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Conveying the
Magic of Music
Marian Keyes
Publishing phenomenon and internationally bestselling
Irish author Marian Keyes Opens Herself up to the
World of Music.
Whenever anyone
invited me to a
“I was
musical event, I
concentrating
would politely
accept and then 2
so hard on
days before the gig
itself, I would tragi-
the music
cally ‘succumb’ to a
that I almost
terrible ‘flu. The
thing was, the word
forgot to
‘gig’ conjured up 2
scenarios, both of them awful. breathe”
Scenario one: I am standing in a
muddy field, a mile from the stage,
having other people’s pints slopped
– let’s say - Brazilian, there’s no
on me. Version two: I am at a
chance that I’ll have the courage to
civilised seated indoor event, where
lep out of my seat and start free-
I can see and hear everything per-
form expressing myself in the aisle,
fectly. On the stage the band are
and the end result of course, is that I
playing their hearts out, practically
hate myself.
sweating blood from the effort and I Then, everything changed when I
– being Irish – am sitting as if I’d married a music lover. They say that
been turned to stone. I might essay marriage involves give and take and
a timid foot-tap but because I’m not it quickly became clear that in
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