[ti:Memories and Hopes Meet in New Year's Music]
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[00:05.68]Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English.
[00:10.60]Steve Ember brings you music for the New Year.
[00:14.40](Song: Auld Lang Syne)
[00:21.80]In the United States and other countries, this old Scottish song,
[00:27.00]"Auld Lang Syne" is played when a new year begins.
[00:32.00]The song is about remembering old friends.
[00:35.96]New Year's is a holiday for memories and for hopes.
[00:41.20]The past and the future come together at midnight.
[00:46.40]Not surprisingly, emotions are as much a part of New Year's Eve
[00:51.76]as noisemakers and fireworks.
[00:54.96]After all, a traditional way to welcome the New Year is to kiss the person you love.
[01:01.00](Song: "Same Old Lang Syne)
[01:05.04]"Old Lang Syne" lends its name to a modern song
[01:09.28]about a man and a woman who once were lovers.
[01:13.32]One day, a week before New Year's, they meet again by chance.
[01:18.73]LYRICS - Met my old lover in the grocery store
[01:22.24]LYRICS - The snow was falling Christmas Eve
[01:27.12]LYRICS - I stole behind her in the frozen foods
[01:31.29]LYRICS - And I touched her on the sleeve
[01:35.34]LYRICS - She didn't recognize the face at first
[01:40.94]LYRICS - But then her eyes flew open wide
[01:45.12]LYRICS - She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
[01:49.40]LYRICS - And we laughed until we cried
[01:53.14]The singer is Dan Fogelberg and the song is called "Same Old Lang Syne."
[02:00.16](Song: "Same Old Lang Syne)
[02:11.92]LYRICS - We took her groceries to the checkout stand
[02:16.49]LYRICS - The food was totalled up and bagged
[02:20.82]LYRICS - We stood there lost in our embarrassment
[02:24.56]LYRICS - As the conversation dragged
[02:28.16]LYRICS - We went to have ourselves a drink or two
[02:34.16]LYRICS - But couldn't find an open bar
[02:38.66]LYRICS - We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
[02:42.56]LYRICS - And we drank it in her car
[02:47.72]LYRICS - We drank a toast to innocence
[02:51.30]LYRICS - We drank a toast to now
[02:55.76]LYRICS - And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
[03:00.15]LYRICS - But neither one knew how
[03:05.23]LYRICS - She said she'd married her an architect
[03:09.05]LYRICS - Who kept her warm and safe and dry
[03:14.02]LYRICS - She would have liked to say she loved the man
[03:17.92]LYRICS - But she didn't like to lie
[03:22.64]LYRICS - I said the years had been a friend to her
[03:27.19]LYRICS - And that her eyes were still as blue
[03:32.02]LYRICS - But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
[03:36.88]LYRICS - Doubt or gratitude
[03:39.60]LYRICS - She said she saw me in the record stores
[03:44.12]LYRICS - And that I must be doing well
[03:49.83]LYRICS - I said the audience was heavenly
[03:53.28]LYRICS - But the traveling was hell
[03:57.64]On December 16, 2007, fans of Dan Fogelberg lost an old friend.
[04:05.20]The American singer and songwriter died of prostate cancer at the age of 56.
[04:12.48]He was known for the kind of soft rock popular in the 1970s and 80s.
[04:19.64]"Same Old Lang Syne" was one of the hits from his 1981 album "The Innocent Age."
[04:27.82]LYRICS - Another 'auld lang syne'
[04:35.04]The idea of meeting an old lover by chance is also at the heart of a Paul Simon song.
[04:45.20]Here is the title song from Paul Simon's 1975 album "Still Crazy After All These Years."
[04:54.16]LYRICS - I met my old lover
[04:58.32]LYRICS - On the street last night
[05:00.76]LYRICS - She seemed so glad to see me
[05:04.12]LYRICS - I just smiled
[05:07.64]LYRICS - And we talked about some old times
[05:11.26]LYRICS - And we drank ourselves some beers
[05:13.85]LYRICS - Still crazy after all these years
[05:19.64]LYRICS - Oh, still crazy after all these years
[05:31.64]LYRICS - I'm not the kind of man
[05:35.08]LYRICS - Who tends to socialize
[05:38.49]LYRICS - I seem to lean on old familiar ways
[05:44.48]LYRICS - And I ain't no fool for love songs
[05:48.52]LYRICS - That whisper in my ears
[05:51.28]LYRICS - Still crazy after all these years
[05:56.58]LYRICS - Oh, still crazy after all these years
[06:06.96]LYRICS - Four in the morning
[06:09.84]LYRICS - Crapped out
[06:11.28]LYRICS - Yawning
[06:12.96]LYRICS - Longing my life away
[06:19.36]LYRICS - I'll never worry
[06:22.76]LYRICS - Why should I?
[06:28.68]LYRICS - It's all gonna fade
[06:31.28]Chance meetings are one of life's little surprises.
[06:35.04]They can happen anywhere -- in a market, on the street, even in a taxicab.
[06:42.04]This song by Harry Chapin is called "Taxi."
[06:46.04]LYRICS - It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
[06:49.80]LYRICS - I needed one more fare to make my night.
[06:54.16]LYRICS - A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,
[06:58.08]LYRICS - She got in at the light.
[07:01.84]LYRICS - Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,
[07:07.96]LYRICS - It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
[07:14.28]LYRICS - She just looked out the window,
[07:17.77]LYRICS - She said "Sixteen Parkside Lane".
[07:31.20]LYRICS - Something about her was familiar
[07:34.33]LYRICS - I could swear I'd seen her face before,
[07:38.60]LYRICS - But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"
[07:42.81]LYRICS - And she didn't say anything more.
