Chop Suey by System of a Down, Alive by POD, Side by Travis
The evening before I was listening in the background to MTV and the videos for these songs were on. They were in my head as I ran the next morning on 9/11. I think the songs themselves are especially fitting to that day.
Alan Fox
No Music.
If you put on Battle Hymn of the Republic I'll probably crash my car. How about a nice Radiolab marathon?
Andrew
911 / I'm All Right. An Original Tribute Song From Independent Artist Daniel J. (Danieljmusic.com)
In observance of 911 Ten Years Later:
I am an Independent Artist who wrote and composed a beautiful song honoring Survivors and Families of lost loved ones after the 911 terror attack. The song could easily be woven around a story about the upcoming 10 year anniversary of the event. Survivors of all ages need to know that their lost loved ones are not forgotten. We do remember and we do care. That's the message and the focal point of my endeavor.
On September 11th, 2001, our lives had forever been changed. In an effort to do their part, many people headed to church to pray, countless volunteered to give blood, and the majority of us flew flags, all in the name of showing support and uniting our Country. I took to the piano and wrote a song for those whom had fallen and the ones they left behind. My brother Dave added to the honor by creating a presentation which I offer for you now, to view and reflect. I hope you watch this tribute and decide to send it to everyone you know, and who knows, maybe it will go around the world and give that certain someone who is still grieving, the closure they so desperately want and need.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Danieljmusic
Long live the Red, White and Blue.
Daniel J
Danieljmusic@aol.com
http://danieljmusic.com/
Danielj.
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
It's a tender song about loss, grief, healing and being complete. Softens my heart every time I hear it.
Peter
Into the Fire by Bruce Springsteen
In 2001 I was 12, just old enough to understand what was going on at the moment, but not old enough to understand how that day would impact me for the rest of my life. I only remember bits and pieces of that day. Because I was so young, it some times feels more like a dream then a memory. Bruce Springsteen’s album, The Rising has for the last 10 years been a Lyrical memorial. Ten years later Into the Fire still makes me cry and Mary’s place still makes me smile. I know even ten years later we are still processing that day. Every morning form New York to Afghanistan, Americans feel the effects of that day and it sits heavily on our shoulders. There is a gap in the skyline and a gap in all our hearts.
Olivea Virta
the Truth [by Ysabella Brave (January 27, 2008)]
It is a plea for world peace, tolerance, and an end to hypocrisy.
You will find this only on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB0yvjSwpw&feature=channel_video_title. Add &fmt=18 to the URL for the higher resolution copy.
We live in New Jersey but were in Flagstaff, AZ, on 11 SEP 01. We were quite concerned for our good friend who worked at the World Trade Center. After a few frantic telephone calls, we found to our great relief he was safe and sound.
He was present during the 1993 bombing as well. He rode the PATH into the WTC on 11 SEP 01 and looked up to see smoke pouring from the towers. He knew from his 1993 experience he would not be working that day, so he turned around and caught the last New Jersey bound PATH train that left the station that fateful day.
His is as good a story as you can get out of this, considering the thousands who were not as fortunate as he and perished in this senseless, tragic event.
Thank you for your consideration, and thank you for scheduling this thoughtful project.
Mark D. Chamberlain
Buffy St.Marie's My country
Exposes the moral bankrupty of war and terrorism with these words from the perspective of civilian victims:We pity the blindness that you've never seen;that the eagles of war whose wings lent you glory ,they were never no more then carrion crows-pushed the wrens from their nests,stole their eggs change their story-the mockingbird sings it it's all that she knows...
rose-ellen
"Climax" & "Keenan Vox Loop"
This is music I wrote for a performance piece about my experience of 9/11. Void of lyrics, the two instrumental themes allow me to unlock the knotted pain that many still harbor when reflecting on the losses of 9/11. The opening piano theme of "Climax" reminds me of the clear blue day that it was, while the vocal theme (which builds over the track) reminds me of the anguish that accumulated as the events unfolded.
