I Know What I Like
As I listened for the first time to the 1YZ I Know What I Like session, I realised that it would be idle to apply any criterion of musical taste to such a programme. More important than the actual music played is the revelation both in his choices and in his script of the character of the person conducting the half-hour. The feature is. arranged each week by a person from a different occupation, and the period I heard wa’ a particularly nostalgic one from a chemist. None of his selections had any musical distinction, but in 30 minutes he symbolised his profession ("Water, Cool Clear Water"), his parents ("Mother Machree"), his marriage ("Pedro the Fisherman"), his children ("Bless This, House"), the city of his birth ("Old Father Thames’) and his philosophy of life ("The Holy City"). The homely humour and engaging ingenuousness and sincerity of the commentator made his session interesting, both in itself and. as representing the outlook and tastes of an ordinary citizen. It could have provided a startingpoint for an examination of the New Zealand cultural temper. It certainly threw.a good deal of light on the, to me, hitherto baffling reasons why people ask for particular musical items in request sessions, ;
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 10
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210I Know What I Like New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 10
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