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March 29, 2014

The First Sounds You'll Hear.... - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

Yesterday, Ace linked to a touching story about a lady who had been deaf since birth and blind since her twenties. Through the miracle of a Cochlear Implant device she is now able to hear. It's an allergy provoking video to say the least. However, something in the article seemed to escape notice in the comments here so I thought we might take a second look.

This lady, Joanne Milne, asked one of her closest friends to compile a playlist of music for her.

Can you imagine the significance of that task?

In the end, he decided to create a list using one song from each year of her life, starting with this:

You've been asked by your friend to provide a list of the most important music she'll ever hear. Do you build the list based upon important works, or joyful hymns, or vibrant pop.... it would be an incredibly daunting task. Myself, I think I would offer this for her fist piece of music, and branch out from there:

If given such a monumental ~~task~~ privilege, what would you add to her very first playlist? Why?

Open thread.

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1 Too monumental. Too much responsibility.

Going back to bed.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:16 AM (pgQxn)

2 Oh, thank heavens for a non musty thread.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 08:18 AM (ojnk6)

3 Anything melodic, nothing harsh. Light classical, jazz, pop---even modern forms like trip-hop, but nothing blaring. Save Zeppelin for later....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 29, 2014 08:19 AM (14nfd)

4 Toots & the Maytalls -- Pressure Drop King Crimson -- The Power to Believe, prt. 1 - 4

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2014 08:19 AM (Ua6T/)

5 And just asking - but Rush says with his implant he can't hear music - he only can understand songs he already knows.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:19 AM (pgQxn)

6 I think she should check out some Weird Al.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 29, 2014 08:19 AM (V4CBV)

7 GWAR and Rob Zombie...

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:19 AM (pgQxn)

8 Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin

Posted by: Dr. Evil at March 29, 2014 08:20 AM (e8kgV)

9 I'm more old KC - something like Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt 2.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:20 AM (pgQxn)

10 GG Allin.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 29, 2014 08:20 AM (V4CBV)

11 I'd start with classical, to let her get used to the shapes and principles of music. After a while I'd then give her some jazz, blues, and bluegrass in small increments.
However I agree with other people's posts, I doubt that the implant is good enough to properly translate music, so it is not likely it would help much.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 29, 2014 08:21 AM (zfY+H)

12 Battle Without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei

Posted by: Han Solo at March 29, 2014 08:21 AM (e8kgV)

13 "Love Will Tear it Apart," by Joy Division.

Because it's true.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:22 AM (BeSEI)

14 Mozart.

Posted by: ClassicalTexas at March 29, 2014 08:23 AM (0jX8P)

15 The Pink Floyd Pulse DVD.

Posted by: Adam at March 29, 2014 08:23 AM (Aif/5)

16 I've gotta go with classic music, I think anything with primarily a vocal component might be difficult for someone just adjusting to sound for the first time. One of my favorite classic pieces is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Liszt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odaG9qi818 It really runs the gamut, from soft delicate notes sparsely arranged in the middle, to a truly rousing finish. One of the great pieces for piano.

Posted by: Amichel at March 29, 2014 08:23 AM (dlG5h)

17 Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen,
Kamikiriad (entire album) by Donald Fagan,
11 Tracks Of Whack by Walter Becker, and,
any Supertramp tune

Posted by: Erowmero at March 29, 2014 08:24 AM (1gcFZ)

18 Oh that's easy, you just give her the Back In Black album. Problem solved.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 29, 2014 08:24 AM (GEICT)

19 Philip Glass' "4.33" might be a good start too.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:24 AM (BeSEI)

20 Der Ring by Wagner (includes The Ride Of The Valkyries)

Posted by: Kent Dorfman at March 29, 2014 08:24 AM (e8kgV)

21 On cochlear implants and music: http://bit.ly/1iLsp5S

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 08:25 AM (DmNpO)

22 maybe start with Clair de Lune, Since all sounds seem high to her. Its beautiful and not too jarring.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:25 AM (zOTsN)

23 Followed by Simon ampersand Garfunkle's "Sounds of Silence" of course.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:26 AM (BeSEI)

24 Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at March 29, 2014 08:26 AM (e8kgV)

25 Classical, without a doubt. And, violins, piano concerto's... Beautiful. Maybe skip Wagner at first. Lead up to it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 29, 2014 08:26 AM (IXrOn)

26 "My Love" by Jose Ortega

Posted by: Mariachi Ensemble at March 29, 2014 08:28 AM (e8kgV)

27 That was a good song, Everything I Own, pretty sure I've never heard it before.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:28 AM (ZshNr)

28 Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti

Posted by: NCwoof at March 29, 2014 08:28 AM (aUQgu)

29 19 Philip Glass' "4.33" might be a good start too. Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 12:24 PM (BeSEI) That would make a good practical joke. She'd be convinced that her implants were malfunctioning. (Actually, that was John Cage. Did Philip Glass cover it?)

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 08:28 AM (sdi6R)

30 "You've been asked by your friend to provide a list of the most important music she'll ever hear." Joshua Bell on violin playing Meditation de thais. Lots of runners up, but this, witnessed from the third row... Sarah Chang playing it will also break your heart. Fantastic.

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:29 AM (x3YFz)

31 One must start with Mozart, Beethoven and Gershwin then move into the jazz finishing up with Pink Floyd. And how many. Do you leave out the pure joy of "ethnic" music (zydeco, cajunto, etc.), the simplicity of delta blues, impossible even with my lack of expertise . . .

Posted by: georgeofthedesert at March 29, 2014 08:29 AM (Eq2MX)

32 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams by Green Day

Posted by: Leeloo Dallas Multi-Pass at March 29, 2014 08:30 AM (e8kgV)

33 Ghost Love Score by Nightwish: http://tinyurl.com/lkdxgyl

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 29, 2014 08:31 AM (DB1vy)

34 I hope that Frontier Psychiatrist wasn't on the list. Too much, too soon.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 29, 2014 08:31 AM (661Xw)

35 Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn

Posted by: NCwoof at March 29, 2014 08:31 AM (aUQgu)

36 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Posted by: Michael Milken at March 29, 2014 08:31 AM (e8kgV)

37 its interesting. Researchers at UW are working on better Cochlears to aid in music listening. Some therapists incorporate music therapy because they think it increases language acquisition.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:32 AM (zOTsN)

38 29 -

I thought it was Glass, but honestly I get Kookoobird composers mixed up.

