{"id":6434,"date":"2011-09-11T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T09:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2011-09-11T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T14:14:51","slug":"on-911-if-this-is-goodbye-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-09\/on-911-if-this-is-goodbye-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On 9\/11&#8211;If This is Goodbye, May It Also Be Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While words can oft-times fail to fully convey an emotion, music never fails to do so.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 9\/11, and there remains a weighty world of woe.\u00a0  Fortunately, we have found solace (or at least catharsis) in music  related to that ridiculous day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Knopfler<\/strong> wrote the song, <em><strong>If This is Goodbye, <\/strong><\/em>from  the perspective of\ufeff someone trapped in the Towers calling their  loved one for the last time.\u00a0\u00a0 While obviously old-school musically,  the song roundly resonates.\u00a0 Many great songs have been written about or  relating to the events of 9\/11, but for us Knopfler&#8217;s song hits amongst the hardest.  In the performance below, the emotion in Knopfler&#8217;s and <strong>Emmylou Harris&#8217;s <\/strong>voices is palpable (apologies for the early ending).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark Knopfler &amp; Emmylou Harris - If this is goodbye [Bingolotto -06]\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/McnNd3zCMv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But in each goodbye, we believe there may also be a hello.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahkirklandsnider.com\/\">Sarah Kirkland Snider<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahkirklandsnider.com\/\">&#8216;s<\/a><\/strong> song cycle <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sarahkirklandsnider.bandcamp.com\/\">Penelope<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong> (commissioned by the Getty Center and inspired by Homer&#8217;s &#8220;Odyssey&#8221;) tells the story of &#8220;a woman whose husband appears at her door after an absence of twenty years.&#8221;\u00a0 The smart folks at <strong>The Believer<\/strong> magazine included Snider&#8217;s song, <em><strong>Nausicaa<\/strong><\/em>, in their <strong>2011 Music Issue <\/strong>(this year devoted to &#8220;New Work by Contemporary Composers&#8221;)<em><strong>. <\/strong><\/em>The straightforward lyrics of <em>Nausicaa <\/em>are sung beautifully by <strong>Shara Worden<\/strong> of <strong>My Brightest Diamond<\/strong> and supported by chamber ensemble, <strong>Signal<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the song Worden sings:\u00a0 &#8220;<strong>You look so lost stranger.\u00a0 But you&#8217;re not lost &#8217;cause I&#8217;ve just found you.\u00a0 Just take my hand stranger.\u00a0 Just take my hand, and I will lead you home<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0 The swelling chamber sonorities and hauntingly sung melody together provide perfect solace and comfort in their greeting.\u00a0 Upon hearing the song today, we\u00a0 could only think of what comes after, and the 9\/11 victims being similarly greeted and led home.\u00a0 We wish you comfort and peace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Kirkland Snider<em>&#8211;Nausicaa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-Nausicaa.mp3|titles=02 Nausicaa]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the entire song-cycle <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahkirklandsnider.bandcamp.com\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6475\" title=\"6a00d8345239a669e2013488a99a5e970c-500wi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6a00d8345239a669e2013488a99a5e970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6a00d8345239a669e2013488a99a5e970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6a00d8345239a669e2013488a99a5e970c-500wi-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6a00d8345239a669e2013488a99a5e970c-500wi-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While words can oft-times fail to fully convey an emotion, music never fails to do so. It&#8217;s 9\/11, and there remains a weighty world of woe.\u00a0 Fortunately, we have found solace (or at least catharsis) in music related to that ridiculous day. 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