Okay, I have Kanye on the brain these days. So a few candid reasons why: Because he wore a classic blue denim jacket this past winter so well that I almost wept for the Banana Republic men's version I'd given to Goodwill a couple years ago. Because he really is inexplicably sexy in a plain white tee in the Keri Hilson video for "Make Love." And because I love how vulnerable he sounds on "RoboCop" off his 808s & Heartbreak. "Okayyyy / okay, okay?" [giggles] But I also love the sweeping orchestral arrangement on that cut.
Last year, for a small piece I was writing, I had the pleasure of sitting in on New York Philharmonic rehearsals, during which conductor Lorin Maazel shook that baton at his orchestra. (One of the perks of being a New Yorker is that a few times a year the public can purchase $15 tickets for this experience.) The music on Kanye's lament brings me back to the intensity and pulsing emotion of those opening night rehearsals.
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