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I interviewed Will Butler from Arcade Fire for my high school radio station, WNTH, on 3/8/14 backstage at their Reflektor show in Minneapolis.

TUNE IN TO WNTH RADIO ALL DAY FOR THIS AWESOME LINEUP!!! 

BROADWAVES WILL BE INTERVIEWING STEVE KAZEE, BEN SCHRADER AND SUSAN BLACKWELL! 

I remember how I first heard that song a series

"Spartacus Love Theme" by Bill Evans

My second installment of "I remember how I first heard that song" features another track that I first learned of through my high school radio station, WNTH. (Yeah, it is a really good radio station).

It was from a guy in my grade who hosted his own show. He was very erudite and culturally knowledgeable, the type of person where it is a bit of a mystery how at a young age he is able to have such sophisticated and eclectic music tastes. 

I remember how I first heard that song a series

"November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses (1992)

And so begins a new Tumblr series called "I remember how I first heard that song." In this series I'll write about some of my favorite songs and when I first heard them.

Here I present the song "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses. I first heard this song on WNTH radio, my high school's radio station. A guy who was a junior when I was a senior had a 6:30 a.m. radio show on Thursdays that I would listen to religiously. He would begin every episode of his show with "November Rain." In fact, he would play it even before he said anything. So every Thursday, I would wake up miserably early--he of course had to wake up even more miserably early than me--and listen to "November Rain." "November Rain" is referred to on Wikipedia as a "power ballad," which is probably the best way I can think to describe the song. I would say it is my favorite song about November. (My second favorite is "Gone til November"). Interestingly, it is the longest song to reach the Billboard Top 10.