It's the Glass/Cage effect, I suppose.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:32 AM (BeSEI)

39 I like big butts

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 08:32 AM (Mogjf)

40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at March 29, 2014 08:32 AM (jqHOY)

41 That was a good song, Everything I Own, pretty sure I've never heard it before. Posted by: Lincolntf its a Bread song from the early 70s. First record I ever bought when I was 12

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:33 AM (zOTsN)

42 "One must start with Mozart, Beethoven and Gershwin then move into the jazz"

I sometimes wonder if I'm the only guy alive that hates Jazz, I mean I can't stand it, none of it. It's torture for me just to listen to it.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 29, 2014 08:33 AM (IV4od)

43 Something Nickleback. She will appreciate being deaf then.

Posted by: The Governor at March 29, 2014 08:33 AM (9uNrk)

44 "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by The Soggy Bottom Boys

Posted by: George Clooney at March 29, 2014 08:33 AM (e8kgV)

45 If it must be King Crimson, it has to be "Epitaph" from the first album. Just a gorgeous intro that never fails to raise the hair on my neck...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 29, 2014 08:33 AM (14nfd)

46 With implants, her ability to distinguish sounds isn't all that good. Vocal music and orchestral music probably would sound like mush to her. And she has no idea what music *should* sound like. So, I'd start with keyboard music that beautiful, but plain and simple.

My first choice would the prelude in C major from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. It's a simple, repetitive melody, it's lovely, and it demonstrates simple changes in key and scale can bring such emotional power.

Then, some selections from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach - brief pieces by J. S. Bach and his sons that everybody's heard at one time or another. Simple, brief, pretty.

From there, I'd play some of Mozart's early piano sonatas, especially the pieces he wrote as a child. Again, they're beautiful, they're simple, and they don't have a lot of complex sounds when they're played on the keyboard.

After that, more complex keyboard music: some Scarlatti, say, or some selections from Bach's French suites, some later Mozart.

That's my list. However, the person to ask is Rush Limbaugh. He's a music lover who's had cochlear implants due to progressive deafness, so he can say what can be heard through that techology and what doesn't.

Posted by: Brown Line at March 29, 2014 08:34 AM (a5bF3)

47 "The Planets" by Holst

Posted by: Barney Fife at March 29, 2014 08:34 AM (e8kgV)

48 29 -

Just looked it up, you're right: Cage.

I think I got mixed up because Glass did a version of "Sounds of Silence," which was the other half of my joke.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:34 AM (BeSEI)

49 Oh Happy Day from any good gospel choir. Christian or not, religious or not, a really happy song

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:34 AM (zOTsN)

50 Amazing Grace.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:35 AM (AO9UG)

51 21 On cochlear implants and music:

So Rush was right (again). I guess nobody explained to her that she wouldn't be able to hear music? I understand the ear being a comb filter and how it takes a while to discern certain things. Also that with the implants you can only hear a sound but have no idea where it's coming from.

This is such a new technology though - I'm sure it will be improving by leaps and bounds.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:36 AM (pgQxn)

52 My first trip to the neighborhood record store was with my brother and his friend Eric to buy a Toto album. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had walked by the kind of ratty-looking place thousands of times and never gone in. The next day I went back on my own and bought a 45 of I Fought the Law.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:36 AM (ZshNr)

53 Amazing Grace. Posted by: eman oh my yes that. for a million reasons

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:36 AM (zOTsN)

54 38 I thought it was Glass, but honestly I get Kookoobird composers mixed up. Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 12:32 PM (BeSEI) I prefer Cage's original to Glass' inferior cover.

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 08:36 AM (sdi6R)

55 "Keep On Ridin'" by Uriah Heep

Posted by: Che Guevara at March 29, 2014 08:37 AM (e8kgV)

56 'Ode to Joy'. Because...joy.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at March 29, 2014 08:37 AM (8OfdL)

57 I thought it was Glass, but honestly I get Kookoobird composers mixed up. It's the Glass/Cage effect, I suppose. - I like Glass in small doses.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 08:37 AM (Mogjf)

58 45 If it must be King Crimson, it has to be "Epitaph" from the first album.

Funny I was just spinning ITCOTCK last night. Greg Lake has never sung better than right there.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:38 AM (pgQxn)

59 the lyrics to Amazing Grace alone recommend it

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:38 AM (zOTsN)

60 "Eldorado" by ELO

Posted by: YardArms Morgan at March 29, 2014 08:38 AM (e8kgV)

61 57 I like Glass in small doses.

But large doses in my Glass!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:39 AM (pgQxn)

62 I'd agree with NDH. To start with, you'd want fÃ¼r elise, then a few (3) other Baroque pieces. After that, maybe some Sousa and something else 19th century. Throw in a jazz and a big band song in next. After that, Chubby Checker and Elvis. Then the Beatles and one other 60's or 70 ' s rock song. We'd need a Disco song and a pop song from the 80 ' s, then a Hair Band song. Put in an early 90 ' s rap song and another pop song. Then whatever counts as good music today and some older and newer country hits. That's 19. You could add your personal favorite, then have the music of the last quarter millennium. I'd need about a month to figure out exactly what songs to put, however.

Posted by: crazywalt77 at March 29, 2014 08:39 AM (Y2+py)

63 1st 3 Ramones albums. My kids weren't allowed to listen to anything else until they turned 5

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at March 29, 2014 08:39 AM (RRbuy)

64 Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"

Posted by: Ultra Man at March 29, 2014 08:40 AM (e8kgV)

65 I'm always amazed so many morons are prog-heads.
Then I remember we're all bitter old white men.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:40 AM (pgQxn)

66 59 the lyrics to Amazing Grace alone recommend it Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 12:38 PM (zOTsN) It's my favorite song. Too many modern singers butcher it, and it must be heard on bagpipes as a tear duct test.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:40 AM (AO9UG)

67 I went to a John Cage concert when I was in college. He "opened" with 4'33". As he sat there looking at the piano and the audience sat there looking at him, the friend I went with started giggling uncontrollably. I said, "If you think it's funny now, wait until it's over and the audience applauds." And they did.

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 08:41 AM (sdi6R)

68 63 Posted by: Navin R Johnson at March 29, 2014 12:39 PM (RRbuy)

That brings a tear to my eye.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2014 08:41 AM (pgQxn)

69 I think bagpipes would kill her at this point. I love bag pipes, but that would be like being shot out of a cannon to her

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:41 AM (zOTsN)

70 none of it. It's torture for me just to listen to it. Posted by: lowandslow at March 29, 2014 12:33 PM (IV4od) Different flavors of it. Make sure you give them all a listen. Not a big fan, either, but there's some gems in there and some very talented musicians. It's "mood" music: you have to be in a certain place to appreciate it.

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:42 AM (x3YFz)

71 69 I think bagpipes would kill her at this point. I love bag pipes, but that would be like being shot out of a cannon to her Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 12:41 PM (zOTsN) Yeah, when she's ready. Maybe have them softly in the background.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:43 AM (AO9UG)

72 Beethoven's 6th Symphony would be the first thing on the list.

Posted by: SARDiver at March 29, 2014 08:43 AM (ci7Fe)

73 If given such a monumental task privilege, what would you add to her very first playlist? Why?

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album. It's some of the most beautiful pop music ever made

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 08:43 AM (aTXUx)

74 Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; 'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far and Grace will lead me home imagine the meaning to her

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:43 AM (zOTsN)

75 I bet a whole bunch of Broadway plays would also be nice, like :

The Phantom Of The Opera
Cats
Wicked
Billy Elliot

... not to mention a whole host of movies that will look a lot different with the music, like :

North by Northwest
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Matrix
Star Wars

Posted by: The Truth Is Out There at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (e8kgV)

76 Doc and Dude: YES - Ode to Joy and Rhapsody in Blue are the first I thought of, too.

Posted by: Bookaday at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (+HEUC)

77 The rumor that she ripped out the implants when Justin Bieber was played are not true

Justin Bieber was not on the playlist

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (aTXUx)

78 Yoko Ono is right out.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (AO9UG)

79 INXS on the radio now, Devil Inside. Always liked INXS.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (ZshNr)

80 And they did. Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 12:41 PM (sdi6R) I saw Joshua Bell several years ago. Standing ovation and nearly a riot when he took his bow. I'd marry him and consider turning gay. Ok, maybe not, but close.

