythmically along, bursting with memorable characters, stories, lyrics, and a first hand account of what its like to crisscoss the map playing in dingy bars, auditoriums, hotel rooms, and foreign countries. Joe just keeps going. Do yourself a favor: buy this book, listen to the spoken word cd that comes with it, and then start collecting Joe Ely's albums. He's the best. It's as simple as that.

Great book. If you are a British Invasion fan, this is a "must have" item.

While the majority of the world saw February 9, 1964 as the start of the so-called British Invasion, the reality was that British bands had been around for several years before that date. Only handful of these bands are remembered even by devotees of the genre, whether on this side of the Atlantic or the other. Many were at best "one-hot wonders." Others came and went like a cool afternoon breeze leaving barely a trace of their passage. In some cases, groups disbanded - after being fully succesful, slightly successful or complete failures - to have their memebers gain worldwide acclaim later on.

British Beat: Then, Now And Rare 1960-1969 by Terry Rawling tracks the overwhelming majority of these bands through their lives during the critical first nine years. He describes the band's origins, their activities during the period under study and their demise and/or current status.

While the coverage could be considered superficial, it is far from that for those interested in the music of the British Invasion period who can and should use it as a guidebook for more in depth study.

One final truly touching thing about the book is found on the inside back cover. Author Rawling shows several score photos of members of some of bands as they appeared in recent times. The images are a fitting close to the period and to this very information and entertaining volume.

In Britain during the 1960s there was a massive cultural upheaval, that was spurred by American rhythm and blues imported albums and singles. Prompted by the huge success of the Beatles and the rich youth culture, many of kids took up guitars, basses, drums, organs, harmonicas etc and formed rock and roll combos across the Isles. Most of these bands never saw the inside of a recording studio, however, many more of them were picked up by major record labels due to the success of the Beatles, the Stones and other English acts. Out of the few that had recording contracts even fewer had hits in their homeland, and fewer still had hits stateside. This book covers them all. Through evident exhaustive research the author chrolnicles in encyclodia form the histories and not so histories of many English bands, many of whom most, at least American readers, are not familiar with. Also with a virtual treasure trove of rare pictures, this book can serve as a complete study of a time when creativity was alive and thriving in music, fasion, and thought. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the British Invasion genre of music, as well as to anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of rock and popular music. This book was a mindblower, and I love it very much, I think you will too!!

it's a very nice book with loads of cool pictures...although, as it is quite natural, it's forgotten a few good ones, like Billy Nichols...

This book rocks it tells you everythin bout her even though I stopped liking Britney I still buy her stuff and this one is the coolest so far!

I am Britney's number 1 fan. I read everything about her. This is probley the bestest one. One thing why I like it shows Bitney's style in clothes.

Britney Spears is my favorite singer. I love this book because it show's her sense of style. That's why I really like it. If you are a bid fan like me I would diffidently buy it.

If you want to learn more about Britney Spears, this is a great book to read. The author did a great job writing about Britney, and I thought the parts about Britney's style were really cool. It's a biography, starting from her birth all the way to the release of Baby One More Time. I just loved the pictures, they were all awesome. You learn a lot about Britney! This book is a must for all Britney Spears fans!

Dr. Bruno Walter (1876-1962) was born to an upper middle class home in Berlin. He was a child prodigy composing and conducting with such ensembles as the Berlin Symphony. Walter became the assistant to the genius Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) winning the admiration of the prickly man of music.
Walter's music room was all of Europe and the great concert halls and recording studios heard his majestic music making in operas, symphonies and chamber music. He composed until 1910
forsaking creative compositon to become a peerless conductor of
works by Mahler; Beethoven;Brahms; Bruckner; Wagner; Verdi and
the other gods in music's pantheon.
Walter had seen and experienced tragedy. His younger daughter
Greta was murdered by her husband; he lost his homeland as the
Nazis conquered Austria and expelled him and other Jewish geniuses from the Reich; he had extramarital affairs but was a
decent, honorable and serious man. Walter loved literature becoming friendly with Thomas Mann the great novelists; he enjoyed reading, writing on music and was a strong but understanding conductor. He and Toscanini were friends.
This is a book for those who are familiar with classical music .
The book is very detailed and one almost feels like he/she
has seen a review of every concert conducted by Walter!
While this can become tedious to the general reader the overall
effect is one of respect for Walter.
In a time when classical music is a minority taste
the co-authors have done their homework producing a well written
and researched biograpy of Dr. Walter.

