Encores

Pushkin.

Over the years that I've been doing Revisionist History, I've done a number of episodes about music, and they're some of my favorites.

And in going back and listening to those episodes, I realize they're all about versions of the same thing.

Well, actually, that's way too vague.

About the way that specific songs burrowed into my consciousness 10, 20, 30, even 40 years ago, and have stayed there ever since.

Which is odd because I'm not musical.

I don't play an instrument.

I don't even know what a chord is.

But there is almost nothing that brings me more joy than sitting down with a musician.

So I thought we'd reprise four of my favorite music episodes from the archives of revisionist history.

A trip to Nashville to talk about sad songs.

Another trip to Nashville to talk about Elvis, of course.

I wonder if you want someone

tonight.

A third is based around a magical afternoon I spent with Randy Newman.

Can I prevail on you to just do a little bit of Marie?

Sure.

So I love that song so much.

Thank you very much.

And the last of them took me to the Met, to a pub in North London, to the story of Leonard Cohen's masterpiece, Hallelujah.

Come join us for a walk down revisionist history, Memory Lane.

Hallelujah.