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

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.

posted by Open Blogger at 12:09 PM

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