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:44 AM (x3YFz)

81 This should come as a surprise to nobody, but my song list would include lots of Bob Dylan. And she wouldn't complain about his singing voice, having nothing to compare it with.

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 08:45 AM (sdi6R)

82 James Taylor-Fire and Rain

Posted by: CADDaddy at March 29, 2014 08:46 AM (4Zd/k)

83 Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" *** I was initially torn between Fur Elise and Four Seasons but considered how delicate her senses might be and went with the softer of the two. And, really, I thought back to my childhood. My grandparents owned lots of music, but no classical pieces. However, my grandmother had a music box that played an enchanting tune that I would sit and listen to until scolded that I might wear out the box. I had no idea what it was until I was an adult. It was Fur Elise.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 08:46 AM (DmNpO)

84 Yoko Ono is right out. Posted by: eman I read in the Daily Mail yesterday that tennis pro Andy Murray's mom regularly trolls the idiotic musings of Yoko Ono on twitter. She sounds like an ette. Of course she was accused of being a "bully". Which I think is dangerously close to "bossy".

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (zOTsN)

NDH: I don't think you can do better than "Fur Elise" - it's so beautiful. I haven't heard it for a while, so thank you for posting it.

My kid brother would probably pick "Come on Feel the Noise..."

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (R3gO3)

86 Love the reggae Everything I Own - never heard it before.

Posted by: Bookaday at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (+HEUC)

87 Easy on the Skrillex.

Posted by: SarahW at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (Lbv/k)

88 Does she understand music at all?

Why not teach her to sing some nursery rhymes with family and friends?

Posted by: Fritz at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (UzPAd)

89 It was Fur Elise. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 12:46 PM (DmNpO) that came standard from the factory on Amiga's Commodore 64.

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (x3YFz)

90 "Der Fuhrer Spricht 1922-1945"... Eric Holder

Posted by: IrishEd at March 29, 2014 08:47 AM (bfm04)

91 Andrea Bocelli - Con te Partiro

Posted by: JoeNYC at March 29, 2014 08:48 AM (yQtCE)

92 David Allan Coe "X-Rated"

Posted by: BignJames at March 29, 2014 08:48 AM (j7iSn)

93 "My kid brother would probably pick "Come on Feel the Noise..." Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 29, 2014 12:47 PM (R3gO3) time and place for everything : )

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:49 AM (x3YFz)

94 I have been occasionally reminded, firmly, that my favorite piece of music is Pachelbel's Canon in D. It was our wedding tune.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:49 AM (ZshNr)

95 Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Posted by: Rick James at March 29, 2014 08:49 AM (e8kgV)

96 The Monolith Song from 2001.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:50 AM (AO9UG)

97 81 -

You wouldn't throw in some John Prine, just to make Dylan sound a wee bit better?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:50 AM (BeSEI)

98 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield

Posted by: Ted Baxter at March 29, 2014 08:51 AM (e8kgV)

99 Knocking On Heaven's Door now on the radio.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:52 AM (ZshNr)

100 I am supposed to be learning Visio right now.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 08:52 AM (DmNpO)

101 I'm with Ultraman.... Vivaldi 4 Seasons

Posted by: Nunyobidnezz at March 29, 2014 08:52 AM (VsGnu)

102 Somewhat out of left field, Kenny Loggins, Celebrate Me Home.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 08:52 AM (ojnk6)

103 The Duke Ellington & John Coltrane version of My Little Brown Book. Unbelievable depth of beauty.

Posted by: Leave Us The Hell Alone at March 29, 2014 08:53 AM (/JWgM)

104 Moby's "Play" album

Posted by: Ismael García at March 29, 2014 08:53 AM (e8kgV)

105 John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things." Lays down the melody, takes you out to the edge with improvisation, brings you back to the melody right before you fall into the abyss of not understanding what he is doing. He recorded several versions. The best, I think, was the one recorded live in Japan.

Posted by: Zoltan at March 29, 2014 08:53 AM (r4hvK)

106 A selection of songs from Eighties. Police, Flock if Seagulls, The Cars, etc.

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 08:54 AM (AO9UG)

107 just to make Dylan sound a wee bit better? Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 12:50 PM (BeSEI) You could slam a bag of wet hair against a wall and it would sound better than Dylan. And the Beatles <--- no talent clowns

Posted by: tangonine at March 29, 2014 08:54 AM (x3YFz)

108 On second thought, Moby's "18' is probably better

Posted by: Ismael García at March 29, 2014 08:54 AM (e8kgV)

109 "Scheduling Conflict" .... Riiiiiiiggghhttt

(CNSNews.com) Â– House Speaker John Boehner will not be attending a weekend retreat hosted by The Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC -- whose goal is to elect moderate GOP candidates and protect Republican incumbents from Tea Party challengers -- because of a scheduling conflict, a GOP aide told CNSNews.com.

http://tinyurl.com/mddngod

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 08:54 AM (aTXUx)

110 Also,,after she's been gradually introduced to music in general, some Joe Bonamassa.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 08:54 AM (ojnk6)

111 GWAR - Fucking an Animal Definitely.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2014 08:55 AM (fxHyI)

112 106 -

Yes! A selection from the 80s...

But first, toss out all the Police, Flock of Seagulls, Cars, and all the other shite that was popular, because the good stuff is the stuff that never got on the radio.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:55 AM (BeSEI)

113 I think starting with classical music would be too intense. I'd go the opposite direction. Simple nursery songs at first and then build up to more complex offerings.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2014 08:56 AM (hFL/3)

114 I'd start with Bach.

Posted by: rdbrewer at March 29, 2014 08:56 AM (Iyg03)

115 My favorite Bowie songs, and there are a few, are the ones I never heard on the radio.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 08:56 AM (ZshNr)

116 I would start simple until she understands exactly the sounds that she is hearing. I mean, you could start her with Beethoven's 9th, but then everything else she hears for the rest of her life is going to feel inadequate.

Posted by: Elephant in the Room at March 29, 2014 08:56 AM (Ggh94)

117 "Into the Wild" by LP

Posted by: Peter Sellers at March 29, 2014 08:57 AM (e8kgV)

118 Freebird

Posted by: bocephus at March 29, 2014 08:57 AM (UwwvU)

119 Quoting the late, great Ronnie Van Zandt:

"What song is it ya'll wanna hear?"

FREE-BIRD !!!!!

