Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24

Album: Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996)
Charted: 49
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: John Oliva, Paul John O'Neill, Robert Kinkel
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 1

  • Ernest Young from MichiganI can't believe I'm the first to comment on this amazing song. I've seen TSO in concert, and the live performance makes it VERY clear that this is a dark song, similar is true for the music video too. However, it's a very moving event that inspired this piece, something beautiful birthed from suffering, like a Phoenix rising from ashes (this song is inspired by a real event, not a fictional character). He played traditional Christmas music, through the afternoon/night of Christmas eve and on Christmas day, while sitting in the destroyed fountain in front of the orchestra hall where he first started his career. I especially love a quote from Verdan himself, at one point during his cello
    At one point he is interviewed by a CNN war correspondent, who asked if he was not crazy for playing his cello while Sarajevo was being shelled. Vedran Smailovic replied, " You ask me am I crazy for playing the cello, why do you not ask if they are crazy for shelling Sarajevo?"
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