"Keenan Vox Loop" reminds me of the sorrow & confusion that pervaded NYC for weeks to follow.
"Climax":
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"Keenan Vox Loop":
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Calder Kusmierski Singer
Imagine by John Lennon
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
If only...there'd be no need for a 9/11 memorial and the millions who have died since would be living life in peace.
Carole Vandermark
In America - Greg Tannen
As a NYer and music enthusiast, I caught this song a few years ago on WFUV during an anniversary of 9/11. It's stuck with me ever since. Beautiful, haunting, uplifting. A perfect tribute.
Sully
Meira Warshauer's "In Memoriam, September 11, 2001"
This work appears on "Quiet Strength," the upcoming CD by my ensemble, CROSS ISLAND, in its clarinet/cello version. Ms. Warshauer wrote it from a series of spontaneous sketches created as her immediate responses to the events of September 11 and she sees the work as an attempt at creating unity and healing. Audiences respond viscerally and positively to it, and it is very touching and powerful. We'd be glad ot make an advance copy of our recording available for this purpose.
Suzanne Mueller
2nd Mvt., Beethoven Symphony No. 7
This is just a powerful work - beautiful and evocative. It combines a sense of power and struggle with moments of sweetness and heart-wrenching beauty.
Suzanne Mueller
"In Your Eyes", Peter Gabriel
To me this song is about sadness and redemption and the healing power of love. The song reflects the emotions I experienced that day and in the weeks after. And it reminds us that in moments of doubt and pain we must "Reach out from the inside" to get in touch with what's real to us and what's important. "The Light, the Heat" In your eyes.
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Love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
Robert Kadar
"Tuesday" by Amy Fairchild
Amy's "Mr. Heart" record in 2002 contained this song which really touched on the emotions and feelings of that day for many New Yorkers. I'm sure there are so many independent musicians that wrote songs about 9/11- I hope you can feature them as well as some of the more mainstream artists.
http://www.amyfairchild.com/media.cfm
Ann Neilsen
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Most music to be played on the anniversary should rightfully be ceremonial, reflective, and calming. I chose this song because, although it was released prior to Sept. 2001, it seems uncanny in its prescience and captures the fear, confusion, and chaos I felt that day as I watched, with my own eyes, the 2nd plane hit and then the fall of the first tower. The lyrics especially reflect the feelings I felt then: "everyone around, around me has got the fear" and then ending with "WHAT'S GOING ON" repeated over and over with increasing agitation.
Bruce
In Paradisum--Faure' Requiem
As the smoke and ash rose, I couldn't help but think that I saw angels, bearing the innocent away, and comforting those who were left behind.
Eileen Capaccio
Moment Away by Dana Fuchs
This song makes you appreciate those around you while you still have them. One of my favorite lyrics of all time....."A kiss goodbye with no tears is just for a day, not forever"
Steve
Abnsolute guiet for the day
Music of any kind on this day is an interference. It prevents one from thinking! We should think about what happened on 9/11 and how it affected us all and how it will continue to do so. Reflection is hindered by noise, even music. Silence is really golden. Let's have quiet. No radio. TV, etc. on 9/11 except for emergencies.
doris
Spem in Alium, by Thomas Tallis
It was the comforting background to a ton of reflection after I returned home from a day at work spent alongside a co-worker who was certain that her uncle, who worked in the WTC, had been incinerated in the first plane strike. I live at the Jersey Shore. Smoke from the WTC reached us by mid-afternoon. It smelled like the biggest structural fire in the world.
Gev Sweeney
this is a submission for the project
An original composition was contributed to the 9/11 Witness To War Project, a nonprofit sponsored by the NY Foundation for the Arts. The composition, "There's a Hole Where My Heart Used to Be" was composed by Soho composers Patricia Lee Stotter and Don Rebic in 2001 and is sung by NYU school children. We have it on CD.
I will call the above number to get it in the hands of the right person for review.
Terri Brooks, Director, Witness To War Project
Terri Brooks
