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In November 1963, classical music was called on to help the nation deal with the emotional fallout in a more elemental way. It often is when tragedy leaves us without the words we need. And in JFK ...
- The Byrds, “He Was a Friend of Mine” (1966): Bob Dylan cut a version of this traditional ballad for his first album (and didn’t end up including it). For their Turn!
- Phil Ochs, “Crucifixion” (1967): Coincidently, the first epic ballad about Kennedy came from Dylan’s friend and rival from the Greenwich Village folk days.
- Misfits, “Bullet” (1978): On one of their first recordings, Glenn Danzig and his early-punk bros didn’t mince words right from the start: “President’s bullet-ridden body in the street/Ride, Johnny ride/Kennedy’s shattered head hits concrete/Ride, Johnny ride.”
- Lou Reed, “The Day John Kennedy Died” (1982): Rarely did Reed let his guard down as much as he did on this thoughtful track from The Blue Mask. With his band playing and strumming respectfully behind him, Reed dreams of all the things he would do if he were the leader of the free world, which includes being able to forget that day in 1963.
Nov 21, 2013 · First, we hear the gasps and shushes after BSO music director Erich Leinsdorf utters the words: "The president of the United States has been the victim of an assassination." Second, a wave of ...
November 22, 1963. It is one of America’s great “Days of Infamy,” the day when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on a Friday afternoon at, approximately, 12:30pm CST. But for all the stories everyone has and has heard, there are very few instances where the initial shock of the news was recorded, where the ...
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Nov 21, 2013 · Rest martyr, rest, From the scenes of death and pain. Though murderous hands have stole thy heart, Thy noble deeds remain. The song was published shortly after Lincoln’s death in 1865 and was sold as sheet music to be sung at memorial services, or for individuals to buy and play at home on a piano.
Nov 22, 2023 · From: Outlandos d’Amour (No. 23 in May 1979) Key lines: “My mother cried/ When President Kennedy died/ She said it was the communists/ But I knew better.”. Notes: When JFK was shot, Sting ...
Nov 21, 2013 · The Kennedy Assassination, 50 Years Later ... Ultimately, Henry B. Cabot, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's president of trustees, decided the music should continue. "The day my father died, I came ...
