Surreal Radio

I was listening to NPR on the way back to church from lunch today. I heard perhaps one of the strangest things one could ever hear on NPR. A handbell choir, the Raleigh Ringers, was playing "Pinball Wizard" from Tommy (the first ever rock opera) by The Who. I invite you to use your mind's ear and hear for yourself what that might sound like and then imagine that coming after hearing something like Dvorak's New World Symphony. Not the usual fare from NPR to say the least.

You can hear clips of some other songs RR has recorded at their website, including Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven" and John Phillip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever."