Ultimately, Waving a Baton Beats Swinging a Bat

Townhall.com ^ | June 9, 2010 | Michael Medved

[CholeraJoe]

Betcha Griffey got laid more often.

[rahbert]

I love Elgar and Walton. Sir William wrote the score for
the classic movie “Battle of Britain”.

Fortunately old age is not a handicap for conductors, unlike for athletes.

[Bobalu]

[green iguana]

Not by conductor groupies...

[PzLdr]

Nobody [outside of a PBS fundraiser] knows, or will remember, who Colin Davis is. But a LOT of people know, and will remember, “Junior”.

[Kaslin]

You can count me as one of those who never heard of Colin Davis, and I have no idea who “Junior is” is either

[texmexis best]

“Betcha Griffey got laid more often.”

There are classical music groupies. More than you think.

[MEGoody]

My mom and grandma used to tell me to enjoy my youth - they were the best years of my life. Frankly, I'm happier and more content now than I've ever been in my life.

Sure, when I get old, if I get disabled, I'll probably yearn for the good old days. But not now. :)

[Dragonfly]

Perhaps of interest...

[Borges]

Medved is wrong about Tolstoy not having written any more long novels after ‘Anna Karenin’. ‘Resurrection’ is over 600 pages in most editions.

[Borges]

Classical Music ping

[Borges]

Any Classical music fan the world over knows who Sir Colin Davis is. Ken Griffey Jr. is only known where baseball is a matter of interest...a much smaller subsection of the world.

[Clemenza]

A total leftist wacko in his personal life, but THIS is who I always picture when I hear the term "conductor":

Personally, I always thought that Lenny and John Cassavetes looked alot alike.

[Borges]

He lived such a dissolute life that at age 70 he looked about 90.

[CholeraJoe]

Classical music groupies? Who knew? To each their own I guess.

[dfwgator]

"LEOPOLD!"

[Borges]

Ever go to concerts? Lots of young people there these days.

[stephenjohnbanker]

The TRUE Conductor: “Michael Tilson Hare”

[Moonman62]

More recently, I've become convinced that another of my childhood obsessions (classical music conducting) offers even more wondrous work,

I remember when I was about six, one of my dad's friends asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to conduct an orchestra. I think that's when my dad started hating me.