Glauchenspiel may sound like the name of a highfalut and

orchestral instrument but it's really just a xylophone with metal bars instead

of wood. Those metal bars give a glauchten spiel a piercing quality that can help

it cut through the loudest

orchestra or the loudest rock band.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a Podcast About Music. I am your host Kirk Hamilton and I'm so glad that you join me for yet another season talking about music played on glauchten spiel,

xylophone, toy piano, thumb piano, and more.

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On this season finale, it's finally time to talk about one of the most widely requested

songs by one of the most widely requested artists out there.

It helped define an era of rock and roll and still rings out in stadiums today, so let's plug in our

tellie, crank up the trem oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I've said it before and I'll say it again.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Every song tells a story. And while it's easy to focus on how those stories end in victory or defeat, triumph or tragedy,

it's just as important to focus on how they begin.

I mean, some song's entire purpose is simply to begin a story.

The congregation is called together, but everyone already knows the story they're going to hear.

And that's the point. It's not about how the story pans out, whether the heroes prevail or fail.

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