When I turned 12, I was given a hand-me-down guitar and a chord book.
President Barack Obama also struck a similar style chord to his first-term inaugural balls: He wore a white tie with his tuxedo.
The idea that urban living is a second-best choice is not one that strikes a chord with growing numbers of people under 40.
The love story can be seen -- and felt and heard -- as a succession of chord changes, and the exquisite resolution amounts to a mutual musical offering.
"This struck a chord with me - we're delighted that someone in such a position can stand up in public and support the line that we as a profession have consistently taken ever since league tables were introduced, " said Mr Spear.
When the energy-rich Norwegians suggested a five-country Norse League, bringing in Iceland, too, the proposal struck a chord.
His working-class origins strike a chord with many poorer voters who believe that he would introduce policies that benefit them.
Somehow, though, the record found its way to South Africa, where, via cassette-copying, it went viral, striking a chord among young Afrikaners, who found in it a sense of longed-for justice stifled in their apartheid-defined society.
Its depiction of a status-conscious businessman who falls for the simple life also struck a chord with audiences who are beginning to question China's materialistic society.
Their preference for ending the Windows monopoly using a structural remedy that could be enforced without long-term and intrusive supervision, may also strike a chord with Judge Posner.
It's slickly made and has clearly struck a chord with its intended audience - people who knew nothing about the LRA or, consequently, Uganda.
But Axel was a handsome young man from a well-to-do and articulate family, and his death has struck a powerful chord, particularly among the middle class of Buenos Aires.
When an actor speaks a line that strikes a chord with black theatergoers, many of them will say "Uh-HUH!"
WSJ: Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen? | Sightings by Terry Teachout
This went down badly with the neo-Darwinists, though it struck a chord with many of Mr Gould's fellow palaeontologists.
Panetta also recounted his time as head of the CIA and the Pentagon, and struck a serious chord with a message to would-be U.S. attackers.
Bite: Can "Cuchi-cuchi Taco Bell" strike a chord with the masses?
And he is likely to say that the government could do more through its own procurement and purchasing to support innovation - which is likely to strike a chord with many of the businesses to whom I talk.
His suggestions on expanding the types of candidates being fielded struck a chord with Tyson Greaves, a 63-year-old party member from San Jose who said pushing for diversity within the party is crucial.
Living in Toronto, he'd never met her but said the YouTube video "struck a chord with me, " a feeling that -- as someone who'd been bullied himself -- he couldn't let go of without taking action.
With its basic three-chord approach and driving beat, it became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic and has been covered by literally hundreds of bands since its 1966 release.
The free-to-play model, though popular everywhere, has struck a particular chord in China.
The victims list, which included the names of 20 six- and seven-year-olds, along with teachers and administrators, struck a deep chord.
Online streaming has struck a chord with consumers after years of indifference to cable pay-per-view offers, and services like Netflix and Hulu have attracted market and mind share with significant upside ahead.
The band's worldwide breakthrough came in 1976, with Jailbreak and its single, "The Boys Are Back in Town" (audio) which was pure power-chord overdrive, functioning as the perfect accompaniment for a Friday night motoring in the fast lane.
The tougher rules in Switzerland have struck a chord with a Swiss public wearied by a string of high-profile corporate mishaps, and had looked likely to pass since news broke two weeks ago that the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis planned to give its departing chairman a SFr72m pay-off, even though the plans were subsequently dropped.
While "I might - but after Newsnight" from Alun Kimber of the Netherlands struck a chord with many of us.
BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | Newsnight25 | Your Newsnight 25 slogans
Instead of indulging in heavy, ominous jams like their psychedelic predecessors, or stories and simple chord progressions, like other psych-folk bands, Citay has a more flowery, lighter and cohesive sound.
Mr Stevenson said the government also intended to build a rail link between the Fife and Edinburgh - Glasgow routes, known as the "Dalmeny chord", allowing trains from Scotland's two largest cities to stop at the new airport station.
应用推荐