Posted by: claydawg at March 29, 2014 08:57 AM (9Xmxv)

120 I think starting with classical music would be too intense. I'd go the opposite direction. Simple nursery songs at first and then build up to more complex offerings. *** She never heard the sound of a bedtime lullabye. Awww.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 08:57 AM (DmNpO)

121 111 -

I heard the other day the lead "singer" of GWAR just died. Now, I never would have heard of GWAR if it wasn't for Beavis and Butthead, but they say GWAR put on a heck of a show.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 08:58 AM (BeSEI)

122 "I have been occasionally reminded, firmly, that my favorite piece of music is Pachelbel's Canon in D." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2014 08:58 AM (hFL/3)

123 Gregorian chant.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 29, 2014 08:59 AM (oMKp3)

124 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Mr. JS Bach. Performed on the organ from Royal Albert Hall. Might as well lift her soul from the getgo.

Posted by: pendejo grande at March 29, 2014 08:59 AM (Npn4V)

125 Off, Wonderful angelic sock! Lots of Beethoven.

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2014 08:59 AM (Ua6T/)

126 You can't play Beethoven as he first music for a formerly deaf person, talk about pandering. You know, not all deaf people automatically like music by other deaf people.

Posted by: mugiwara at March 29, 2014 09:00 AM (3a584)

127 "What A Feeling" by Irene Cara

Posted by: Yuichi Ono at March 29, 2014 09:01 AM (e8kgV)

128 How about the Star Spangled Banner? Invented in the USA courtesy of Dr. House who invented it in Oregon, fought the powers that be to get it approved, and is the father of the cochlear implant.

This type of thing won't happen much anymore :-(

Posted by: sunrise patriot at March 29, 2014 09:01 AM (dcvzT)

129 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
U2 - Joshua Tree
Brian Wilson - Smile
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Enya - Watermark
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:02 AM (aTXUx)

130 Since we're over 100 and it's an open thread, Juan McLame showing his Conservative creds yet again... http://tinyurl.com/l3f886v

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 09:02 AM (ojnk6)

131 It would have to include a nice selection of Hasselhoff.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 29, 2014 09:02 AM (jucos)

132 Probably what I would actually do is present her with a course on music history. Start with the simple, Gregorian chant (not to be confused with Algorian chant) moving through medieval music to baroque and so on from the simple to the complex.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 09:02 AM (Mogjf)

133 "Breakfast Machine" (or anything for that matter) by Danny Elfman

Posted by: PeeWee Herman at March 29, 2014 09:03 AM (e8kgV)

134 "Pachelbel's "Canon in D Major"

Procol Harum's, "Whiter Shade of Pale"

Beatles' "Yesterday"

Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto"

for starters

Posted by: rdbrewer at March 29, 2014 09:03 AM (Iyg03)

135 It would have to include a nice selection of Hasselhoff. - And Shatner.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 09:04 AM (Mogjf)

136 I saw Cochlear Implant open for Toad the Wet Sprocket at Lollapalooza '94

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 29, 2014 09:04 AM (zfY+H)

137 126 -

Besides, you probably were told your whole life how wonderful Beethoven is, in spite of being deaf, and then when you first hear it, with all that plinking and fiddling and fussing going on, it can't possibly live up to whatever expectations you had.

You'll be flipping over to Miley Cyrus and be lost forever.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 09:05 AM (BeSEI)

138 Myself, I think I would offer this for her fist piece of music

As a fist piece I wouldn't know, maybe Bolero, or that pronny bow chicka wang bang.

But really, without Seasons in the Sun no list would be complete.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 29, 2014 09:05 AM (0Kobm)

139 "Mexican Radio" by Wall Of Voodoo

Posted by: Waldo at March 29, 2014 09:05 AM (e8kgV)

140 William Shatner - The Transformed Man

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:05 AM (aTXUx)

141 You can't play Beethoven as he first music for a formerly deaf person, talk about pandering.
Didn't enter my mind. Beethoven composed some very beautiful, melodic music. His piano sonatas would be a great choice for first music heard.

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2014 09:05 AM (Ua6T/)

142 A collection of Chopin preludes.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 29, 2014 09:06 AM (m0h0I)

143 135 It would have to include a nice selection of Hasselhoff.

-
And Shatner.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 01:04 PM (Mogjf)

And Don Johnson

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:07 AM (aTXUx)

144 Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:07 AM (yc4Nt)

145 Ha! That Pachelbel rant was funny!

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (ZshNr)

146 I'll buy a beer for anyone who can correctly identify the cartridge in that tonearm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (aDwsi)

147 "139 "Mexican Radio" by Wall Of Voodoo" Haha! Yes. That would be cruel though since it's impossible to hear that song without getting it stuck in your head all day.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (hFL/3)

148 Highway to the Danger Zone

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (yc4Nt)

149 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate

What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (aTXUx)

150 You can't play Beethoven as he first music for a formerly deaf person, talk about pandering. You know, not all deaf people automatically like music by other deaf people. - Yeah, what are you, some kind of audiologist?

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 09:08 AM (Mogjf)

151 143 -

Telly Savalas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (BeSEI)

152 In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky And they stand there One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers we'll be there and laughing too Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you

Posted by: that 70s earworm at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (KgN8K)

153 I like Glass in small doses. ------------------------ His 80s album Glassworks is actually pretty accessible (I feel like a douche using that word). Fun fact: he was classmates with PDQ Bach, a.k.a. Peter Schickele, in Julliard.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (QBm1P)

154 "Beautiful World" by DEVO

Posted by: MAx at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (b7yum)

155 Heh. I have a cousin named Elise. I can not see, or speak her name without that music running through my head. A genuinely sweet woman she is too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (aDwsi)

156 149 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate

What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:08 PM

Besides Yoko Ono

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:09 AM (aTXUx)

157 An iPod full of my speeches.

Posted by: TFG at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (QeH9j)

158 "Ha! That Pachelbel rant was funny!" Glad you enjoyed it. Once it's pointed out you can't help but here Pachebel everywhere. HE'S STALKING US ALL FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (hFL/3)

159 149 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:08 PM (aTXUx) William Hung

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (yc4Nt)

160 I wouldn't include rock albums that were personal favorites of mine, unless they were rather simple and melodic, without a lot of extraneous noisiness. Too much auditory overload. Start with popular music from the big band era, or stage musicals. Easier to follow.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (oMKp3)

161 149 What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? --- Jefferson Starship

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (QBm1P)

162 Sex Pistols entire album to start. On vinyl, because it's a warmer sound. Then "Just Another Band From L.A." by the Mothers. End with Costello's "Imperial Bedroom."

Posted by: Z as in Jersey at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (KGdfV)

163 I'd play her my Cairo Speech.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (wfN5T)

164 What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? Posted by: kbdabear -------------------- Yoko Ono

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:10 AM (aDwsi)

165 120. Agreed. Twelve Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, K.265 by Mozart.

(More popularly known as Twinkle. Twinkle and Baa Baa Black Sheep.)

