Word: balladeering
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...Guess It’s Gonna Rain Today” and “Goodnight” incorporate multiple instruments, including a full brass band for the former. Lerche manages to contain the varied instrumentation, giving the song a sense of complexity without overwhelming the ballad. Lerche presents a variety of style in “Heartbeat Radio,” as well. Songs like “Words & Music,” and “Easy to Persuade” rely heavily on distorted electric guitars and less on orchestral pop elements, creating a sharper sound. The relentless...
...most grungy and guttural, while K.A.Z's fluid technical skill is showcased in endless fret-board runs. Their latest single, "Love Addict," epitomizes the sound with its barrage of power chords, senseless lyrics and throbbing drums. Barring a couple of diversions - the chart-friendly, emo paean "Evanescent," the wistful ballad "Sweet Dreams" - the album sticks to this no-frills template, which is no bad thing. All the hallmarks of classic J-rock are here, but amped up and hardened for a more streetwise generation...
...until shortly before his death, putting the final touches, grace notes, on the edifice of his achievement. Each Monday evening, two legends would fill that tiny stage: a living legend, Les Paul, and the precious memory of his partner. One night he closed a set with the plaintive ballad "Just One More Chance." He was playing it, he said, "in remembrance of my partner Mary...
...Obamas, for example, are enjoying their time of family closeness after almost two years of enforced separation, an interlude that would have caused many less committed couples to turn in their cards and give up. A lasting marriage is the reward, usually, of hard work and self-sacrifice. The Ballad of Jon and Kate
...that blind belief affords?The real battle in British television is not between the contestants and the judges, nor is it even between the contestants themselves. The real battle is a war against our better judgment, a struggle to convince us that a woman can emote a love ballad without ever having been kissed (as Ms. Boyle has stated of herself) or that a young boy from a broken home can rise to superstardom. In some viewers, the battle has already been won. Both of the contestants have received praise from twittering couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. Rosie...