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Word: airplay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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This year's most unexpected hit, classical division, has been Henryk Gorecki's 1976 Symphony No. 3, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" -- a transcendentally dour, radiantly miserable minimalist cogitation on suffering and death for soprano and orchestra. Boosted by savvy marketing and extensive airplay, an Elektra Nonesuch recording of the symphony transformed an obscure Polish composer into a grand master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Just a One-Tune Man | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

...expected lyrical cleverness ("Trampolene/I can't believe you're trampling me/ You tell it to me softly/ Then you disagree") with a truly staggering guitar hook. And, of course, there's "World Shut Your Mouth," a kicky tribute to non-conformity that's garnered Cope his only significant American airplay...

Author: By Jordan Ellenberg, | Title: New Music | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...question why the band decided to include "Everything About You" as the eleventh track on this album. Those fans who would purchase America's Least Wanted most likely already own Ugly Kid Joe's EP, and excessive radio and video airplay has made the single far too familiar and a distraction from new material...

Author: By Rita L. Berardino, | Title: Did Someone Say Red Hot Chili Peppers? | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...publishing executive (Chapin Carpenter, a Life sachem), she played for tips in Washington clubs and made her first album, Hometown Girl, in 1987. The sound was clean and folky; the voice suggested Judy Collins after a long bus trip from Richmond to Baton Rouge. The album got airplay on college stations and public radio, but it wasn't until her record company began promoting her to country radio that Carpenter found a large audience for her pensive postlove songs. She didn't go country; country went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting There The Hard Way | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...number of different sounds. Three songs are light pop tunes. "Someday" expresses general longing while "Satisfy You," which asks the age-old question, "Did I satisfy you?/ Did I satisfy-hi-hi-hi-hi you?" "Don't Fuck Me Up (with Peace and Love)" won't get much airplay for obvious reasons, but it, too, is fresh and exciting...

Author: By Dan Sharfstein, | Title: A Listener's Perspective: Cracker | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

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