Posted by: Filippis at March 29, 2014 09:11 AM (YBusZ)

166 Denk oo burr nudd meggin ennya devv doags

Posted by: Marlee Matlin at March 29, 2014 09:11 AM (aTXUx)

167 My quetion would be, can she understand English..., I mean, the spoken word?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:11 AM (aDwsi)

168 Besides Yoko Ono Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:09 PM (aTXUx) Any current hip hop and she'll rip out the implants.

Posted by: RWC at March 29, 2014 09:12 AM (QeH9j)

169 168 My quetion would be, "Can you you spell 'question'?"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:12 AM (aDwsi)

170 113 I think starting with classical music would be too intense. I'd go the opposite direction. Simple nursery songs at first and then build up to more complex offerings. Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2014 12:56 PM (hFL/3) That makes sense. Maybe move up from nursery songs to Brian Eno's ambient music, before Bach and Mozart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKcu_ze-60

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 09:13 AM (sdi6R)

171 "Baseball Furies Chase" from the movie "The Warriors" (1979)

Posted by: Planks Morgan at March 29, 2014 09:13 AM (e8kgV)

172 149 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:08 PM (aTXUx) Samwell

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:14 AM (yc4Nt)

173 Bach's "Tocata and Fugue". Get those bass nerves up and running.

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2014 09:14 AM (uwgVG)

174 168 My quetion would be, can she understand English..., I mean, the spoken word? I wondered about that too from watching the clip. She seems to be understanding the audiologist, who does not appear to be signing. My conclusion is that the woman was not totally deaf and had some residual hearing. Otherwise the spoken word in English would have no more meaning to her than if I were to hear Hungarian

Posted by: grammie winger at March 29, 2014 09:14 AM (oMKp3)

175 Baby Got Back

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:15 AM (AO9UG)

176 149 Bob Dylan.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 09:15 AM (ojnk6)

177 "I have been occasionally reminded, firmly, that my favorite piece of music is Pachelbel's Canon in D." ----------------- Yes..., that oft fired cannon. When it turned up in a Volvo TV commercial, I knew that I was going to begin to hate it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:15 AM (aDwsi)

178 Towards the end, mind, after her brain has learned how to process music, but: Bach's grand challenge to the gods, the Toccata and Fugue in d minor.

Posted by: DJMoore at March 29, 2014 09:16 AM (ayoGu)

179

We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate

What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:08 PM (aTXUx)

----------------------------------------------------

Anything from the Beatles.

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2014 09:16 AM (uwgVG)

180 What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

William Hung - She Bangs

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 29, 2014 09:16 AM (0AKks)

181 Excellent thread idea. Am reminded of the Cosmos v1.0 episode where Sagan talked about the golden record (!) they included on a spaceship that was sent off to the outer limits of the galaxy on which they included a musical intro to human beings, Planet Earth for anything that may find it. Loved that idea. And they included a lot of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven of course, and music from all over the world too. Rhapsody in Blue would be on my list too that song is so gorgeous and so 100 percent awesomely *American* I always get emotional when I hear it.

Posted by: Goldilocks at March 29, 2014 09:16 AM (bfO+E)

182 Start simple then move to Mozart, Bach. Perhaps opera. Then Hemdel, Hamdel? Can never remmber but he composed this. http://tinyurl.com/kptg9be

Posted by: RWC at March 29, 2014 09:16 AM (QeH9j)

183 Which reminds me...., it's time to shut the Great Gates of Kiev.

Posted by: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky at March 29, 2014 09:17 AM (aDwsi)

184 149 : 'Angie' - The Rolling Stones

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2014 09:17 AM (wfN5T)

185 Needs more Foghat.

Posted by: johnd01 at March 29, 2014 09:17 AM (zMyDL)

186 I've learned to pay attention when we're in department stores, elevators, etc. Every once in a while I'll point it out before she does, just to score points.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 09:17 AM (ZshNr)

187 The deaf woman also used some idiomatic language appropriately, and even appeared to anticipate the audiologist"s questions at points. This leads me to believe she has heard the spoken word, although at very repressed levels, in the past.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 29, 2014 09:17 AM (oMKp3)

188 "Something About You" by Boston

Posted by: drolmorg at March 29, 2014 09:18 AM (R1voE)

189 She's British so, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from the Planets Suite by Holst. Second Movement. (The hymn, I Vow To Thee My Country is based on it.)

After the muzzies bombed London Lileks wrote a very moving piece that made well the point that that piece of music epitomizes Britain and western civilization.

Posted by: Filippis at March 29, 2014 09:18 AM (YBusZ)

190 kd lang's Hallelujah Ave Maria (the one everyone says is Maria Callas but apparently isn't) Gimme Shelter particularly for Merry Clayton's backup vocals Handel's Water Music

Posted by: suitably adequate at March 29, 2014 09:19 AM (SM5M0)

191 149 -

Fiona Apple's two most recent albums.

If you hate your fans that much Fiona, it's time to stop.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 09:20 AM (BeSEI)

192 The Muslim call to prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 29, 2014 09:20 AM (yc4Nt)

193 I suggest she start with something like "Peter and the Wold" by Sergei Prokofiev

Posted by: Lois Lerner at March 29, 2014 09:20 AM (e8kgV)

194 How can we protect her from Lady Gaga?

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:20 AM (AO9UG)

195 193 The Muslim call to prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world. Posted by: Barack Obama at March 29, 2014 01:20 PM (yc4Nt) Word.

Posted by: Liam Neeson at March 29, 2014 09:20 AM (Aif/5)

196
I tink it wold be clear that you would go with instrument solos. Drums, piano, guitar.... but who knows, she can hear and thats great.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 29, 2014 09:21 AM (0Kobm)

197 "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev

Posted by: Lois Lerner at March 29, 2014 09:21 AM (e8kgV)

198 176 Baby Got Back -------------- Almost TOO powerful. That would bring Count Orlok back from the dead.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 29, 2014 09:21 AM (QBm1P)

199 194 I suggest she start with something like "Peter and the Wold" by Sergei Prokofiev Very instructional.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 29, 2014 09:21 AM (oMKp3)

200 Bach - I'd go with "Passacaglia and Fugue in Cmin" rather than Toccata and Fugue in Dmin. There's seven minutes of foreplay before you get to the climax. .... {cough} ...

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 29, 2014 09:22 AM (4CVLy)

201 Filippis - Have you seen this? I get teary..., dammit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:22 AM (aDwsi)

202 Posted by: Lois Lerner at March 29, 2014 01:21 PM (e8kgV) Thought you meant "Peter and the Mold"

Posted by: BignJames at March 29, 2014 09:22 AM (j7iSn)

203 I'd take her to a Phish show and melt her face.

Posted by: mugiwara at March 29, 2014 09:22 AM (3a584)

204 By the way, there's video out there somewhere (I'm not searching for it, YOU search for it) of Helen Keller standing there with her hand on a piano, seeming to be enjoying the music.

