T.S. Eliot The Hollow Men

A reading of the poem

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Education

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• Poetry
• reading
• T.S.
• Eliot
• poem
• the
• hollow
• men
• Poetivity

[Kurkikohtaus]

I am actually more of a nuisance to those around me, and am generally disliked by everyone because I refuse to stand by mutely when kitsch is substituted for quality.

The internet (incl. YouTube) has such marvelous potential to educate us by bringing us face to face with "The Original". But instead, it spawns countless imitators who distort the perspective of the uneducated masses by offering dilutions side by side with the essence in a medium that does not distinguish between them.

[Poetivity]

@Kurkikohtaus yes, many with closed minds end up hitting walls in their relationships with others. Irony is, if what you say is true, you would not do what you apparently do. Every performance, you spawn an imitation of music created years ago by people long ago dead. You conduct the music according to your own interpretation of it, emphasizing lines or diminishing them according to your interpretation of what the message was meant to be in the piece, but since you are not the "original" creator

[Poetivity]

@Kurkikohtaus You cannot know the truth of the pieces you created. It is by our ability to change and interpret some work of art on our own that it becomes a living, breathing thing and does its creator service by flowing in and out of the mouths and hearts of new, living people, however they interpret or re-create it...that creates immortality. Your job is dependent on this. And you live by re-interpretation. Your re-interpretation may be flawed or it may be inspired, but it is not original.

[Kurkikohtaus]

Seeing as Christmas is the emptiest and most meaningless time of year, I think it is appropriate to present the poem at this time.

However, given how many recitation of this poem is available to be seen on YouTube, I wonder how many recitors have heard Eliot's own recitation? After hearing that definitive rendition, it is difficult to listen to degenerate American pronounciation.

And the singing, especially at the end, is not an interpretation, it is absurd.

Listen to Eliot.

[Poetivity]

@Kurkikohtaus thanks for commenting!

You must be a joy to all those around you! :)

I had not heard his definitive rendition. Thanks for pointing me to it. The beautiful thing about poetry is it crosses the sea and becomes something new and still important to those who read it. Though always, I love to hear the originial.

Are you the conductor of the orchestral pieces on your channel?

[PoetryETrain]

thanks, this has been added to our playlists here, and on facebook, please pm us your location so we can properly feature your original work, because we are on E-tour, thanks....

[alenmil]

Why so serious?

[Dapperdan2009]

I reallllly like this. A beauty shines through... yet still, clearly, to some level, undeniably, haunting... At first it seemed to me that you were going through too fast, but i ended up really enjoying your reading.

[Poetivity]

It's really not surprising that you are excited about that time.

[Poetivity]

Wow. You seriously need an education.