Music in the Streets

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Description

Fran Lebowitz

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Senior (55+)

Accents

North American (General)

Transcript

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the past few years have seen a steady increase in the number of people playing music in the streets. When one is walking down Fifth Avenue, one does not expect to hear a string quartet playing a Strauss walls. What one expects to hear while walking down Fifth Avenue is traffic when one does. Indeed! Here a string quartet playing a Strauss waltz while what is walking down Fifth Avenue, one is apt to become confused and imagine that one is not walking down Fifth Avenue at all, but rather that one has somehow wound up in. Oh, Vienna should one imagine that one is in Oh Vienna one is likely to become quite upset when one realizes that in Old Vienna there's no sale at Barney's And that is why when I walk down 5th Avenue, I want to hear traffic the past few years have seen a steady increase in the number of people playing music in the streets. When one is walking down 5th Avenue, one does not expect to hear a string quartet playing a Strauss waltz. What one expects to hear while walking down Fifth Avenue is traffic when one does indeed. Here a string quartet playing a Strauss waltz while one is walking down Fifth Avenue, one is apt to become confused and imagine that one is not walking down Fifth Avenue at all, but rather that one has somehow wound up in Old Vienna. Should one imagine that one is in Old Vienna, one is likely to become upset when one realizes that in Old Vienna there's no sale at Barney's and that is why when I walk down Fifth Avenue, I want to hear traffic.