Word: aaaaah
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...Love begins in darkness. Silence. And God said, Let there be sound. "Aaaaah aaaaah." The room is filled with the vocal from "Because," a cappella, with extra pauses between the phrases (a space for listeners to insert their own muted "aaahs"). That tight harmony - ecclesiastical, almost angelic, in its purity - is a reminder of the Beatles' vocal virtuosity: that the moptops were, among many other things, avatars of a barbershop quartet...
Genius isn't a word used very often in rock criticism because, frankly, the supporting evidence rarely looks good in print. For instance, the highlight of PJ Harvey's genius new album is the moment when she growls, "Aaaaah, aaaah, ahhahhh, aaaah, aarrrgghh/Whooooorrr, whooooorrrr." And the title of that particularly brilliant song is Who the F__? I'll stop...
...highlighted by a certain meal that his father shared with the Japanese prime minister. Junior, in his own way, is worse. On his first phone call with Russia's Putin, Bush reportedly greeted him as "Ostrich Legs." Putin, used to being called things like, "Mr. President," "Mr. Putin," or "Aaaaah!" was, sources say, not amused...
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