Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Often likened to his Virginia predecessor Dave Matthews, Pat comments, "I'd say [ours is more] acoustic rock. It's vocal based, but . . . we also make [our percussionist] more than just a background person...
...Subtly reviving the classic sounds of Crosby, Stills and Nash and the Eagles, PMB still forges ahead with the momentum of modern rock, combining a soft ease with a pumping energy. With the magical bongo fervor of Chardy McEwan; the rich, warm harmonies of background singers Jonathan Williams (pianist) and Al Walsh (guitarist); the driving energy of bassist John Small and drummer Chris Williams; and the lyric presence and passion of guitarist and lead singer Pat McGee, every show is guaranteed a great...
...this basic formula and actually come up with something rather new. You've got the sampling going on--a catchy rendition of the nursery-school rhyme "Georgy-Porgy" is repeated again, and again (and again . . .) in the second track of the same name. The soulful voices of several female background singers are present in almost every track, and yes, expect some rather sketchy lyrics like "Oohh oohh, baby please, baby please" (from "Something Real") and Jerry Springer-esque songs like "Loving Your Best Friend" to, er, excite the listeners. But Eric Bent is more Luther Vandross than Puff Daddy...
Unfortunately, because students rarely have the time to pay attention to the solemn readings, the memorials fade into the background, becoming indiscernible rhetoric. It is an offensive spectacle, hardly fulfilling the readings' intentions, when students tramp through Tercentenary Theater without even registering that the stream of names represent blameless victims or that the stories of domestic violence are authentic and worthy of reflection...
...open, all the needles and threats, but in a school of nearly 2,000 busy, ambitious kids, that quiet hissing sound was just background noise, drowned out by the gossip about who went to the prom with whom on Saturday night; the humming of the seniors' theme song, The Way You Look Tonight; and finally the normal sounds of a Tuesday morning, when the biology class was worrying about its test on the digestive system, the choir was rehearsing for its afternoon concert and it was warm enough outside to wear shorts, at last...