To say that the book "Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere" is both a godsend and a delight would be an understatement-I cannot say enough good about this work. "A World Elsewhere" is a detailed and concise look at the conductors' life and career from birth until death-and in English.(My definite language of choice) It offers a style that is smooth and a pleasure to read and obviously involved alot of meticulous research. I have been an admirer of Bruno Walter for many years, and this biography is the perfect companion to my collection of Walters'recordings.It is an even-handed, multi-faceted depiction of the conductors' experiences. In reading "A World Elsewhere", I have learned much about the man that has enabled me to understand his life better; although the book does not go into alot of detail about Bruno Walters' connection with Anthroposophy, it has still inspired me to investigate this movement further. "A World Elsewhere" is a definite "must read" for anyone who admired Bruno Walter- a great conductor whose involvement with music touched and enriched many people's lives, and still does today.

Doug Rea

Finally, a full-length biography of Bruno Walter in English that devotees of his work can savor. Walter was widely recognized in his time as one of the master conductors, but his lack of flashiness, and sometimes fake air of saintliness, are off-putting to our star-obsessed age, so he hasn't received the recognition he deserves. SONY is sitting on a large back-catalog of important mono recordings by him that may never see the light of digital distribution -- or perhaps the imminent changes in music distribution wrought by the internet will eventually make it all available. Meanwhile, this very well-done, comprehensive biography will have to do. My biggest complaint is the lack of a complete discography as an appendix to the book - referring people to websites won't cut it yet, as too many folks still don't have regular internet access. Apart from that failing, this is a model of what an arts biography should be, a well-researched life, a serious consideration of issues of personal performing style, and decent pictures.

I probably qualify as a representative of the tribe of general readers, being mostly an interested amateur in what this book covers. As such, I found "Bruno Walter: a World Elsewhere" a very satisfying window into an era of music (and my childhood) that I was heretofore only vaguely aware of. In other words, it helped me fit together and fill out a picture of the musical and political and social history of the twentieth century, and that alone made it worthwhile.

But aside from that, it was simply great fun to read personal vignettes about so many eminent musicians, composers, conductors, and others. I found the book entertaining reading too, I mean to say--a dandy thing, in the summer (or any other time as well)!

While I may be an amateur as far as the contents of the biography go, I am also a professor and teacher of writing, and it was gratifying to find a biography written so smoothly that reading it was a pleasure, which is by no means the rule in scholarly biographies. There are notes and indeces aplenty for the scholars, but these should not dissuade the general reader--they do not get in the way in the least.

Add to this the fact that the volume is a handsomely designed one, with splendid pictures and an attractive typeface, and you have a book truly worth owning--or giving, for that matter.

Anyone that loves Bush as much as I do will enjoy reading this book. It is really informative to when they were young to how they are now. Not to mention the interesting chapter where Jasmine speaks about her time with Gavin. There might not be that many pics but the words that he speaks makes up more than enough. In one of the lines he says it is like the eye in the calm of the storm. How poetic. Just "Brilliant"

i have this book, along with all of the books about BUSH, and i found this book to be really really cool and entertaining. it has rare facts about the band, and it even has really cute baby pics of everyone.

If you're a diehard Bush fan, you'll have no problem with this bio... but if you're a sometimes Bush fan, you might find it hard to get through... I know it's a bio, but it needs more pictures! Excellent reference for Bush webmasters...

Jennifer Nine is a goddess to Bush fans evrywhere! At last someone gives Bush the credit they deserve. And with such an emotional power! Read it, listen to bush, read it again, listen to more bush, read it....