Beethoven Sonata Controversy Sparked by Singer Greg Cherone

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One might think setting your own lyrics to a piano
sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven almost sacrilegious.
However, Boston singer-songwriter Greg Cherone
has a different point of view. “It was a lyrical place
the music transported me to.” He says, of his variation
recorded with piano virtuoso Nelson Araujo.
“I don’t see what all the fuss is about. It’s just an interpretation.
Some will appreciate. Others will dismiss. That’s entirely up to
the listener.”

If you would like to hear “Treasured Mem‘ries,”
go to: http://myspace.com/gregcherone

TREASURED MEM’RIES

SO MY LOVE
IF ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END
AND ENDINGS, THEY SAY ENDINGS ARE ALSO NEW BEGINNINGS

I TELL MY HEART
HERE’S TO A BRAND NEW START
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES ARE PART OF EV’RY JOURNEY

THE TIMES, THEY WERE SO GOOD
I KNOW I COULD, I COULD SURRENDER TO THE TREASURED MEMORY
GO … TRAVEL TO THAT PLACE .. THAT ALWAYS COMFORTS ME

SO MY FRIEND
ON THIS I CAN DEPEND
THESE MEM’RIES, TREASURED MEM’RIES FOREVER CALLING TO ME

THE TIMES, THEY WERE SO GOOD
GO BACK IF I COULD
REMEMBER HOW WE DANCED
YOU AND I
HOW WE DANCED
YOU AND I

COME ALONG EACH TIME I HEAR YOU CALLING TO ME
COME ALONG EACH TIME I HEAR YOU CALLING TO ME

THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT WILL BE
THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT WILL BE
THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT WILL BE

PIANO SONATA BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
[Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique” 2nd Movement : adagio cantabile]
COPYRIGHT 2009. LYRICS BY GREG CHERONE