Word: balladic
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...even those who think they are familiar with the band may be surprised to be reminded what a great ballad singer Cesar Rosas can be; or what a formidable array of guitar players they have on hand, especially David Hidalgo; or how many bases they manage to successfully cover - literally: in addition to the traditional material, their cover versions include songs by Richard Thompson, Johnny Thunders, the Beatles, the Grateful Dead and Doc Pomus, but Los Lobos manage to make them all sound like they're hatched from the same egg. Their outside projects have furthered these diverse interests...
...what makes Backstreet think it can stay on top? The last song on Black & Blue is a ballad titled How Did I Fall in Love with You. The vocals are quiet and breathy, the harmonies on the chorus are sweet and fluttery, and it's all supported by sighing strings. The Boys sing lines like "I cannot hide I can't erase/ The way you make me feel inside/You complete me girl that's why." The gushing, unapologetic pathos of the song may stink like rotten milk to some listeners. But if you're willing to accept sentiment in place...
...what makes Backstreet think it can stay on top? The last song on "Black & Blue" is a ballad titled "How Did I Fall in Love with You." The vocals are quiet and breathy, the harmonies on the chorus are sweet and fluttery, and it's all supported by sighing strings. The Boys sing lines like "I cannot hide I can't erase/ The way you make me feel inside/ You complete me girl that's why." The gushing, unapologetic pathos of the song may stink like rotten milk to some listeners. But if you're willing to accept sentiment...
...attention, and record executives give half of that. This led to a band summit meeting concerning the goal of sequencing. Was it solely for "hooking" an audience? Should it be more for the flow of the album? One member suggested, as a compromise, that we begin with the slowest ballad we recorded, which would, as he put it, successfully "compromise the album." The idea picked up three yeas and one nay-though two of the yeas were conditional that we only release the debut on 8-track tape...
...desert nomad wandering through the desolate, inhospitable Nullarbor Plain of south-central Australia. First released down under in 1999, The Captain is a collection of intense, complex and stirring songs filled with warm, personal tales of the artist's attempts to understand life's unresolved tensions. Kasey Chambers' ballad-driven album challenges modern country music with a potent mix of acoustic and electric guitars, fiddle passages and hard-driven roots-rock percussion...