[07:48.82]LYRICS - It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,
[07:52.92]LYRICS - And she glanced at the license for my name.
[07:57.35]LYRICS - A smile seemed to come to her slowly,
[08:00.88]LYRICS - It was a sad smile, just the same.
[08:07.12]LYRICS - And she said, "How are you Harry?"
[08:11.44]LYRICS - I said, "How are you Sue?
[08:15.42]LYRICS - Through the too many miles
[08:17.64]LYRICS - and the too little smiles
[08:19.83]LYRICS - I still remember you.
[08:24.84]Harry Chapin was a popular folk singer and songwriter.
[08:28.87]In 1981, at the age of 38,
[08:32.48]he died in a car crash on his way to a performance.
[08:39.04]Music and emotions go hand in hand.
[08:42.32]Songs can make us feel the heartbreak of a lost love,
[08:47.04]or the excitement of finding a new love.
[08:50.04]Songs can also capture the pain of a wish that a person knows will never come true.
[08:58.56]Here is James Blunt with "You're Beautiful."
[09:01.82]LYRICS - My life is brilliant
[09:04.83]LYRICS - My love is pure
[09:07.61]LYRICS - I saw an angel
[09:10.44]LYRICS - Of that I'm sure
[09:12.68]LYRICS - She smiled at me on the subway
[09:15.52]LYRICS - She was with another man
[09:18.48]LYRICS - But I won't lose no sleep on that
[09:21.86]LYRICS - Cause I've got a plan
[09:24.98]LYRICS - You're beautiful You're beautiful
[09:30.97]LYRICS - You're beautiful it's true
[09:36.00]LYRICS - I saw your face in a crowded place
[09:43.36]LYRICS - And I don't know what to do
[09:48.85]LYRICS - Cause I'll never be with you
[09:53.84]The 1989 movie "When Harry Met Sally" was about a relationship.
[10:00.28]Billy Crystal plays Harry and Meg Ryan is Sally.
[10:04.72]They meet and become friends, though not at first.
[10:09.04]Later, they fall in love, though not for very long.
[10:13.60]Then, on New Year's Eve, Harry comes to his senses and finds Sally at a party.
[10:20.40]HARRY: "I've been doing a lot of thinking, and the thing is, I love you."
[10:24.12]SALLY: "What?"
[10:25.44]HARRY: "I love you."
[10:27.33]SALLY: "How do you expect me to respond to this?"
[10:29.80]HARRY: "How about you love me, too?"
[10:31.84]SALLY: "How about I'm leaving?"
[10:33.60]HARRY: "Doesn't what I said mean anything to you?"
[10:35.75]SALLY: "I'm sorry, Harry. I know it's New Year's Eve, I know you're feeling lonely,
[10:40.02]but you just can't show up here,
[10:41.72]tell me you love me, and expect that to make everything all right.
[10:44.76]It doesn't work this way."
[10:46.56]HARRY: "Well, how does it work?"
[10:48.24]SALLY: "I don't know, but not this way."
[10:50.82]HARRY: "How about this way?
[10:52.23]I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out.
[10:54.76]I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich.
[10:57.58]I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts.
[11:00.94]I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes.
[11:04.76]And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.
[11:09.00]And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve.
[11:12.88]I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody,
[11:17.32]you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
[11:23.94]SALLY: "You see? That is just like you, Harry!
[11:28.37]You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you.
[11:33.01]And I hate you, Harry. I really hate you."
[11:44.72]What are they doing now? Well, you can probably guess.
[11:59.68]From New Year's Day, we turn to "A New Day."
[12:03.60]That was the name of Celine Dion's music and dance show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[12:11.24]It closed on December 15, 2007, after almost five years.
[12:18.96]It sold a reported 400 million dollars in tickets.
[12:24.80]The show's run ended two months before the start of a worldwide tour
[12:30.96]for a new album by the Canadian singer.
[12:34.80]But some fans came to the show again and again,
[12:39.08]so closing night was like an emotional goodbye to an old friend.
[12:44.52]We leave you with Celine Dion and a song that some of you will probably sing along with.
[12:51.68]From the 1997 movie "Titanic," here is "My Heart Will Go On."
[12:58.40]LYRICS - Near far
[13:02.68]LYRICS - Wherever you are
[13:06.97]LYRICS - I believe
[13:09.44]LYRICS - That the heart does go on
[13:17.22]LYRICS - Once more you open the door
[13:26.23]LYRICS - And you're here in my heart
[13:30.88]LYRICS - And my heart will go on and on
[13:39.48]Avi Arditti wrote today's program,
[13:42.68]and Steve Ember was your reader.
[13:45.52]We hope you will join us again next week for This Is America,
[13:50.04]on the radio or online at 51voa.com
[13:57.48]Wishing you a happy New Year from all of us at VOA Learning English.
[14:04.08]LYRICS - Love was when I loved you
[14:10.56]LYRICS - One true time I hold to
[14:15.80]LYRICS - In my life well always go on
[14:25.60]LYRICS - Near far
[14:29.99]LYRICS - Wherever you are
[14:34.15]LYRICS - I believe
[14:36.73]LYRICS - That the heart does go on
[14:44.92]LYRICS - Once more you open the door
[14:53.56]LYRICS - And you're here in my heart
[14:58.36]LYRICS - And my heart will go on and on you're here
[15:22.94]LYRICS - You're here
[15:28.06]LYRICS - There's nothing I fear
[15:32.29]LYRICS - And I know
[15:34.84]LYRICS - That my heart will go on
[15:43.13]LYRICS - Well stay forever this way
[15:51.62]LYRICS - You are safe in my heart
[15:57.15]LYRICS - And my heart will go on and on
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