I don't care what anyone things when I say this, it looks creepy and disgusting.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2014 09:23 AM (BeSEI)

205 It is my understanding that implant recipients do not "hear" music like we do. They can hear the words and know it's music but they cannot hear the range and scope of the music. If that makes any sense.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 29, 2014 09:23 AM (jucos)

206 The only thing about coclear implants is that, according to Rush (who has them), music doesn't come across very well. Too many tones and frequencies that don't get transmitted evidently.

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2014 09:23 AM (uwgVG)

207 What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

Posted by: kbdabear
--------------------

For me it would be motown, rap, hiphop, 60's hippie music, certain jazz, disco, and a lot of pop music. Thats worthy of a railroad spike in the ear.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 29, 2014 09:24 AM (FMbng)

208 Didn't ace release an album of his favorite Fifth Moon of Endor love songs and hobo calls?

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:24 AM (AO9UG)

209 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? *** Tom Jones' - What's New Pussycat Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 09:24 AM (DmNpO)

210 Co-worker just dropped by. Sounds like there was a little trouble at the horse farm yesterday that I was unaware of. One of the horses got a front shoe stuck on the electric fence. Somehow got it wedged between the hoof and shoe. The other horse freaks out, starts running all over the hilly, wet surface, very much in danger. Co-worker runs down to see the stuck horse is panicking and kicking like crazy. Runs back to the barn, grabs wire cutters and cut's the fence wire, freeing the horse but sending about a hundred feet of wire coiling up and whipping around. So, he'll be there today with a fence guy and the farrier, I'll be chilling at home.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 09:25 AM (ZshNr)

211 "Popcorn" by Hot Butter

Posted by: Neil Armstrong at March 29, 2014 09:25 AM (e8kgV)

212 So many good ideas! How about throwing in something like Peter and the Wolf or the Nutcracker Suite? A way to associate sounds with images....

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2014 09:25 AM (udjuE)

213 The first sounds you hear...
For a woman Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.

Posted by: Lester at March 29, 2014 09:25 AM (2UPXV)

214 The heartbreakingly beautiful 2nd movement of Samuel Barber's violin concerto as played by Joshua Bell.

Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2014 09:26 AM (M/TDA)

215 "Mickey" by Toni Basil

Posted by: Toni Basil at March 29, 2014 09:26 AM (e8kgV)

216 Nothing by Jethro Tull

Posted by: NCwoof at March 29, 2014 09:26 AM (aUQgu)

217 >>What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

A lot of awful, crass hip hop out there to choose from.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2014 09:27 AM (udjuE)

218 211 Co-worker just dropped by. Sounds like there was a little trouble at the horse farm yesterday that I was unaware of. One of the horses got a front shoe stuck on the electric fence. Somehow got it wedged between the hoof and shoe. The other horse freaks out, starts running all over the hilly, wet surface, very much in danger. Co-worker runs down to see the stuck horse is panicking and kicking like crazy. Runs back to the barn, grabs wire cutters and cut's the fence wire, freeing the horse but sending about a hundred feet of wire coiling up and whipping around. So, he'll be there today with a fence guy and the farrier, I'll be chilling at home. Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 01:25 PM (ZshNr) Didn't you put up signs about not getting too close to the fence?

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:27 AM (AO9UG)

219 Vivaldi's "Bassoon Concerto In F" RV 485

Posted by: Yolanda Burroughs-Vestal at March 29, 2014 09:29 AM (e8kgV)

220 Co-worker just dropped by. Sounds like there was a little trouble at the horse farm yesterday that I was unaware of. One of the horses got a front shoe stuck on the electric fence. Somehow got it wedged between the hoof and shoe. The other horse freaks out, starts running all over the hilly, wet surface, very much in danger. Co-worker runs down to see the stuck horse is panicking and kicking like crazy. Runs back to the barn, grabs wire cutters and cut's the fence wire, freeing the horse but sending about a hundred feet of wire coiling up and whipping around. So, he'll be there today with a fence guy and the farrier, I'll be chilling at home. *** Oh my! Are the horses okay?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 09:29 AM (DmNpO)

221 It's not unusual to have fun with anyone.

Posted by: Tom Jones at March 29, 2014 09:29 AM (Aif/5)

222 The Tender Trap's "Sweet Disposition" might be a jolt at first but so worth it, IMHO.

Posted by: Leave Us The Hell Alone at March 29, 2014 09:29 AM (/JWgM)

223 Slim Whitman

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:30 AM (yc4Nt)

224 I would add the song you're all now hearing in your ears -- DANCE HALL DAYS.

Posted by: Soothsayer as The Villain at March 29, 2014 09:30 AM (EoeFV)

225 Bach's "Concerto For 4 Harpsichords In A Minor" BWV 1065

Posted by: David Axelrod at March 29, 2014 09:30 AM (e8kgV)

226 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 01:24 PM (DmNpO) yup...that'd do it

Posted by: BignJames at March 29, 2014 09:30 AM (j7iSn)

227 Minnie Ripperton

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:31 AM (aDwsi)

228 Feelings

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:31 AM (AO9UG)

229 Slim Whitman *** He lived about a mile from my grandparents. My grandfather knew him well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 09:31 AM (DmNpO)

230 Afternoon Delight

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:32 AM (AO9UG)

231 Slim Whitman Posted by: Insomniac ------------- Dammit. I liked Slim...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:32 AM (aDwsi)

232 Slim Whitman

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 01:30 PM (yc4Nt)

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Ack ack!

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2014 09:32 AM (uwgVG)

233 We wouldn't be Morons if we couldn't bring Teh Hate What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again? Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:08 PM (aTXUx) St. Anger by Metallica. Worst. Album. EVAH.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 29, 2014 09:32 AM (DB1vy)

234 Schubert's Quintet in C Major would be excellent, too.

Followed with Pink Floyd's Learning to Fly.

Posted by: SARDiver at March 29, 2014 09:32 AM (ci7Fe)

235 Funky Town

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 09:33 AM (AO9UG)

236 NDH, you won't believe what replaced this post at the top.

Posted by: rickl at March 29, 2014 09:33 AM (sdi6R)

237 What performers, songs, or albums would make her wish she was deaf again?

Anything featuring Tiny Tim.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 29, 2014 09:33 AM (0AKks)

238 I'd suggest The Hallelujah Chorus but I'm not sure she could Handel it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 29, 2014 09:33 AM (Mogjf)

239

The list would not be complete without Muskrat Love.

Posted by: Ronster at March 29, 2014 09:34 AM (puNd6)

240 A cruel person would start with John Cage's 4'33".

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 29, 2014 09:34 AM (aDwsi)

241 Zamfir

Posted by: Insomniac at March 29, 2014 09:35 AM (mWijP)

242 This is one of my favorite YT vids. I strive to be this happy someday. http://bit.ly/1dDGN1p

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 09:36 AM (DmNpO)

243 Anything by Chopin for piano.

Posted by: navybrat at March 29, 2014 09:36 AM (JgC5a)

244 Music to make her want to be deaf again: that song where the only words are "It's the final countdown!" Sung over and over and over again....

Posted by: Lizzy at March 29, 2014 09:36 AM (udjuE)

245 We wouldn't be compassionate Morons if we didn't treat her to The London Boys

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 09:37 AM (aTXUx)

246 223. That would be The Temper Trap. Oof.

