Crunchy Con

A cultural pinnacle of the recent past

Tuesday March 25, 2008

Categories: Culture

Will anybody ever forget what it was like to watch the Berlin Philharmonic, with its musicians sobbing, performing the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth at the Brandenburg Gate, with the rubble of the just-breached wall lying at their feet? Will that ecstatic moment of fulfillment and unity ever be forgotten? Relive the dramatic video here.

Then read this. Your life will never be the same.

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cb
March 25, 2008 11:05 PM

Man, did you ever cross a line that should never be crossed! I know where you live and I'm coming to Dallas REAL soon - not even St. Ignatius can save you! ; )

dhoff
March 26, 2008 8:30 AM

You should have waited for April 1st.

Eugene
March 26, 2008 11:43 AM

Is this the first time you've discovered this wonderful joy? Balko first got me months ago.

The Watcher
March 26, 2008 10:51 PM

But I LIKE Astley.

Campy, dated, pop infested... Yup, I still like the song.

I even bought the song when it came out.

Yes, I remember that. I was even a married adult back then...

J.E. Heath
March 28, 2008 12:07 AM

Yes! This rocks!

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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

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