Posted by: Leave Us The Hell Alone at March 29, 2014 09:37 AM (/JWgM)

247 The list would not be complete without Muskrat Love. *** Joe Biden would like a word with you. http://bit.ly/1fIRc6b

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 09:38 AM (DmNpO)

248 Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" would be perfect. Great piece.

Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2014 09:38 AM (M/TDA)

249 Hate music? "Burl Ives' Greatest Hits".

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2014 09:38 AM (uwgVG)

250 Nood, if you're in a wierd mood.,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 29, 2014 09:39 AM (ojnk6)

251 Kate Smith singing "God Bless America"

Posted by: Bernie Parent at March 29, 2014 09:40 AM (e8kgV)

252 245 The current Muzak track playing at my office. OMG. How one day long tape can contain so many hateful songs is beyond comprehension.

Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2014 09:41 AM (M/TDA)

253 Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2014 01:37 PM (aTXUx) Nobody took my bait and switch LB upthread.

Posted by: RWC at March 29, 2014 09:46 AM (QeH9j)

254 250 Heh! I liked Burl Ives when I was a little kid. "Jimmy crack corn and I don't care, Jimmy crack corn and I don't care, Jimmy crack corn and I don't care, My master's gone away."

Posted by: Tuna at March 29, 2014 09:46 AM (M/TDA)

255 "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC

Posted by: William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton at March 29, 2014 09:47 AM (e8kgV)

256 Woke up late Saturday morning.

What a wonderful treat to hear Beethoven's Fifth, puts me in a great state of mind. thank you.

Posted by: BZ at March 29, 2014 09:50 AM (nHarY)

257 Music to make her want to be deaf again: that song where the only words are "It's the final countdown!" Sung over and over and over again....

Oh yeah, I know that song. It's called "The Final Countdown."

Posted by: OregonMuse at March 29, 2014 09:52 AM (fTJ5O)

258 Funky Town

Posted by: eman at March 29, 2014 01:33 PM (AO9UG)

_________________

It is amazing to me that Funky Town still gets mentioned in a contemporary setting. I knew the guys in Lipps Inc and they are still collecting royalties on the playing of this song. The writer has lived off of it for the last 35 years.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 29, 2014 09:54 AM (jucos)

259
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Posted by: George Putnam at March 29, 2014 09:56 AM (e8kgV)

260 Whipping Post!

Posted by: Some guy in the back at March 29, 2014 09:58 AM (HFYjG)

261 Just got the details. Yeah, everyone thinks the horses are okay, but sometimes it takes a while to see if they pulled/strained something.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 29, 2014 10:00 AM (ZshNr)

262 Anything by The Alan Parsons Project

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at March 29, 2014 10:00 AM (e8kgV)

263 "Il buono, il cattivo, il brutto" byEnnio Morricone

Posted by: Clint Eastwood at March 29, 2014 10:06 AM (e8kgV)

264 Music jokes are just writing themselves as Greg Gutfeld is in Katy, TX today. You know, where Perry is Governor. Katy. Perry. So they're gonna hear Greg Roar. Wonder if he'll suggest that Perry is a Dark Horse for President? Maybe Gutfeld won't show up, because he's Wakin' Up in Vegas.

But I don't think Katy Perry is the first thing I would want to hear (maybe see, if it was a vision restoration thing.)

First to hear? Maybe a reality check, like Welcome to the Jungle by G&R or Flowers on the Wall by the Statler Brothers... "Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo/now don't tell me/I've nothin' to do." Or Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve: "Tryin' to make ends meet/you're a slave to money/then you die"

Have a nice day!

Posted by: Timothy Fountain at March 29, 2014 10:08 AM (3r2wi)

265
RE: Phillip Glass

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

Knock Knock...

Who's there?

Phillip Glass

Posted by: zipity at March 29, 2014 10:09 AM (kwgTF)

266

Noon Balloon to Rangoon by Nervous Norvus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efQj_sCceQ

Posted by: drowningpuppies at March 29, 2014 10:15 AM (012vu)

267

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 29, 2014 10:16 AM (QBm1P)

268 I wouldn't throw any album at her because I would want her to try to hear the full spectrum of music. Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire" "Taps" played on a bugle Bethovan's 5th Handels Messiah Bill Hailey "Rock Around The Clock" Elvis "Blue Suede Shoes" Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" The Miracles "Tears of A Clown" Aretha Franklin "Respect" Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World" Etta James "At Last" Patsy Cline "Sweet Dreams" Herbie Hancock "Rock It" Billy Joel "Piano Man" Simon and Garfunkel "Mrs Robinson" CCR "Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner "Proud Mary" Kinks "Lola" Amazing Grace on the bagpipes Stevie Wonder "Superstitious" Glenn Miller "In The Mood" Frank Sinatra "Fly Me To The Moon" and/or "My Way" Francis Albert Sinatra "New York" Kate Smith "God Bless America" Andrews Sisters "Bugle Boy in Company B" Police "Every Breath You Take" Cyndi Lauper "Time after Time" Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight" Garth Brooks "Shameless" Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man" Bob Marley "No Woman, No Cry" UB40 "Red Red Wine" I would want to make sure she got different genres from different times from across the spectrum of all music.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Musical Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 29, 2014 10:18 AM (HxSXm)

269 "Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" by Rockapella

Posted by: Fargo North, Decoder at March 29, 2014 10:18 AM (e8kgV)

270 #22 thunderb - I was going to suggest Clair de Lune as well.

Then go here http://www.timsullivanstudio.com/music and click on "Evergreen."

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at March 29, 2014 10:18 AM (R+h7Q)

271 Just so you sorta know who's out there, beyond the front door, in the big scary world outside, I might include, somewhere near the end, Tom Waits doing "Goin' Out West."

Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 29, 2014 10:20 AM (tmFlQ)

272 Sultans of Swing

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at March 29, 2014 10:26 AM (R+h7Q)

273 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at March 29, 2014 10:29 AM (R+h7Q)

274 I would want to make sure she got different genres from different times from across the spectrum of all music. *** that's a nice list. I would throw in some Bluegrass and some Zydeco as well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 10:34 AM (DmNpO)

275 @269

You also just created the playlist for the next probe to leave our solar system. It's a very nice cross-section.

Except I noticed no glam rock or hair metal. I'm guessing that's due to shame.

Posted by: grognard at March 29, 2014 10:43 AM (S2juK)

276 Noon Balloon to Rangoon by Nervous Norvus

Incidentally, Mr. Norvus (Red Blanchard) passed away not too long ago. He was in his 90s.

Posted by: OregonMuse at March 29, 2014 10:47 AM (fTJ5O)

277 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at March 29, 2014 12:32 PM (jqHOY)

YES YES YES

Posted by: Gidget at March 29, 2014 10:52 AM (tfg7i)

278 Billy the Mountain, by frank Zappa cuz it's funny & puts a smile on my face no matter how shitty the day

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 29, 2014 10:54 AM (HVff2)

279 Pachelbel's canon, and Beethoven's Ode to joy.

Posted by: marine43 at March 29, 2014 11:08 AM (3lhUM)

280 Nice posts delightful blend of serious thought , snark and enough OT to keep it interesting. "Sounds of silence" indeed

Posted by: NativeNH at March 29, 2014 11:21 AM (F4Kk3)

281 Ian Anderson's The secret language of birds. Gotta give her some flute, can be one of the most beautiful and haunting instruments ever made.

Posted by: peter at March 29, 2014 11:22 AM (d1AaP)

282 Einstein on the Beach. Freak you out and teach you to count good...

these are the days, my friends

Posted by: Philp Glass at March 29, 2014 11:26 AM (omBWL)

283 Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Simply the best.

Posted by: Irish Right at March 29, 2014 11:51 AM (nw1T6)

284 #30

<em>Meditiation</em> from <em>Thais</em>.
.

Posted by: OregonGuy at March 29, 2014 11:56 AM (PA3jX)

285 Rickroll the lady.

Posted by: Z as in Jersey at March 29, 2014 12:19 PM (K1YYB)

286 Air in G by Bach and Canon in D by Pachelbel

Posted by: heideleena at March 29, 2014 12:23 PM (CFyL4)

287 2 suggestions: La gazza ladra by Rossini and Tori Amos' Silent All These Years.

No, that's not teh hate.

Posted by: Xavier at March 29, 2014 12:30 PM (Jvm59)

288 #269 Great list. I'd add Mr. Bojangles.

Posted by: m at March 29, 2014 12:37 PM (2AqeI)

289 Tommy Can You Hear Me?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 29, 2014 12:46 PM (V4CBV)

290 Noisettes, never forget you, abbey road The one with lead singer in yellow outfit). Nickki bluhm and the gramblers van sessions.

Posted by: bopiddy at March 29, 2014 01:11 PM (M+8AV)

291 Ravel's Bolero.

Posted by: Son of the Rabbit People at March 29, 2014 01:26 PM (mLXMv)

292 275 I would want to make sure she got different genres from different times from across the spectrum of all music. *** that's a nice list. I would throw in some Bluegrass and some Zydeco as well. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 29, 2014 02:34 PM (DmNpO) 276 @269 You also just created the playlist for the next probe to leave our solar system. It's a very nice cross-section. Except I noticed no glam rock or hair metal. I'm guessing that's due to shame. Posted by: grognard at March 29, 2014 02:43 PM (S2juK) I know some Zydeco, but not really enough to make a judgement as to what would be a couple of songs that really define what the genre would be. As for bluegrass, for me, it's more of it being played well as opposed to certain songs, but if I had to include songs that define it for me, they would have to be "Rocky Top" and "Can The Circle Be Unbroken". As for the glam rock and hair metal, those seem to be very subjective in what people think are great songs. Would "Bohemian Rhapsody" be considered "glam rock"? I think so, and would add it in. I can't really think of any hair bands' songs that are considered genre defining songs. I would add to my list: Lynyrd Skynrd "Free Bird" Allman Brothers "Jessica" Led Zep "Stairway to Heaven" Most of the songs I would pick would show the beauty and power of music and how it can touch the soul.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Musical Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 29, 2014 01:43 PM (HxSXm)

293 It's been rumoured that bag pipes where invented by the English and given to the King of Scotland as a joke, which he never caught on.

Posted by: Levin at March 29, 2014 03:13 PM (cQ4Va)

294
I would avoid Justin Bieber and Neil Diamond, just to be safe.

Posted by: Levin at March 29, 2014 03:16 PM (cQ4Va)

295 Of course if it's Jose Feliciano you can't go wrong.

Posted by: Carl Showalter at March 29, 2014 03:42 PM (Tlsnj)

296 No question, the first song would be Pachelbel's Canon in D...one of the slower, statelier versions. She could follow the harmonies and chord progressions; then it breaks out into lighter spots. Plus there is something about that song that encompasses "life" to me.

Posted by: RigelDog at March 29, 2014 04:40 PM (9HDm/)

297 Anything by Barry Manilo

Posted by: Snert at March 29, 2014 05:22 PM (nseTz)

298 What, no Elvis?? No Bruce??

Posted by: Kim at March 29, 2014 05:36 PM (Kv+11)

299 Wonderful thread, NDH. Thanks, 'rons and 'ettes (and YouTube) for some great listening...especially the poster who sent me back to kd lang's "Hallelujah".

Still, it's hard to come up with anything better than Pachelbel's "Canon in D".

Posted by: creeper at March 29, 2014 06:26 PM (k9g/f)

300 The crew of Apollo 8 reading Genesis 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X84X-PP2Ako.

Posted by: CCO at March 29, 2014 06:35 PM (TNuY+)

301 I remember being told, years ago, that at least one entering class of the Peabody Institute Of Music in Baltimore was required to listen to Stairway To Heaven. The young music snobs were then told "This is one of the most requested songs on the radio. Yes, it is popular. Yes, it is Rock and Roll. But if you do not learn to listen to it critically instead of dismissively, if you do not learn to analyze why it is so popular, YOU WILL NEVER WRITE ANYTHING THAT GOOD."

Posted by: C. S. P. Schofield at March 29, 2014 08:23 PM (/kJ9I)

302 Erik Satie's Gymnopedies.

Posted by: Glen at March 29, 2014 09:30 PM (KQZd+)

303 It doesn't matter what music you use, it's all going to sound like crap. Cochleal implants only pick up about a dozen specific frequencies so you only hear something when the music hits that frequency so it sounds like musical jackhammers.

Posted by: Max Entropy at March 29, 2014 10:23 PM (N13jJ)

304 I noticed the playlist was all this terrible pop music pabulum.

For cryin' out loud, play her some MOZART.

Posted by: Beverly at March 30, 2014 12:00 AM (O6siN)

305 tangonine at March 29, 2014 12:44 PM (x3YFz)

I got to see Joshua Bell live with the Dallas Symphony. He performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D. When it was finished, I needed a cigarette. I felt like I had just had the best sex of my life!

Posted by: Chelie at March 30, 2014 08:43 AM (ztDp5)

306 Late to party...got chills just reading the post NDH, well well done. What an overwhelming task. In a world of so much musical crap on constant assault, post is a nice reminder of how much beautiful music there really is in the world.

If she is still just getting used to sound and voices, maybe start with Gregorian chants and other songs using just voices? "Little Bird" from Jewel is gorgeous, just her and her mom singing, no instruments. Then let her hear different instruments alone, piano, violin, trumpet, etc. and then songs where they start to blend. Adele's Someone Like You and Beatles' Blackbird, simple acoustic with an instrument. Peter and the Wolf is an excellent suggestion, you really get to heart the colors of the instruments.

The first music I can ever remember hearing is classical, so I am biased on that, feel everyone should have that background. In a world of so much musical crap on constant assault, post is a nice reminder of how much beautiful music there really is in the world.

Posted by: LizLem at March 30, 2014 06:51 PM (ijXVY)

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